Samasrayanam

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Sri :

Sri rAmanujAya namaH

 

Respected vaisnavas,

 

Please accept my danDavat pranAmam s. I thank all the devotees who have

replied to my earlier mail, suggesting about the basic books I should start

reading. I am trying to find them, amazon.com says these are out of print. I

am currently in Bangalore. And plannig to visit Madras shortly to get these

books.

 

I would like to ask in this forum, some basic questions in relation to

Sri-VaiSnavism.

 

What is samasrayanam ? I understand this as accepting a guru formally, who

can show us the path to vaikuntham. But I know nothing more than this.

My question is also that what are pancha smaskArams and their significance.

I know ( I am not sure) only nAma samskAram, tApa samskAram. And what are

the rules one is expected to follow after samAsrayanam.

 

More importantly my question is what are the qualifications one should have

to accept samasrayanam from a Guru. I understand from some of the books I

read that birth is not a problem, anyone born in any caste can accept ? Is

it correct ?

My self not born in Brahmin family, my caste is karanam ( Pillai caste as

known in TamilnADu).

 

What are the other qualitites, one should have so that he will not leave the

process after accepting it.

 

I am mainly interested in my last question, because it is very relavent to

me at this stage

 

Expecting showers of mercy from bhAgavatAs,

 

dAsAnu dAsAn

Mahesh

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Dear Sri Mahesh,

 

There is a link for Samasrayanam at

 

http://www.srivaishnava.org

 

based on the Sri Ahobila Mutt Sampradhayam (text prepared by Sri Anand).

There may be some differences in the procedures from mutt to the other or

from one acharya to the other, but this should give you a basic

understanding of the process.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Adiyen

 

 

 

Venkatesh K. Elayavalli

 

email: elayavalli , vke

Home Page Location: http://www.srivaishnava.org

 

 

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