Teach your younger generation

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Adiyen, Adiyen have the same kind of thinking. But I feel that the learning of

Veda Sakahas (like upanishad and pacha suktas) and Divyaprabhandam should start

from Home. this is my small suggession that the present adhikaris whom Swamin

has mentioned that doing parayanam with the text book should start teaching

their children first. Now they may not able to memorise but they can teach the

younger generation. So first the thought should be erodicated that the learning

is meant for elders. Every child should be involved in learning and parayanam of

DP and Vedas. We should start as a movement. Every elder person should teach

their younger generation and spend some amount for the sampradya. We should keep

some amount in reserve for the development of our Sampradaya and tradition. This

is the tradition. Moreover nowadays people thinking of modern education but side

by side everyone should educate their children. Here in Muscat we had a guest.

He was secretary to many senior

Ministers in Delhi. But the guest is well versed in Nithyanushandhanam,

important vedic hyms, Desika Stotras & Prabhandam. Even he had taught Alavandar

Stotram to all his daughters. Now after retirement he teaches all these things

and stories of Acharyas and their great service to our sampradaya to his grand

children when he stays in his daughters' house. That is his time passing. He

does not miss any of our Sampradya events even in old age. If everyone is like

this sure our sampradya will come up again. If we correct one generation the

next generation will come up automatically. First let us start the movement with

the elders teach the important Suktis to thier grand children from the New Year

Vyaya. This is the service to our Sampradaya, God and to their generation. Do

not waste the time infornt of the idoitic box. Gradually people will take part

in the temple activities. Dasan, If any mistake kindly pardon me. Villiambakkam

Govindarajan, Muscat

 

 

soundararajan desikan <srikainkarya

S SREEDHAR <dwijavanthi

Monday, 10 April, 2006 10:52:14 AM

suggestions---invited

 

 

Dear Swamin

Sri Vaishnavas are commonly honoured with prefix" Ubhaya

Vedanthis"_ which, among other things , represent Vedas and Divya prapandhas.In

other words, they are vidwans of both Vedas and Divya prapandhas, though they

have not learnt all Vedas/their Veda as per their sakha( yajus sakha etc) and

all 4000 Divya prapandhams

2.Ubhaya Vedanthis are small in number now-a-days.The irony

is that Vaishnavaites, after their retirement from their profession, used to

learn prapandhams, having books with them, as most of these people do not know

sanskrit. Being the mother-tongue, they are fond of learning tamil prapandhams

and do not try to learn atleast pancha sookthas. This is the weakness in

Vaishnavas, whereas, advaitees give importance to vedic learning and Veda

parayanam.Srikainkarya leaves to Elites further thinkings on the above

conjecture, logic etc and to come to a decision on the necessity to revive the

learnings of Vedas atleast by next generation ( younger) as done by Advaitees

3. This is the proper time to encourage adyayanam of atleast

panchasookthams by vaishnavas, though they do not know a, b , c , d , about

sanskrit and they do not know akshara sudhdha in pronounciation . Once they

impart in this line they will have enthusiasum and do parayanam perfectly. This

is one part

4. Another thing is Vedaparayana vidwans. In Tamilnadu,staunch

vedaparayana vidwans are nurtured here and there giving honororium etc to them

from the funds created for this purpose, as in Kanchipuram.

5. Srikainkarya has undertaken this in a small way (within

it's limit) in giving sambhavana to Vedic pundits who perform vedaparayanam

during pavithrothsavam at Thiruvaheendrapuram. There may be philonthrophists

giving sambhavana like this in kshetras. But , most of staunch veda parayakars

are living below the povert line , unable to meet both ends. That is why they

are reluctant to send their wards to Veda patasalas, though Sri Ahobila Mutt,

Srimath Andavan Asramam are encouraging the learnings of vedas by young people

in all ways, extending all facilities/benefits

6. The need of the hour is to protect aged staunch vedaparayana

swamis living in villagesdoing vedaparayana kainkaryam to Bhagvan in temples ,

without migrating to other professions / or to other towns/urban areas for

livelyhood. The need of the hour is to provide them with basic amenities (

food,clothing. shelter, minimum funds /money to gain purchasing power every

month, if not radio/television/phone. fan etc)

7. The second part is prapandha Adhikaris. No doubt, most of these

vaishnavaits are having some sort of comfortable back-ground of earning or

receiving pension or some amount by way of interest etc. The irony is that they

entered this prabhandha ghoshti after spending their better part of their lives

in earnings/ after completing family commitments of education, employment

marriage of their wards. We can see that most of them are having books in their

hands while rendering Divyaprabhandhas along with professionals in temples(

urban area). If not , there will be scarcity , even for rendering Divya

prabhandhas, while there is no rendering of Vedas during

Nithyanusanthanam(morning &evening) and Saththumurai in most of the temples

8. As vaishnavas, it is our bounden duty to see that

Vedaparayanam is done in all the temples. As vaishnavas, it is our utmost

responsibility to protect staunch vedaparayakaras who are still lingering in the

village temples, attending to veda parayanams.

9. It is also our duty to encourage and help staunch Adyabhagas

doing Divyaprabandha sevai in villages/urban/other temples

10. Ofcourse, there are archakas also in these temples sailing in

the same boat

Smrithi says

Yasya vedhachcha vedheesa vichchith yethey thripoorusham

savai durbrahmanegeya: saruakarma bhahis krutham

If we, as vaishnavaits are unable to do kainkaryam /service to

veda vidwans/ Divyaprabhandha adhikaris for their well-being , we cannot say

ourselves as vaishnavaites

11. Those, who do not have adyayanam(learning and reciting vedas) and

relationship with vedic pundits for three generations , are bad brahmins

(durbrahmins). In other words, those who do not know their veda sakhas or

atleast panchasookthas, they will not be treated as brahmins (leave alone

vaishnavas) but bad brahmins and their anushtanams will not give any benefit to

them

12.Srikainkarya is thinking on the above lines for the past so

many days. At this juncture, one young Srivaishnavaite from U.S. thinking on the

same lines has sent an e-mail like this to Srikainkarya

Kindly let me know how we can do some more to make a difference to staunch

srivaishnavas in their pursuit of vedas/prabhandhams or in any of their needs

13. Srikainkarya is of opinion that there are most elite

vaishnavas spread over all along the world and that they can be approached for

this purpose

14. Srikainkarya requests you to suggest/ discuss/putforth your

valued, well thought out ideas/opinions etc in a nutshell as early as possible

sothat they can be further discussed (with pros&cons) and arrived at a

conclusion by way of a scheme

Dasan

Srikainkarya

Thiruvaheendrapuram Uruppattur Chakravarthi Soundararajan

 

 

 

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