Karma

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Namaste Alex:I too have had this issue for quite some time. I'm no expert, but may I make a suggestion? Start small with something you know you can do. Let's say, for example, that you know you can say ten gayatri mantras when you wake up, and maybe ten more at noon, and maybe ten more at sunset. Then just do that. If you feel overwhelmed doing a huge number of mantras, and know that you are setting yourself up for failure, don't do it. Start small, and do the small thing daily.I would also highly recommend having a homa performed on your behalf or you can perform the homa yourself. Have the homa done on your birthstar day or on your birthday or an auspicious day recommended by an astrologer.Shanti Om,Shankari KaliAlex <my3byk wrote: Hi, It seems that whenever I am heading on the right path, something always happens to offset me in a wrong direction. I assume that maybe I accumulate or accumulated karma, which always prevents me from the right path. I know that by doing various yogas (japa, bhakti..), studying scriptures and etc, one can make karma positive. For example, I understand chanting Chandi would help ones karma. So I am wondering if there is any particular practice that has a great effect and I could do on DAILY basis that would help get rid of negative and create positive karma. Thank you. Alex.

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Namasthe. My spouse corrects my mail on Karma.

 

Reg question no 1 Maha periyava says in Deivathin kural vol 6 page 237 that

 

For the Sadhaka who does Advaitha sadhana and Nithidyasanam , it is Eswara who

gives Brahma sakshatkara thru His anugraha after seeing that the Jeeva has

done Nidhidyasanam to the extent of all his old karmas, It is not necessary that

we have to do sadhana accurately to settle our old karmas. If the calculation of

balance karmas and our sadhana is done mechanically(like an accountant or

businessman) it cannot be called Anugraha. Little Prema, Karuna and adjusting

it even it it is a little more or less all this dakshinyam is called anugraham

which eswara does

Regards

vijaya ganapathy

 

 

 

With Warm Regards

 

 

Ganapathy -- Vijyalakshmy

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

There are some differences in the answers I would like to post.

Please see my replies.

 

The important concept of Prayaschitta has to be considered. The

Prayaschitta has been told in Sastras to work against phalas from previous

janamas. Hence if there is a big karma phala that a Jeeva is experiencing he has

to undergo Prayaschitta to kill this karma phala. What has to be done, what is

the Prayaschitta etc are all decided by Sastras. Infact sastras prescribe that

a group of learned Vedic Pundits have to be assembled (i.e. sadas) and the

person has to ask them about what Prayaschitta has to be performed. So generally

before we start any karma, we do Prayaschitta so that the ongoing Karma can give

right Phala. Our guruji use to tell the best Prayaschitta is Upavasa and Japa.

There are bigger Prayaschittas like kruchra, chandraayana etc.

 

Question 1

 

* In the state of duality where there is a Bhakta praying the supreme

power, the karma Phala is always there. It is just not acceptance of mind of

Karma Phala. If the karma is done in a great severity the phala is obtained now

in this Janma. Please remember people like Markandeya, Savitri etc. " Atyutkatihi

.... ihiva Phalam ashnute "

Question 2

 

* Sanchita can ONLY be destroyed by Shudda Jnana. Remember " Jnana Agnina

dagdham " - this is applicable to Sanchita. The Sadhakas undergo Prarabdha so

that they can reach God faster. Our Guruji used to tell an example to understand

this better. A greedy boy eats lot of Laddus. Because of which he suffers from

Stomach ache. There are 2 ways to cure this. One is to take tablets and reduce

the pain. Another way is don't take any tablet but eventually the pain will

subside if the intake is very less. Taking tablets is like doing some extra work

like Prayaschitta to reduce the effect of previous Karma Phala. Her grace and

her compassion is all required because she is the donor of Karma Phala.

Question 3

 

* Karma Phalas are erasable. If these are not erasable then there is no

need for such big Karma Kanda told in Sastras.

 

Question 4

 

* According to my understanding, Mahapurushas don't take Karma Phala.

