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I bow at your feet and submit my doubts and seek for your advice.
I am spiritual minded person with a belief that God is supreme, used to read books written by Chinmayananda and Adisankaracharya. While reading i have never focussed on the differences between Advaita, Dvaita, Visishtadvaita.
My favorite God is Lord Ganesh.
But lately came to know about sarana:gathi.
I have understood sarana:gathi as a process of surrendering to Lord Vishnu or Sri man Na:ra:yana for Moksha Prapti of the one who can not follow either Bhakthi yoga, Karma Yoga or Gnana Yoga.
I Want to take Sarana:gathi.
I only feel that Lord Ganesh is helping me or blessing me to move ahead. Hence If I pray only Lord Vishnu, It should be perfectly alright. Is this correct or not ?.
Further My understanding is also that once Sarana:gathi is taken , I become a Vaishnavaite. Which school of thought does Vaishnavism belong to ? .
Also please differentiate between the school of thoughts "Dvaita, Advaita and Vishistadvaita.
I bow are your feet and wait for your blessings with answer.
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JAI SRIMANNARAYANA
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND SANKRANTHI 2009, TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!
WE APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN DOING SARANAGATHI TO LORD VISHNU.
YOU MUST HAVE HEARD THAT LORD KRISHNA SHOWED HIS UNIVERSAL FORM TO ARJUNA IN 11TH CHAPTER OF BHAGAVAD GEETHA. ALL FORMS OF HIS VIBHUTHI WERE SHOWN IN HIM TO ARJUN. THAT MEANS IF YOU WORSHIP LORD VISHNU ALL FORMS ARE WORSHIPPED. HE EXPLAINED THAT TO ARJUN ALSO IN HIS OWN WORD IN 7TH CHAPTER.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
IN A SMALL BODY LIKE OURS, IF YOU PLEASE THE PERSON, ALL PARTS OF THAT PERSON GOT PLEASED, RIGHT!
IF ONLY A PART IS RESPECTED, THAT PERSON MAY NOT BE PLEASED. BUT PERSON IS HAPPY, THEN THE WHOLE BODY IS HAPPY. IN THE SAME WAY IF LORD VISHNU IS PLEASED ALL DEVATHAS ARE PLEASED. IF YOU TAKE CARE OF JUST ANY ONE OTHER DEVATHA, IT DOES NOT PLEASE ALL OTHER DEVATHAS.
NOW, THE GANESH, WHOM YOU WORSHIPPED SO FAR, IS DEFINITELY PLEASED WITH YOU AND HENCE, SHOWING YOU THE PATH OF LORD NARAYANA..
SO YOU CAN HAPPILY TAKE SARANAGATHI AND BE GREATFUL ALWAYS TO LORD GANESHJI.
ALL THE THREE SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT FOLLOWED VEDAS, ARE CALLED VAISHNAVA SCHOOLS. THEY SAY THAT THE SUPREME IS CALLED WITH INNUMERABLE NAMES AND MAINLY NARAYANA / VISHNU ETC., SO THESE 3 ARE CALLED VISHNAVA SCHOOLS.
THE DIFFERENCE IS ONLY WITH THE END AS HOW IT WOULD BE.
ADVAITHA, PREACHED BY SANKARACHARYA, SAYS THAT REALITY IS ONLY ONE, VISHNU, AND REST ALL IS ILLUSIONERY. (EX. IS APPLE IS ONE AND ONE ONLY)
DWAITHA, REVEALED BY MADHWACHARYA, TALKS ABOUT DUALISM LIKE, GOD, SOULS AND NATURE, THEY NEVER BECOME ONE AND SEPARATE ONLY. (EX. SKIN OF THE APPLE AND CORE OF THE APPLE NEVER BECOME ONE AND THEY ARE SEPARATE ENTITIES ONLY)
VISISHTADWAITHA, REVEALED BY RAMANUJACHARYA, SAYS THE NATURE, SOULS AND GOD ARE 3 REALITIES, AND THEY WILL BE THERE FOR EVER LIKE THAT.
WHEN SOULS RELEAVED FROM KARMIC BONDAGE, AS A RESULT OF SARANAGATHI, BECOME EQUAL TO LORD VISHNU AND ENJOY THE DIVINE SERVICE OF LORD. (EX. THOUGH SKIN, CORE AND TASTE ETC,. ARE DIFFERENT AND HAVE THEIR OWN ENTITIES, ALL THEY PUT TOGETHER BECOME ONE. THAT ONE IS A QUALIFIED ONE. THAT IS VISISHTAM = QUALIFIED. )
WE FOLLOW THAT RAMANUJA SCHOOL. SARANAGATHI CONCEPT IS THE ESSENCE OF VEDAS.
But now a days, out of ignorance, advaithies are thinking that they are not vaishnavites and started thinking that sivji is supreme and worship him only.
In fact, adi Sankaracharya never accepted this.
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1) We know that Sriman Narayana is Supreme, as per Vedas. And this means, we reject Rajasic and Tamasic Puranas as invalid. We accept the Ithihasas, Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Swami, my question is about the Mahabharata. There are so many versions in existence today. Many of these versions have tales like Shiva being called Supreme. How do Vaishnavas explain these verses? Because, I believe a team of scholars compiled an edition of every existent verse (BORI's Critical Edition). In that edition, there are things like Bhishma telling Yudhishtira to worship Shiva, and Shiva being called greater than Vishnu.
So, which is the correct version (in english) for Vaishnavas to follow? And if these verses calling Shiva as supreme are authentic, then how do we explain them? Did our poorvacharyas explain these verses?
2) My second question pertains to the Veda. I am aware that Satapatha Brahmana and other verses talk about birth of Shiva, so therby, Shiva is not Supreme. But how do we identify Vishnu as Sriman Narayana? And in Gita, Krishna says, 'Among Adityas, I am Vishnu'. We know Adityas are created by NarayaNa. Then why does Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu, call Vishnu an Aditya?
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1) NO DOUBT THAT THERE ARE MANY SLOKAS INTRUDED IN MAHA BHARATHA IN RECENT TIMES. AS WE KNOW THAT THE WHOLE STORY ULTIMATELY DECLARES THAT LORD VISHNU IS THE SUPREME AND MANY LIKE BHISHMA IN RAJASUYA YAGA, RISHIS IN FOREST ETC., REVEALED THAT LORD VISHNU IS THE ULTIMATE GOD. SO, ANY SLOKAS CONTRADICTING THIS FACT, SHOULD BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED AS INCLUDED BY RECENT PUNDITS FOR THEIR OWN SAKE.
WHILE LORD KRISHNA WAS IN KAILASA YATRA, LORD SIVA DECLARES THAT LORD KRISHNA ( VISHNU ) IS ONLY THE “KA:RANA TATWAM” ACCEPTED SIVAS PRAYERS AND GRANTED THEM OUT OF COMPASSION WITH HIS ACT LIKE ASKING FOR BOONS FROM SIVA ETC., HE SAYS THAT IN HIS SLOKA VIZ., “ KA ITHI BRAMHANO: NA:MA, I:SO:HAM SARVA DE:HINA:M | A:VA:M THAVA:NGE: SAMBHU:THOW TASMA:TH KE:SAVA NA:MA VA:N || myself and bramha both were come out of your own divine form thus your name became “KE:SAVA”
THERE ARE MANY OTHER INCIDENTS TO PROVE THAT LORD VISHNU WAS WORSHIPPED BY ALL OTHER DEVATHAS AND SURRENDERED TO HIM. SO SLOKAS GOING IN TUNE TO THIS WILL BE TAKEN AS AUTHORITY AND OTHERS WILL BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED THAT THEY ARE LATER ADDITIONS ONLY.
