Guest guest Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha // SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha // SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya/ SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya// KAvEri VardhathAm kAlE, kAlE varshathu vAsava: / SrI RanganAthO jayathu Sri Ranga Sri cha VardhathAm// ============================================================= SRI RANGA SRI VOL.07 / ISSUE # 43 dated 9th March 2006 ============================================================= EDITORIAL Dear Bhagavatas: Here is a mail from a Bhagavata who is not a BrahmaNa. It is a bit long but is self-explanatory. Quote: “Dear Swamin, If all three of the Varnas have to do this important thing, why are they not following it? To be more precise, to a very great extent, when I grew up, Sandhyaa Vandanam was observed as a Brahmin ritual. May be our elders did not know its importance, or they did not find it interesting. I am surprised! Why did this degradation happen? Adiyen is just trying to understand why other Varnas apart from Brahmins do not observe this AT ALL TOTALLY? I mean why this callous attitude towards prescribed practices? Even a lay man will understand that getting up in the morning, having a bath, praying to god for few minutes and going to work needs some discipline. This discipline will help him, in managing his other tasks too. Having said all these, Adiyen will be very grateful to you if you can persuade every body to start following them. Adiyen would definitely thank you for this enlightenment because I never knew the significance of Upanayanam, because even my Brahmin friends told me that they do it for wearing PooNal. I mean it is probably going to be very disheartening to a noble soul like you. But the last few posts have been truly revealing about the real nature of SV. Adiyen could not agree more. You sure have some intellectual understanding, some experience with God to appreciate or understand that. Sri V. Sadagopan Swamin once told me that everybody has to wander in his own desert before he finds the right path and also that every soul has its own karma to work out. Adiyen is indeed blessed to be with you all great people. Thanks a lot, swamin! Can you put together a list of “dos” and “not dos” for all Varnas? What the scriptures say as necessary, like the ones people should not miss at all?” Unquote ============================================================= IN THIS ISSUE 1. SANDHYAA VANDANAM -– Part 2 - 4 FAQs AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF VARIOUS OBSERVANCES IN CONNECTION WITH " SANDHYAAVANDANAM " (ANBIL RAMASWAMY) ============================================================= The following questions have been answered Q 17 Can you put together a list of “dos” and “not dos” for all Varnas? Q 18 What the scriptures say as necessary, like the ones people should not miss at all? Q 19.We have to take bath because we get dirty. But, why then, should Bhagavaan have his ceremonial bath (Tirumanjanam)? Q 20 Some people wear red and others wear yellow SrichurNam. Is there any stipulation on wearing Red or Yellow SrichurNam? ============================================================= ISSUES RELEASED So far, 219 Regular issues of SRS have been released apart from Special Issues: 27 Issues of Vol. 1 15 Issues of Vol. 2 42 Issues of Vol. 3 35 Issues of Vol. 4 28 Issues of Vol. 5 30 Issues of Vol. 6 and 42 Issues of Vol. 7 -- These issues have been archived for public view at - by Sri Diwakar Kannan (diwakark) You may also view the archives at http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia maintained by Sri Srinivasan Sriram (ajiva_rts ) We strongly urge you to kindly peruse the " Regular Issues " archived in the " Files " Section and view the Contents at " srsindex.html " (Not the individual postings allowed for encouraging " Reader participation " ). We are sure that you will be convinced of the quality of the contents. IF you are satisfied with the quality and contents of " Sri Ranga Sri " - Tell your friends to join by sending an email to Srirangasri- IF NOT: Tell us, as to how we may improve. Ever at your service Dasoham Anbil Ramaswamy, Editor & Publisher, " Sri Ranga Sri " ============================================================= xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\ xxxxxxxxxxx ============================================================= 1. SANDHYAA VANDANAM -– Part 2 - 4 FAQs AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF VARIOUS OBSERVANCES IN CONNECTION WITH " SANDHYAAVANDANAM " (ANBIL RAMASWAMY) ---- Q 17 Can you put together a list of “dos” and “not dos” for all Varnas? Ans: There are quite a lot of “Saamaanya Dharmas” that are applicable to all VarNas and there are in addition special Dharmas for the various VarNas and Stations in life known as “VarNa and Aasrama Dharmas” respectively. These have been explained extensively in Chapters 13 and 14 of my book “Hinduism Rediscovered”. The book is about 900 pages