Guest guest Posted October 8, 2000 Report Share Posted October 8, 2000 Dear Bhagavathas, This is in response to Sri Sriram's question on how to accomodate NS in the absence of know-how and time. It is easy to say that if we think it is important, we can make time to do (learn and do) is more easily said than done w.r.t. NS. In my opinion, perhaps listening to an audio tape while driving to and back from work with divya naama smaranam and shravanam of tape with full instruction on every aspect would be a relatively more practical. We could probably get an acharya to render an audio tape and use it. I have started the process of learning the entire Krishna Yajur Vedam in this fashion (I am sure many others have used this approach) and has been working very well. Daasan, K. Sreekrishna Tatachar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2000 Report Share Posted October 9, 2000 Sri Sreekrishna Tatachar wrote: > In my opinion, perhaps listening to an audio tape while > driving to and back from work ... would be relatively more practical. > ... > I have started the process of learning the entire Krishna > Yajur Vedam in this fashion (I am sure many others > have used this approach) and has been working very well. Dear Sri Tatachar, This is no doubt well-intentioned, and a good way to learn ordinary stotras, and perhaps even paasurams. But the point should be made that indirect learning of the Veda (such as audiotape self-instruction of Krishna Yajur Veda) is a terrible idea, and is expressly proscribed by the ancient authorities. The reason is that errors can easily creep in, the result being the greatest disservice to the Vedic corpus -- learning it and propagating it incorrectly. Not long ago, even printed texts were forbidden in Veda pAThaSAlas, the reason being that the books contained many errors and were a much inferior substitute to direct learning from a vAdyAr. I urge us to stick to our old methods which ensured flawless transmission of the Veda over the years, and not succumb to second-rate methods because of restrictions of time and place. There is no commandment to learn the Veda, if such learning is done incorrectly. There are many other substitute prayers which suffice. dAsan Mani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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