Who will marry our Priests?

[Guest guest]

SrI:

 

Thanks very much to all , who

contributed to the discussions

on this important topic on preservation

of our ancient traditions , the yoga

KshEmam of our future ubhaya

VedAntha Scholars and their families .

 

The general word chosen , Priest , covers

a lot of groups : Archakaas ( Aagamaa

expets , Bruhaspathys/UpAdhyAyam

and those trained in Vedic PaatasAlAs .

All these groups can have Vedic training

at PaatasAlAs .In the old days , Bruhaspathys

were fully trained in one or more Veda SaakhAs

and made sure that the YajamAnan recited

the Veda Mantrams in Vaidhika Kaaryams

with the proper swarams . Today , it is a different

story , where the successful Bruhaspathy has

a cell phone driven assembly of helpers

to cover their markets . Still , there are

some Bruhaspathys , who are faithfully

following the Vedic traditions .

 

Please support Veda PaatasAlAs. Adopt one

student and act as his mentor as he prgresses .

There are as many poor girls as there are boys

from poor Families , which send some times

the boys as a last resort to PaatasAlAs . Please

invest in the poor girl's education as well . It is really

women and their piety , which has instilled

Aasthika Buddhi in their children . Please

visit the dhivya dEsams and other abodes

where the Lord and His PirAttis are worshipped .

Attend utsavams to get infused with the spirit of

celebrations of both the VedAs and dhivya Prabhandhams .

Set aside a small portion of your earnings to serve

your AchAryAs , who strive day in and day out

to provide us guidance in spiritual matters

and SaastrAs . Their sacrifices for us

are beyond description .

 

Let us not forget the misery of the dowry system

which has ruined many girl's and their parents'

lives . It is a shame to see that boys with good

education from educated families stand silent ,

when their parents drive the dowry bargain

to the hilt . I am amazed that the boys do

not tell their parents that he has enough earning

capacity and does not need a dowry for

the sake of proving his mettle in the marriage

market . The world will be a better place if

their is a ground swell in the courage of our

young bride grooms to seek their brides

without listening to the sound of money .

If these hard bargains and once again

shameful ones , cease , the parents wont

mind having girl children . There are

so many social ills that we have to tackle

while we address the issues related to

the girls not choosing the tradionalist

for marriage .

 

 

On another matter , Please learn at least Pancha Sooktams ,

even if you can not spend few years at a paatasAla to master

one Saakha of the Vedams . You will atleast have

Veda Sambhandham .In your spare time , you can

learn more from a Vedic scholar . Udhaga Saanthi

mantrams will be a good start . Acchidhram , AswamEdham ,

Kaatakam will be wonderful discrete Veda mantrams

to master for use during EkAdasi , DhvAdasi times .

You can listen to the above mantrams at Ahobila

Matam on the EkAdasi and dhvAdasi days and

will be captivated by the Veda dhvani .

 

Many of you have sent in valuable comments

and provided clear analysis about the problems

why girls wont marry or girl's parents with their

own concerns about their daughter's material

prosperity will not let them marry unless they

are IT Experts or Engineers or MDs . This will

go on . The only way to address this problem is

to succeed in the material world and at the same time

have necessary education on the side on our

Vedic traditions , while supporting Veda PaatasAlAs

to generate studnets with more than sampradhAyic

curriculum .

 

I will close the discussions now in the Oppiliappan

and the other lists I moderate .You are welcome to send

me private mails so that we can explore practical ways

to address the concerns .

 

NamO Veda PurushAya !

V.Sadagopan