2) ACCEPTING NARAYANA OR VISHNU AS SUPREME, IS JUST BECAUSE OF VEDAS ONLY. AS PURUSHA SUKTHA IS CONSIDERED TO BE QUINT ESSENCE OF ALL THE VEDAS. THERE IT IS ACCEPTED THAT “THE ONE WHO IS THE ORIGIN OF THIS UNIVERSE IS THE DIVINE SPOUSE OF LAKSHMI ETC.,” THIS IS ENOUGH TO PROVE THE SUPREMECY OF LAKSHMI NATHA.
TO PROVE THAT VISHNU AND NARAYANA ARE ONE AND THE SAME, WE TAKE THE MEANING OF THE WORDS AS NO ONE HAD EVER CHANCE TO WITNESS THE FORM IN TOTAL. ANY QUESTION OF THIS TYPE RELATED TO THE SUPREME CONCEPTS, SHALL BE REPLIED ONLY THROUGH THE EVIDENCE FROM SCRIPTURES WHICH ARE COMMONLY ACCEPTED BY ALL. ALL THEY DECLARE THAT LORD VISHNU AND NARAYANA ARE ONE AND THE SAME. SRI VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM ALSO SAYS THE SAME.
VISHNU, THIS NAME IS EXISTENT TO MANY DEVATHAS & ALSO.TO INDRA, ONE OF THE SURYAS IS ALSO CALLED AS VISHNUS. IN GITHA, LORD WAS REFFERING TO THAT ADITHYA ONLY.
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Jai Srimannarayana!
We are happy for the interest you have in knowing things. we try to give you replies in brief at those questions only. You may go through them.
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Why does the difference of opinion exist between Vaishnavas on who the Source of all incarnations is? Why does the Supreme Lord leave room for these differences? |
ANS: GOD IS NOT A BUSINESS MAN. HE WILL NOT CLEAR THE ACCOUNT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THEN AND THERE ITSELF, WHENEVER IT IS STARTED.HE WANTS US TO REALIZE AND PRACTICE GOOD THINGS. WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS, GOD DID NOT CREAT SOULS. NOR HE CREATED THEIR SAMSKARAS. THEY ARE SELF MADE. ACCORDING TO THE SAMSKARA,
GUNAS ARISE, AND ACCORDING TO THOSE GUNAS, BIRTH APPEARS, ACCORDINGLY ACTIVITIES ARE DONE. SO 'DIFFERENCES OF OPINION' IS NOT GOD-CREATED. IT IS MAN MADE. WHOM WE CALL AS GOD OR SUPREME, IS ONE ONLY. IT IS ACCEPTED BY ALL. AS YOU REALIZE THAT SUPREME, YOU GIVE A NAME. 'KRISHNA' ALSO A NAME CAME LIKE THAT, VENKATESWARA ALSO A NAME CAME LIKE THAT ONLY. NAMES ARE ALWAYS APPEAR TO REVEAL CERTAIN QUALITIES OR GUNAS. WITHOUT THAT NO NAME WILL BE THERE. WE, HUMAN BEINGS, MAY HAVE NAMES WITHOUT ANY MEANING OR IRRELEVANT TO THE OBJECT, BUT NOT
THOSE NAMES TO GOD. NOW, THOSE WHO FIGHT SUPPORTING THEIR ARGUMENT, AS 'THIS FORM OF GOD IS ORIGIN AND EVERYTHING CAME OUT OF IT' OR 'THAT FORM IS THE ORIGINAL', ARE BASICALLY IGNORANTS, IN REALIZING THE FACT THAT 'ALL THE NAMES BELONG TO THE SAME ONE AND FOR GOD, EVERYTHING CAN COME FROM ANYTHING.
NOW, COME TO THE POINT, THAT LORD KRISHNA BORN IN JAIL AND WITHDRAW HIS INCARNATION ALSO ON A DAY. THAT CLEARLY SAYS HE IS ONLY AN INCARNATION. THERE MUST BE SOME ORIGIN FOR THAT ALSO. SRIMAD BHAGAVATHAM ITSELF CLEARLY SAYS THAT 'ORIGIN'S' NAME IS 'VA:SUDE:VA' IN SOME PLACES AND 'NA:RA:YANA' IN SOME PLACES.
AGAIN THESE NAMES ALSO WERE GIVEN BASING UPON A PARTICULAR ABILITY OF THAT SUPREME. WHEN WE GO INTO THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD, THE WORD 'NA:RA:YANA' ENCOMPASSES WIDER AREA THAN THAT OF 'VA:SUDE:VA'. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WORD "KRISHNA" EVEN ITS MEANING ALSO IS LIMITED WHEN COMPARED TO THE WORD 'NA:RA:YANA'. THIS IS ABOUT THE WORD WE ARE MENTIONING. NOT ABOUT THE SUPREME. "SUPREME IS ALWAYS SUPREME ONLY" IN WHATEVER FORM AND NAME HE IS. NAMES AND FORMS CREAT LIMITATIONS FOR EVERYTHING. FOR GOD, THOUGH FORMS ARE HAVINGS
LIMITATIONS, BUT THE POWER IN THAT PARTICULAR FORM, WILL HAVE NO LIMIT. CHAPTER 4 OF BHAGAVAD GITHA MAKES IT CLEAR.
KRISHNA, THUS SHOWED THE LIMIT OF HIS FORM IN THAT INCARNATION. FOR THE NAME OF "NARAYANA" THERE IS NO LIMIT EITHER IN THE NAME (ACCORDING TO VYA;KARANAM) OR IN THE FORM, FOR, THE WHOLE UNIVERSE WITH ALL THE BEINGS IN IT, IN OTHER WORDS, ENTIRE MATTER & MATERIAL WITH ENERGY, COMES IN TO THAT FORM.
SO, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION COMES, WHEN OUR PERCEPTION IS DIFFERENT OR NOT FULL. IN FACT, THERE NO NEED TO ARGUE. ACCEPTING THAT OURS IS ALSO "A VIEW" IS ALRIGHT. BUT, IF WE SAY THAT OURS IS ONLY "THE VIEW" , AND ALL VIEWS OF OTHERS OR WRONG, BECOMES A BIG PROBLEM. A ROSE IS ALWAYS IS A ROSE. BUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE LOOK IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AT IT. A POET, SCIENTIST, PHILOSOPHER, BUSINESS MAN, COMMON MAN ETC., HAVE THEIR OWN VIEWS OVER IT, RIGHT! IT IS NOT THE FAULT OF THE ROSE, BUT OF THE PERSONS. SAME WITH SUPREME ALSO.
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Will we reach different destinations if we treat Vishnu as source Vs. Krishna as source. In your opinion if some one follows ISKCON sampradaya can that help attain Vaikunta. |
ACCORDING TO VEDAS, WHATEVER YOU FIX UP AS YOUR GOAL, AND MEDITATE UPON GOD, YOU REACH THAT GOAL ONLY. NOT A COMMON GOAL. THIS IS CALLED "yattha: krathu nya:yam".
AS AND HOW YOU MEDITATE, THUS YOU ATTAIN. IN YOUR QUESTION YOU ASKED ABOUT ISKCON. THEY BELIEVED IN GO:LO:KAM AS THEIR GOAL. BUT NOT VAIKUNTHAM. HENCE THEY REACH GO:LO:KAM ONLY. HERE OUR OPINION IS IMMETERIAL. THE OPINION OF VEDA IS IMPORTANT. FOR US VEDA IS SUPREME AND UNQUESTIONABLE AUTHORITY ON ANY ISSUES
RELATED TO SOUL, GOD AND ATTAINMENT.
