Sponsor Nitya aaraadhanai ...

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On Nov 14, 3:39pm, krish wrote:

> donations

> With all due regards, I feel charitable contributions

> are personal. What is more important? Ramakrishna mission

> in Bangalore runs a home for poor students, providing

> boarding and lodging to college students.

 

In fact I find that this is more personal than sponsoring a nitya aaraadhanai

which is for the global welfare.

Time and again all our guru paaramapariya achaaryaas have mentioned that

compassion go hand in hand with bakhthi and only after bakthi. But if we sit by

and watch the very functioning of the nitya aaraadhanai not performed due to

financial difficulty, then what is the point of amaasing this material wealth ?

and what is the point of praising the very same LORD residing in those 108

temples. If we are to bring about the document on these 108 most important

shektrams it is something that we are encouraging everyone to go there and pray

the LORD. IF any of these sheKthrams are deteriorating in any spiritual

functioning, don't you think that it is important to do atleast a little help

or if we cannot help directly then to encourage others to help in such a cuase

? what is the point in showing interest in mere documentation of the 108

shektrams and leave the cause of helping the shEktrams unattended ? If the

trend goes like these one day our generation may find no temple aaraadhanna

being performed and no priest around and all these will become some historical

monuments and architectural display. Even that is in a shabby state as

mentioned by a friend when he stated how "pooly" the poygai aazhwaar's birth

place a holy tank in kaanchi. As one individual I cannot right away get things

fixed up. But I and some others who are already doing such help will keep doing

the best no matter who contribute or not, who encourage or not. My appeal was

to form a forum out of those members participating in this group to

1. Form a forum to deal this matter (may be a separate body as Mani suggested)

 

I was thinking that this forum need not be a financial orgainsation by itself

but only on spirits. AFter identifying the temples and what is required to be

done, post a plan that would require an individual sponsor to personally manage

his/her finance by putiing an FD in his/her own name and allow a local priest

to withdraw the interest and do the required. We can help the logistics by

arranging application form for FD, Bank account etc then it would be an

additional responsibility on the individual sponsor to personally monitor the

finance once in a month using the directly obtained monthly statements. In

addition we can help identify a priest to take care of these needs in each of

those identified temples.

2. Identify the temples that need immediate help

3. Work out a plan for one time offerings.

4. post a plan seeking sponsors

 

Some who

> cannot afford meals eat there. Is this less important

> than an offering to a temple. Raja Simhan in Madras

> asked money for a Vedantha patasala to train priests.

> I disafgreed because I would not want my kids

> to study vwda instead of science.

 

> Let us stick to Vaishana philosophy.

Is this not a self and personal benefit one seeks to attain through this group

or through reading book..etc. I was appealing to those (I hope all in this

group) who can see beyond improving their own "knowledge-base" and also apply

what they learn from philosophies.

> every doanation to a cause is one's own karma

 

on the contrary, it is the other way around. ie Compassion and Bakthi are

directly responsible for nullifying the karmas. The way one do it, is to bear

in mind that they donot seek any benefit out of this and if any reaction is to

be generated due to the "NATURE or karmic law" then to offer such fruit of

those good karmas (as a result of compassion and serving bakthaas or Lord) also

to HIMself.

 

Mr. Krish, You have such a great inquisitiveness on every thing. I want to

share with you something that I realised. The greatest fact "revealed" to me

is that, "one gets to know and get the fruit and essence of our philosophies or

the absoulte truth is only when he/she is at the end of the karmic cycle". A

tamil saying goes "vidhi kaNNai maRaithidum". No matter how many good things

are poured here, one's realisation comes only when their karmic cycle is at the

end. The lord may pass by the us but we may still not see HIM or hear HIM due

to our karmic screen. This is not a contradiction to saraNaagathi. There are

explanations that suits this and as well as saraNaagathi. Such a state of being

at the thershold of karmic cycle is known as "praaptham" .

 

A tamil saying goes like this. A man may take water from the middle of the

ocean in several vessels such as a cup, kudam, a tank and a big barge. The

content is the same sea water but the KOLLaLavu or voulme is different and that

it depends on the container. Such is the "maturity" or KoLLALAvu of the person

to absorb material knowledge from the ocean depth of philospohies. On every

cause there is so much to know. and being a srivaishnaaa and simply ignoring

the cause of our temples can only be attributed to selfishness or fianacial or

physical inability or not understanding the cause or devoted already to some

other cause of srivaishnavaas already.

 

Perumall thirumozhi

 

aathiyantha manantha maRputham

aanavaanavar thambiraan

paathamaamalar soodumpaththi

yilaatha paavikaL uynthida

theethil nanneRi kaattiyengum

thirintharanganem maanukkE

kaathalsey thoNdark keppiRappilum

kaathal seyyumen neNYchamE

 

KulasEkaraazhwaar thiruvadikaLe saraNam

 

Sampath Rengi