RE: minimum Sri Vidya Sadhana

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> ganapathy = = vijaya [srividya101]

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> For the householders who are overwhelmed with the households,

> Perivaal advises that such persons should take time for at least

> ten minutes in a day, regularly at an appointed time , at the

> same place, which can be even a bedroom, if the person has only

> one room, should light a Lamp and sing Bhajans or recite whatever

> the shlokas one has learnt or if one is ignorant -- shout from

> his heart -- Rama - Krishna - Ambaa or Narayana for 10 minutes.

> For the one's who can sing it is not the talent or raga that

> matters but a desire to surrender to the supreme through a heart

> felt call which reaches the Divine Mother. Divine Mother is very

> pleased with such calls, which can be compared to a child of five

> years seeking refugee to the physical mother muttering something

> in the midst of its play and returning to the outside world of

> its own to play again. This happiness of physical mother is only

> a reflection of the Divine Mother and what is important is the PURE LOVE.

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One practical approach is to integrate God in the daily activities and

contemplate on our utter dependence on HER. This can start in life

sustaining activities such as eating food and drinking water, etc. Even

though the verse, japo jalpaH in saundaryalaharI literally applies only to

jivan mukta-s, one derive its corollory, try to remember God and make

whatever we do as an offering or act of gratitude to God. For everything

comes from HER and our dependence on HER for everything cannot be

over-emphasized. This integration of life with HER and remembering HER can

be done wherever one is. Even while attending a business meeting, no one

expects us to talk while chewing food, it is indeed a good time for not only

thanking God but also atoning for abhojyam. Ultimately when we remember HER

with every intake of air and release of it, life itself will become a

prayer.

 

Another important aspect with respect to God is the beautiful advice given

by abhirAmi bhaTTa: "maRukkum takaimaigaL cheyyinum naan unnai

vaazhttuvanE*" [i will continue to praise and worship you even while, due to

my ignorance, I indulge in prohibited acts]. This is more important because,

many of us due to ignorance (anaadi avidya) and thorough blending with

triguNas (as shrii ramaanuja says tila tailavat or daaruvantivat, like oil

in sesame seed, and fire in firewood) we continue to err and act contrary to

shaastra-s almost helplessly like an automaton. It is natural, in that

state, out of fear or embarrasment, etc, shirk away from God. But the fact

that we cannot run away or hide from omnipresent and realization that SHE is

an ocean of mercy, should make us worship HER even while we sin. With time,

we will reform. Patience and Faith is the key.

 

Ravi

 

* Verse veRukkum takaimaigaL ... from abhiraami antaadi. There is another

verse in the same work, from the point of view of jnani-s, highlight a

similar idea but as a prayer: toNDU cheyyaathu nin paadam thozhaathu ...