Guest guest Posted December 21, 2004 Report Share Posted December 21, 2004 QUESTION) I've a cell phone.I want to listen "JAI SRIMANNARAYANA" as my ring tone.please if such ring tone exists give me the SMS no of the ring tone. if it does not exist,on behalf of all I'am requesting you to create it. JAI SRIMANNARAYANA!!! karthik nellutla QUESTION) my humble pranamas to lotus feet of swamiji, please accept my humble pranamas, your causeless mercy is need to us to drag this ocean of material world and go back to god head. i am tulasiram from vijayawada. my question is what is purushotham masam,,,which comes once in 3 years in chatur masam,,,,,is there any story regarding this ,,and what precautions to take in this masam to follow ,,,,this masam is also called Mala masam,,,,this masam found in vaishnava philosophy only,,,,,,so please tell regarding this month and what to do in this month or masam,,,,, your humble servent tulasiram vijayawada QUESTION) Yagna's to be perform in Andhra Pradesh Jai Srimannarayana, Om sri gurubhyo namaha, Swamiji now a days in andhra pradesh so many formers suicides are going on. Can't stop this by doing our vedics to fall the rains?. As a guru u know and with ur compassion u performed the Sahasra kunda yagna in Tirupati in 1994 . With that we got the rains. Now a days due to the technology the people are performing with the chemicals (Cloud seeding). It is not at all good for the future. As of my knowledge, I observed that in Bangalore, Kerala for every month of Sankashta Chathurthi they will perform the homam in every temple. Why can't in Andhra Pradesh?. Wherever homam is performed there will be the rains. Iam not able to digest the present days situation of formers due to lack of rains. How long this will happen?. How can i help for my motherland?. I want to do something to my motherland. I want to write so much, but iam not able to explain. Please guide me to do something. Swamiji whatever the letter iam writing to you may have somany mistakes. I apologize for that. Shathakoti namaskarams, Oman Kumar QUESTION) Jai Srimmannarayana GeethatJyoti shlokas are very usefull. Please update the WMV Video for GeethaJyoti Shloka no-7 in the location "http://www.chinnajeeyar.org/gjmsgvid/index.htm" Jai Srimannarayana, shashikiran rao QUESTION) vigrahas jai srimannarayana swamiji i met you last week and i asked you about nitya pooja vidhanam . you said i can read stuthimala.i read it and i am really happy i came to know many things. but swamyji i dont have the perumal idol and somany other things you mentioned in the book . swamiji can you please tell me where i can get everything which i need . can i order them online. Jai srimannarayana, vani boyanapalli QUESTION) Can I become disciple of swamy by accepting sanyasatvam Hi! Iam married and after listening to swamy's preaching i want to become his disciple by accepting sanyasatvam.Is it possible? If possible can U please tell me the way to approach. Thanx radhika miryanam QUESTION) Geetha Jyothi Ji Srimannarayana My name is Murthy Nemani. I live in New Mexico State,USA. I recently got telugu channel in my home(Gemini) and I am regularly watching "Geetha Jyothi" Program in Gemini Channel every sunday morning. My bad luck is I missed all previous episodes. I am watching Geetha Jyothi for past three weeks. I am really interested and curious to know about Geetha Jyothi from starting episode. Is there any cassets or cd'd available on this Geetha Jyothi by H.H.Chinna Jeeyar swamiji. Thank You, Murthy Nemani. QUESTION) How to do Puja Jai Srimannarayana! Swamiji taught us how to do pooja at Miami... I forgot some of that...do you have any text for that so that I can learn practice. Is there any way we can overcome fear and laziness, I desperately need to know about these. Jai Srimannarayana! Subramanya Varma Siravoori QUESTION) jai srimannarayana Masterji, pranaamamulu. masterji, my guruji asked to learn srisuktha,purushasuktha, and manthrapushpam . sir, my question is i do not know any thing about the above sukthams and its meanings . is there any books available about these which is giving complete understanding of above . if not available what should i do? nagaraju kandakatla QUESTION) Jai srimannarayana! Swamiji, I would be very thankfull to you if you can send me the address of "H.H. Sri Sri Sri Vrathadhara Ramanuja Jeeyar Swamy of Hyderabad" because I am staying in Hyderabed as a student. Jai srimannarayana!, madhusudan swamy QUESTION) Parayana of Vishnu Sahasranaamam Swami! Jai Srimannarayana! Inspired by Your call to chant 'Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram' in full or to the extent of one's janma nakshatra and pada, me doing the parayana since the last 40 days. My wife and two daughters also joined me in doing so. Daily morning we used to listen to the casette of the stotram rendered by 'Malavika'. My wife has some apprehension of listening the 'Stotram' during their mensural