AUSPICIOUS NEWS : SAAMA , RG AND YAJUR VEDA SANDHYA VANDANAM DVDs HAVE ARRIVED !

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SRI :

 

SRIMATHE RAAMAANUJAAYA NAMA:

 

DEAR VEDAABHIMAANIS & VAIDHIKAAS :

 

Through the anugraham of Veda MaathA , SrI Gayathri DEvi,

OUR AACHAARYANS AND THE DHIVYA DAMPATHIS OF SRIRANGAM AND

OPPILIAPPAN KOIL , THE PREPARATION OF THE DIGITAL VIDEO

DISCS (DVDs) ON THRIKAALA SANDHYAA VANDHANAM HAVE BEEN

COMPLETED .

 

THE SIX DISCS ( TWO EACH FOR THE THREE VEDAMS ) HAVE

ARRIVED AT NEW YORK NOW .

 

A VOTE OF THANKS AT THE OUTSET:

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BUT FOR THE SUPPORT OF SCHOLARS , ACHAARYAS

AND DEDICATED COORDINATORS ON GROUND IN INDIA ,

THIS TELE-MANAGED PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN ITS

COMPLETION . HEART FELT THANKS TO HH. SRIMATH

POUNDARIKAPURAM ANDAVAN , WHO SUPERVISED

THE SAAMA VEDAM AND YAJUR VEDAM SANDHYAA

PERFORMANCE . THE RG VEDA SANDHYAA VANDHANAM WAS

GUIDED BY KUMBAKONAM RG VEDA GANAPAADHI,

SRI RENGARAJAN SWAMY . LOGISTICS ON GROUND

RECORDING VIDEO , LOCATION FOR THE PERFORMANCE

OF THE SANDHYAAS WERE TAKEN CARE OF BY

SRIMAAN SAMPATH SWAMY OF KUMBAKONAM

( for RG VEDAM ) AND SRI V.N.VENKATANATHAN SWAMY OF

OPPILIAPPAN SANNIDHIfor SAAMA AND YAJUR VEDAM .

I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THEM .

 

POUNDARIKAPURAM ANDAVAN IS VERY PLEASED WITH

THIS INITATIVE , SINCE HE FEELS THESE AUDIO-VISUAL

MATERIAL WILL HELP ALL TRAIVARNIKAAS TO PERFORM

ORDAINED SANDHYAA VANDHANAM , WHICH CAN NOT

EVER BE ABANDONED FOR WHATEVER REASONS THROUGH

OUT ONE'S EARTHLY LIFE .

 

A DISCLAIMER

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THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTENT OF THE DVD WILL

HAVE MANY SANSKRIT WORDS. PLEASE DO NOT MIND

THEIR USE SINCE THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE

THEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT .

 

CONTENT & QUALITY OF OF THE INDIVIDUAL DVDs

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THESE DVDs LOOK GREAT . PRAATHA: , MAADHYAHNIKA AND

SAAYAM SANDHYAAS HAVE BEEN COVERED FOR EACH OF

THE THREE VEDAS . BEING DIGITAL RECORDING , THE PICTURE

QUALITY IS VERY HIGH . ONE CAN SEE THEM IN FULL SIZED

TV SCREENS WITHOUT DISTORTION .

 

CONTENT OF RG VEDA SANDHYA VANDHANAM AS AN EXAMPLE:

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KUMBAKONAM RG VEDA GANAPAADI SRI RENGARAJAN

SWAMY , A GREAT BRAHASPTHI AND VEDIC SCHOLAR ,

TAKES US THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THE INDIVIDUAL

SANDHYA VANDHANAM PROCEDURES STARTING FROM

BEGINNING TO END IN A SLOW AND STEADY MANNER

FOR THE PERFORMERS TO FOLLOW . ANOTHER GANAPAADI

AND A 7 YEAR OLD CHILD PERORM THE SANDHYA VANDHANAM.

THE INDIVIDUAL STEPS OF SANDHYAA VANDHANAM COVERED ARE :

 

AACHAMANEEYAM , PRAANAAYAMAM , SANKALPAM ,

SAATHVIKA THYAAGAM , PROKSHANAM , PRAASANAM ,

ARGYAM INCLUDING KAALAATHEETHA ARGYAM AND ITS

SANKALPAM , AASANA MANTHRAM , ANGANYAASA AND

KARANYAASA MUDHRAIS , ASTHRA MANTHRAM, DHIG

BHANDHAM , DHYAANAM , WAYS TO PERFORM GAAYATHRI

JAPAM , KESAVAADHI TARPANAM , SANKALPAM , UPASTHAANAM ,

DEVATHAA NAMSKAARAM , DHIG NAMASKAARAM , ASHTAAKSHARA

MANTHRA JAPAM TIMING , SAATHVIKA THYAAGAM ,

MANGALA SLOKAMS .