Offering pujas to Maha purushas help us reach our goals because the PUNYA from

this event is very BIG.

 

Question 5

 

* Answered above

 

Question 6

 

* Prolly I did not understand the question here.

 

Regards

Shashi

91 98802 70895

 

On Behalf Of

ganapathy = = vijaya

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:49 AM

ambaaal

KARMA

 

 

 

1) If the fruits of karma are inevitable and un-escapable, then what is the role

of prayers?2) What is the role of Her Compassion (karuna, daya) , Her Grace

(Arul in Tamil as Sri Vallalaar uses it) in mitigating the effects of

sanjita and praarabda karma of sincere devotees?

3) What is the purpose of doing anushtaana, tapas and sincere prayer to ward of

an affliction or problem or misery by reciting certain mantras, slokas, etc., if

the karma fruits are un-eraseable?

4) What should one make of events where saints and siddha purushaas remove the

miseries of few lucky ones?

5) If man is the maker of the destiny, can I perform certain karmas now that

will remove the effects of past karmas?

6) If a devotee's karma fruits are erased by Her because that devotee had a

karma to happen so, isn't it putting limits on how She could act? Then this

would mean that She is bound not to act on another devotee who suffers although

he/she is equally devoted to Her because this devotee did not enough karma

credit to work on.. Is this correct? Can this even be possible for Her, the

'samsaara bandha nirmagna samudharana panditha'?

 

Namasthe. Brief answers as I understand after listening to Mahans.

 

Question 1

 

Happiness and Misery is only a State of Mind . The Mind never gets destroyed

except when realization takes place. The Mind gets into Sukshma Sareeram at the

time of death. The role of prayers contributes to either acceptance or Mental

maturity to consider the karma as not material and take it as prasada.

 

Question 2

 

Nishkamya also attracts grace and the result is similar to above.

 

Question 3

 

In my opinion it is only deferring it to the next Janma or a person has no

Choice but to fall upon it as the last resort.

 

Question 4

 

Only Maha purushas like Periyavaal can take others Karmas if they desire and

they suffer briefly. There are many instances I know how Periyavaal suffered but

to get their Karuna it is very difficult .

 

Question 5

 

Right and wrong has their own fruits and cant be adjusted against one

another.Some of the Brahmins living in the US and other foreign countries who

were not doing pitru Karmas went to the Kaanchi Mutt and created a Fixed

Deposit, the interest of which were to be used to feed a Cow on the Shraddha

Day.

 

Swamyji clearly indicated that a sin was distinctly committed for not dong

Shradda and there was a Punyam for feeding the cow.

 

Question 6

 

The best thing is to consider and strengthen our Minds and accept All happenings

as a PRASADA and develop a Prasada Bhuddhi. The idea of our temple giving the

devotees either a flower or water or a tulsi or a laddu or a Big Feast like the

feast given in Sastha Preethy or big Homa is the recipient should consider in

equal terms anything that is received from the LORD and one bigger than the

other..

 

With Warm Regards

 

Ganapathy -- Vijyalakshmy

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

In one go if it can be explained, action has reaction and it must be undergone

through. A competent Guruji helps his disciple to udnergo this phala in his

dream state so that the body and mind which are the experiencers undergo the

karma. No power on earth can waive the karma and that is certain. Instead of

undergoing the karma phala in waking state the Guru by his mercy helps the

devotee to udnergo them in his dream state, which is actually experienced by the

body and mind. Any amount of japa and sadhana will not help.

 

S.SHANGARANARAYANAN

 

 

 

shashidhara.sastry

 

Namaste,

There are some differences in the answers I would like to post. Please see my

replies.

[Guest guest]

Sastryji,

 

What you call 'praayaschittha' is also a karma. No karma can erase the

fruit of another karma, you only get to postpone it. That is the fruit of

some other karma mature faster than others and overtake them. The jeeva

constantly remains a bhOkthan of his karmaphalas. There is no time he is *

not* a karmi and a bhOktha.