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Being an Acharya of an authentic sampradaya do you consider ISKCON sampradaya as an authorized one?
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ONLY TO SOME EXTENT, YES. THEY ACCEPT "BRAHMA VAIVARTHA PURANA" AS SUPREME AUTHORITY. We accept that part of purana & only then, when and where it is not contradicing the Vedas. In Vedas it is clear that the ultimate GOAL of the soul
should be "so: dhvanah pa:ra ma:pno:thi thad vishno:h paramam padam" 'Paramapadam of Vishnu'. This is only we accept.
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Is it true that the highest position in spiritual world is to serve in Madhurya raas and is that the ultimate goal one should have?
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AGAIN IN VEDAS IT IS SAID THAT " A:NANDA RASA" IS THAT SOUL ENJOYS WITH GOD, IN THAITTHARI:YA SA:KHA OF YAJURVEDA.
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Why do we do kalyanam on sriramanavami, instead of celebrating birthday of rama ?
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THERE ARE 2 REASONS FOR PERFORMING KALYANA UTSAVAM TO LORD SRI RAMA ON SRI RAMA NAVAMI DAY.
A) THERE IS A SLO:KA IN A:GAMA SCRIPTURES SAYING "YASYA AVATHA:RA DIVASE: THASYA KALYA:NA MA:CHARE:TH" ' kalya:na utsavam should be performed to those particular incarnations on their birth days itself '. THE REASON FOR THIS IS, THAT THE VERY
PURPOSE OF INCARNATION ITSELF, TO DO GOOD TO THE WORLD. THAT GOOD CAN BE ACHIEVED ONLY THROUGH HIS MERCY. GODDESS IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE MERCY (DAYA:) OF GOD. SO WHEN HE COMES DOWN TO THE EARTH, IMMEDIATELY MERCY, THE DIVINE MOTHER, ALSO SHOULD COME AND JOIN ALONG WITH HIM. THEN ONLY HE CAN START
HIS WORK. THOUGH, BOTH OF THEM ARE ALWAYS TOGETHER, YET, WE FEEL SATISFIED WHEN WE SEE THEM BOTH JOINED TOGETHER. THAT JOINING FUNCTION ONLY IS CALLED 'KALYA:NO:TSAVAM'. IN SUPPORT OF THIS STATEMENT WE QUOTE AN INCIDENT FROM SRIRAMAYANAM FROM AYO:DHYA KA:NDA. "WHEN SRI RAMA REFUSED TO TAKE SITA ALONG
WITH HIM TO THE FOREST, THEN SHE GAVE MANY ARGUMENTS AND AT THE END SHE CONCLUDED SAYING "GACHHA RA:MA MAYA: SAHA" ' THUS O RA:MA!, GO TO THE FOREST ALONG WITH ME ONLY'. THEN LORD RAMA ACCEPTS TO TAKE HER WITH HIM. This is the
reason why we perform kalya:nam and keep both of them together, on the day when the avatha:ra maho:tsavam is done.
B) ESPECIALLY FOR SRIRAMA, PERFORMING THIS ON SRIRAMA NAVAMI, STARTED FROM "BHADRACHALAM" ONLY. FOR THE PRA:NA PRATHISHTTA OF THAT TEMPLE WAS DONE ON SRI:RA:MA NAVAMI DAY BY SRI RA:MADASJI, DURING HIS TIME. SO AUTOMATICALLY KALYANAM WAS STARTED BEING DONE ON THE SRIRAMA NAVAMI DAY, WHICH LATER, BECAME
PRACTICE THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY OR AROUND THE WORLD.
IN ALMOST ALL THE TEMPLES, KALYANOTSAVAS ARE PERFORMED DURING THE BRAHMOTSAVAS ONLY, LINKED WITH THE PRATHISHTTA DAY OF THAT PARTICULAR TEMPLE. IN OTHER WORDS, BRAHMO:TSAVAM MEANS, BIRTH DAY CELEBRATIONS OF THAT PARTICULAR TEMPLE OR DIETY.
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What is the significance of ADHIVAASAMS that we doto the vigrahams at the time of pratishtha. |
ADHIVA:SAM, IS A PROCESS OF PURIFYING THE STONE OR METAL THAT IS BEING USED AS VIGRAHA OR DIETY. KEEPING IN THE PADDY IS CALLED "DHA:NYA ADHIVASAM". KEEPING IN THE WATER TANK OR RIVER IS CALLED "JALA ADHIVASAM". SOME PEOPLE MIX UP MILK ETC, AND CALL IT "KSHEERA ADHIVASAM". A FEW DO IT SEPERATELY ALSO. KEEPING ON
THE BED ARRANGED IN A FEW LAYERS OF CERIALS ORGANIZED IN A PARTICULAR WAY IS CALLED "SAYYA ADHIVASAM". SOME DO SOME OTHER ADHIVASAS ALSO. ALL THIS PROCESS IS TO TEST THE STONE OR METAL STATUES TO QUALIFY THEM TO BECOME THE DIETY.
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Who revealed the saiva , sakti and gaanaapatya agamaas to the world
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THOSE PARTICULAR DEVATHAS ONLY ADVISED THEIR DEVOTEES TO DO THEIR PUJAS IN A PARTICULAR PROCESS, BECAME AGAMAS OF THOSE PARTICULAR DEVATHAS. IT IS THE SAME EVEN WITH LORD VISHNU ALSO. AND THAT BECAME 'VAISHNAVA AGAMA' MORE PARTICULARLY "SRI PA:NCHA RA:THRA A:GAMA". But for vaikha:nasa system, it is the sage
'vikhanas' ordained his 4 disciples viz., atri, bhrugu, marichi & ka:syapa, to do the worship of Lord Vishnu only, and then they in turn, wrote some books on how to do the worship of Lord Vishnu. People started calling them as 'vaikhanasa
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Jai srimannarayana! please accept my humble obeisances. for the past couple of years I am observing one thing . after the end of every ritual why they are saying NARAYANA SAMARPAYAMI after that the priest is saying SARVAM SREE KRISHNA RPANAM MASTU. recently I heard the same after the LOKA SANTHI YAGNAM in pittsburgh. Also once during RAMANAVAMI celebrations after reading SUNDARAKANDA, the priest said NARAYANA SAMARPAYAMI after that the priest said SARVAM SREE KRISHNA ARPANAM MASTU . Also recently when we performed satyanarayana puja I heard the same. once you said Krishna is Narayana Himself (an ncarnation of Narayana) why the priest says NARAYANA SAMARPAYAMI after that the priest is saying SARVAM SREE KRISHNAARPANAM MASTU . If "Krishna is Narayana himself " the priest can only say NARAYANA SAMARPAYAMI . If both are same why here we are referring to two different personalities?
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ANYTHING CHANTED IN PRAISE OF GOD SHOULD BE OFFERED TO THE LORD ULTIMATE, SRIMAN NARAYANA ONLY, IN VEDIC SAMPRADAYAM. BECAUSE THE LORD OF GODDESS LAKSHMI & BHUDEVI, IS THE SUPREME PURUSHA, WHO IS THE ORIGIN OF THIS ENTIRE UNIVERSE. (HE IS SAHASRA SI:RSHA: PURUSHAHA and HRI:SCHA THE: LAKSHMI:SCHA PATHNYAU) HENCE,
ALL THE PEOPLE BELIEVE AND FOLLOW VEDAS SHOULD SAY AT THE END "SRI:MAN NA:RA:YANA:YE:THI SAMARPAYA:MI".
WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THAT NA:RA:YANA. THAT NA:RA:YANA HIMSELF TOOK INCARNATION A LOT AND APPEARED ON THIS PLANET EARTH TO SAVE THE SOULS. LAST ONE AMONG THEM WAS LORD SRI KRISHNA. DURING THAT INCARNATION, IN HIS GREAT DIVINE SONG BHAGAVAD GITHA HE SAID "OFFER EVERYTHING TO ME. I SEE THAT IT REACHES
PROPER DESTINATION" ( THATH KURUSHWA MADARPANAM ). OFFER SOMETHING, NOT ONLY TO HIM, BUT TO ANYONE YOU OFFER ANYTHING, THROUGH KRISHNA, IT SAFELY REACHES THE END, WITHOUT ANY CUTS AND DISCOUNTS.
THAT IS THE REASON EVERYBODY HAS TO DEDICATE ANYTHING SAYING 'SARVAM SRI:KRISHNA:RPANAM ASHTU'.
THOUGH NA:RA:YANA & SRIKRISHNA ARE ONE AND THE SAME, YET, NA:RA:YANA IS THE RIVER AND KRISHNA IS THE DECORATED SHORE. YOU NEED TO ENTER THE RIVER THROUGH A SHORE ONLY, RIGHT! BY SAYING THESE TWO SENTENCES, YOU ARE RECOGNIZING THAT THE RIVER AND THE SHORE ARE NOT SEPARATE.
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Subject: about mantra
My question is about the meaning and importance of the mantra: OM NAMO GOVINDAYA. Which blessings one person will obttain by doing japa on this mantra? What is the differenc betwen this mantra and OM NAMO NARAYANAYA?
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JAI SRIMANNARAYANA
WE ARE HAPPY WITH YOUR QUESTION.
ACCORDING TO VEDIC TRADITION, THE MANTHRA OF NARAYANA IS CALLED AS MANTHRA BRAHMAM/ MANTHRA RAJAM ETC. IN SHOWERING JNANAM ON DEVOTEES WHO MEDITATE UP ON THAT, IT IS LIKE AN OCEAN. WHERE AS OTHER MANTHRAS ARE LIKE DROPS IN THAT.
THE MEANING OF MANTHRA ‘GOVINDA' MEANS ‘ ONE WHO SAVES EVEN AN INNOCENT BEING AND BLESSES WITH ULTIMATE BLISS ‘.
‘ ONE WHO BLESSES THE DEVOTEES WITH THE ABILITY OF GOOD SPEECH ‘ ALSO.
ONE WHO MEDITATES ON THIS WILL BE BLESSED WITH THE GRACE OF LORD AND GOOD SPEECH.
FOR THE MEDITATOR OF NARAYANA MANTHRA, LORD BLESSES EVERYTHING.
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A small question Swamiji: What is the meaning of "Adiyen"..?
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Meaning of the word ‘adiyen’ …. In tamil ‘adi’ is foot. ‘yen’ means ‘ I ‘. Hence, ‘I am your foot’ if we say in telugu it is like ‘mee pada dhu:li’ something like that.
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SWAMY is Supreme...and there is nothing other than HIM..So, how can jivatma be separate from paramatma.....if there is nothing other than HIM..? Doesn't this show jivatma as something other than HIM..?
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SUPREME IS ONE AND HAS MANY ORGANS IN IT LIKE OUR BODY HAS MANY LIMBS. WE ARE ONE ONLY, YET EACH OF THE PARTS HAS ITS OWN ENTITY, WORKS FOR THE ONE ONLY. SO ALSO, IN THE UNIVERSE ONE SUPREME, WITH ALL THE JIVAS AS HIM LIMBS, ALONG WITH THE NATURE, PRAKRUTHI. JIVA IS SEPARATE BUT A PART OF THE WHOLE. THIS IS WHAT HE SAID IN BHAGAVAD GITHA “ mamaiva:mso: ji:va lo:ke: ji:vabhu:thas sana :thanaha “.
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Mantram is closer to us than SWAMY HIMSELF.. SWAMY is present everywhere kadaa Swamiji...There is no place where SWAMY is not present...Even before we can utter the mantram..SWAMY is already there with us, around us kada..Then how can a mantram be closer to us than SWAMY...? |
THIS IS WONDERFUL QUESTION. GOD IS REALLY CLOSER THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD; HE IS CLOSER THAN YOUR OWN SELF. BUT ARE WE REALLY ABLE TO IDENTIFY? NO, FOR SURE. UNLESS ONE IDENTIFIES, ONE CANNOT FEEL HIM. IT IS THE KARMIC LAYER NOT ALLOWING US TO REALIZE HIS PRESENCE WITH US. DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS? IF THIS IS OK, THEN, WE ARE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE MANTHRA IN SPITE OF THE KA;RMIC LAYER, BUT NOT GOD. THEN WHICH ONE IS GREATER? IS IT GOD, WHO WILL NOT SHOW UP AT ALL, WHEN THERE ARE OBSTACLES, OR , IS IT MANTHRA, WHICH ALLOWS US TO UNDERSTAND HERSELF AND HER MEANING ALSO, CROSSING THE BARRIERS OF OBSTACLES? THAT IS WHY OUR ACHARYAS HAVE CONSIDERED THAT THE MANTHRA IS CLOSER THAN GOD HIMSELF TO THE SEEKERS.
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srI: Respected Bhagavathas, I would like to know the origin, composer of Sri Srinivasa Gadyam.
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IT WAS SRIMAN " PRATHIVADI BHAYANKARAM ANNAN SWAMY ONLY, WE SUPPOSE, WHO COMPOSED SRIVENKATESWARA SUPRABHATHAM ETC.,
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SrImatE rAmAnujAya nama:
Dear SrImad jIyar-svAmi-ji, jai SrIman-nArAyaNa! daNDavat praNAma-s & dAsasya vigyApaNam,
I have heard "SaraNAgati is merely the knowledge that the Lord Himself is verily the Means and the End. Therefore any action performed or words uttered by a jIva seeking mOksha/bhakti is svarUpa-viruddhaM (ie inconsistent with SarIrAtma-bhAva/artha-pancaka gyAnam)".
In view of the above, I have difficulty understanding SrI-rAmAnuja's explicit requests (in SaraNAgati-gadya) to the Lord to bestow upon him para-bhakti/para-gyAna/parama-bhakti. dhanyOsmi, aDiyEn rAmAnuja-dAsa:
/Ramkumar
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Jai Srimannarayana!
Your question seems genuine. Sarana:gathi does not mean realizing God as 'means & end'. It is total surrenderance. You may realize Him in any manner. Once surrendered then you loose your identification. Yet, you do everything, because, your body, mind, intellect and the soul itself became Him properity. He makes them to function and for Him sake only.
Then all the activities will be there. The only difference is everything will be aimed at God.
As we are not inscient beings, having knowledge of ourselves, we need to show some difference than an life-less object. That is what we call as 'pra:rdhana'. It, in fact, is not a request for granting anything, including mo:ksha. Still, we request for things to grant, " IT IS CHAITANYA KA:RYAM AND RA:GA PRAYUKTHAM" that means it is only the result of the knowledge one possesses. And when we know the unbreakable relation-ship with God, He is having all wonderful traits with Him, all are for us only, We also are not otherwise doing anything for our own sake nor trying to go on our own for some other goal, not trying to wipe out our sins on our own, and He is not incapable of erasing them in total, as there is no other reason for our stay here in this world, we plead before God to accept us soon to Him. That becomes the Pra:rdhana, what Bhagavad Ra:ma:nuja made with Lord, of course, it is done for our sake.
