[t'venkatam] Is killing insects a Papam?----IMPORTANCE OF SANDHYAVANDHNAM

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Dear Members,

SANDHYAVANDHANAM has got MANTRAS to take care of all the sins committed

during the day and night.

The meaning of the PROCHANA MANTRA----suryascha maaMANYASCHA--------Juhomi swahaa===================

May sun,(amd other devas subordinate to sun) purify me from whatever sins

committed during night thro anger,by mind ,by words ,by hands,by feet,by tummy and by genital organs.Let the other sins committed by me earlier be wiped out by the deity controlling the night.I offer as oblation this my soul unto the LORD who is the sole insrument of ones MOKSHA; who is Jyothi, who is the regulator of all events

[source: taken from the book:SANDHYAVANDHANAM published by SRI VISISHTADVAITA REASEARCH CENTRE and available in SRINRISIMHAPRIYA OFFICE]

The detailed word by word meaning is available in the TAMIL BOOK

SANDHYAVANDHANAM---n pdf form for download

www.saranagathi.org/~balajis

The importance of SANDHYAVANDHANAM need not be stressed FURTHER

N.PADMANABAN --- On Tue, 15/4/08, K.P. Sarathy <ramasarat wrote:

K.P. Sarathy <ramasarat[t'venkatam] Re: Is killing insects a Papam?Tiruvenkatam Date: Tuesday, 15 April, 2008, 8:19 PM

 

 

Vaiswa_devam( twice a day) and Pancha_maha_ yagnam(once a day) will take care of these. Those, very few, who regularly observe these do not have to worry about the problems addressed in these questions. Intentional killing should be avoided. One should live away from Dushta_Janthus. I remember, in my home town, when a scorpion is caught its tail end is snipped off and the creature is let go. Dr. K. P. SarathyTiruvenkatam, "Dr. Sadagopan" <yennappan@. ..> wrote:>> SrI:> > Dear SrI SrinivAs :> > The Prapatthi Saasthrams say that > for unconsciously committed apachArams ,> there are no accumulation of sins that interfere> with one's prapatthi .> > For wilful ( consciously committed ) apachArams and > sins thereform , there are

PrAyscchitthams of different > grades all the way upto PrAyscchittha Prapatthi ; latter kind> of Prapatthi is not for asking Moksham again (MokshArtha > Prapatthi) but some thing else . It is done almost at the very > end of one's life . This timing should not be intrepreted as> license to committ various apachArams and engagements > in Saasthra Viruddha Kaaryams .> > V.Sadagopan > - > Sampige Srinivasa > ahobilavalli ; Ponnappan ; Sgt ; SG ; divya desam ; Swami ; rajeev ; DS ; IRS > Monday, April 14, 2008 4:58 PM> [t'venkatam] Is killing insects a Papam?> > > > Namo Bhagavatas,> Dasan has some doubts on apacharam of killing living beings like insects(Mosquitoes,

Cockroaches, ants etc.,) unknowingly or Knowingly.> > Request the learned to shed some light on what our dharma shastrams say about this. > > As a Srivaishnava we believe that all the living beings are jeevatmans. > > Does intentionaly or unintentionally killing these insects is considered a Papam in our Dharma Shastram? > > If so what is the prayaschittam we need to do, especially for a Prapanna? > > > Namo Narayanaya> Srinivasa>

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