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**Drugmachine** · 07-04-2012, 02:50 PM

The gurukkaL/bhaTTar also asks your name, gothram, and family names to relate to god as though god does not know these. The devotees believe the gurukkaL/bhaTtar is a proper intermediary to present their problems to god.

Dear Mahakavi ji,

I do not see any problem in a priest asking the name,gotra(if any) etc..
You see God knows everything but we humans still have to write an address on our envelope and post it..only then we feel satisfied that the letter has reached.

Once a Dean of the University in Puttaparthi was asked by Sathya Sai Baba about the attendance of students for the exam.
The dean replied "Baba You know everything...why are You even asking me?"

Baba replied "Yes I know but do you know?"

The dean apologized to Baba cos he was not aware of the attendance rate of the students for the exam.

The moral of the story is we humans need to get involved in what we do with some amount of Shraddha and Bhakti.
If we keep saying "God knows everything,God will handle it" etc we would turn out to be highly irresponsible.

So certain practices are just to instill discipline and nothing more.

07-04-2012, 02:50 PM	#6
Drugmachine Join Date Apr 2006 Posts 4,490 Senior Member	The gurukkaL/bhaTTar also asks your name, gothram, and family names to relate to god as though god does not know these. The devotees believe the gurukkaL/bhaTtar is a proper intermediary to present their problems to god. Dear Mahakavi ji, I do not see any problem in a priest asking the name,gotra(if any) etc.. You see God knows everything but we humans still have to write an address on our envelope and post it..only then we feel satisfied that the letter has reached. Once a Dean of the University in Puttaparthi was asked by Sathya Sai Baba about the attendance of students for the exam. The dean replied "Baba You know everything...why are You even asking me?" Baba replied "Yes I know but do you know?" The dean apologized to Baba cos he was not aware of the attendance rate of the students for the exam. The moral of the story is we humans need to get involved in what we do with some amount of Shraddha and Bhakti. If we keep saying "God knows everything,God will handle it" etc we would turn out to be highly irresponsible. So certain practices are just to instill discipline and nothing more.
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