and has received rave reviews from Journals and Newspapers and ferom Acharyas and Scholars both In India and outside India. It is priced at Rs.480/= in India and US $ 48.00 ex-India. Those interested in acquiring the book may send a check drawn favoring “Ramaswamy Anbil” and send it to - Ramaswamy Anbil, 1638 Omara Lane, Smyrna, GA -30082 or Call on Phone (770) 434-9596. Please also send email to Ramanbil to help link your order and expedite dispatch of the book to your given address. ---- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Dear Swamin Swami Desikan in Rahasyathra sara has clearly mentioned one DO's in Rahasyatha Sara for all Varnas and Sthrees In a eight noded Sugarcane chop off the bottom root portion and the top Thogai Portion. The intermediary portion is the sweetest. Like this in the Ashtakshara Manthram leave out the pre pranavam and the last (4 aam vetrumai urubu) i.e. aaya is the sweetest one and should be followed by all the varnas and ladies In classifing the varnas Vajrasoosikopanishad clearly describes Brahmin I give below the English translation Vajrasuchika Upanishad Translated by Dr. A. G. Krishna Warrier Published by The Theosophical Publishing House, Chennai Om ! Let my limbs and speech, Prana, eyes, ears, vitality And all the senses grow in strength. All existence is the Brahman of the Upanishads. May I never deny Brahman, nor Brahman deny me. Let there be no denial at all: Let there be no denial at least from me. May the virtues that are proclaimed in the Upanishads be in me, Who am devoted to the Atman; may they reside in me. Om ! Let there be Peace in me ! Let there be Peace in my environment ! Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me ! I Shall set for Vajrasuchi (the diamond needle) which pierces ignorance, rebukes the ignorant and ornaments those who have wisdom as eye. The Smritis affirm, following the Vedas that the Brahmana is the most important of the four castes. It must be asked, ‘Who is a Brahmana’ – the self, body, class, knowledge, action or virtue ? The soul is not a Brahmana because the soul is the same in all bodies past and future. The same person takes many bodies according to karma, nor is the body Brahmana – the body is the same from the Chandala (to the highest caste) being made of the five elements and is seen to have old age, death etc., alike. There is no fixity (of colour) such as Brahmana is white, Kshatriya is red, Vaishya is yellow and Sudra is black; also when the father’s body is cremated, the son etc., may be guilty of killing a Brahmana. Nor is the class a Brahmana. Then there would be many classes within the classes. Many are the great sages: Rishyasringa born of a deer, Kausika of reed, Jambuka of a jackal, Valmiki of an ant-hill, Vyasa of a fisher-girl, Gautama of a hare’s back, Vasistha of Urvasi, Agastya of a pot according to tradition. These are not Brahmanas by birth but by their knowledge. Nor is knowledge Brahmana: Kshatriyas and others also have knowledge. Nor is karma: all creatures are seen to have similar karma of Prarabdha etc., and all creatures act being impelled by karma. Nor is a man of virtue: There are many givers of gold – Kshatriyas etc. One who has directly realized, like the berry in the palm, the Atman without a second, devoid of class, quality and action and of defects like the six waves (like hunger), the states (like birth and death), of the nature of truth, knowledge and bliss, free from adjuncts, the basis of all thoughts, immanent in all creatures, present inside and outside like space. Bliss impartite, beyond (ordinary) knowledge, to be realized by experience alone – and having become successful, free from lust etc., rich in mental control, without greed etc., mind untouched by hypocrisy etc. This is the intention of Veda etc. Otherwise the nature of Brahmana cannot be achieved. One should contemplate one’s self as the spirit without a second, truth, knowledge and bliss. This is the Upanishad. Om ! Let my limbs and speech, Prana, eyes, ears, vitality And all the senses grow in strength. All existence is the Brahman of the Upanishads. May I never deny Brahman, nor Brahman deny me. Let there be no denial at all: Let there be no denial at least from me. May the virtues that are proclaimed in the Upanishads be in me, Who am devoted to the Atman; may they reside in me. Om ! Let there be Peace in me ! Let there be Peace in my environment ! Let there be Peace in the forces that act on me ! Here ends the Vajrasuchika Upanishad, included in the Sama-Veda. Dasan Sarukkai Ragava DasanRam Anbil <Ramanbil wrote: SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha //SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha //SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya/SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya//KAvEri VardhathAm kAlE, kAlE varshathu vAsava: /SrI RanganAthO jayathu Sri Ranga Sri cha VardhathAm//=============================================================SRI RANGA SRI VOL.07 / ISSUE # 43 