 

Regards,

Anbu

 

 

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Sastry, Shashidhara <

shashidhara.sastry wrote:

 

>

>

> Namaste,

> There are some differences in the answers I would like to post. Please see

> my replies.

>

> The important concept of Prayaschitta has to be considered. The

> Prayaschitta has been told in Sastras to work against phalas from previous

> janamas. Hence if there is a big karma phala that a Jeeva is experiencing he

> has to undergo Prayaschitta to kill this karma phala. What has to be done,

> what is the Prayaschitta etc are all decided by Sastras.

[Guest guest]

Karma Phala experienced in dreams does not have punya or papa. That is the

reason Sastras say dreams are like self testing aid or litmus tests to determine

where a sadhaka is. A person killing a cow in his dreams does not get 'gow hatya

dosha'. A person giving lot of daana in his dream does not get lot of punya.

This is clearly mentioned in sastras.

 

Regards

Shashi

91 98802 70895

 

On Behalf Of S

Sangaranarayanan

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:18 AM

 

RE: KARMA

 

 

 

In one go if it can be explained, action has reaction and it must be undergone

through. A competent Guruji helps his disciple to udnergo this phala in his

dream state so that the body and mind which are the experiencers undergo the

karma. No power on earth can waive the karma and that is certain. Instead of

undergoing the karma phala in waking state the Guru by his mercy helps the

devotee to udnergo them in his dream state, which is actually experienced by the

body and mind. Any amount of japa and sadhana will not help.

 

S.SHANGARANARAYANAN

 

 

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shashidhara.sastry<shashidhara.sastry%40hp.com>

 

Namaste,

There are some differences in the answers I would like to post. Please see my

replies.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Namaste Anbu,

Yes, I am not denying that 'praayaschittha' is not a karma. But

what I want to highlight is, these days the concept of prayaschitta is getting

forgotten and everybody is telling that doing other punya karma will always

nullify the previous paapa . I would like to say that 'praayaschittha' is there

to nullify past deeds. The sastras talk lot of 'praayaschittha'.

 

Regards

Shashi

91 98802 70895

 

On Behalf Of Anbu

sivam2

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 7:20 AM

 

Re: KARMA

 

 

 

Sastryji,

 

What you call 'praayaschittha' is also a karma. No karma can erase the

fruit of another karma, you only get to postpone it. That is the fruit of

some other karma mature faster than others and overtake them. The jeeva

constantly remains a bhOkthan of his karmaphalas. There is no time he is *

not* a karmi and a bhOktha.

 

Regards,

Anbu

 

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Sastry, Shashidhara <

shashidhara.sastry<shashidhara.sastry%40hp.com>> wrote:

 

>

>

> Namaste,

> There are some differences in the answers I would like to post. Please see

> my replies.

>

> The important concept of Prayaschitta has to be considered. The

> Prayaschitta has been told in Sastras to work against phalas from previous

> janamas. Hence if there is a big karma phala that a Jeeva is experiencing he

> has to undergo Prayaschitta to kill this karma phala. What has to be done,

> what is the Prayaschitta etc are all decided by Sastras.

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Sastryji,

 

Let me answer to both your emails.

 

I am not saying that we do not perform praayaschithas. We do, mostly for

manthraheenam, kriyaaheenam etc. " Booswaaha agnaiyE ithannama.... " etc. is

actually a praayaschitha manthram.

 

All karmas are done with sthoola sareeram. We are karmis then. In dream

time we do not have a sthoola sareeram. We are merely bhOkthas then.

BhOgam is both positive and negative experiences.

 

Regards,

Anbu

 

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Sastry, Shashidhara <

shashidhara.sastry wrote:

 

>

>

> Karma Phala experienced in dreams does not have punya or papa. That is the

> reason Sastras say dreams are like self testing aid or litmus tests to

> determine where a sadhaka is. A person killing a cow in his dreams does not

> get 'gow hatya dosha'. A person giving lot of daana in his dream does not

> get lot of punya. This is clearly mentioned in sastras.

