RE: Q - ekadasi, star, minor gods

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QUESTION:

"kprithy" Q - ekadhasi ;;; I heard that ekadashi is very good

day.it is the day of vishnu.so i have a question many say they r fasting ,some

say they should not eat oil food,some say no onions,some say no rice but what

is the right way to do fasting or okkapodhu.please inform me,i would be really

greatfull for them. thanks preethi

 

ANSWER:

DOING FASTING IN TOTAL, TAKING A:RA:DHANA THI:RTHAM AND A VERY LITTLE PRASADAM

IS REALLY GOOD. IF ONE IS NOT ABLE TO OBSERVE THAT, BETTER TO REDUCE THE FOOD AS

LESS AS POSSIBLE THAN THE REGULAR ONE, OK!!!

 

 

 

 

QUESTION:

Nanmaaran Q - birthday celebration;;; SrimathE Raamanujaya

namaha, Pranaams to HH Sri Jeeyar Swamiji, I request you to kindly clarify on

the same. adiyEn is pasting the question again herewith. Someone trying to

answer said that those thithis went to lord and complained that they are not

being recognised by people and hence to promote those thithis, Lord was born in

those 2 thithis. But here too i have a doubt..Even after Lord Rama and Krishna

were born in Navami and Ashtami respectively, people do not recognise those

thithis. So adiyen was not convinced about that answer. adiyEn is waiting for

Swamiji's answer which i think will be the apt one. adiyEn, satagopa daasan,

nanmaaran

 

ANSWER:

WE DID NOT HEAR THE STORY OF THITHIES GOING TO LORD ETC......LORD RAMA BORN ON

NAVAMI, LORD KRISHNA BORN ON ASHTAMI. THERE IS A PURPOSE BEHIND CHOOSING THOSE

DATES BY THEM.

 

1) LORD RAMA, A PU:RNA MA:NAVA AVATHA:RAM. HE NEVER SAID THAT HE WAS GOD.

INSPITE OF DEVATHAS SAYING SO, HE DENIED THAT. THAT PU:RNATHWAM IS SHOWN BY

THITTHI " 9 ". NINE AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, IS A PU:RNA SAMKHYA. INDESTRUCTIBLE

NUMBER IT IS. MANUSHYA SHOULD LIVE LIKE THAT IN THE HISTORY, BY PRACTISING

HUMANE QUALITIES, LIKE THAT OF LORD RAMA.

 

2) LORD KRISHNA, IS THE INCORNATION OF LORD HIMSELF DIRECTLY ON THIS EARTH. HE

IS NOT A MAN LIKE SRI RAMA. WHILE LOOKING AT LORD KRISHNA, ONE SHOULD NOT

THINIK OF MAN AT ALL. HE IS GOD-HIMSELF. ACCORDING TO THE VEDAS, GOD WILL BE

REVEALED THOUGH A MANTHRA THAT IS " 8 " SYLLABLES, CALLED ASHTA:KSHARI MAHA

MANTHRA. THAT IS WHY HE CHOSE TO BE THE EIGHTTH BORN TO DE:VAKI DE:VI, AND 8TH

THITTHI ALSO.

 

ACCORDING TO THE JYOTHISHA, THOSE ARE NOT BE TAKEN AS GOOD DAYS TO START SOME

NEW ACTIVITY AND THAT IS SA;STHRA, WHICH NEED TO BE OBSERVED. BECAUSE SA:STHRA

IS ALSO THE ORDINACE OF GOD-HIMSELF. HENSE, FOLLOWING THAT IS RESPECTING HIM

ONLY.

 

 

 

 

 

QUESTION:

I have one doubt on Birthday celebrations of Lord Rama and Krishna.

Conventionally we celebrate Birthdays based on Birth stars only and Sraarthams

etc based on thithi. If that is so, why do we celebrate Rama's and Krishna's

birth on thithis (navami and ashtami)? I have asked this question in so many

forums till now and not got any reply. I request Swamiji to clarify and

enlighten me. Adiyen, satagopa daasan, Nanmaaran

 

ANSWER:

WE WON'T PERFORM ONLY THITTHIS TO LORD SRIRAMA & KRISHNA. SOME PEOPLE DO SO,

THOSE WHO DON'T OBSERVE RIGHT SA:STHRA. OBSERVING THEIR BIRTH STARS, IS ONLY THE

CUSTOMERY BY TRADITIONAL SRI VAISHNAVITES. SRIRAMA NAVAMI BECAME FAMOUS, BECAUSE

OF LORD SRIRAMA CHENDRA AT BHADRACHELAM IN ANDHRA PRADESH. THE CONSECRATION OF

THAT TEMPLE TOOK PLACE ON THAT DAY AND STARTED CELEBRATING KALYANAM ON NAVAMI,

ACCORDING TO A:GAMAS. PEOPLE STARTED NAVAMI-CELEBRATIONS.

 

FOR KRISHNA'S BIRTHDAY, EVEN TODAY, WE OBSERVE RO:HINI ONLY. IT IS ONLY

NON-VAISHNAVITES, WHO DO NOT FOLLOW RIGHT SA:STHRA, OBSERVE SRA:VANA BAHULA

ASHTAMI ONLY. WE SEE THAT RO:HINI STAR SHOULD BE PURE AND ASHTAMI THITTHI

SHOULD BE PURE AND THEN ONLY OBSERVE THAT CELEBRATION.

 

LEAVE ALL THIS, THEY BORN ON SOME THITTHIS AND YOU SHOULD PERFORM THEM AS THEIR

BIRTHDAYS. WHY YOU NEED TO HAVE ANY OBJECTION AT ALL, WHETHER OR NOT TO PERFORM

THAT ON THAT DAY?

=CHINNAJEEYAR=

 

 

 

 

 

QUESTION:

raw_mango, Q - minor gods

I would like to know more about the minor gods of Hinduism, especially those

connected with the Shaiva traditions. Everyone knows Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu,

Krishna, Bhairava, Durga, Kali, Parvati, Lakshmi, Sarasvati, Rama, Hanuman,

Ganesha, Skanda, etc., but Hinduism has so many gods, there should be many

interesting other gods.

 

ANSWER:

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH ALL OF THEM BY KNOWING? THERE ARE MILLIONS OF

GODS. YOU NEED TO CHOSE ONLY ONE FOR YOU AND BE HAPPY WITH HIM. LET THEM BY

HAPPY IN A WAY THEY ARE AND YOU TRY TO BE HAPPY BY WORSHIPPING ONE AND

RESPECTING ALL DON'T MESS UP EVERYTHING, OK!

=chinnajeeyar=