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Kindly enlighten me of the ashtakshari mantra and the way how it has to be chanted. Since I did not know the value when samasrenam was done some 30years back as a ritual soon after the marriage. with pranam to the lotus feet of swami lakshmi
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Jai Srimannarayana!
If initiation is taken then after chanting the Guru Parampara, ashta:kshari manthra may be chanted. There is no swara or specific way to chant it. Chant it in a normal way, not too fast nor too slow. If possible try to recollect the meaning of the manthram. That given a lot of benifit than just repeating like a parrot. You can just start it after taking
Sri: pa:da thi:rtham.
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What as a lady should I chant everday as a practice?
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TO CHANT AND DO PU:JA, THERE WAS NO DISCRIMINATION, WHETHER THEY ARE LADIES OR GENTS ETC., ALL ARE EQUAL BEFORE GOD. AFTER CHANTING THE MANTHRA GIVEN TO YOU AS INITIATION, BY YOUR GURU, YOU CAN CHANT ASHTA SLO:KI, 8 SLO:KAS WRITTEN BY SRI PARA:SARA BHATTAR. THEY ARE THE QUINTESSENCE OF 3 MANTHRAS. YOU CAN CHANT SRI VISHNU SAHASRA NAMA STHOTHRAM. YOU CAN ALSO CHANT SANKSHE:PA RA:MA:YANAM ETC, SO MANY ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR SRIPATHI STHUTHIMA:LA:.
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Is "ma" a nama-mantra?
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Jai Srimannarayana!
Ma:, is a nama of goddess Lakshmi. If it is short "ma" then it refers to the soul. This is 'jeeva'. The meaning is one who is an embodiment of knowledge or one who possesses knowledge as his nature. It is not a manthra. Usually manthra needs to have o:m at the begining, then there should be 'namaha' either in the middle or at the end of that name. Then
only it will be called as manthra. If you want to make 'ma' as a manthra then it will like " o:m ma:thre: namaha". or "o:m namo: ma:thre:"
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Jai srimannarayana to all Bhagavad bandhus!
MAY 14TH IS MOTHERS' DAY. FOR US, EVERY DAY IS MOTHERS' DAY, FOR GODDESS LAKSHMI IS ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF US WHILE INTERCEDING BETWEEN US AND GOD. BUT FOR WEST IT IS ONLY ONE DAY THEY ALLOT FOR MOTHERS. PITY FOR THEM. YET WE ARE SENDING HEREWITH A PRAYER THAT REVEALS THE GREATNESS OF THE NAMASKARAM OFFERED TO THE
MOTHER.
"Thandri kante: kolachu daivammu kante nu
Gurula kante sarva surula kante
Talli pa:damulaku thalavanchi mrokkina
Kara thala:malakamu laraya sirulu"
MEANING "PROSTRATING BEFORE MOTHERS DIVINE FEET IS THE RESULT OF GREATER VIRTUES, FOR IT IS GREATER THAN PROSTRATING BEFORE FATHER, BEFORE WORSHIPPING GOD, BEFORE GURUS OR BEFORE ALL THE DEVATHAS. BOWING BEFORE MOTHER, SHOWERS ALL THE WEALTHS AT OUR DOORSTEP".
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Subject: Chhandogya Upanishad
Hari Om
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I am studying the Chhandogya Upanishad and wondered if anyone on this list can give me the definition of 'Chhandogya'. I have been fortunate to read many of the Upanishads and know that they are named by the first word of the writing or of the rishi that is the author. Yet, in this case of Chhandogya, I have doubt.
Thank you in advance if you can advise me accordingly.
Sarvam Khalv idam Brahma,- Chhandogya
Upanishad
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WE ARE HAPPY FOR THE CURIOUCITY YOU HAVE. THE NAMES OF THE UPANISHADS CAME IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SOME CAME BY THE FIRST WORD THEY HAVE VIZ., I:SA, KE:NA ETC., SOME NAMES CAME BY THE PERSONS CHANTED THOSE PARTS OF THE VEDAS. KATTHA AND CHHANDO:GYA NAMES CAME LIKE THAT. THE PART OF SA:MA VE:DA, WHICH WAS CHANTED
AND PROTECTED FROM GENERATIONS TOGETHER BY ORAL TRADITION, BY THE SCHOLARS CALLED 'CHHANDO:GAS', BECAME 'CHHANDO:GYO:PANISHAD'. HENCE, THIS NAME CAME AFTER THE SCHOLARS WHO WERE CHANTING IT.
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Swamiji, Jai srimannarayana
Why Rama has sent Sita to forests when she was pregnant? Just by some comments made by drunkard washer man? As a king, he has to verify/check the allegations made by some body before punishing. Before returning to Ayodhya, Sita has entered the fire and has proven her prativatya. Please clear my doubts. Dhanyavad Swamiji. peram venkata sureshu
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AT THE OUTSET, ONE NEEDS TO REMEMBER THAT RAMAYANAM WAS NOT BOOK OF POETRY, WRITTEN BY SOME POET.. IT WAS HISTORY. VALMIKI RECORDED ALL THAT WHATEVER HAD HAPPENED. HENCE THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY QUESTION LIKE 'WHY IT HAD HAPPENED'. ALL THAT WE NEED NOT KNOW HOW SOMETHING WAS HAPPENED. AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE REASON IF POSSIBLE, JUSTIFICATION SHOULD BE ACCORDING TO WHATEVER HAD HAPPENED NOT ACCORDING TO OUR OWN LOGIC.
NOW, RAMA KNOWS THAT SITHA WAS PURE AND SITHA KNOWS THAT RAMA WAS ALSO GOOD. WITHOUT SITHA'S ENTERING INTO THE FIRE ITSELF RAMA WAS SURE OF SITHA'S CHARACTER. BUT HE ALSO WAS A MAN. SO HUMANLY WEAKNESSES BOTHERED HIM. THAT WAS A DIFFERENT ISSUE. SHE PROVED HER GREATNESS, WHILE COMING OUT FROM THE FIRE. BUT
WHO KNOW ABOUT IT? ONE MAN, HIS OWN BROTHER KNOWS. ALL OTHERS WHO WITNESSED WERE MONKEYS, DEMONS AND DEVATHAS. NO OTHER MAN WAS THERE TO SAY. SO THERE IS ALWAYS A ROOM FOR SUSPICION. AND THAT SUSPICION WAS THERE IN ALL THE PEOPLE OF AYODHYA. ONLY ONE CAME OUT AND OTHER WERE HIDING IN THEIR HEARTS ONLY. THAT WAS THE REASON THEY DID NOT ASK RAMA, WHEN THEY CAME TO KNOW THAT SITHA WAS SENT TO FOREST. RAMA GOT IT CONFIRMED BY THEN, SO HE DECIDED TO SATISFY THE WHOLE COUNTRY, RATHER THAN KEEPING HIMSELF AND SITHA HAPPY BY LIVING TOGETHER. SO HE SENT HER TO THE FOREST. THEY MADE THE COUNTRY FEEL HAPPY
AT THE COST OF THEIR OWN LIVES AND JOY.