>

>

> Regards

> Shashi

> 91 98802 70895

>

> <%40> [

> <%40>] On Behalf Of S

> Sangaranarayanan

> Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:18 AM

>

> <%40>

> RE: KARMA

>

>

> In one go if it can be explained, action has reaction and it must be

> undergone through. A competent Guruji helps his disciple to udnergo this

> phala in his dream state so that the body and mind which are the

> experiencers undergo the karma. No power on earth can waive the karma and

> that is certain. Instead of undergoing the karma phala in waking state the

> Guru by his mercy helps the devotee to udnergo them in his dream state,

> which is actually experienced by the body and mind. Any amount of japa and

> sadhana will not help.

>

> S.SHANGARANARAYANAN

>

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> shashidhara.sastry <shashidhara.sastry%40hp.com><

> shashidhara.sastry%40hp.com <shashidhara.sastry%2540hp.com>>

>

>

> Namaste,

> There are some differences in the answers I would like to post. Please see

> my replies.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Namasthe,

If the karma can be postponed for some time it can be poosponed

any length if time,for as many births.If the person has to die in

30 years age he will certainly die at that age.If it could be posponed

to 70,it could also be postponed to 140 also.

Sri Ramana maharshi,Sri Ramakrishna paramahansa all reiterate

that karma cannot be annihilated and they themselves underwent

the karmaphala without trying to circumvent the same.

Tapas and austerites will make the person strong enough to sustain the

effects of karma without any remorse and will bring the person closer

to Almighty and enlightenment.

 

Vrk

 

 

Sent from my iPhone

 

On 23 Mar 2010, at 03:51, " Sastry, Shashidhara " <shashidhara.sastry

> wrote:

 

> Namaste Anbu,

> Yes, I am not denying that 'praayaschittha' is not a karma. But what

> I want to highlight is, these days the concept of prayaschitta is

> getting forgotten and everybody is telling that doing other punya

> karma will always nullify the previous paapa . I would like to say

> that 'praayaschittha' is there to nullify past deeds. The sastras

> talk lot of 'praayaschittha'.

>

> Regards

> Shashi

> 91 98802 70895

>

> On

> Behalf Of Anbu sivam2

> Wednesday, March 17, 2010 7:20 AM

>

> Re: KARMA

>

> Sastryji,

>

> What you call 'praayaschittha' is also a karma. No karma can erase the

> fruit of another karma, you only get to postpone it. That is the

> fruit of

> some other karma mature faster than others and overtake them. The

> jeeva

> constantly remains a bhOkthan of his karmaphalas. There is no time

> he is *

> not* a karmi and a bhOktha.

>

> Regards,

> Anbu

>

> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Sastry, Shashidhara <

> shashidhara.sastry<shashidhara.sastry%40hp.com>> wrote:

>

> >

> >

> > Namaste,

> > There are some differences in the answers I would like to post.

> Please see

> > my replies.

> >

> > The important concept of Prayaschitta has to be considered. The

> > Prayaschitta has been told in Sastras to work against phalas from

> previous

> > janamas. Hence if there is a big karma phala that a Jeeva is

> experiencing he

> > has to undergo Prayaschitta to kill this karma phala. What has to

> be done,

> > what is the Prayaschitta etc are all decided by Sastras.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

As mentioned in my email there is prayaschitta for different

paapa karmas done in the previous births. Let me explain with an example. For

the event like a Brahmin who has done ‘sura paana’ – sastras say he will

be born as a pig. The sura paana is one of five maha paatakas. However there is

a prayaschitta told in sastras for this. So once a jeeva undergoes the

prayaschitta then he has overcome this paapa.

 

For this Mahabharatha Anushasana tells that he has to drink boiling lead as

prayaschitta. For the same paapa, Manu smriti tells that there are specific

mantras in Rigveda that has to be chanted 16 times a day for a month in deeksha.

Recently one of my friends approached me on this and I took help from a Vedic

Pundit and he clarified thus.

