RE: Digest Number 1714

[Guest guest]

1. Shradda is to be performed for forefathers and it is sinful if not

performed. What about those not a part of our vedic dharma who do not

believe in reincarnation since there is no fromal ceremony annually; is it

sinful and do those souls suffer since not receiving the benefits of the

ceremony ?

 

ANS:

Sraddha has to be performed with commitment and sincerity to reduce the loads of

karma. This enables a departed soul to get liberation from the cycle of births

and deaths at a point of time. Whether one follows the Vedic Dharma or not, if

the ceremony is not performed, the loads of karma never gets depleted, thereby

the soul remains in the vicious cycle of births and deaths.

 

Here the point is, whether one believes or not, the fact does not change. If

someone does not believe the Sun, the Sun is not the looser, only the person

does not believe only will loose. Here also the same rule applies. For those

souls who never perform any Karmas will automatically take another body

according to the previous stock of that soul. We see trillions of lives take

birth and death every now and this, is the result of such souls only.

 

 

 

 

2.This question is not to start a debate on veg versus nonveg, etc. In our

dharma consumption of beef is the worst sin (compared to other meats). Again

what about those not belonging to our vedic dharma ? Is it sinful for them also?

Their religious texts do not appear to comment on that.

 

ANS:

Each soul is given a body based on its karma. From the stock of Karmas belonging

one soul, a few will be drawn and a body will be formed. It means, a body is the

result of only a very little stock of karmas that particular soul possesses.

That body is full of those Karmic records. They are imprinted all through the

body, including the ends of the hair and nail.

 

Not only the humans but also all other bodies of all creatures are alike. It is

understood that a higher form of the body like that of man, is the result of

higher karmas. And a lower form of body like that of animals and fish etc., is

the result of lower karmas. It means, such karmas are engraved all through the

body of that particular life. Now, consuming non-veg makes one, take over the

karmas of a body one consumes, which means, the recipient soul has to undergo

the karmic fruits of, not only its own acts, but also, karmas

of the body of the creature he consumed. Then from a higher plane, that one, who

ate the lower bodies, will fall down to a lower body, to experience those karmas

engraved on that body. This results in unending travel in the cycle of births

and deaths from a superior birth to an inferior birth and vice versa.

 

We are very fortunate to follow the Vedic dharma as our Dharma prompts us to

come out of this cycle of births and deaths. Hence our dharma dictates us not to

eat such foods which are TAMASIC so that we are free from undergoing the

unnecessary karmic results. Our Vedic Texts are much more experienced, practical

and logical too, than the scriptures of very modern cults and religions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Jai Srimannarayana! Why vaisnav should perfom the paramapada utsavam when a

family member passes away? DASANUDAS LAXMINARAYAN SUNTHWAL

 

ANS:

Sriman Sunthwalji,

Jai Srimannarayana

We pray the lord in the archa form to take care of the soul and to show our

gratitude to HIM. Our scriptures mention that a vaishnav with Bhagawad

Ramanuja's Grace surely attains parampadam, the divine abode, after leaving the

body. So, for their sake we need not do anything.

 

Lord in the archa form is the epitome of accessibility, soulabhyam. To show how

the soul reaches the Paramapadanatha with His grace, we perform Paramapada utsav

in front of Archa moorthy.

 

We conduct this as prescribed in the scriptures and recite the songs of our

alwars, sages and acharyas; read some of their works wherein the journey of the

soul is described.

 

The number of days we celebrate them, depends on our interest.

 

Jai Srimannarayana!

=chinna jeeyar =

 

 

 

 

 

4. i have a doubt regarding daily puja vidaanam ? for daily puja should we tell

sankalpam or for only vrathaas ?

 

ANS:

WE TELL SHORT SANKALPAM FOR ALL PUJAS. BUT FOR REGULAR PUJAS ETC., WE SAY " XX

XX XX PU:JAM KARISHYE: " . FOR VRATHAAS OR SPECIAL PUJAS ETC., ONLY WE CHANT

THE WHOLE SANKALPAM, RIGHT FROM " sri govinda govinda govina, sri maha vishnor

ajnaya..karishye " IN THIS WE SAY THE PLACE DATE ETC., AND THE PURPOSE BEFORE

SAYING ' KARISHYA '.

 

 

5. what is the manthra pushpam for lakshmi devi ?

 

ANS:

SRI SUKTHAM

=chinna jeeyar=

[Guest guest]

Jai Srimanarayana

 

I want to put one question i.e. Our calendar tells that 1,95,58,85,109.years

have passed since, the creation . In this long process of creation each 28

Satya, Treta, Dwapar yugas and 27 Kali yugas have already past and we are in the

succession of 28th Kali yuga. Today the proof centric modern science has no

evidence of the various events that had happened in those various Yugas . The

scientists have no proof even of that Yuddha of Mahabharat which was fought just

about 5000 years ago in Kurukschetra .Because in the pace of time all the

evidences tend to vanish. So why we could not say that there may have rockets,

aero planes, helicopters and advanced technology like today in those past yugas

.. (We have heard about only puspak Biman ?)