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I came to know that venkateshwara talked with varahaswamy during his time.My doubt is that both venkateshwara and varaha are the avataras of lord sri maha vishnu. then how is it possible for them to talk to each other. please answer my question and clarify my doubt. JAI SRIMANNARAYANA
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VARAHA INCARNATION HAS TAKEN PLACE MANY YUGAS AGO. WHEREAS SRINIVASA'S INCARNATION WAS IN THE KALIYUGA ONLY. THOUGH LORD INSTRUCTED THE KING TO CONSTRUCT A TEMPLE FOR HIM IN KALIYUGA, BUT PRIOR TO THAT, RIGHT FROM KRUTHA YUGA, HE WAS APPEARING TO MANY PEOPLE THERE ON THE TIRUMALA HILLS. DURING THAT
TIME, HE USED TO INTERACT WITH VARAHA SWAMY ALSO. THOUGH THE AVATHARAS ARE DIFFERENT THERE IS NO PROBLEM FOR HIM TO INTERACT. YOU MUST BE KNOWING THAT RAMA AND PARASURAMA AVATHARAS ARE OF THE SAME GOD, YET BOTH HAVE AN INTERACTION AND FIGHT TOO. ALL THAT IS HIS PLAY.
WHO CAN QUESTION HIM FOR HIS DEEDS?
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I am a student of physics. The otherday I attended a lecture and had some questions which were NOT answered to my satisfaction. Please read these questions and provide your insight. As I
understand, one of the basic TRUTHS accepted by Vishistadvaitins is that JEEVATMA is NOT CREATED by PARAMATAMA. Both JEEVATMA and PARAMATMA coexist eternally, but THE JEEVATMA IS TOTALLY CONTROLLED BY PARAMATMA. My question is, if JEEVATMA is not created by PARAMATMA, what gives PARAMATMA the right to control JEEVATMA. What did JEEVATMA do that made him/her to be controlled by PARAMATMA. Why is one superior and the other inferior? Vishistadvaitins do say that the differnece between JEEVATMA and PARAMATMA is that, PARAMATMA has the power of creation and the power of bestowing MOKSHA to JEEVATMAs. If thats what makes the JEEVATMA to be controlled by PARAMATMA, is't it unfair/unjust giving one the power of creation and denying it to the other, though they both coexist for eternity? ---
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AS YOU HAVE RIGHTLY OBSERVED THAT VISISHTADWAITHIS, FOLLOW THE VEDIC PRINCIPLE, WHICH SAYS THAT THERE ARE 3 REALITIES, THE NATURE, GOD & SOUL. ALL THE 3 ARE ETERNAL. GOD DID NOT CREATE ANY OF THE SOULS OR THE NATURE. SOULS AS THEY ARE SO TINY IN SIZE AND HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR OWN, THEY ARE PRONE TO BE CAUGHT UP BY THE THINGS AROUND. THE NATURE ATTRACTS LIKE THAT. GOD, AS HE IS VIBHU, ALL PERVADING, KNOWS EVERYTHING AND WILL NEVER BECOME PREY TO THE ILL EFFECTS OF THE NATURE. AND AT THE SAME TIME HE IS ALL COMPASSIONATE. AS AN ABLED PERSON HELPS TO THE OTHERS, SO ALSO GOD TRIES TO HELP THE NEEDY. A FEW SOULS, WHOM WE CALL AS BADDHAS, CAUGHT UP IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE NATURE, NOT ABLE TO ACT ON THEIR OWN
AND FACING THE PAINS OF THE BIRTH & DEATH. COMPASSIONATE GOD COMES TO RESCUE THE SOULS AND TAKES MANY AVATHARAS (INCARNATONS). WHILE HELPING, AT TIMES, HE COMES DOWN HEAVILY ALSO, AFTER ALL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOUL ONLY. THIS IS THE WAY HE GOT CONTROL OVER THE SOUL.
FOR THOSE WHO ACCEPT HIS GUIDANCE, HE SHOWS ALL GOOD AND LEADS TO A PLACE WHERE THE NATURE CANNOT ACT UPON THE SOUL. THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN HIM, HE CANNOT HELP THEM. THEY KEEP ON ROTATING IN THE NATURE UP & DOWN, BECOMING INCAPABLE OF KNOWING WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE.HERE GOD'S INTERFERENCE IS NOT THERE. IT IS KARMA ONLY, SHOWS ALL POWER AND THE NATURE CONTROLLS EVERYTHING. GOD IS ONLY AN OBESERVER THEN. SO THERE IS NO PARTIALITY TO HIM.
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Buddha is considered as one of the avataras of Vishnu by some. As everyone knows BUDDHA preached AGAINST Vedas. If Buddha is one of the avataras of Vishnu, why did he contradict the Vedas. In one avatara (Krishna) he recognizes Vedas as the supreme authority and in another avatara he denounces Vedas. Its quite confusing for any simple minded person. I am sure someone might have raised these questions before and someone might have answered too, but I did NOT come across any so far.
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REGARDING BUDDHA AND VISHNU. WHEN A WALL TAKES MANY CRACKS, IT WILL BE REMOVED IN TOTAL AND THEN A NEW ONE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. IT IS THE SAME WITH 'VEDIC DHARMA' ALSO. PEOPLE WERE BADLY EXPLOITING VEDIC RITURALS IN THOSE DAYS, AND USING VEDA FOR THEIR OWN BENEFITS. PEOPLE WERE RATHER CHEATED BY THE SO-CALLED VEDIC PRACTITIONERS. WE CAN SEE THE SAME SITUATION NOW ALSO. AS PEOPLE ARE DEVOTED, MANY PRACTITIONERS ARE ELLURING PEOPLE WITH MANY YANTRAS, MANTHRAS AND THANTHRAS TOO. THEY EVEN STARTED CREATING NEW GODS ALSO. LORD VISHNU HIMSELF THOUGHT OF REBUILDING THE VEDIC DHARMA, FORWHICH HE HAS TAKEN THE BUDDHA AVATHARA AND SPREAD ETHISM. BUT THE INTERESTING THINGS WAS THAT HE MADE PEOPLE
TO FOLLOW THE ESSENCE OF VEDA. BY HIS 3 SUTHRAS HE MADE PEOPLE TO RESPECT GURU(buddham saranam gacchami), TO PRACTICE GOOD (dharmam saranam gacchami) AND TO OBEY THE ORDER OF THE SOCIETY (sangham saranam gacchami). LATER, ONCE THE WRONG PRACTICES HAVE GONE, LIKE ANIMAL SACRIFICES ETC., FOR MUNDANE BENEFITS,
GOD MADE ACHARYAS LIKE KUMA:RILA BHATTU, TO REVITALIZE THE VEDIC DHARMA.
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Swamiji, Namaste! myself am a devotee of lord hanuman. i have been deeply influenced by the life and sayings of sri sramakrishna , but i treat him only as my guru. i cry for my lord quite a number of times , but i am still very much influenced by the external world . i have not yet got over my tamasic nature ! what is the way for me ? will i have to stay engrossed in this world ? am i ever going to get over my lower nature and proceed unrestricted towards the lord of my heart ? please suggeest .
urs with deep regards
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Jai Srimannarayana!
The world is such a great thing, which can drag any person, no matter whosoever he may be. When one is in this world, should go along with the things available. All that you need to relate them to your Lord,as they are provided by
Him and see how best you can relate them to Him. But while doing so, you must select possibly good things. Then try to feel the presence of your Lord always within you and taking care of you always. If you are not detached mentally with
Him, that is enough for Him to bring you up, from wherever you are.
