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[Guest guest]

Pranams to Beloved Sri.Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji:

 

My name is T.K. Kasturi, Dallas, Texas

 

I need your spritiual guidance and advise for the following for the daily

rituals:

 

1. Is it O.K. to do three (3) achamanams, Karanaysam and three (3) pranayams

and recite Gayatri ? or Do I need to do the entire Sandhayvandanam? In the

morning times (before 6:30 a.m. I stand facing north to do pooja due to the way

our pooja room is setup. Do I need to sit down to do Gayatri?

 

2. Do I need to do Anga Nysa Karanysa to recite Sri.Narayana Kavacham?. Right

now, I am just recting the kavacha stotra and recite Sri.Laksmi Kavacham? If

you have Anganysa karanysa sholkas, it will be very helpful. - Any restrictions

on this?

 

3. My mother and sister got sharanagathi done at Parakalamutt in Mysore. If I

want to get sharanagathi done here in U.S. through your ashram in U.S. - If it

is O.K. can you kindly recommend person's name who initiates here in U.S.

 

With humble pranams at your lotus feet

Jai Sriman Narayana

 

Teralandur Kasturi

[Guest guest]

Rugve:da Upa:karma was on 11th Aug. The

Ga:yathri Japa should be done by them on

12th. Where as for Yajurve:dis, Upa:karma

itself is on 12th and so they do the Japa

on 13th.

=chinnajeeyar=

 

> Thu, 7 Aug 2003 05:49:21 -0600

? "Mohan Sagar"

> Q - Yajur Ve:da upa:karma

 

> Jai Sriman Na:ra:yana!

> Many calendars show the dates of Sra:vana

> Pu:nima, Sri Lakshmi-Ha:yagri:va Ja:yanthi,

> which is also the day that we conduct Rig

> and Yajur Ve:da upa:karma as August 11, with

> Ga:yatri Japam taking place the next day.

> However, Swamiji's calendars shows the

> Ja:ya:nthi to be taking place on the 12th.

> Does that mean that both upa:karma and japam

> are to be performed on the same day? I would

> appreciate it if one of the devotees in this

> forum can confirm this.

> Ramanuja da:san

> Mohan Raghavan

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Sandhya Vandanam is recommended to everybody

without any caste or creed or sex. It is only

paying the regards and respect to the God Sun

for the help He is doing to the universe at

large and to us in particular. Whoever feels

that, will perform Sandhyavandanam. All that

changes is the manthras and slo:kas. Those who

know manthras they add manthras at those

offerings and those who need not chant manthras

will add slokas or even they just say in thier

own words and offer their gratitude by offering

water etc.

 

=chinnajeeyar=

 

 

> Message: 3

> Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:50:41 -0700 (PDT)

> Srinivasaramanujan TCA

> Q - Sandhyavandanam

 

> S'shtanga pranams at the lotus feet of HH

> Swamivaru, It is true that at present women

> do not perform Sandhyavandanam, but is it true

> it was not in ancient times?

 

> In Sundarakanda[14:49], Hanuman expects-

> "Sandhya'ka'la mana'h s'ya'ma'

> dhruvam eshyati Ja'naki'

> Nadi'm c'ema'm s'vajala'm

> sandhya'rthe varavarn'ini'"

 

> My 1908 translation in Tamil by Sri S.G.Ananthacharya

> based on Govindarajeyam is : "The noble Janaki will

> come to this pure river with her inclination for the

> evening and for doing Sandhyavandana."

> Adiyen Madhurakavidasan,

> TCA Srinivasaramanujan

 

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