period. Is there any bar, Swami, in listening to the recitation, during the mensural period? C.Saibaba QUESTION) Hindus Diest System Om I am Hindu born as Kamma in Andhrapradesh. out of four varnas (Brahmin, Kshatriya,, Vysyas tec..) in which group i fall? and what are my duites? can i eat non-vegetarian? according to sastras what are assigned assigned duties for my group. I am very much confident that Sri Sri Chinna Jeeyar is the only right person to answer my question. please show me the Way. Jai SrimanNarayana!!! praveen d QUESTION) quick question about meditation Namasthe swamy, swamyji we met you in new jersy in Sharmagarus House.Actually we came from Connecticut.I thought to ask some questions but I didnt becoz of some fear to ask in a group,I got a chance to ask but i failed and dissappointed with my mentality.my question is....,After doing meditation,if some body speaks to me, I feel very disturbed way, like I feel angry, means inconvenient. thas why I afraid of Meditation and I stopped that.I think My mind is losing conciouseness by doing this meditation. please tell me some thing about my questions.do I need to continue meditation or not?waiting for your respone.mme krupa kosam yeduruchoose oh bakturalu manjula Derangula QUESTION) US address for mailing the TTD support Can you please email the US mailing address for sending the signature to protest against the TTD acts and protect Hinduism. Thanks, Krishna Namburi QUESTION) Vishnu Sahasranama Parayana Swami! Jai Srimannarayana! I am yearned to host a Samoohika Parayana of 108 times of Vishnu Sahasranama Sthotram at Khurda Road, Orissa some time during coming couple of months. Would you please issue me some guidelines and instructions to do so? C.Saibaba QUESTION) Priyanka Hi One of my classmates raised this issue.. she was a hindu before her family converted to christianity.. and she said: God says that do not worship me in the forms of idols ( in the bible) ... is this true? I personally feel i cannot worship an unknown force and for this we view God in the 108 forms that we have .... is that wrong? and another thing about vibudhi comming out of sri sai baba photos in devotees' houses.. and miracles like that.. its known that spirits dwell near these idols.. so are miracles such sort a good thing or an evil thing I am a practising hindu..but believe in all religions...so i'm slightly confused about this.. Please clarify this for me thank you, Priyanka QUESTION) THOUSAND PILLAR MANTAPAM SRIMATHERAMANUJAYANAMAHA PRANAMS TO SWAMIJI. THE THOUSAND PILLARED MANTAPAM IS THE SHAKTHI PEETAM OF LORD SRINIVASA.OUR ANCESTERS USED TO MEDITATE HERE ON THE ASHTAKSHARI AFTER DARSAN OF THE LORD. SO EACH STONE ECHOES THE MANTRAM.SO THE MANTAPAM MUST BE REBUILT IN THE SAME PLACE USING THE SAME STONES.ALL DEVOTEES SHD DO KARSEVA IN REBUILDING THE MANTAPAM - PRANAMS - P B SRINIVASA RAGHAVAN P B QUESTION) Sub: Our Acharya's Miracle i am rapolu venkata chalapathi kalyan ramanuja dasa.i'm from vizag. i am an engineering student.i got upanayanam and panchasamskarams from HH.i completed my btech and i got US Visa for studying MS by lord's grace. i am strict follower of vaishnavism. i am a born vaishnavaite. i experienced a sort of miracle during my VISA. daily i keep 'tirunamam' on my forehead. at the time of VISA i had to go to an official who was very strict in issuing visas.he was rejecting visas for students. by seeing 'tirunamam' on my face he was very much impressed and asked me about its significance. i told him about it.he didnt ask me any other question about my credentails.directly he gave me VISA for 5 yrs. This is completely credited to acharya's grace on me. kalyan ramanuja dasa rapolu QUESTION) namasthe to swamiji garu jai srimannarayana, jai srimannarayana, jai srimannarayana jai jai jai .................. i want to ask many n many but i could not ask all can i get correct answer or not in daily life we see many n many things good or bad but to un such needy people we can do any thing for contributting a little money but y such people think they spend all for their own sake n rest if any problem comes oh! shut they will think of god n they come to temple;s is this correct . in one day i will got one dream tht i should study well n well (daily this is coming in my dreams) but how i will study but will not get good marks i will confuse in exam , tht i will be so tensed wht to do (this is the main problem to me)iwant to study but i will not y plz specify to my question n reply sir please this is my humble request to swamiji. i want to learn more n more about spritual things tht will gain our knowledge. from a student, sucharitha , nizamabad. gaddam sucharitha reddy QUESTION) the transcendental position of Sriman Narayan and Sri Krishna All glories to Sriman Chinna jeeyar swami and his followers!!! The dust of a pure devotee of the Lord can give the highest benediction to the materially conditioned soul. I am offering