cAturmAsya sankalpa

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Dear Bhagavatas,

 

According to my pancAnga, the cAturmAsya vrata started on

AshADha Sukla ekAdaSI, July 12 according to the Western

calendar. But I noticed that Srimad Andavan of Periyashramam

pushed his sankalpa by a few days, and Sri Tridandi Jeeyar

Swami was still touring this country after this date.

 

What exactly are the rules and traditions for beginning

the cAturmAsya vrata? Sannyasis of such stature must have

had a reason for pushing their sankalpa. Can someone fill

me in on the details?

 

(No disrespect of any kind is intended by this post --

just curiosity as to the rules behind the cAturmAsya).

 

Thanks,

dAsan,

Mani

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Mani,

Adiyen will try to translate here what was written in

Sri Ranganatha Paduka edition of June 2000 about the

reason why asmadh acharyan Sri Rangaramanuja

Mahadesikan started the charturmasya sankalpam on 19th

July instead of 16th July. If there are any

mis-interpretations by adiyen, please forgive adiyen

for that. (Page: 6, kuRippu 3)

 

Many sishyas of the ashramam would traditionally come

on this very auspicious day for the blessings of the

acharya. But this year, this actual chaturmasya day

(16th July) fell on the Lunar eclipse during which all

the sishyas have to undertake upavasam and Grahana

Tharpanam. Further, the sankalpa should be done in

Madhyanika Kalam. Undertaking the sankalpam on the

eclipse day would have put the Ashramam in a difficult

position of not being able to perform

thatheeyaradhanam for the sishyas assembled in the

small town of Kizha Vazhutthor near Thanjavur. Also,

since Srimad Andavan had to perform Thirumudi ViLakkam

on this day, it would not have been possible to do

that on the grahanam day.

 

Considering all these, Srimadh Andavan out of

compassion for the hundreds of sishyas who throng the

ashramam for this occasion, followed the sastras and

practise to observe the charurmasya sankalpam before

the immediate Panchami thithi following the

chaturmasya sankalpam day. It was Srimad Andavam's

Thiruvullam to observe it due to the reasons above on

19th July.

 

adiyen,

Shyamsundar Sreenivasan

 

--- Mani Varadarajan <mani

wrote:

>

> Dear Bhagavatas,

>

> According to my pancAnga, the cAturmAsya vrata

> started on

> AshADha Sukla ekAdaSI, July 12 according to the

> Western

> calendar. But I noticed that Srimad Andavan of

> Periyashramam

> pushed his sankalpa by a few days, and Sri Tridandi

> Jeeyar

> Swami was still touring this country after this

> date.

>

> What exactly are the rules and traditions for

> beginning

> the cAturmAsya vrata? Sannyasis of such stature must

> have

> had a reason for pushing their sankalpa. Can someone

> fill

> me in on the details?

>

> (No disrespect of any kind is intended by this post

> --

> just curiosity as to the rules behind the

> cAturmAsya).

>

> Thanks,

> dAsan,

> Mani

>

 

 

 

 

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Mani Varadarajan (mani) wrote:

>

>Dear Sri Rajagopal.

>

>Here is your email. Please post it to the list if you would

>like.

>

>Thanks,

>Mani

>

>--

>

>Dear Sri Mani Varadarajan,

Let me try to elucidate what little I can.

The basic duty or the tradition,if we may call it that,of any Yathi is to

be on Sancharam all the time and observe a strict code of conduct.This

they have been doing

>for thousands of years.With the passage of time the connotation of these

>duties has changed somewhat. But one thing that has NOT changed is that

>these Yathis have to stay put in one place, for FOUR months,from Ashada

>Pournami day to the Pournami days 4 months on.

>Again due to passage of time that most of these

>Yathis have also become Heads of Mutts and Asramams. They have enormous

>institutions to manage and thousands of sishyas and admirers to take care

>of in far flung areas. So these Four months have been shortened to Four

>Pakshas always starting from the Pournami date as mentioned above.

>The basic idea of camping in one place was that during those periods

there

>used to be copious rains and all the pathways will be full of

Jeevarasis,like worms and insects

>not always visible and these Yathis might harm these inadvertantly had

>they continued their Yatras during these rainy months also.You might feel

>as i do that rain being such a rare and precious commodity in India

>nowadays the whole concept may be too pedantic!! But certain traditions

>are not to be broken whatever be the situation.This i imagine is one that

>will stand for a long long time to come given the upsurge of interest and

>commitment i have seen in the last two to three decades by persons from

>our walks of life.In practical terms this can be used as a break from

their hectic schedule all round the year and can be used to recharge

themselves.

>The rationale behind the tour of H.H.Tridandi Sriman Narayana Jeer who,

while

>flying around this country(i am here on a short visit to be with my son

>and daughter) and travelling on these roads,might be that He is hardly

likely to harm a

>single living Jeevarasi with such a mode of Yatra.This is of course my

humble presumption as such a Great Soul will have His own reasons for

being here and being on tour.

>Regards.

>R.Rajagopal(RR.)

>You wrote: