Digest Number 537

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In response to Smt. Raji Sridhar's question, I would like to suggest that if she

has gifted them to someone (including her in-laws), then it is not in her domain

to ask back for the mUrti-s. Especially if they are her in-laws, they are in a

position to be respected by her, and so she should not be worrying about their

actions (I mean this in a positive sense). If she has given them for

safe-keeping till she returns, she can perform mAnasIka-worship. Either way, it

is not a matter to worry about whether bhagavAn will be unhappy with what has

happened.

On an unrelated issue, I sense that if she obtained over 50 sAlagrama-s, they

might have been "purchased" by paying money. If this is the case, some purANa-s

seem to indicte that buying the mUrti-s is also not considered right, just as

selling them is forbidden (source: Publication on sAlagrAma-s by Kalpatharu

Research Center, SrI B. Ramachandra rao). Others are invited to comment.

-Krishnamachari

 

SMessage: 13

Sun, 23 Feb 2003 17:58:46 -0800 (PST)

RAJI SRIDHAR <sridharaji

On Saligrama Aradhanai

 

Pranams

 

 

Recently there was a discussion about Saligrama

Aradhanai. Regarding this, i have a doubt.

 

REQUESTING THE BHAGAVATHALS TO KINDLY GUIDE ME

PROPERLY.

 

Four years back when i went to Nepal, i brought many

Saligrama murthys (nearly fifty) which were of

different size with different colours, shape and gave

all that to one sadhu. But i kept four of them in

home and distributed one murthy each to some of my

family members.

 

When i went out the country i gave all the four

murthams to my in-laws. I am very much sure that in

all my family including my in-laws, are not doing

daily abishekam/offering a tulasi to the murthy though

they does the naivedhyam, which is the daily practice

in all the house.

 

Now, what should i do? can i request them to hand

over the murthys to some madam or to some vaishnava

who does the aradhanai daily?? many of them kept the

murthy just like that in their pooja place not even

inside a box. Now, after reading the different

mails,guidance from different acharyas and Sriman

Sadagopan's article about Saligrama aradhanai, i feel

very much guilty of giving the murthys though

unknowingly to my family members who doesnt know the

value. What should i do if they(including my in-law)

are not willing to give the murthy to some vaishanava

or to mutt??

 

I am now very much afraid also becoz will PERUMAL ever

forgive me for having done this great apacharam to

Him??

 

pranams once again

rajalakshmi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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