my prayers to Lord Sriman Narayan and His representative Sri Chinna Jeeyar swami. Swamiji, I as a conditioned soul could not understand the words of a vaishnava acharya of a different tradition namely, Srila Bhakti vedanta Prabhupada (madva gaudiya sampradaya). I am reading the commentary of Srimad Bhagavatam given by Srila Prabhupada. In the purports of many shlokas, it is explained that Lord Sri Krishna is the fountainhead of all incarnations and Narayan form is also an incarnation of Lord Krishna. He uses the shloka "Krishnastu Bhagavan swayam" of 1st canto of Srimad Bhagavatam and the 5th chapter of Brahma Samhita to establish this point. In commentary to some other shloka, it is explained that Narayan has not got all the transcendental qualities of the Sri Krishna. At the same time it is mentioned that these two personalities are one but they are not same. And hence, Sri Krishna is the original person. And it is also mentioned in several purports that there are infinitely many vishnus, who are all powerful. In my Sri Vaishnava upbringing, I learnt that Narayan is the original person and everything is emanating from Him. I learnt that Sri Krishna is one form manifested by Lord Narayan to conduct eternal lilas with His wonderful devotees. I understand that Lord Narayan is the original fountain head of all incarnations. But some Gaudiya sampradaya people refuted my position saying it as a speculation. 1) I have belief in Bhagavat Ramanuja acharya as much as I believe Sriman Narayana Himself. When Sri Ramanuja confirms that Lord Narayan is the original fountain head, then it is not any kind of speculation. I want to know, any scriptural reference where it is confirmed " Lord Narayan assumes the form of Sri krishna". I want to know if gaudiya vaishnavas are true in their position or my understanding is incomplete. 2) I am caught surprized when the gaudiya devotees brought a comparision between the devotion of Srimate radha rani and Srimati Rukmini. They are arguing that Lord Krishna likes Radharani more than Rukmini. Is it proper comparision. 3) Is there any difference of joy of the Lord in quantity or quality between different pure devotees in different rasas. I am told that there is an ascending order of rasas, ie., shanta, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya. And I am told that devotees in madhurya rasa give more pleasure to the Lord. Is there any such order, according to authorised scriptures. 4) According to Gaudiya vaishnavas, Sri chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Lord Krishna Himself, who is beyond all Vishnu forms. and they show some references of him in Srimad Bhagavatam. Is it proper? 5) I am living in sweden and the only vaishnava association available to me is ISKCON and their books. Please suggest me some books where I get the proper understanding of Srivaishnava practices. I request you to kindly answer all these questions, because is ignorance is darkness and the work of maya. I understand that devotees of your capacity can burn the doubts that are arised out ignorance in the minds of surrendered souls. Please give me sharanam. Pahimam Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji. your servant, Sriperumbuduru venkata vinod. QUESTION) Interview of Swamiji with Maa TV Sri Sri Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji's interview was telecast on 17-08-2004 on Maa TV. I was watching the TV at that time. Surprisingly, the compere took the commercial break and the advertisements followed. I felt very bad. Sri Swamiji, for us, is like God. Swamiji shall be given the importance that is given to our President of India. Swamiji's interview shall be uninteruupted and NO commercial breaks shall be allowed in between. Swamiji shall not accept invitation to exclusive interviews, in future, which telecast commercials in between. The TV channels shall be specifically told about this before hand. Thanking you, PRATAP SINGH THAKUR QUESTION) Pranams to Swamyji I bow my head and offer my pranams to Swamyji. His untiring efforts to keep our Dharma back is highly laudable. Hinduism in Bharat is slowly vanishing because of selfish politicians and biased media. People are confused and victimised to onslaught of other religions. Swamyji brave attempt in this regard is highly commendable. He won in TTD Maha mantapam case. Lakhs of Hindus were forced to convert to other religions and being converted even now. All religious heads should give helping hand to Swamyji to achieve this task and bring Hindu Dharma in our Country.'DHARMA SAMSTHPANAYARTHAM SAMBHAVAMI YUGE YUGE; LORD VISHNU WILL COME AGAIN AND SAVE ALL HUMANITY. JAI SRIMANNARAYANA QUESTION) Purchase of CDs Dear Swamiji Devotee: I am interested in purchasing some of the CDs and books listed in the website. I did not find a way to purchase them. Can you please advice me on how I go about obtaining them. Thanks, Chakrapani Yendapally QUESTION) regarding sanyasis Swami I pray your holy feet and rewquest you to answer my humble question.I recently came to know about certain swamis or precisely to say sanyasis involving themselves to destruct Visishtadvaida samprathya in Tirumala.If a sanyasi does anything against Dharma still should we consider him as a sanyasi and put our pranams before him? Is there something as sanyasa dharma to be adhered to by a sanyasi? Please answer my question .hope i have not asked anything rubbish? Please pardon me. Holy pranams . ramanujam balaji QUESTION) Questions on Bhagwad Geeta. Sri Swamiji. Namaskar. I offer my best regards to you. I pray for your blessings. I have attended your summer camps in 2004. I have started reading Geeta after listening to you. Please clear some of my doubts. My doubts are as follows: --------------------- 1- In Bhagvad Geeta that I am reading, page 1, first chapter, introduction, third passage. "The battle started on the battle-field of Kuruksetra at the appointed hour. Sanjay stayed in the battle- field for ten days. When Bhisma being badly wounded with arrows, fell off the chariot, Sanjay conveyed this news to Dhrtarastra who at that time was present in Hastinapur. Hearing this news Dhrtarastra was filled with great sorrow and started weeping. Then he asked Sanjay to narrate to him all the details of the war. Upto the twenty-fourth chapter of the Bhisma-Parva, Sanjay narrated the incidents of the war. In the beginning of the twenty-fifth chapter Dhrtarastra asks Sanjay……( O Sanjay, assembled on the holy-field of Kuruksetra, eager to fight, what did my sons and the sons of Pandu do?) Question: Did Sanjay start telling about the battle 10 days after the war and when Bhisma had fallen from the chariot or Sanjaya was teling as the war was happening? 2- Second Chapter, sloka 46 says “A Brahamana, who has obtained enlightenment, has the same use for all the Vedas as one has for a small reservoir of water in a place flooded with water on all sides But, In chapter 10, sloka 22 Of the Vedas I am the Samaveda; I am Vasava (Indra) among the gods; of the senses I am the mind and among living beings I am conciousness; Question: Is there a contradiction between chapter 2, sloka 46 and chapter 10, sloka 22? In one sloka the Vedas are considered of less significance while in another sloka it is God Himself. I am confused. 3- Eighth chapter, sloka 23;Now I shall tell you, O best of the Bharatas, the time when the Yogis depart never to return and also the time when they depart to return Sloka 24 In the path in which are stationed deities presiding over effulgent fire, day light, the bright fortnight and the six months of the northward course of the sun, then going forth after death, the knowers of Brahma finally reach Brahma; Sloka 25, In the path in which are stationed the gods presiding over smoke, night, the dark fortnight and the six months of the southern passage of the sun, then going forth, the Yogi (devoted to action with a motive) after death obtains the lunar light and returns to the mortal world; Sloka 26, These two paths, the bright and the dark, are considered to be the world's eternal paths. Proceeding by one, a man has not to return, while proceeding by the other, he returns. Question: Is it so straight forward that someone who dies in Uttarayana is liberated and someone who dies in dakshinayana is not? Namaskar. Jagdish Pandey QUESTION) request SashtAnga PranAmam tO His Divine Grace Sri Sri Tridandi Srimannarayana Ramanuja Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji. I have taken birth in Sri Vaishnava family and I have faith in Bhagavan Sriman Narayan from my childhood. But because I have not learnt any scriptures of the glorification of the Lord or the doctrine of Visishtadvaitha, I am deluded by the mayawadis easily and became a Brahmavaadi, rejecting the transcendental form of the Lord to be Supreme. But by the association of gaudiya vaishnavas in Sweden, where I am studying, I got the understanding of vaishnava philosophy again and understood the truth of Bhagavad Sri Ramanuja. I understand the works carried out by Swamiji are magnificient to rescue ill fated persons like me and give the light of knowledge. There is so much of work going on in the villages in the name of Vikasa Tarangini, Githa jyothi,.... These are great works to bring awareness. But the important section of the society, namely educated people are increasingly becoming atheists and Mayawadis. I myself is an example of such ill fated situation. I understand the reason for all these problems to be the education system which we have. The scientists are falsely propogating that human civilisation is existing from only 5000 years ago and we are the product of evolution from monkeys. This is not at all completely scientific, and as a student of Evolutionary theory in an International University, I understand that this is just one of the ideas scientists have about the life on earth. But