Rituals ?

[Guest guest]

Namasthe. Very well observed by Ms Rajita.

 

It is just an ignorance (if i am permitted to say ) to say that ambaa's

puja,japa and homa are empty rituals that involves series of actions on a

predetermined order . The power of mantras are known to highly evolved upasakas

and also from the confirmations of seers and saints.

 

since the actions of pujas etc is backed by mantras an anology of a ritual --

could be understood as -- " ritual to a disconnected wire and puja to a live

wire. when you touch a live wire knowingly or unknowingly you get a shock and

 there is a definite effect as phala when a japa or puja is done.

 

When a japa, puja is done thousands of times even mechanically without any

concentration if it is nishkamya " chitta Suddhi " takes place and that is why it

is so important to continue these even if it is mechanical. Hence pl do not

dismiss these pujas as something not worthwhile using once's rationality. On

getting chitta suddhi one is lead to Self Realization.

 

 

 

 

Ganapathy ---  Vijaya

" Jai Bhavani "

 

--- On Sun, 9/14/08, rajita_rajvasishth <rajita_rajvasishth wrote:

 

rajita_rajvasishth <rajita_rajvasishth

Re: Chandi Homa

 

Sunday, September 14, 2008, 10:53 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

@ .com, S Sangaranarayanan <sangarsai@. ..> wrote:

>

> Dear Sriram,

> Thanks a lot. People are concerned only with rituals, rituals,

rituals and go on and on, and there seems to be no interest in

acquiring the divine energy.

 

Sir, your views as stated above seem incorrect and inconsistent with

the Vaidika Shastras. Performance of recommended Karmas is the

recommended path for at least the Dvijas, especially for males. By

Arthika and Tantrika recommendations even Shudras and others should be

performing the required karmas. Even Upanishads that some consider

texts for the Atimarga cannot be understood properly without

understanding Mimamsa. Any form of Shaiva or Vaishnava tantra

including the Kaula Marga of the former which talks about Advaita (not

as in the branch of Vedanta) ultimately does not shed rituals.

 

So if people are interested in performing rituals it is a good thing.

If people want to skip Nitya rituals and do only Kamya ones then it is

not supported by the Shastras. If people do not want to put in the

effort to study the system before performing rituals that is

wrong(like getting a degree without any work), but the interest to

perform rituals is a good thing.

RR