Guest guest Posted May 17, 1999 Report Share Posted May 17, 1999 Now a days there is a great decline in ethics and morality.according to our sampradaya , a women has to wear madisaara podavai , during and after marraige.but now a days married women are wearing salwar kameez,maaxi , and the worst jeans pant.on seeing this my heart throbs. further people are busy watching star t.v day in and day out.gone are the days when srila ramanuja charya was reverred.hardly there are a few who realise that narayana is supreme.hardly there are a few who know ramanuja. in every street we find some baba temple or other. but i think that married women belonging to sri vaishnava community wearing jeans pant is the biggest problem which needs to be tackled in a big way. cant we all explore some means to stop this jeans culture ?? please reply. hare krishna ___________ Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 1999 Report Share Posted May 17, 1999 Balaji Venkateshan wrote: > but i think that married women belonging to sri vaishnava community > wearing jeans pant is the biggest problem which needs to be tackled in > a big way. Balaji, If the biggest problem you can think of with modern society is women wearing jeans, I think you should seriously reexamine your priorities. By the way, before counselling women about their garments, I hope you are setting a good example by counselling men to wear panca-kaccham and 12 thirumaN everyday, including to work. I also hope you are following the same. But, to get back to reality, there are far more pressing issues than people, women or men, abandoning traditional clothing. In fact, this should be the least of our worries, as these are mere external symbols of tradition; without the internal, these are meaningless. Mani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 1999 Report Share Posted May 17, 1999 Mani Varadarajan wrote: > > > But, to get back to reality, there are far more > pressing issues than people, women or men, abandoning > traditional clothing. In fact, this should be the > least of our worries, as these are mere external > symbols of tradition; without the internal, these > are meaningless. > > Mani Agreed to a certain extent - with one exception, thiruman. Every culture has and needs some external symbol that represents the spiritual, even those cultures that are iconoclastic in nature. Psychologists and anthropologists are only now becoming aware of the deep impact these symbols can have in defining an individual's sense of purpose and identity. The Catholic rosary beads, the Jewish Yarlmuke, and the Islamic prayer cap (I cannot recall the traditional name of it at the moment) are all excellent examples of such simple outward expressions of faith. As a kid, I was somewhat rebellious to the whole idea of wearing thiruman, poonal, etc. While adulthood brought me back to my senses somewhat, it is only after joining this forum and interacting with other bhAgavathas that I have fully realized the psychological and spiritual benefits of traditional symbols and clothing. While we must most certainly allow for cultural adaptation and change to some extent, I think that as bhAgavathas, we should at least take the responsibilty of encouraging the "cultural Iyengars" in our communities to adopt wearing thiruman, or at least srIchUrnam on their foreheads when they visit a temple or participate in a religious function. I think their acceptance of this will be a big first step in being re-introduced to the riches of our satsampradAyam. adiyEn, Mohan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 1999 Report Share Posted May 18, 1999 Dear Bhaghavatas: Sri: SrimatE Gopala Desikaya Nama: I agree with what Mohan Sagar wrote: ----Original Message Follows---- Mohan R Sagar <msagar bhakti Re: CLARIFICATION Mon, 17 May 1999 21:16:56 -0600 ..................... The Catholic rosary beads, the Jewish Yarlmuke, and the Islamic prayer cap (I cannot recall the traditional name of it at the moment) are all excellent examples of such simple outward expressions of faith. While we must most certainly allow for cultural adaptation and change to some extent, I think that as bhAgavathas, we should at least take the responsibilty of encouraging the "cultural Iyengars" in our communities to adopt wearing thiruman, or at least srIchUrnam on their foreheads when they visit a temple or participate in a religious function. I think their acceptance of this will be a big first step in being re-introduced to the riches of our satsampradAyam. adiyEn, Mohan .................................... I have seen gents coming to the temples in U.S.A. in shorts(perhaps after a game of tennis?). In Corporate America, even on 'dress-down' days, wearing shorts is prohibited(I am talking about gents only). I know at least few "Fortune 500" companies who specify what type of dress to wear on 'casual' days and jeans is not in the list. If persons can do this to please their employer, they can definitely dress properly when they go to the temple. Christians are in their best dress when they attend the church on Sundays. So are the Muslims or Jews when they go for prayer. Is it too much to ask of a Hindu to dress appropriately when he wants darshan of Perumal? The message is to be spread and those who can should try to educate the people who visit the temple to have proper attire. Of course wearing dhoti, Thirumann, panchakacaham are always nice to see and be seen in the temple. adiYen dAsan Lakshmanan _____________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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