ThAraNa Samavthsaram , Hemantha Ruthu , Dhanur Maasam , Second SravaNam / Laghu ThiruvArAdhanam: Part I

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SrI:

 

NamO Sri VenkatEsAya

NamO Sri HayagreevAya

NamO Sri RanganAthAya

 

Dear Sri VaishNavAs :

 

Few of you have asked me about including daily AarAdhanam to the Dhivya Dampathis

in your lives inspite of the time pressures that you as young professionals experience

in coping with the Loukikam demands from your busy lives .

 

SandhyA Vandhanam , Bhagavath AarAdhanam , Bhagavath PrasAdha SveekaraNam

are the prescribed observances by our AchAryAs in our daily lives .

 

It will be ideal to perform Dhivya MangaLa Vigraha AarAdhanam and/or PaadhukA

as well as SaaLagrAma AarAdhanam learnt from elders or AchAryan . It may be difficult

some times to recieve these traditional instructions about performing Bhagavath

AarAdhanam from AchAryan directly or from elders in the family .

 

It will be most satisfying however to perform detailed IjyA AarAdhanam

daily although it may not be feasible due to time pressures .

 

We have two options on weekdays to perform either Laghu AarAdhanam

or Maanaseeka Aaraadhanam instead of elaborate , SaasthrOktha BhAhyArAdhanam .

 

The precise ways to perform BhAhyArAdhanams have been recorded in the AhnIkam

treatises blessed to us by Prakrutham HH Srimath Azhagiya Singar , SrI VaNN SaThakOpa

Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan of SrI Matam and other AchAryans .

 

There is also an excellent resource ( based on Sri Matam kramam) on

how to perform such a detailed AaarAdhanam assembled by Sriman

Thiruvaheendhrapuram Venkata rAghavan

with audio clips and graphics on MudhrAs as well as the placement of the vessels for

AarAdhanam at his excellent web site :

 

http://www.srivaishnavam.com.aradhana.htm

 

It is in English , Tamil and Sanskrit versions and can be printed out

for reference . This version on AarAdhana Kramam deals with :

 

1. Preliminaries ( Dress Code , SaamagriyAs/accesssories , Timing etc)

 

2. BhUtha Suddhi Kramam ( Purification of the Self to qualify for the performance

of Bhagavath AaarAdhanam and the alternate easier way for the beginners)

 

3. The Maanaseeka AarAdhanam ( Internal worship)

 

4. Paathra Parikalpanam ( Laying out of the Vessels for AarAdhanam)

 

5. The first three Aaasanams ( Manthra, SnAna and AlankArAsanams)

followed by Manthra Pushpam recitation and concluded with three more

Aasanams ( BhOjyAsanam , PunarmanthrAsanam and ParyankAsanam ).

 

VisEsha AarAdhana Kramam is also included at this web site . Our thanks are to

Sri Venkata Raghavn for his great Kaimkaryam .

 

Alternatively , the AchArya RaamAnuja CD ROM containing Multimedia demos

of the AarAdhana Kramam with extensive audios and color graphics can be used .

 

This CD ROM is being updated to play on all platfroms and with some financial support

from you all should be realizable in few weeks. Please send me a note if you wish

to support this regeneration of the AchArya RaamAnuja CD ROM .

 

LAGHU AARAADHANAM FOR THE DHIVYA DAMPATHIS

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Assuming that an interested Sri VaishNavan is pressed for

time during the working days and that he is still interested to spend

10 to 15 minutes of his time in the morning to perform what is prescribed

by AchAryAs as Laghu AarAdhanam , he can have the satisfaction of

performing the worship for the Lord inspite of time pressures .

 

In the subsequent Postings , adiyEn will cover the procedure of

performing LAGHU AARAADHANAM .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan