RE: Digest Number 1727

[Guest guest]

Q]

Swamin, As an elder son I was doing Shraddam for my father all these years. Now

I am temporarily in US and my younger brothers are doing the sharddam this year

in India now. I am living in Hawaii state and there are no Vadyars or any

purohits here. I kindly request the elders to advise me what I have to do on the

day of my Father's Shradam here in US according to the Shastram.

Jai Sriman Narayana

Srinivasa

 

 

 

ANS:

AS LONG AS ALL THE BROTHERS ARE ABLE TO MEET AT ONE POINT TO PERFORM

THE SRA:DDHA OF FOREFATHERS, THERE WON'T BE ANY PROBLEM THEN, ELDER ONE WILL BE

DOING THINGS AND ALL OTHERS WILL BE HELPING HIM IN DOING SO. BUT WHENEVER IT IS

NOT POSSIBLE LIKE THAT TO PERFORM TOGETHER, THEN THE ONE WHOEVER IS SEPARATE,

HAS TO PERFORM SEPARATELY THAN OTHERS. REST OF THE BROTHERS HAVE

ALSO SHOULD PERFORM SEPARATELY.

 

 

 

NOW, YOU BEING THE ELDER OF THE FAMILY, YOU HAVE TO DO THAT AND REST OF YOUR

BROTHERS HAVE TO FOLLOW YOU WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING SEPARATELY, AS LONG AS YOU

WERE WITH THEM OR THEY WERE WITH YOU. PRESENTLY, YOU ARE AWAY FROM THEM AND NO

CHANCE OF GOING TO THEM. SO, THEY HAVE TO PERFORM THERE ONLY IN A REGULAR WAY

AND YOU HAVE TO PERFORM ON YOUR OWN HERE IN HAWAII.

 

IF THERE ARE NO PUROHITS, YOU CAN ASK SOME SMARTHA TO TELL MANTHRAS FOR YOU.

THERE ARE, WE HEARD, MANY SMARTHAS FOLLOWING THE LATE SIVAYA SUBRAHMANYAM

SCHOOL. THEY MAY HELP YOU. ALL THAT THEY GUIDE YOU AND YOU HAVE TO PERFORM. EVEN

IF THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEN CHOOSE SOME TEMPLE AND PERFORM SOME PRASADAM ON

THE NAME OF THOSE DEPARTED ONES' AND DISTRIBUTE IT TO ALL THE DEVOTEES. THIS IS

THE LEAST YOU CAN DO THERE.

 

=chinnajeeyar=

[Guest guest]

Revered Sri Swamiji and Sri Srinivasa,

 

I am told that there is a small mandir in Honolulu which you may

wish to contact regarding a priest or smartha brahmin. Acharya

Sivaya Subramanyaswami was a highly respected member of our Vedic

community, and he has well trained Sivachariars in the Iraivan Koyil

in Kauii, which can be reached by flight at a very reasonable cost.

When completed, the temple will be the largest temple Saiva temple

in the world. More info on the temple can be found at:

 

http://www.himalayanacademy.com/ssc/hawaii/iraivan/

 

adiyen

Mohan

 

 

 

, " chinnajeeyar " <acharya27 wrote:

>

>

> Q]

> Swamin, As an elder son I was doing Shraddam for my father all

these years. Now I am temporarily in US and my younger brothers are

doing the sharddam this year in India now. I am living in Hawaii

state and there are no Vadyars or any purohits here. I kindly

request the elders to advise me what I have to do on the day of my

Father's Shradam here in US according to the Shastram.

> Jai Sriman Narayana

> Srinivasa

>

>

>

> ANS:

> AS LONG AS ALL THE BROTHERS ARE ABLE TO MEET AT ONE POINT TO

PERFORM

> THE SRA:DDHA OF FOREFATHERS, THERE WON'T BE ANY PROBLEM THEN,

ELDER ONE WILL BE DOING THINGS AND ALL OTHERS WILL BE HELPING HIM IN

DOING SO. BUT WHENEVER IT IS NOT POSSIBLE LIKE THAT TO PERFORM

TOGETHER, THEN THE ONE WHOEVER IS SEPARATE, HAS TO PERFORM

SEPARATELY THAN OTHERS. REST OF THE BROTHERS HAVE

> ALSO SHOULD PERFORM SEPARATELY.

>

>

>

> NOW, YOU BEING THE ELDER OF THE FAMILY, YOU HAVE TO DO THAT AND

REST OF YOUR BROTHERS HAVE TO FOLLOW YOU WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING

SEPARATELY, AS LONG AS YOU WERE WITH THEM OR THEY WERE WITH YOU.

PRESENTLY, YOU ARE AWAY FROM THEM AND NO CHANCE OF GOING TO THEM.

SO, THEY HAVE TO PERFORM THERE ONLY IN A REGULAR WAY AND YOU HAVE TO

PERFORM ON YOUR OWN HERE IN HAWAII.

>

> IF THERE ARE NO PUROHITS, YOU CAN ASK SOME SMARTHA TO TELL

MANTHRAS FOR YOU. THERE ARE, WE HEARD, MANY SMARTHAS FOLLOWING THE

LATE SIVAYA SUBRAHMANYAM SCHOOL. THEY MAY HELP YOU. ALL THAT THEY

GUIDE YOU AND YOU HAVE TO PERFORM. EVEN IF THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE,

THEN CHOOSE SOME TEMPLE AND PERFORM SOME PRASADAM ON THE NAME OF

THOSE DEPARTED ONES' AND DISTRIBUTE IT TO ALL THE DEVOTEES. THIS IS

THE LEAST YOU CAN DO THERE.

>

> =chinnajeeyar=

>