Guest guest Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Namaskar, My 8 year old daughter has started asking me some strange questions for which I am giving answers to whatever extent I can but I know that I will run out of answers for her questions. I would need suggestions from the learned. The questions she asked me are 1. Why are we born? I gave her the basic thought of the sloka poornamadha poornamdam etc. which she seems to have wel accepted and says all animals, tres and all living things are from God and we also take different forms based on our karma. We happend to follow the rituals at home and she knows few stotras (Ganapati atharva sheersham, ramaraksha, purusha sooktam, mantapushpam about 80 slokas of vishnu sahasranama etc). She does decently at school in 4th std. scoring about 85+ %. She deosn't bother whether she is first/second etc. appreciates who gets the good ranks but she doesn't bother or think that she must also excel better than what she is doing. She likes any program in which there is srikrishna and cotrary to other kids around she likes devotional movies like lava kusha in telugu etc.. and watches many times. Yesterday she asked me two questions. 1 Why is it that only boys wear yagnopavitam and not girls and why is that one has to wear it? 2. Why should one get married? I gave her the answers I know from our sanatana dharma. eg: yagnopavitam for learning veda or gaining knowledge and becoming better, guru sushrusha etc. For marriage I told to contunue to nature and live a more moral and systematic life than like an animal life. I told her that the purpose of life is to attain and become one with God or realize that we are god etc. surprisingly she listens all with interest. It scares me at time that is it wrong on my part to put thoughts of what I know as the right ones in her mind or should she explore herself well. She looks like a perfect normal child but apart from play she has only interest in these kinds of thoughts. Pelase send me in your suggestions as to how I should or can proceeed. Hari Om, Vidhumouli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Shree vidhumouli - PraNAms She is blessed and you are blessed. Give her the answers that she can appreciate. There are lot of amarachitra katha books that you can get her to study on the stories of Lord Krishna. Watch Ramayanam with her. Teach her how to sing and let her enjoy the singing bhajans. Of course, make sure you study the scriptures so that you can give the right answers appropriate to her age. Hari Om! Sadananda --- On Mon, 10/26/09, vidhumouli hunsigida <hv_mouli wrote: The questions she asked me are 1. Why are we born? I gave her the basic thought of the sloka poornamadha poornamdam etc. which she seems to have wel accepted and says all animals, tres and all living things are from God and we also take different forms based on our karma. We happend to follow the rituals at home and she knows few stotras (Ganapati atharva sheersham, ramaraksha, purusha sooktam, mantapushpam about 80 slokas of vishnu sahasranama etc). She does decently at school in 4th std. scoring about 85+ %. She deosn't bother whether she is first/second etc. appreciates who gets the good ranks but she doesn't bother or think that she must also excel better than what she is doing. She likes any program in which there is srikrishna and cotrary to other kids around she likes devotional movies like lava kusha in telugu etc.. and watches many times. Yesterday she asked me two questions. 1 Why is it that only boys wear yagnopavitam and not girls and why is that one has to wear it? 2. Why should one get married? I gave her the answers I know from our sanatana dharma. eg: yagnopavitam for learning veda or gaining knowledge and becoming better, guru sushrusha etc. For marriage I told to contunue to nature and live a more moral and systematic life than like an animal life. I told her that the purpose of life is to attain and become one with God or realize that we are god etc. surprisingly she listens all with interest. It scares me at time that is it wrong on my part to put thoughts of what I know as the right ones in her mind or should she explore herself well. She looks like a perfect normal child but apart from play she has only interest in these kinds of thoughts. Pelase send me in your suggestions as to how I should or can proceeed. Hari Om, Vidhumouli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 advaitin , vidhumouli hunsigida <hv_mouli wrote: > > Namaskar, > > My 8 year old daughter has started asking me some strange questions for which I am giving answers to whatever extent I can but I know that I will run out of answers for her questions. I would need suggestions from the learned. > > The questions she asked me are > > 1. Why are we born? > I gave her the basic thought of the sloka poornamadha poornamdam etc. which she seems to have wel accepted and says all animals, tres and all living things are from God and we also take different forms based on our karma. > > We happend to follow the rituals at home and she knows few stotras (Ganapati atharva sheersham, ramaraksha, purusha sooktam, mantapushpam about 80 slokas of vishnu sahasranama etc). She does decently at school in 4th std. scoring about 85+ %. She deosn't bother whether she is first/second etc. appreciates who gets the good ranks but she doesn't bother or think that she must also excel better than what she is doing. > > She likes any program in which there is srikrishna and cotrary to other kids around she likes devotional movies like lava kusha in telugu etc.. and watches many times. > > Yesterday she asked me two questions. > > 1 Why is it that only boys wear yagnopavitam and not girls and why is that one has to wear it? > 2. Why should one get married? > > I gave her the answers I know from our sanatana dharma. eg: yagnopavitam for learning veda or gaining knowledge and becoming better, guru sushrusha etc. > > For marriage I told to contunue to nature and live a more moral and systematic life than like an animal life. > > I told her that the purpose of life is to attain and become one with God or realize that we are god etc. surprisingly she listens all with interest. > It scares me at time that is it wrong on my part to put thoughts of what I know as the right ones in her mind or should she explore herself well. > > She looks like a perfect normal child but apart from play she has only interest in these kinds of thoughts. > > Pelase send me in your suggestions as to how I should or can proceeed. > > Hari Om, > > Vidhumouli > Ramayana and Mahabharata are best for children Stories explain so much which we may not be able to. thank you sekhar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 advaitin , " void " <rgoteti wrote: > > 1 Why is it that only boys wear yagnopavitam and not girls and why is that one has to wear it? Hari Om! Further to what is already suggested: Yagnpavitam is for both males and females. We know in Ramayana Sitaji wearing yagnopavita. Also in Devipuja even today we offer Yagnopavita. I think for convenience sake some how it appears like Hindu woman abandoned wearing Yagnopavita. So there is no discrimination. May be it is better to make your child sit and watch during the time you perform puja, especially Devi puja. At that time when the time Yagnopavita comes you can tell her, pointing the yagnopavita, that we offer Goddesses also yagnopavita. And from you can mould your explanation. > > 2. Why should one get married? Just like people go to school from the elementary to graduation. In our Hindu religion we have what we call " Samskaras " the right of passage. Just like you are not allowed to sit to Intermediate exams unless you pass the 10th class, you are not allowed to bear the children unless you are married. Marriage is a " Right of passage " in to bearing legitimate children. That is why during the Hindu marriage the groom takes a vow " Dharma praja sidyardham stiraym udvahE " ... To be get legitimate children take a lawful wife. So it is important to know marriage as a right of passage. Thank you. Love & Light, Madhava > > > > > > Hari Om, > > > > Vidhumouli > > > Ramayana and Mahabharata are best for children > Stories explain so much which we may not be able to. > thank you > sekhar > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Namaste. The rg vedic era witnessed 2 categories of women and hence there was a popular shruti vakya in rg veda as: " striyah dvi vidhA cha: upavItA cha anupavItAcha " ie., //there were 2 categories of women: one category with yajnopavita and other without // Even the Harita Smriti discusses two categories of women - one as brahmavAdinIs and other women vedic seers. And in explaining them, the smriti prescribes *brahmacharya asrama* for them. Now the brahmavadini can undergo upanayana and agni homa, study the scriptures and live on bhikShA. One can find clear reference to brahmacharini in Ashwalayana Grihya Sutra : ashmanastejo.asi shrotraM me pAhIti maNikuNDale AbadhnIta anulepena pANI pralipya mukhamagre brAhmaNo.anulimpet | bAhU rAjanyaH | agre.anulimpet | udaraM vaishyaH | pUrvavat | upasthaM strI | tadvat || There is also a reference of Devi Parvati performing Agni Hotra in " Kumara Sambhava " by Kavi Kalidasa which reflects the importance & role of women in our society in those days: // kR^itAbhiShekAM hutajAtavedasaM tvaguttarAsa~NgavatIM adhItinIm // In Ramayana, Devi Sita is depicted as performing Sandhya Anushtana as // sandhyAkAlamanAH shyAmA dhruvameShyati jAnakI | nadIM chemAM shubhajalAM sandhyArthaM varavarNinI // So, going by all these sastra pramanas, it was evident that Women were also *equally* educated in all the fields alongwith their male couterparts. All through his life, the great vedic scholar & tantrika Shri Vashishta Ganapati Muni fought for the emancipation of women and was also of the opinion that Women should be equally educated with men both in parA & aparA vidyas. It is really painful to see that in the country like Bharatavarsha where we people talk of high lofty ideals of worshipping women as Devis and give equal importance to them, the crime rate on them is equally high. // yatra nAri pUjyatE ramantE tatra dEvatA// Just my 2 cents. regs, sriram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 advaitin , " babi " <sriram_sapthasathi wrote: > > Namaste. > > The rg vedic era witnessed 2 categories of women and hence there was a popular shruti vakya in rg veda as: > > " striyah dvi vidhA cha: upavItA cha anupavItAcha " > > ie., //there were 2 categories of women: one category with yajnopavita and other without // > > Even the Harita Smriti discusses two categories of women - one as brahmavAdinIs and other women vedic seers. And in explaining them, the smriti prescribes *brahmacharya asrama* for them. > > Now the brahmavadini can undergo upanayana and agni homa, study the scriptures and live on bhikShA. > > One can find clear reference to brahmacharini in Ashwalayana Grihya Sutra : > > ashmanastejo.asi shrotraM me pAhIti maNikuNDale AbadhnIta anulepena pANI pralipya mukhamagre brAhmaNo.anulimpet | bAhU rAjanyaH | agre.anulimpet | udaraM vaishyaH | pUrvavat | upasthaM strI | tadvat || > > There is also a reference of Devi Parvati performing Agni Hotra in " Kumara Sambhava " by Kavi Kalidasa which reflects the importance & role of women in our society in those days: > > // kR^itAbhiShekAM hutajAtavedasaM tvaguttarAsa~NgavatIM adhItinIm // > > In Ramayana, Devi Sita is depicted as performing Sandhya Anushtana as > > // sandhyAkAlamanAH shyAmA dhruvameShyati jAnakI | > nadIM chemAM shubhajalAM sandhyArthaM varavarNinI // > > So, going by all these sastra pramanas, it was evident that Women were also *equally* educated in all the fields alongwith their male couterparts. > > All through his life, the great vedic scholar & tantrika Shri Vashishta Ganapati Muni fought for the emancipation of women and was also of the opinion that Women should be equally educated with men both in parA & aparA vidyas. > > It is really painful to see that in the country like Bharatavarsha where we people talk of high lofty ideals of worshipping women as Devis and give equal importance to them, the crime rate on them is equally high. > > // yatra nAri pUjyatE ramantE tatra dEvatA// > > Just my 2 cents. > > regs, > sriram > Yes sir Why India today is poor intellectually,economically,socially is because of female illiteracy.They were tamed as some utensils or sex dolls.To days suffering of India is all this. thank you sekhar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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