Query on Havin Shika

[Guest guest]

Ayooooo!!!We are all bhraShTAs then!!!

 

For every karma, bhavana is most important. During shikha nyasa, touch that

portion with your fingers by reciting the mantra.

 

But still, if you want to maintain the shikha, have a small tuft of hair so that

it mixes with rest of the part.

 

But maintenance of shikha is quite a mismatch with your current lifestyle.

Shikha goes fine with dhoti, kurta or uttariyam or anga vastram.

 

So, can we maintain this dress code while discharging our professional duties?

If yes, then wonderful, one should not shy away from it. Shikha is a sort of

*antenna* that receives subtle thought currents.

 

with regards,

sriram

 

 

, raghavender ganti <rganti9 wrote:

>

> Sri Gurubhyon Namaha

>                                    I have a query regarding the need to have a

shikha or tuft of hair at the back or in telugu it is pilaka, in almost every

karma there is at the end of anga nayasa " SHIKAYAI AUSHUATU " i heard in

someones speech that it is mandatory to have a shikha, and the one who does not

have a shikha has lost his brahminhood and it goes to such an extent that it

says that he can eat cow's meat and leave off vaidika karma. And also someone

told me that one should have the shika only after ones fathers death, can any of

our learned members clarify on it

>

> Sri Kamakshi

> Raghavender

>

[Guest guest]

Dear sir,

 

<< And also someone told me that one should have the shika only after ones

fathers death >>

 

This statement is something ridiculous!!

 

The moment one is invested with upavitha, the brahmachari has to keep shikha,

kaTi sUtra, yajnopavitha. This is irrespective of whether one's parents are

alive or not.

 

Infact, every Hindu should maintain Shikha irrespective of caste and creed. One

should not tonsure the head completely. It is only on certain occassions like

during jataka karma (at the time of birth), during death and while taking

sanyasa. When the head is tonsured and shikha is removed, he is not fit to

perform vaidika vaidika karmanushtana.

 

Prayaschita should be performed for tonsuring of head. But nowadays, these

things are not observed in most of the families. Even if one has to offer one's

hair at Tirupati, one should keep a small tuft of hair at the back. Complete

shaving of head implies one is not fit to chant Gayatri mantra. He has to

undergo punar upanayana & prayaschita.

 

regs,

sriram

 

, raghavender ganti <rganti9 wrote:

>

> Sri Gurubhyon Namaha

>                                    I have a query regarding the need to have a

shikha or tuft of hair at the back or in telugu it is pilaka, in almost every

karma there is at the end of anga nayasa " SHIKAYAI AUSHUATU " i heard in

someones speech that it is mandatory to have a shikha, and the one who does not

have a shikha has lost his brahminhood and it goes to such an extent that it

says that he can eat cow's meat and leave off vaidika karma. And also someone

told me that one should have the shika only after ones fathers death, can any of

our learned members clarify on it

>

> Sri Kamakshi

> Raghavender

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Raghavender,

 

I also heard this from Sri Chaganti Koteswar rao gari Pravachanam. He said this

many times while explaing Tirumala Visishtatha.

I personally felt correct and trying to maintain a small shikha as he told

shikha is meant for Gnanam.

 

Regards

Gopala K Talluri

 

 When you are DOWN to nothing.... Mother is UP to something! Faith sees

the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible!

Thank Mother for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment.

 

 

 

 

________________________________

raghavender ganti <rganti9

 

Friday, 8 May, 2009 8:01:34 AM

Query on Havin Shika