in the school books, WE ARE SEEING, EVOLUTION OF LIFE AS A FACT, RATHER THAN A THEORY. The teachers in the society are misguided that our puranas are just stories or symbolic and life is coming from matter and not from any intelligent creation. Those teachers who have some faith in hindu scriptures, they understand them in mayawaadi way (atheistic). Unless the teaching class of the society is reformed and given proper direction, there cannot be any improvement of the situation. In Bhagavad Gita Sri Krishna says, People in general will follow their leaders. If people who are leaders, scientists, politicians,.., if all of them are misdirected then it is difficult to change the society. Now we are allowing the people to first become athiests in the form of this education system and then we are trying to give knowledge of God. I understand this is a very difficult process. If we can give the message of God, before they get the atheistic knowledge, then we can give the Mercy of Bhagavad Ramanuja easily. There is a need for upliftment of educated ignorant people, as they are examples for the whole society. I request you to help people like me, by starting up an aggressive preaching to the teachers in the society. I also request you to promote the TRANSLATION OF SCRIPTURES IN ENGLISH IN A MASS SCALE and distribute them. There is a flood of books of mayawaadis and other sampradayas. But rarely one can find a Sri Vaishnava scripture in the market and on internet. Please also promote *MAKING THE SCRIPTURES AVAILABLE ON INTERNET WITH SRI VAISHNAVA COMMENTARIES*. I am not making all these suggestions to you, but begging you to give your Sharanam to all the people of the society. I am voluntarily surrendering to your lotus feet, you can order me, whatever service you want me to do for you. I want to dedicate my life for the realisation of Visishtadvatha philosophy and extensive propogation of it. PLEASE HELP US. You only can give us Sharanam. Sriperumbuduru Venkata Vinod. QUESTION) Doubt, Jai Srimannarayan, I recently heard that women should not utter "OM" is it true? instead in the place of "OM" they should utter "am" is it true?Please clarify me? Rupa Nallani Ramanuja dasi QUESTION) Jai Sreemannarayana! In every yuga Lord took many incarnations. But in Thretha yuga Rama avatara is the most important one, and similarly Krishna avatara in Dwapara yuga. Likewise, I am also interested in knowing, who is yuga purusha as Lord's incarnation in the age of Kali (kali yuga). Dhanyavad, Adien Ramanuja Dasa:, Pradyumna Dingari QUESTION) Tirumala Issue Jai Srimannarayana! I pray Lord "Govinda" that our efforts give us fruitful results with the go ahead of construction of 1000 pillar mandapam at the earliest. Ramanuja DAsi LAXMI GOPINATH (Member - Vikasa Tarangini) QUESTION) Tirumala Issue Jai Srimannarayana! I pray Lord "Govinda" that our efforts give us fruitful results with the go ahead of construction of 1000 pillar mandapam at the earliest. Ramanuja DAsi LAXMI GOPINATH (Member - Vikasa Tarangini) QUESTION) Re: Becoming a vaishnava Dear Swamiji, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Udayavar and all glories to you. I studied some books and understood the greatness of vaishnavism. Especially Krishna Swami Iyengar's publication (Puthur Agraharam). I was born in the smartha family. After studying the Sri Vaisnava philosophy I am very eager to be a vaisnava. Is it possible for a person like me who was born in a Smartha family to become a vaisnava and get Pancha Samskaram or Diksha? If possible what are the activities or things that I should do? Will the Iyengar society accept when a Iyer person like me become a Vaishnava? Thank you very much. Your Servant, Vaitheeswaran Sivasubramaniyaiyer QUESTION) Regarding Vikasatarangini Dear Sir In vikasa tarangani - vanasthalipuram branch, at Hyderabad what is going on? Is it because of lack of control of JET or sharing of funds with JET organisers? It is just shadowing the image of sri swamiji. Kindly do not disclose my identity. With Pranamas. QUESTION) Jai Srimannarayana! I have a few questions to ask swamiji and am very keen to know the answers. 1. I have my love towards lord narayana increasing over the years and so at times I wish I could see him.Many have this kind of wish and the reply that swamiji gives is the example of Hiranyakashap.. why? Is it bad to wish to see the lord..Even Arjuna is one who has seen the lord with shanku,chakra, gadha and the crown.why should'nt I feel like seeing the alighty...? 