Another question about Thulasi

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Thanks to Sri Jai Simman for his excellent comments about Sri Thulasi and

I agree with him 100%.

 

But I have another question/observation.

 

I have noticed that when temple archakar gives Thulasi prasadam, some people

put Her in their mouth [full of saliva] and eat Her :-(

 

Is that okay since the Thulasi would especially have been in *DIRECT CONTACT*

with Perumal's thirumeni ?

 

Thanks,

 

J. Venkatanathan

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Dear venkatanathan swAmin,

 

you wrote:

> I have noticed that when temple archakar gives

> Thulasi prasadam, some people

> put Her in their mouth [full of saliva] and eat Her

> :-(

>

> Is that okay since the Thulasi would especially have

> been in *DIRECT CONTACT*

> with Perumal's thirumeni ?

 

Just my thoughts.

 

perumAL theertham itself has touched perumAL's

thirumEni, what about thuLasi. But don't we drink

perumAL theertham? Infact if the theertham has not

touched perumAL's thirumEni, it cannot even be

referred such.

 

As far as bhagawad-aaradhana krama goes, the

parikarangal that we use for aaradhana such as sandal,

thuLasi, incense, saffron, Elakkai, flowers, water,

etc are used only for the Lord's pleasure, and then we

should consume them with the feeling that that is also

for the Lord's pleasure. Our shareera has given to us

by the Lord because of his compassion for our unnati

(upliftment). We can cause this upliftment by, among

other things, consuming saattvic food that has been

offered to the Lord. Thulasi falls in this category.

So, there is nothing wrong in consuming thulasi that

has been offered to the Lord.

 

For more details please refer to Swami Desikan's

aahaara niyamam, or for a more condensed version, the

5-page (or so) monograph on aahaara niyamam written by

the Ahobila mutham aasthaana vidvan u. ve. nadadur

krishnamachariar.

 

|| sarvam sree krishnArpaNamastu ||

adiyen, murali kadambi

 

 

 

 

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