 

 

 

 

Kumar ramanujadas

jetnepal

[Guest guest]

Jai Sriman Narayana!

 

There is lot of proof for puranic descriptions of events that took

place, but we want to ignore. For many of the events, modern science

is not advanced enough to conceive of some of the ideas.

 

As for as proof, for example, take the statements of Srimath Bagavtham

that in the beginning the earth was all one land. Later Priyavratha (I

dont recall the exact name, but can quote the exact later),

unintentionally divided the earth into seven continents. He did not

want day time on one part of his kingdom and night in the other part.

Therefore, he manufactured a satellite and rode on it around the earth

reflecting sun's light to the part of the kingdom which had night. He

went around the earth seven times like that which made the drift,

forming the seven seas. Modern science says that there all the earth

was together (Gondwana land), and the continents (somehow)drifted away

forming seven continents and seas. Please google search for Gondwana

land, and you will find a lot of information. In addition, you may

recall, that few years ago Russian scientists successfully caused

sunshine (reflected light during the night) in a tiny area in Russia

using a satelite.

 

Take the example of cloning; According to Srimath Bagavatham, Venu

Maharaj was from a good lineage of kings but was a bad and cruel

kings. The maharishis at that time killed him (curse?) to get rid of

the bad king. Then came a lot of arajakam (ciaos) as there was no

king. Realizing that Venu maharaj was from a good dinasty and could

carry good genes, the Maharishis took a piece of his tissue (from the

dead body of Venu Maharaj) and churned it and created Sri Pruthuvu

Maharaj. Prithvi Maharaj was a good king who constructed dams,

irrigation schemes to facilitate agriculture, started mining important

metals, etc. Mother earth is called PRITHVI because of Prithvi Maharaj

(who is an amsha of Sriman Narayana). Thirty years ago, you could not

believe the story of the birth of Sri Prithvi Maharaj through

cloning. Today, modern scientists are able to clone animals.

 

Another example of cloning relates to Smt. Chaya Devi. Sun God was

married to Smt Sngya Devi the daughter of the universal enginer

Vishvakarma. After some time she had children (Present Manu Sri

Vaivaswatha manu is her son). After some time, she could not bear

Sun's heat. She made a chaya (clone of her self) from her tissue and

left for forest to meditate. The cloned Smt Chaya devi was so similar

to Smt Sangya Devi that the Sun god was thinking that she (chaya) is

Sangya. Then over the course of time, she had a baby boy named Shani.

After having her own son, she started treating Vaivaswatha

differently. Then Sun God noticed that she is not the same person and

called his father-inlaw Vishwakarma. Both of them searched for Sangya

Devi and brought her back. At the request of Sun god, Vishwakarma then

removed one eighth power from the sun's race. Then, Sun god lived

happily with both wives Sangya and Chaya. This story shows that cloned

individuals have different athma (soul). There are several other

examples of cloning.

 

The problem with moderns science is that its is based on thamasic

principles. The automobiles, planes, and all the other technologies

that we are creating are good for us but create significant

environmental problems. On the other hand,the technologies mentioned

in satvik puranas and vedas are all satvik not causing any

environmental impact.

 

Rakshasa kings like Hiranyakashipu, and Ravana had many more technical

advances which were created with tamasic meditation (research).

Currently we have only a limited number of technologies, chemical,

elctrical, nuclear etc. Whereas Ravana went to Rasathala and learned

sixty different types of technologies, he used them for selfish

reasons and not for the advancement of the common people. Ramayana

mentions Pushpaka Vimanam, but other vimanams have also been mentioned

in Vedas.

 

Narakasura, through telemanipulation, through robotic elephants,

conquered swargam and stole Adithi's ear rings from swargam. Now, we

are just beginning to investigate robotic and telemanipulation

technologies. Black magic is an example of advanced brain control (of

animals and humans)through telemanipulation with telepresence.

 

To answer your question, yes, in different times, there have been

different types of technologies (satvik, rajaski, and thamasic).

 

WIth all glories to Lord Sri Venkateswara and thousands of pranams to

our swamiji, I remain,

 

Sincerely

Narender P. Reddy

reddynp

, jet nepal <jetnepal wrote:

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> Jai Srimanarayana

>

> I want to put one question i.e. Our calendar tells that

1,95,58,85,109.years have passed since, the creation . In this long

process of creation each 28 Satya, Treta, Dwapar yugas and 27 Kali

yugas have already past and we are in the succession of 28th Kali

yuga. Today the proof centric modern science has no evidence of the

various events that had happened in those various Yugas . The

scientists have no proof even of that Yuddha of Mahabharat which was

fought just about 5000 years ago in Kurukschetra .Because in the pace

of time all the evidences tend to vanish. So why we could not say that

there may have rockets, aero planes, helicopters and advanced

technology like today in those past yugas . (We have heard about only

puspak Biman ?)

>

>

>

>

> Kumar ramanujadas

> jetnepal

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