RE: The Treasure / Unimaginable mind boggling Divine numbers /Sandhyavandanam and Gayathri !!!!

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Respected Shri Sukumar :

 

The Venerable Vysya has in one of his works on the Patanjali Yoga Sutras

has given 4 stages of upward progress when a person undertakes the path of

Yoga. These are called "Bhavas". A Bhava simply means 'an attitude'. It

is a mental image one cultivates and functions out of this.

 

For example, when you are at home typically on a Sunday you do not think

about the office. You are relaxed and concerned about your Sunday chores,

relaxation or playing with children etc. At the same time during office

hours in the midst of a meeting you do not think about the cricket match or

quiz which your son is participating in. If you do then you will fail in

the meeting. So there is an appropriate time/place for everything. In

the good old days when Vedic knowledge was given supreme importance, the

Gurukala system was initiated. The small boy of 7 after upanayanam was

supposed to first only LISTEN and REPEAT by rote the Vedic words from his

Guru for close to 5/6 years, then ,for the next 3/4 years supposed to

practice cross-repeation i.e. repeat with various combinations eg. Sa re ga

ma pa da ne sa, sasa rere gaga mama papa...then sare gama pada nesa....then

sarega mapada...then saregaga mamapada....

in such extremely complex ways he was supposed to chant...then once crossed

20 or so he learnt the grammer/meanings..after 25 or so he was supposed to

ponder and study and work on the inner meanings...

Mind you all these times he continued with his original chanting day in and

day out. No respite. No excuse.

 

Of course, he would continue with his Sandhya also without break and this

would be done AFTER the Sandhya.

 

The point you must note is the first few years he learns by listening and

blind repeatition. He just has to comply in order for the sound waves to

permeate into his skin, go through his cell walls, worm itself into his

genes and ultimately etch themselves into his chromosomes and brain cells.

 

This stage is called Dharma Bhav. i.e.just doing it, blindly without reason

without pause, without expectation, without explanation, without knowing

the meanings, without questioning, without thinking,without interpreting.

 

When a thing is done in this manner, then the next stage occurs naturally

i.e.Jyana Bhav i.e. the stage of Knowledge, when knowledge dawns naturally.

This knowledge is the knowledge of what is right what is wrong and the

difference.

 

Once this Jyanan Bhav continues, the next stage occurs spontaneously i.e.

Vairagya Bhav i.e. a sense of detachment. You slowly begin to detach

yourself with various attachments including attachment to knowledge Note

that this Vairagya happens because of knowledge or Jyana Bhav.

 

The last and final stage dawns once the other three Bhavas are sustained on

a long term basis i.e.Aiswarya Bhav or the attitude of wealth. Inner

Wealth. Power. Extraordinary capabilities. Benefits, fruits. You start

reaping the benefits. The benefits are better health, better relationships,

birds might not be afraid of you - a sparrow will not fly away when you

approach, fearlessness, a capacity and personality when people trust you

blindly, you are able to give prompt and CORRECT decisions,your actions are

without flaw.

 

This last stage is one of the most dangerous stages full of pitfalls

because when the person starts tasting the benefits, there is a slight

chance 0.0001% that his ego and knowledge still dominates and this will

make him crave for these benefits. The moment he does these he has already

lost his previous stage i.e. Vairgarya Bhav where he has been giving up

things. In that very instant he also loses his Jyana Bhav because whatever

knowledge he had which made him detached also has been dropped and rendered

useless.

 

He just remains with Dharma Bhav i.e. the primary original stage. This

stage is never extinguished. It prevails always.Therefore he has to go back

to kinter garten and study ABCD once more. After one more or a few cycles

more he may ultimately Graduate into Vaikuntam

 

You must note that if nothing is possible, stick to the inevitable,

invariable choiceless action i.e. Dharma.

 

Coming to your specific case since you are INWARDLY conscious and your

conscious is pricking that itself is enough. You are already in Jyana

Bhav. By maintaining your Dharma you have gained knowledge and hence your

email to this writer to resolve your inner doubt. The detailed procedures

are not relevant. Just offering the Prayaschitam argyam is enough.

Especially, after the main argyam (morning thrice), take water once more

and while offering to the Sun etc. just utter "Kala teetha Prayaschita

Argya Pradanam Karishe" and holding the water utter without breathing the

Gayathri and offer Argyam. While Uttering the Gayathri, imagine and look at

the water inside the cup of your palms softly and imagine transferring your

Prana into these waters. The feeling must be from the pit of your stomach

i.e. below your naval. It must come from your heart, traverse into the pit

of your stomach and channelise your entire thought into the water.

 

Morning and afternoon prayers may be joined but do them distinctly and

separtely one after the other. The attitude, or Bhava is important and in

your case this seems to be well established. Enclosed please find a

write-up on Bhava which this writer presented to the Bombay University. It

might be perhaps provide some clues hopefully. Read between the lines and

understand clearly point 12, which is the most important essence of the

entire essay

 

God bless you. You are one step ahead of this writer who is unable to do

Madhyanikam. Thanks for reminding. This writer will do the Madhyanikam on

Sundays and holidays. You have opened this writer's eyes.

 

 

Om tat Sat

Tat tvam asi

 

(See attached file: bhav.doc)

 

 

 

 

 

sukumar

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06/30/03 09:20 RE: The

Treasure / Unimaginable

PM mind bongling Divine numbers

/Sandhyavandanam and Gayathri

Please respond !!!!

to Oppiliappan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sri Krishnaya Namah!

 

Humble Pranams to Sri Sadagopan & Sri Ramachandran!

 

Many thanks for the eye opening information on Sandhyavandanam and the

significance of Vedas. I have few concerns which are out of limitations

that this loukika jeevana has posed me. I know it is dharma and it should

be followed (just followed), but there are some exceptions and here are

they --

 

1. I am doing the pratha sandhyavandanam with prayaschitam (for delay).

The book that I bought recently from TSK Sabha mentions that in case we

are not able to do it on time, we can do it on the specified time,

wherever we are thru our mind - a kind of manasa sandhyavandana. It is

said that in Mahabharatha too, during the battle, various warriors offer

mud as argya to Sun when water is unavlbl, during the specified time.

Please let me know whether we can do manasa sandhyavandanam in case of

exceptions, with procedure, if any.

 

2. Also, in the book, there is a mention of joining both pratha & madhya

mika sandhyavandanam (Alas! the procedure is not dealt with in it).

 

I realise the importance of Madhyamika sandhyavandanam, during my stay in

house during Sundays and holidays. When I do - pratha / madhya / sayam

sandhyavandanams on any particular day, the mind gets a diff. feeling -

calmer, finer feelings. It is as if, it can withstand any turmoil/danger.

Suddenly the mind becomes strong. That too, the japa( gayathri,

ashtakara) being in Padmasana, really transforms me and gives energy.

After Sandhyavandanam, I used to chant Purusha Suktha, and

Narayanopanishath (little extracts from all vedas, glorifying Lord

Srimannarayana) wherein it is said that chanting Narayanopanishath during

madhyana (mid day) absolves us from pancha mahapathakas, highest effect

when compared to morning/evening. Somehow I will be in office during

midday and hence, am thinking whether I can join it with pratha kala

sandhyavandanam. Please let me know in case any procedure is set for this.

 

3. While exceptions should not become the order, many times it so happen

that I offer addl. argya as prayaschitam. While I deeply feel bad about

myself for my inadequacies - be it unwell/late nights etc., I wanted to

know is there any means of appeasing Lord for these shortcomings other than

a polite - RETIRE FROM JOB.

 

 

Sukumar

 

Sri Krishnaparabrahmane Namah!

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