ThirumaN

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Srimathe ramanujaya namah:

 

Dear Bhakthas

 

I am Vatsala Narayanan. I am happy to be part of this group. my

ishta deivam is Oppiliappan.

 

I have a question.

my son- who is in his teens wears Thiruman in the morning; does

sandhi and wipes off before going to school. He starts doing only

recently.

I am not able to give saasthra / proof for not doing so, though I

know it is not right. He wears beautifully and sincerely does

sandhi. My husband says just leave him; he will be alright later.

 

Please advise how to tackle.

Sorry for taking my personal problem here

Regards

Ramanuja dasi

[Guest guest]

SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

 

Dear Smt Vatsala Narayanan

 

I admire your interest in Sampradayam and your son's keenness in

following performance of sandhi...

 

It is godd to see such young ones adhering to anushatanam. Firtly

praise him in public and openly that responding to your email, all

over the world people wrote to you admiring his adreance to

anushtanaams. May Lord Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan bless him as He

does always. May Acharyas bless with their vailakshaNya kataaksham!

 

You may ask your boy to read an article written by Sri Sadagopan

Iyengar Swamin in this groups "the case of fabulous foot prints";

all his articles are wonderful. This one- mroe relevant to the

subject- is a must read for everyone of us. Very good one.. That

clarifies all our doubts.

 

It is neccessary to wear Thiruman and do sandhi.. which he does

already.. so far so good.

when my son Vijai underwent Samasrayanam and BharanyAsam at the

lotus feet of His Holiness Srimath PaRavaakkOttai Andavan Sri

Gopaladesika Mahadesikan Swamy mentioned to him [i was not there- as

I did not go on vacation- work pressure.. mt father took him. Vijai

mentioned to me later about the divine event]: One needs to wear

ThirumaN srichoorNam while doing sandhi. Do sandhi without fail on

all days. Wear ThirumaN in such a way - lightly- so that it

automatically wears out by the time you reach your school[ Swamy was

so compassionate about out being so conscious of thirumaN being so

conspicuous]. BUT never ever wipe off... Because ThirumaN adorning

is like building a beautiful temple for housing the Dhivya Dampathi

on your forehead declating our eternal sEshathvam [servitude] to

Them.. Will some one destroy the building after it is built- that

too- to our dearest father..

 

So, wear it lightly such that it wears out on its own.. Even if it

does not, there will be few questions and eye brows on teh first

day! After all, you live in India. At least you can explain and they

udnerstand. For us in Singapore, it is different. There are of

course questions and enquiries as to what is on the forehead. Vijai

starts explaining about the lotus feet of the Lord.. etc... I have

also asked him to mention about similarity to the way the church

priests wear teh cross on the foreheads.. This is to enable them

understand better.

 

In Singapore, there are young boys in their early twenties

wear "paLich" ThirumaN and manjaL srIchoorNam and go for work... I

get inspired by them. uNmai veRum pugazhcchi illai...

 

So, as per asmadhAcharyan's instruction, one should not wipe off. iI

do not know if any acharya for that matter allow us to clean before

stepping out] Please explain to your boy and he will understand. How

about the father:-) Is he following the footsteps of the father as

well? In that case explain to both...:-)

 

No jnAnam is complete without anushtAnam and vice versa. sEshathva

jnAnam - is complete by wearing insignia on our foreheads. Should we

not take pride in showing off being a member of the group that we

are really PROUD of? We belong to the Greatest unparalleled One -

The eternal Lord Sriman Narayanan.. be proud to show off as well!

 

Acharyan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

 

Oppiliappan, "vatsalanarayanan"

<vatsalanarayanan> wrote:

> Srimathe ramanujaya namah:

>

> Dear Bhakthas

>

> I am Vatsala Narayanan. I am happy to be part of this group. my

> ishta deivam is Oppiliappan.

>

> I have a question.

> my son- who is in his teens wears Thiruman in the morning; does

> sandhi and wipes off before going to school. He starts doing only

> recently.

> I am not able to give saasthra / proof for not doing so, though I

> know it is not right. He wears beautifully and sincerely does

> sandhi. My husband says just leave him; he will be alright later.

>

> Please advise how to tackle.

> Sorry for taking my personal problem here

> Regards

> Ramanuja dasi