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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.
=Chinnajeeyar=
Dear Sri Swami Maharaj Jai Srimannarayana!Please accept my humble obeisances at
your lotus feet. I came to know you are very busy now and I hope you will help
this insignificant servant of Krishna when you get a chance.
(1)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.
(2)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.
ANS: 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.
(3)Being an Acharya of an authentic sampradaya do you consider ISKCON sampradaya
as an authorized one?
ANS: 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.
1) Why do we do kalyanam on sriramanavami, instead of celebrating birthday of
rama ?
ANS:
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.
2) what is the significance of ADHIVAASAMS that we doto the vigrahams at the
time of pratishtha.
ANS:
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.
3) who revealed the saiva , sakti and gaanaapatya agamaas to the world
ANS:
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
agama'.
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?
ANS:
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.
=chinnajeeyar=
Jay Sri Narayan! Pranams! Dear friends, my namaskar to our beloved jeeyar swamiji. 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? I'll wait your wisdom words.
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.
A small question Swamiji: What is the meaning of "Adiyen"..?
ANSWER
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.
1. 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..?
ANS: 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 “.
2. 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...?
ANS: 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.
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
ANSWER:
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.
1.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
ANSWER:
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.
What as a lady should I chant everday as a practice?
ANSWER:
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:.
ANSWER:
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:"
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".
Hari Om
~~~~~~~ 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
Frank In San Diego
JAI SRIMANNARAYANA PRIYA!
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.
=chinnajeeyar=
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
ANS;;;
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.
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
ANS:
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?
=Chinnajeeyar=
QUESTION) Let me introduce myself as Mr. Vijay Saradhi, 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? ---
ANS.
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.
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.
ANS.
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.
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
Priya Sriman Udayji!
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!
=chinnajeeyar=
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 jIvAtma.
AzhvAr EmperumAnAr JIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam
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.
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.
ANS:
Jai Srimannarayana RAnganadhji!
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.
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.
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
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!!
=Chinnajeeyar=
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 coorect ? please give me detailed
description. "dhanyavad" in advance.
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.
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.
ANS:
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.
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.
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.
Jai Srimannarayana
we are happy with your doubts. we are writing something at those questions. you may look at them.
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.
=chinnajeeyar=
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