Fwd: Use of tuLasi for medicinal purposes

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Use of tuLasi for medicinal purposes

Mon, 15 May 2000 20:13:22 -0500

 

Srimathe rangpriya mahadeShikaya Nama: Sri ranga sadgurave nama:

Srimathe lakShminarasimha parabramaNe nama:

 

This has reference to the current discussion on tuLasi. Adien's

opinion is as follows;

A. tuLasi is rightly referred as mother tuLasi. A mother feels a sense

of completion or paripoorNatvam when her baby drinks her milk. In the

same way, though tulasi is used for Bhagavan's pooja, another purpose

of her existence is for her medicinal values and mother tulasi feels

the same paripoorNatvam when people(her children) use her for her

medicinal values.

 

B.It is a common practice in many temples to add tuLasi daLams to

tirukalyaNi and milk for Bhagavan's aBhiShekam and distribute tha same

as teertham to the devotees.

 

C. using tulasi for medicinal values is the same way as using flowers

by ladies after offering the same to god. As long as we follow the

protocol of praying before separating out 'grown up' leaves and offer to

Bhagavan and then use for other medicinal purposes, it is ok,

mother tuLasi WILL be happy.

 

D. Whatever we offer to god, we also eat as prasadam, tulasi included.

 

Adien Bhagavata dasan,

M.K.Shrinath

 

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