2. Are there mantras which would help me attain more knowledge and eventually make me a genius if practised.... Thank you. and Jai Srimannarayana! QUESTION) Dear Sir, I wish to introduce myself that I am SSRASHTAA VARADARAJ belongs to a middle class family, aged 25 years. I am running an industry with 24 skilled persons. The main activity is making BRONZE ICON items based on orders from customers in India, Canada, Malasia, Dubai, Swiss etc. I am an awardee by TAMIL NADU government for my quality products. Our industry has made a `NATARAJA' statue of 11 ft. height (single piece construction), which is the tallest one in the world. This statue has been presented by Indian government to SWISS government and the undersigned and his brothers visited SWITZERLAND and installed the statue successfully and to the satisfaction of the officials of both the governments. A copy of the letter issued by the Indian government together with enclosures, is attached. Also, the SATISFACTION NOTE issued by the officials of CERN, immediately after installation, is attached for your kind information. In addition to the above, we are also in the process of making 23 ft. NATARAJA keeping in view the GUINESS RECORD. Necessary arrangements are on for seeking assistance from varies sources with a view to ensure early completion of this job. We are confident that we shall succeed in this attempt also. We take this opportunity to place before you that we are very much interested to receive your valuable orders for your requirements of various bronze items. We assure you that we shall execute yours orders promptly besides meeting your quality standards. Please let us know if we can be of any service to you! Thanking you and with kind regards, Yours sincerely, saranathan ssrashtaa varadaraj QUESTION) I do not know anything but still I have a doubt regarding this kindly enlighten me. In Ramayana Rama is said to be the Ideal person he is given example as qualified person as we read in the 1st chapter of Ramayana. Rama is said to be the Ideal man . In Ramayana we do not find sisters to Rama where is question of ideal how a brother should conduct himself to his sister is not shown the other things are there.obeying to father pithru vakya paripalna how he will become a ideal man. sumithra. Miss.Sumithra S Iyengar Srinivas Iyengar QUESTION) Q\\ Do Visishtadvaitham belive in nirguna divam also? Q\\ how did Bhagavad Ramanuja explained the word ``tathvamasi``? jagadeesh pondala QUESTION) pradakshina in the temple, why the devoties do pradakshinalu, arond the temple? and how many pradakshinas we suppose to do, in the temple? vamshidhar reddy QUESTION) Avani Avittam - Thengalai Sambradhyam I shall be thankful if you inform me about the free downloding sites for Avani Avittam Mantras and procedures (for Thengali sects) which I required urgently for me and for my friends. This is urgent. Thanks. Ravi Conjeeveram Srirangachari QUESTION) Sundarakanda Jai Srimannarayana Dear Swamiji Can you please tell me how to do a 16 days Sundarakanda parayanam? What is the correct procedure to do it? or else can you please suggest me the detailed book for Sundarakanda. Thanking you sir Srinivasa Chakravarthy QUESTION) Q & A The question answer has a very extremist view towards vaishnavism. Especially the opening questions of Shiva Vishnu, who is superior & inferior etc. Anybody focused on superior inferior and such differentiatedness has no realisation, how-much-ever, deep one might claim to be updated with the oldest of scriptures. This is because the person is viewing things purely from ones own EGO and strenghtening the same by interpreting scriptures in a wrong way. I agree, that nobody but the person pays the price for this (not the sun nor anything else). Truth cannot be realised if engaged in viewing things from Ego's viewpoint and highlighting differentiatedness & hierarchy. One would be busy arguing, judging and rationalising, hoping for realisation. Simply put, for a person focused on EGO, this world is not illusion but reality. There is nothing inside to realise and experience the truth. It's all laid out outside externally. As truth is not realised, bakthi & surrender is all dependant on body postures, rituals and words to describe. There is little which touches the inside. It's sad to notice that the great effort by Krishna to explain the truth in bagawat gita is all washed away in judjemental & ritualistic worship in his own praise by devotees claiming to be his. But this is nothing new. This has happened in the past and this will continue to the future. Let's assume sachin tendulkar becomes a god like figure. there will be two sects. One sect would believe that sachin would be happy if we surrender to him and submit to him as the greatest. And there will be another sect, which will believe that Sachin will be happy if good cricket is played and help his country win. The former group would focus on hype, ritual & visuals. The latter would focus on actions & go after the inspiration. Actions can reduce Ego. Actions without dreaming of results is good. Actions without the sense of doership is the message from the great lord Krishna. Krishna is there inside all of us, and you can ignore him by feeding into your own Ego. That's why you consider Krishna seperate from you, so that there is plenty of room for your own ego to breath, kick, scream, dance