Try and Try again to feel Him. OK!
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Dear Sri Ramanuja Jeeyar,
Salutations to swamiji. Many people misinterpret "why women and sudras were not privileged to learn vedas". Being a reseach student I can understand that vedic chantings would put stress on women's uterus. What about women and sudra learning spiritual knowledge/ j~nana kAnda? Is it a must that one has to first learn purvam mimAmsa and then only uttara mimAmsa? Is it for this reason women were not allowed? What about the fourth varna/men? Are manu and yagnavalkya smrthis valid even now? I have read(don't know how authentic the author and the contents)that yagnavalkya smrthi says "women should never be independent". I humbly request HH to dispel my ignorance and shower his and Emperumanar's grace on this alpa Jiva:tma.
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Jai Srimannarayana!
Who said vedic knowledge could not be obtained by women and non-brahmins? One whoever is interested can get the vedic essence. The restriction is only to chant vedic manthras from the beginning to end. Because they involved with
intonation ie. Swaras. Manthra will not add any stress on the uterus of women. That is very un-scientific. As other wont perform Sandhyavandhan three time a day, they asked not to chant the manthras from ve:das. but they can always learn
the meaning and other details of the vedas and practise them. Smruthis are valied for all the ages. But howmuch you need to take from each, that is what one needs to understand. Every Smruthy has its own relevance.
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Jai SrimanNarayana!
Pujya Chinna Jeeyar,
Namskarams.
Why can one person not immerse in one particular activity like listening to divine music, read divine scriptures or articles, listen movies songs, etc. 24 hours a day? I ask this question because, I can listen to devotional music for a few hours, after that I get bored and I would like to listen to some movie songs...Is this right? I presume it is possible to be immersed in devotional music and reading devotional literature for some people why not everybody? Is it alright to find momentary hapiness in something like a movie song, listening to or watching sports event?
Saranam.
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Jai Srimannarayana!
Listening 24 hours to devotional songs etc., is no doubt good. But the body never permits one to do so, because it has so many other things to do. If ignored the person will be thrown out by the society. And the karma also will
not allow one to do so. Do it for some time and be able to attend all other activities as service to God only.
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Traditions & So Called Scientific reasonings:
SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA
Jai Srimannarayana
It is interesting to know that some discussion was going on, with regard to observing the distance during Ruthu time to women.
There are so many traditions being observed by our Vedic people, proved to be good for health and also for the sake of spiritual benefit.
Proving all of them through the 'so-called science', may not be possible all the times. For the scientific devices have their own limitations, proving through them is not impossible.
These scientific revelations keep changing everyday. One person says something and gets a noble prize today,
and tomorrow, another person condemns that theory and gets another noble prize. Again some other comes and re-establishes the older discovery, in a different style, he also gets another noble award. All these silly things can be found in our World records book. Hence, proving through such unreliable sources is meaningless.
Our traditions and customs are time-tested and more useful ones'. No doubt people whoever are interested will definitely reap the good fruit of these practices certainly, one day.
Those whoever is not interested, also will experience the result of such abuses, slowly. So, try to follow first, whatever our ancesters ordered us to follow, then search for the reason, why they said so, or atleast, what would be their idea behind putting such practices for future generations.
Even if you could not trace the reason through any mode, still keep practicing, let some day come, someone comes to
prove it's role for the good of the individual and Society in general.
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Subject: Emptiness in life... Requesting help...
Dear Bhagavathas,
I am working as a software engineer for the past 7 years. I am married and living, in Chennai, with my parents and wife. For the past three years or so, I feel a very high longing or emptiness (whether in india or foreign countries), as if I am missing something. My job doesn't appeal to me any more. I am feeling like a robot who is wasting his life by doing mechanical chores. I want to leave my job, go to some calm, peaceful village and start learning divya prabhandham and work in a temple. Could you, kindly, guide me how I should go about it or where I should go for the same? Please let me know. Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan, Vijayaraghavan Rangachari
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JAI SRIMANNARAYANA!
GOD GAVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU DESERVE, RIGHT! PEACE, ENERGY OR ENJOYMENT ETC., WILL NOT REST IN THE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE OR IN THE SUBJECT WE LEARN. IT DWELLS, IN THE MIND AS AND HOW WE RECEIVE THINGS AROUND AND WITHIN OURSELVES.
"RECEIVING AND INTERPRETING THEM" ARE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS. EVEN IF YOU GO TO A VILLAGE AND LEARN PRABANDHAS, START CHANTING... EVEN THEN ALSO THAT CHANTING MAY BECOME MECHANICAL AFTE SOME TIME. YOU MAY SEE MANY PEOPLE CHANTING VEDAS AND PRABANDHAM, LIKE THAT. SO LEARNING SUBJECTS IS ONE PART. STARTING RECEIVING
THINGS IN A POSITIVE WAY IS MAIN PART OF THE WHOLE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU THINK THAT JOB IS YOURS, THEN YOU MAY FEEL BORED TO DO THAT. IF YOU EITHER FEEL IT DUTY FOR YOUR SURVIVAL, THEN YOU DO IT AS A BURDEN. IF YOU THINK THAT IT IS A WAY TO SERVE GOD, THROUGH YOUR OFFICE, CUSTEMER, DEALER OR BOSS, INSTRUMENTS LIKE PAPER & PEN & MACHINES ETC., THEN YOU LOVE EVERY MOVEMENT, FOR YOU ARE WITH GOD AND SERVING HIM ONLY. ALL THAT WE CHANT MANTHRAS, PRABANDHAS OR PUJAS ETC., SHOULD ALLOW US TO FEEL THIS. THEN ONLY THEY, WE CAN SAY, ARE BEING UTILIZED WELL. OTHERWISE, IT IS ONLY SPENDING ENERGIES ON
SOMETHING. YOU MAY TRY THIS FOR SOME TIME AND GET BACK TO US. OK!!
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Dear all, I heard vasudeva is supreme of all demi gods. Is vasudeva lord krishna?. I heard for each loka there will be three Vishnus, for all these vishnus, krishna is the origin,is it correct ? please give me detailed description. "dhanyavad" in advance.
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JAI SRIMANNARAYANA!
THE DESCRIPTION YOU HAVE SEEN, MUST BE FROM ISCON BOOKS. THEY FEEL THAT KRISHNA IS THE ORIGIN TO ALL THE INCARNATIONS. FROM HIM ONLY EVERYTHING CAME. WE ACCEPT IT THOUGH, FOR LORD KRISHNA IS NONE ELSE THAN LORD NARAYANA HIMSELF, YET, HE IS ONLY ONE AVATHA:RA AMONG MANY. THAT HAS BEEN VERY CLEARLY DESCRIBED IN SRIMAD
BHAGAVATHAM. THE DIFFERENCE IS, IN OTHER AVATHA:RAS, LORD CHOSE ONLY A FEW QUALITIES FOR HIS ACTIVITIES, WHEREAS IN KRISHNA AVATHA:RA, HE APPEARED WITH MANY OF HIS DIVINE QUALITIES. AND ALSO, THE QUALITIES OF ALL AVATHA:RAS ARE SEEN THERE. THAT IS WHY, KRISHNA AVATHA:RA IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE "PARIPU:RNA AVATHA:RA".
THE LORD SUPREME IS NO DOUBT NAMED AFTER 'VA:SUDE:VA' ALSO. THERE ARE MANY OTHER NAMES IN THOUSANDS TO THE LORD SUPREME. ACCORDING TO VEDAS THE NAME GIVEN TO HIM IS 'SRIMAN NARAYANA' OR 'VISHNU' OR 'PARAMAM PADAM'
THE NAME 'VA:SUDE:VA' GIVEN TO KRISHNA BECAUSE HE IS THE SON OF 'VASUDE:VA'.