dated 9th March 2006=============================================================EDITORIALDear Bhagavatas:Here is a mail from a Bhagavata who is not a BrahmaNa.It is a bit long but is self-explanatory.Quote:“Dear Swamin,If all three of the Varnas have to do this important thing, why are they notfollowing it? To be more precise, to a very great extent, when I grew up,Sandhyaa Vandanam was observed as a Brahmin ritual. May be our elders didnot know its importance, or they did not find it interesting. I amsurprised! Why did this degradation happen? Adiyen is just trying tounderstand why other Varnas apart from Brahmins do not observe this AT ALLTOTALLY? I mean why this callous attitude towards prescribed practices?Even a lay man will understand that getting up in the morning, having abath, praying to god for few minutes and going to work needs somediscipline. This discipline will help him, in managing his other tasks too.Having said all these, Adiyen will be very grateful to you if you canpersuade every body to start following them.Adiyen would definitely thank you for this enlightenment because I neverknew the significance of Upanayanam, because even my Brahmin friends told methat they do it for wearing PooNal.I mean it is probably going to be very disheartening to a noble soul likeyou. But the last few posts have been truly revealing about the real natureof SV. Adiyen could not agree more. You sure have some intellectualunderstanding, some experience with God to appreciate or understand that.Sri V. Sadagopan Swamin once told me that everybody has to wander in his owndesert before he finds the right path and also that every soul has its ownkarma to work out.Adiyen is indeed blessed to be with you all great people. Thanks a lot,swamin!Can you put together a list of “dos” and “not dos” for all Varnas? What thescriptures say as necessary, like the ones people should not miss at all?”Unquote=============================================================IN THIS ISSUE1. SANDHYAA VANDANAM -– Part 2 - 4FAQs AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF VARIOUS OBSERVANCES IN CONNECTION WITH"SANDHYAAVANDANAM"(ANBIL RAMASWAMY)=============================================================The following questions have been answeredQ 17 Can you put together a list of “dos” and “not dos” for all Varnas?Q 18 What the scriptures say as necessary, like the ones people should notmiss at all?Q 19.We have to take bath because we get dirty. But, why then, shouldBhagavaan have his ceremonial bath (Tirumanjanam)?Q 20 Some people wear red and others wear yellow SrichurNam.Is there any stipulation on wearing Red or Yellow SrichurNam?=============================================================ISSUES RELEASEDSo far, 219 Regular issues of SRS have been released apart fromSpecial Issues:27 Issues of Vol. 115 Issues of Vol. 242 Issues of Vol. 335 Issues of Vol. 428 Issues of Vol. 530 Issues of Vol. 6 and42 Issues of Vol. 7--These issues have been archived for public view at -by Sri Diwakar Kannan (diwakark)You may also view the archives at http://www.ibiblio.org/sripediamaintained by Sri Srinivasan Sriram (ajiva_rts )We strongly urge you to kindly peruse the "Regular Issues" archivedin the "Files" Section and view the Contents at "srsindex.html" (Notthe individual postings allowed for encouraging "Readerparticipation").We are sure that you will be convinced of the quality of the contents.IF you are satisfied with the quality and contents of "Sri Ranga Sri"-Tell your friends to join by sending an email toSrirangasri- IF NOT: Tell us, as to how we may improve.Ever at your serviceDasohamAnbil Ramaswamy,Editor & Publisher, "Sri Ranga Sri"=============================================================xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=============================================================1. SANDHYAA VANDANAM -– Part 2 - 4FAQs AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF VARIOUS OBSERVANCES IN CONNECTION WITH"SANDHYAAVANDANAM"(ANBIL RAMASWAMY)----Q 17 Can you put together a list of “dos” and “not dos” for all Varnas?Ans: There are quite a lot of “Saamaanya Dharmas” that are applicable to allVarNas and there are in addition special Dharmas for the various VarNas andStations in life known as “VarNa and Aasrama Dharmas” respectively.These have been explained extensively in Chapters 13 and 14 of my book“Hinduism Rediscovered”.The book is about 900 pages and has received rave reviews from Journals andNewspapers and ferom Acharyas and Scholars both In India and outside India.It is priced at Rs.480/= in India and US $ 48.00 ex-India.Those interested in acquiring the book may send a check drawn favoring“Ramaswamy Anbil” and send it to -Ramaswamy Anbil, 1638 Omara Lane, Smyrna, GA -30082 orCall on Phone (770) 434-9596.Please also send email to Ramanbil to help link your order andexpedite dispatch of the book to your given address.---- ------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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