 

TWO POINTS GANAPAADI SWAMY MADE IN THE OVERALL

CONTEXT OF PERFORMING SANDHYAA WERE STRIKING :

 

(1) ONE WHO HAS NOT PERFORMED SANDHYA VANDHANAMS

IN A ROW FOR THREE DAYS HAS TO UNDERGO UPANAYANAM

CEREMONIES (BRAHMOPADESAM ) AGAIN . SUCH A PERSON ,

WHO ABANDONS SANDHYA VANDHANAM IS NOT FIT TO DO

ANY VAIDHIKA KARMAAS . HH. POUNDARIKAPURAM

ANDAVAN ELABORATED THESE POINTS IN THE DISCS

DEALING WITH SAAMA SANDHYAA VANDHANAM .

 

(2) THE PERFORMER OF THE SANDHYAA , WHETHER HE

IS IN DESAANTHARAM OR DHVIPAANTHARAM ( OVERSEAS )

SHOULD RECITE A SLOKAM THAT SAYS THAT HE IS TURNING

TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF SRIRANGAM TO DEDICATE

THE JUST PERFORMED SANDHYAA TO LORD RANGANAATHAN .

 

PRACTICAL DETAILS ON PERGFROMANCE OF SANDHYAA

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A WEALTH OF DETAILS ON SISHTAACHAARAM ARE PROVIDED

AND DEMONSTRATED BY THE ANUSHTAAS . THERE IS NO MORE

EXCUSE FOR NOT PERFORMING SANDHYAAS EVERY DAY

THREE TIMES WITHOUT INTERRUPTION . THE MATERIAL

ASSEMBLED CAREFULLY IN THESE DISCS WITH OVERALL

GUIDANCE FROM ACHAARYAAS AND SCHOLARS WILL

HELP ONE OVERCOME DEFICIENCIES IN THE AWARENESS OF

PERFORMING SANDHYAA IN THE PROPER WAY AS PRACTISED BY

OUR AACHAARYAAS AND POORVAAS FOLLOWING ANCIENT

TRADITIONS.

 

PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN TO ME AND HAVE SAID THAT THEY

SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON CONDUCTING THE UPANAYANAM

FOR THE SON AND THAT THEY COULD NOT GET THE HELP OF

THE BRUHASPATHI TO TEACH THE CHILD TO LEARN IT

FIRMLY DUE TO THEIR (BRUHASPATHY'S) OTHER COMMITMENTS .

THIS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR CREATING THESE REFERENCE

DVDs ON THRIVEDA SANDHYAAS FOR THRIKAALAMS .

 

SOME OF THE OLDER PEOPLE(PARENTS) ALSO REFERRED TO

PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF THE WAYS TO PERORM ACHAMANEEYAM ,

PRAANAAYAAMAM , ANGA AND KARA NYAASAMS ,

UCCHARANAMS (WITH SAVARAMS OF VEDA MANTHRAMS) ,

DIRECTIONS TO FACE , HOW TO GIVE ARGYAMS AND A HOST

OF OTHER MATTERS. THESE DISCS CONTAIN PERTINENT

INFORMATION ON ALL THESE POINTS FOR THEM TO REFRESH

THEIR MINDS AND TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN .

 

THESE DISCS WOULD BE MADE AVIALBLE IN INDIA AS WELL

AS IN USA . VOLUNTEERS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD

ARE ENCOURAGED TO ACT AS CENTERS OF DISTRIBUTION .

AS THE OVERALL PRODUCER , I WILL SERVE AS A CENTRAL

POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE DVDs.

 

THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO EXPAND THE REACH OF THESE

PRECIOUS MANTHRAMS AND PROCEDURES TO AS MANY

ANUSHTAATHAAS AS POSSIBLE AROUND THE WORLD .

 

SURPRISE GIFT :

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RG VEDA GANAPAADI SWAMY WAS SO ENTHUSED

ABOUT THIS INITATIVE THAT HE RECORDED GHANAM

RENDERING OF SELECTED PASSAGES FROM RG VEDAM .

THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY GANAPAADIS FOR RG VEDAM

AND THEREFORE IT IS A TREAT FOR US IN THE EXPERIENCING OF

THE RG VEDA SANDHY VANDHANAM DVDs.

 

PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU WOULD BE INTERSTED

IN THESE DVDs FOR YOUR FAMILY AND SPECIFY

WHICH VEDA BRANCH YOU BELONG TO .

 

OUR NEXT DVD PROJECT IN THIS EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE:

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PLANS ARE UNDERWAY TO CAPTURE NITHYAARAADHANAM ,

THE LENGTHY ONE AND THE LAGHU AARAADHANAM . PLEASE

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS INITATIVE AS WELL . THANKS.

 

NAMO NAARAAYANAAYA ,

SRIMATH AZHAGIYA SINGAR THIRUVADIKALE SARANAM ,

DAASAN , OPPILIAPPAN KOIL VARADAACHAARI SADAGOPAN