Vaasana and Samskara - differences

[Guest guest]

Hello All,

 

I would like to know the correct definition of

Vaasana, Samskara and the difference between the two.

 

Pranam.

-ramasamy

[Guest guest]

advaitin , " r_ramasamy " <r_ramasamy wrote:

>

> Hello Ramaswamiji,

In my viewe VASANAS are the 'tastes','desires'or 'skills'

appeared in a person by Birth.In his/her birth/births these

are the fields in which he/she practised and reached to a

certain level appear as VASANAS in this birth.

ex: A small kid of 6yrs is able to recgnize many Raagas In

karnataka music,A kid can ply chess and became a statelevel

player,

About SAMSKARAS,they are the customs,mannerisms followed

by a person in this very birth.these are acquired by a person

from the Family and environement in which the person brought up

from his/her childhood.Of course VAASANAS have their effect on

these traditions.

We can observe many examples in our day to day life'

Sd/bagawan_sastry

[Guest guest]

Shree Ramaswamy, PraNAms

 

Here is my understanding.

 

Vaasanaas are subtle impressions left in the mind

whenever one performs an action with ego or with the

clear understanding that he is the performer - this is

called ego-centric action - that include both gross

physical action as well as subtle mental action.

 

Vasanaas are divided into three types - sanchita karma

(karma is used since they are result of ego-centric

karma or action), praarabda karma and aagaami karma.

Sanchita is the total account, praarabda is part of

that total that was brought to exhaust in this life

and aagaami is the new ones that are formed in this

life and deposited back into the bank account for

future exhaustion.

 

The word 'samskaara' has different connotational

meanings. In general one can use samskaara to ones

praarabda or in general to results of previous actions

in the past. Hence the two words are interchangeably

used in many contexts.

 

Samskaara is also used for good actions that one has

performed or one is going to perform. The actions or

Karmas that prescribed for the evolution are also

called samskaara - starting from naama karaNa to

upanayana to vivaaha, etc. or all auspicious actions

that are prescribed by Vedas for a gruhasta to perform

in each stage of life. They are meant for purification

of the mind required as part of saadhana - preparing

the mind for higher human pursuits in life - dharma,

artha, kaama and moksha. In that sense they are used

for only actions that leave vaasanaas that help in the

evolution of the jiiva. Proper samskaara will help in

the development of the individual including the study

of scriptures - all are samskaaras. The essence is

the same - they leave vaasanaas that neutralize

previous vaasanaas and hence called samskaaras.

Hence the two words are used sometimes with the same

meaning and at other time samskaara word is

specifically used for the purification rites that one

performs for one's evolution.

 

Hari Om!

Sadananda

 

 

 

 

--- r_ramasamy <r_ramasamy wrote:

 

> Hello All,

>

> I would like to know the correct definition of

> Vaasana, Samskara and the difference between the

> two.

>

> Pranam.

> -ramasamy

>

>

[Guest guest]

The actions or

Karmas that prescribed for the evolution are also

called samskaara - starting from naama karaNa to

upanayana to vivaaha, etc. or all auspicious actions

that are prescribed by Vedas for a gruhasta to perform

in each stage of life.

 

praNAms

Hare Krishna

 

In addition to the above, *antya saMskAra* (last rites) is also one of the

shOdasha saMskAra-s.

 

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!

bhaskar