Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Jay Sriman Narayana! Dear respected bhaktas, accept my humble pranams Our tight schedule can be very cruel to our devotional activities, specially for a fallen one like me. Adyien works in a hospital far from home. Sometimes because of the traffic, the boss and various situations, I am not able to be back in time to perform the afternoon sandhya that is VITAL for us. In this sense, What can I do when I arrive a little bit late for the regular sandhya? What could be the less harmful way? Is there a schedule tolerance for Sandhya? Ramanuja dasan, Raghuram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Jay Sriman Narayana! Dear sri Raghuram, very happy to know that you are very serious about performing sandhyavandanam. Here is some information I recall (from vaidyanatha deekshiteeyam ,if I remember correctly)): One must perform sandhya vandanam 3 times a day. Morning, afternoon, and evening. (Historical records are there stating that Sri Ramanujachaarya performed sandhya vandanam even at the age of 120!) To clarify the sandhya vandana process, it has the following aspects, 1)upto arghya pradanam & tarpanam 2)gayatri japam 3)upasthanam For morning sandhya vandanam it is recommended that 1&2 be performed while the stars are there in sky; and part 3 after sunrise (looking at sun). Madhyahnika sandhya vandanam be performed between 11am-12pm.(if that is not possible, one may perform anytime between sunrise and sunset). Evening sandhya vandanam to be performed just before the sunset. For any sandhyavandanam, if it is not possible to do at the right time, perform it with a prayaschitta arghya pradanam(one more arghya pradanam)at the earliest chance. even if place, circumstance does not allow one to perform sandhya vandanam(ex. traveling on a flight), perform it mentally (manasikam). the important thing here is that one MUST NEVER GIVE UP SANDHYA VANDANAM. If one gives up sandhya vandanam for 3 consecutive (morning,afternoon, and evening)times , he must go through the samskaram again. some people say that just do japam, that's enough..., No, that is not enough, atleast that is not what the scripture says. Whatever we do, we have to base it on scriptural injunction. In this case, one must know how to perform sandhya vandanam. There are so many sources to learn that, including electronic media-audio,video. One who does not perform sandhya vandanam is not qualified to perform anything (including anuyagam-eating prasadam). Even during maila/teetu (the time period when some is born/died in a family), the scripture says one must not give up sandhyavandanam, during this time one must perform upto arghya pradanam, and the rest shoud be performed mentally (manasikam). the subject is getting toooo long, so we will stop here. Jai sreeman narayana sreenivasa ramanuja dasan > Our tight schedule can be very cruel to our > devotional activities, specially for a fallen one > like me. Adyien works in a hospital far from home. > Sometimes because of the traffic, the boss and > various situations, I am not able to be back in time > to perform the afternoon sandhya that is VITAL for > us. In this sense, What can I do when I arrive a > little bit late for the regular sandhya? What could > be the less harmful way? Is there a schedule > tolerance for Sandhya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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