LORD SUPREME, HAVING THE NAME AS 'VA:SUDE:VA' IS VERY MEANINGFUL AND ALSO FIXED ON HIM. VAS=EXISTS, DIV=SHINES. ONE WHO EXISTS EVERYWHERE AND EFFULGENT, IN OTHER WORDS, OMNI-PRESENT WITH HIS GRACE IS 'VA:SUDE:VA'. THIS NAME IS ALSO SEEN WITH 1)THE LORD IN HIS PRIMERY ABODE, THE PARAMAPADAM, & 2)THE FIRST ONE AMONG
THE FOUR PLANNING ABODES, THE FOUR VYU:HAS.
PARAMAPADAM, VYU:HAM AND KRISHNA AVATHA:RA, ALL THESE 3 ARE VYAKTHA RU:PAS OF VA:SUDE:VA, i.e., FORMS THAT ARE VISIBLE. BUT THE NAME 'VA:SUDE:VA' THE ALL PERVASIVE, EVER EFFULGENT IS THERE WITH THE FORM OF THE LORD THAT CANNOT BE SEEN BY ANYBODY 'AVYAKTHA'. THIS FORM ALSO WAS SHOWN TO ARJUNA IN HIM VISWA RU:PA
SANDARSANA IN 11 TH CHAPTER OF BHAGAVAD GITHA. NO BEGINNING NOR ENDING TO THAT FORM.
THAT NAME, IF AT ALL GIVEN TO THE SUPREME SHOULD BE LIKE 'NA:RA:YANA'. THAT IS WHAT MENTIONED IN PURA:NAS AND UPANISHADS.
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Mangala:sha:sanams to Swamiji. Does the term sa:ttvika ahanka:ram exist ?
If so what exactly it means?
It has it been unanimously used by our a:zhvars (in divya prabandham) and our purvacharyas.
As per the Divine thought of sri pillai lo:ka:charya, bha:gavata sheshatvam(which is the height of bhagavad sheshatvam)lies in the "nama:". sri Azhagiya Manava:la peruma:l na:yana:r also in Acharya Hrdayam(when expressing Alwar's thiru ullam)derides ahanka:ram and mamaka:ram.
So, how can sa:ttvikam(which is goodness)go with ahanka:ram (which destroys the swarupam of the a:tma)?
On a different note, going by the words of the 'unparalleled' sri pillai lo:ka:charya, adiyEn is convinced that guhapperuma:l is a SV. guhapperumal (being a hunter,probably could not offer anythingelse)offered non-veg to perumal. The Lord says in the BG(9.26) that He accepts 'patram pushpam phalam toyam' the devotee offers with bhakti. Sri lo:ka:ca:rya says 'pa:pam or punyam lies in His eyes as He is the Judge(and we don't have any right to judge anyone)'. Because of the vatsalyam quality(just as the mother cow licks the wounds on its calf and removes all the dirt), the Lord even considers our dosham as bhogyam(our existence itself is for His pleasure only). With respect to, guha offering non-veg to perumal, how to explain this subtleness (food intake on oneside and conduct(SV) on the other side) to a person, say, who considers non-veg eaters as sinners.
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IT LOOKS THAT YOU HAVE MESSED UP THE THINGS AND GOT CONFUSED. THE WORD"AHANKA:RAM" HAS SOMANY MEANINGS. 1. EGO, 2.MANAS (MIND), 3. THINKING THAT THE BODY AND THE SOUL ARE ONE, 4. AN ELEMENT THAT BECOMES THE ORIGIN TO THIS
UNIVERSE, WHICH TAKES 3 FORMS AND NAMED AFTER i)SA:TWIC AHANKA:RAM, ii)RA:JASA AHANKA:RAM & iii) THA:MASA AHANKA:RAM. AMONG THESE 3, ALL THE SENSORY & VITAL ORGANS + MANAS WILL EMERGE FROM SA:TWIC AHANKA:RAM. ALL THE 5 ELEMENTS WITH THEIR QUALITIES(PANCHA BHUTHAS) WILL EMENATE FROM THA:MASA AHANKA:RAM. THE
RA:JASA AHANKA:RAM WILL HELP THESE TWO AHANKA:RAS, IN BRINGING OUT THEIR DETAILS.
OF THE 4 AHANKA:RAS 1 & 3 ARE FEELINGS. 2 & 4 ARE ELEMENTS (DRAVYAS). YOU GOT CONFUSED WITH 1 & 4. SRI PILLAI LO:KA:CHARYA, REVEALED ALL THESE DETAILS IN HIS WORK 'THATWA THRAYAM'. HE GOT THE INFORMATION NOT FROM THE DIVYA PRABANDHAMS. PRABANDHAMS GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT FEW THINGS ONLY. PURA:NAMS GIVE THESE DETAILS.
2. WHO TOLD THAT GUHA OFFERED NON-VEG FOOD TO RAMA? IN VALMIKI RA:MA:YANAM IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT GUHA OFFERED ONLY VEGITARIAN FOODS LIKE HONEY, FRUITS ETC. MUCH DESCRIPTION IS NOT NECESSARY, WE FEEL.
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While learning about Lord and while reading many beautiful things about him ...we feel soo happy or elated thinking about him ... is that being materialistic. Do we have to be neither happy nor sad when we think about lord ? or is it okay to feel happy.
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Jai srimannarayana!
If one does not feel the joy of reading and listening the stories of Lord, that persons life on this earth is simply waste. You are really blessed to feel the joy of them.
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We are happy with your doubts. we are writing something at those questions. you may look at them.
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I would like to know who is true vaishnavite?
1. stamping samasrenalu
ANS: "STAMPING" WORD IS NOT GOOD. SAMASRAYANAM IS TAKEN, OUT OF FAITH IN SASTHRAS AND ACHARYAS. IT BURNS THE SINS AND MAKES THE SOUL PURE. LATER HOW DO WE KEEP IT, DEPENDS UPON OUR OWN ACTS.
2. Following strict diet restrictions
ANS: FOLLOWING STRICT DIET RESTRICTIONS, BASED UPON THE LOVE AND CONCERN WE HAVE ON GOD. AS THE QUALITY OF THE SOIL DEPENDS UPON THE FOOD PROVIDED IN IT, THUS THE ABILITY OF THE BODY GROWS WITH THE FOOD GIVEN TO IT. TO GROW SATWIC QUALITIES, SATWIC FOOD IS VERY ESSENTIAL. IF ONE DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT, IT MEANS HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN SATWIC QUALITIES AND THEN HE IS NEED NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A DEVOTEE AT ALL. OUR ACTIONS SPEAK ACCURATE ABOUT OUR THOUGHTS, THAN OUR WORDS AND FEELINGS. HENCE DIET ALSO PROVES ABOUT A REAL VAISHNAVA.
3. Doing pooja daily
ANS; DOING PUJA MAY NOT PROVE VAISHNAVISM, BUT IT IS AN ACT COMES OUT AUTOMATIC, WHICH MAKES EVERY ACTIVITY AS PUJA OF LORD ONLY. NOT REALLY FEELING IN THE HEART AND DOING PUJA DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL.
Please let me know what is the most important characteristics other than mentioned above for being a true vaishnavite?
Finally a true vaishnavite is he whose heart bleeds for others and feels the relation with God in all respects.
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