and all that. There is no doubting the fact that realisation is difficult, as said by krishna. Pray to him, be humble, move away from differentiation (inspired by the viswarupa) & judgement, ask nothing, serve society. Krihsna (Vishnu) will show you the way. Manohar QUESTION) question, Namaskaram Swamiji, I have a question.What if i see god in dream. Is that mean, i did something wrong..some one week back, i saw god (lord vishnu, vishnu temple, and lord venkateswara)for some one week continuously. and that week went bad. is it just my feeling!!! and onemore thing is, since one month i started "vishnu sahasranama parayana". after that it happend. please tell me if one can see god in dream. (i don't know if i can send my question in telugu. i am poor in english.) seta sahasra koti pranaamaalato... madhuri k QUESTION) Aaradhana timings. Pujya Guruji, Jai Srimannarayana, 1. Gruhastulu have done the aaradhana afternoon and evening? 2. if it is yes, in night time, SATUUMURI TIME, what should be done? Subba Lakshmi lakshmi QUESTION) bhakthi & food Jai Srimmannarayana. Namaskaram Swamiji. I learned from my aunt about the way we can offer prayers to Srimannarayana and i took the Sankam, Chakram Padhuka's on my shoulders. I am very happy and daily reading vishnu sahasram and pooja. I got my Visa to USA and now got settled in married life also. My question is: when i was in the ashramam for the mudras, the swamiji there mentioned that i should not eat onion and garlic and those foods which bring passion of life. i was following that from the past 4 years. But recently, i got the doubt that even married life is passion and i am married. And whenever i go to the temples, when people bring something for prasadam, some people keep onions in it and i am not sure whether i can have it ornot. so please let me know what i should do. Jai Srimannarayana. sailaja pattamatta QUESTION) religious arya,i am a follower of our guruji sri china jeeyar swami.i read VISNU sahasranamam,regularly,some of our community people now and then invites me for''SRI LALITHA SAHASRANAMAM''.so i just want to know whether i can attend and also read the sahasranam on fridays.also we are by birth non vegetarians.but i am strictly a vegetarian .inspite of this i have to cook non-veg for my family,now and then,though not regularly.usage of onion and garlic also i cannot help,though i want to discard,i will not have time to prepare or cook the food seperately for me without onion and garlic.any remedy for this.i tried to educate my family members but in vain.if there is something i can do please,let me correct myself.thankyou,with pranamams. kalagara jhansilakshmi QUESTION) aachara vyavaharam-DHARMA SANDEHAM can this be done? can my sister's daughter (mena-kodalu in telugu) be married tomy wife's brother"(baava maridi in telugu)!! i.e the bride will be the daughter of the bridegroom?? could u solve this pleae rao al QUESTION) bhavam for gadyatrayam Sri CHINNAJIYYAR SWAMIJI nAMASTE. i WANT TO READ THE BHAVAM FOR GADYATRAYAM.WHERE CAN IGET THIS.please letme know swamiji. your devotee vijayalakshmi hajeebu QUESTION) bhagavad ramanuja Respected sri swamiji my question is weather sri bhagavat Ramanujacharya's divine body is present in srirangam temple or is it a divine statue. My second question is why sri rama sent sita devi to forest. I would be thankful if you can kindly enlighten me. sankarsh reddy QUESTION) Bridge between India and srilanka Respected sri swamiji I read in google.com that a photograph was taken by nasa shuttle that shows an under water bridge between rameshwaram and srilanka.Some information on the site reads that it is 17.5 lakh years old. Another site has some information on dwaraka it says that it now under water some miles from gujarat coast and can be dated back to 7500 Bc .What is your opinion on this swamiji. From your dasa sankarshana. sankarsh reddy QUESTION) sri ramanujacharya Respected swamiji, can you please enlighten me regarding the holy body of sri Ramanujacharya at srirangam sankarsh reddy QUESTION) what is your opinion on ISKCON? atchyuta ramaiah QUESTION) What is the moral and reasons for the Lord's actions behind Draupadi having 5 husbands? Why Pandavas individualy(Arjuna, Bheema etc..) remarried inspite of having Draupadi as their wive? sunitha ramakrishnan QUESTION) Srimathe ramanujaya namaha !! Srimad jeeyar swamy maharajgariki, Sastanga pranamamulu samarpinchi.. Swamiji, I am krishnamachary working as an Engineer. I am aged 25. unmarried. I am a Srivaishnava by birth. But still I did not get upanayana. I want to get it and get initiation from you. I was attending the spiritual programs of ISKCON in Pune . But I wanted to get initiation from you as you were our families spiritual master. Please give me some suggestions such that I can get initiation from you. Please tell me the procedure such that I can be in service of God after qualifying by your initiation. Always your servent, Krishnamacharya Prathapuram QUESTION) About Hinduism and Vaishnamism Jai srimannnarayana Swamiji, I am from Hetauda Nepal.I am the grandson of Shree Parankushacharya. My question is as thus: One christian has claimed that our Hindu Shastra says Jesus is only redeemer not our lord Narayana. As evidence he preaches his followers that in Bhabisya Puran Lord Krishna says " I am not the ultimate goal. Jesus is so." How to criticise his sayings? Please tell me with your blessings Swami. Pramod Acharya QUESTION) Bhakti 1. Some of the Alvars(men)did not come from brahmana families.Did they ever wear the brahminical thread? 2.Vedic injuntions say that brahmana not to cross the sea. But vedanta is to please and satisfy Sriman Narayana. Sanyasi like your holy self do so and strictly abide to sanyasi codes.Indian priests (Vaishnavas and others) working outside Indiaif they deviate from their codes, what will happen? Chandradev GOORREE QUESTION) 1.Can pancharatra priests touch murties in a vaikhanasa consecrated temple or vice versa? 2.What is pancha samskaram? Is samasrayanam part ot it or the same? 3.How many samskarams we have in our Sri Vaishnava tradition? 4.During 15 days pollution due to death by a relative, can we light lamps in our pooja room, what prayers and things can we do and what prayers & things not to do? Chandradev GOORREE QUESTION) Is vedic scriptures meant only for Bharata Varsha and could not be followed in other countries? Some says that sastras has to be modified and adapted to the actual time or period and that it can be followed, as it is, only in India. Is it true or false. Please give details. Chandradev GOORREE QUESTION) 1. Did Sri Hathiram Babaji, the north indian devotee became initiated in Sri Vaishnavism or else what is his guru parampara? 2. Is mushroom sattvic, rajasic or tamasic? Can a Sri Vaishnava eat mushrooms? 3. What is the minimum qualification for samasrayanam? Chandradev GOORREE QUESTION) Bhakti 1. If a Sri vaishnava priest perform an antyesti samskaram(cremation rites), can he on the same day do deity worship in his temples? 2. Is there any pollution or karma for such a priest performing cremation rituals? QUESTION) Jai Srimannarayana when is swamiji's next visit to Bangalore. awaiting devotee. kowshic.v QUESTION) muhurthams i'm in a uniqe situation where some people say can move into a new house and some say no in dhanurmasam. i dont know which one to follow. if i cannot move into a new house in this month why not??????????? swetha devulapalli QUESTION) What is the difference between vadagalai&tengalai why vadagalai people dont wear padam amrutha QUESTION) Jai sri Krishna, i am a student from the uk and have had most of my contact of vaishnavism via Gaudiya bhakta due to the popularity of ISKCON in the west as well as Pushtimarg due to my Gujerati roots. However i have alos become very interested in the Srivaishnava sampardaya and have questions regarding its parrarels with some other sampradyas, namely Gaudiya vaishnava. Hope u can answer some of them!! my 1st question concerns the imporatance of hari nama in ramanuja vaishnava sampradaya. For Gaudiya vaishnavas followerss of chaitanya mahaprabhu, Hari nama (chanting the lords name) is the foremost pracatice of kali yuga for the salvation of jivas, to the extent that it is forms the foundation of all sadhana and bhakthi. Gaudiya vaishnava have explained to me the spriritual pottency of hari nama. I whould like to know wot is the view and doctrines concerning hari nama in sri Ramanuja sampradaya, is it held with the same importance as it is with Gaudiyas??? Also follows of Chaitanya Mahaprubhu chant the Hare Krishna maha mantra, which they beleive to be the main mantra for kali yuga, given in shastra. I would like to know which shastras speak of the importance specifically of Chanting Ashtakshari (namo Narayana). QUESTION) Radha. Ultimately i do understand that all forms of bhagavan be it chathurbuja vishnu or vraja kishora Krisha are one as are his respective shaktis such as Lakshmi, Sita and rukmini However Vaishnavas of north india, such as nimbarka, valabha an Gaudiya sampradyas, place importance on the worship of Radha, with Krishna as opposed to Sridevi and Bhudevi. Ultimately i do understand that all forms of bhagavan be it chathurbuja vishnu or vraja kishora Krishan are one as are his respective shaktis such as Lakshmi, Sita and rukmini. What position and regards (if any) is given to the shrimati Radha rani in Sri Ramanuja Vaishnava Sampradya. QUESTION) Shrimad Bhagavatam is given high a phillosophical postition by Gaudiya and Vallabha vaishnas. To the extent that Gaudiyas regard Bhagavatam as an official commetry to Vedanta. is the Shrimad Bhagavatam given so much authority and imortance in the Ramanuja sampradya. Thank u and Jai Sri Krishna. pritesh patel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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