 

However this means that we can either do prayaschitta or suffer

from the previous paapa what we have done. If we do not do prayaschitta then we

are experiencing the Karma Phala.

 

This is what great people like Ramana and R. Paramahamsa did.

 

Regards

Shashi

91 98802 70895

 

On Behalf Of

V.Rajnikanth

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 7:03 PM

 

Re: KARMA

 

 

 

Namasthe,

If the karma can be postponed for some time it can be poosponed

any length if time,for as many births.If the person has to die in

30 years age he will certainly die at that age.If it could be posponed

to 70,it could also be postponed to 140 also.

Sri Ramana maharshi,Sri Ramakrishna paramahansa all reiterate

that karma cannot be annihilated and they themselves underwent

the karmaphala without trying to circumvent the same.

Tapas and austerites will make the person strong enough to sustain the

effects of karma without any remorse and will bring the person closer

to Almighty and enlightenment.

[Guest guest]

Dear Anbu,

If there are mistakes done by a Jeeva and if a prayaschitta is

done then definitely the prayaschitta will kill the effect of bad karma. During

the end of homam, what ever the prayaschitta we do is for all mistakes that we

have done. For example there are mistakes in chanting, the drvayas are not pure,

no proper sraddaha etc. There are specific mantras and this is called

prayaschitta homam.

 

Also there are karmas like upavasa, japa kruchra, which have

been told specifically to kill the paapa that has been done. This is what I am

highlighting.

 

The BhOgam that is experienced in dreams is not associated with

punya or paapa. Jeeva sees that only. This is clearly mentioned in Brudaranyaka

Upanishat (4.3.15). 'Drushtvyva na krutvaa ityarthaha | punyam cha punyaphalam

paapam cha paapaphalam. " The experiences in dreams is told as no dosha in

Bhagavata. " Tejiyasaam na doshaha " . Please remember tejiyasam means person in

dreams.

 

Regards

Shashi

91 98802 70895

 

On Behalf Of Anbu

sivam2

 

Dear Sastryji,

 

Let me answer to both your emails.

 

I am not saying that we do not perform praayaschithas. We do, mostly for

manthraheenam, kriyaaheenam etc. " Booswaaha agnaiyE ithannama.... " etc. is

actually a praayaschitha manthram.

 

All karmas are done with sthoola sareeram. We are karmis then. In dream

time we do not have a sthoola sareeram. We are merely bhOkthas then.

BhOgam is both positive and negative experiences.

 

Regards,

Anbu

[Guest guest]

Dear Anbuji,

 

Namaste.

 

Some of the esteemed member of this forum are the " Direct " disciples of

Brahmasri Mahamahopadhyaya K.P. Sankara Sastrigal, who is a great srividyopasaka

& asthana vidwan of Sringeri Sarada Pitha.

 

When Shri Sasidharji said that his guruji told him like that it implies that it

is the guru vakya of Mahamahopadhyaya Shri KP Sankara Sastrigal Ji.

 

A short profile of Shri KPS Ji from Kamakoti Mandali Blog:

 

*******************

 

Sri K P Shankara Shastrigal was born in the divine city of Kaladi in Kerala. His

elder brother Sri Narayana Shastrigal was a scholar par excellence and a great

Srividya Upasaka. He spent his last few days in the holy city of Kashi. He was a

great devotee of Sri Parameshwara. It is said that when he passed away, a Bana

Linga was found on his body. Coming from a family of such stalwarts, Sri

Shankara Shastrigal studied Veda, Vedanta, Mimamsa, Tarka and other branches of

learning from the masters in the respective fields. He was the foremost disciple

of Sri Hanagal Virupaksha Shastrigal under whom he learnt and mastered Tarka. He

was initiated into Srividya by Sri Valukeshwara Bharati Mahaswamigal and Sri

Vidyabhinava Valukeshwara Bharati Mahaswamigal(The Acharya of Koodali Shankara

Matham) and Sri Vidyabhinava Valukeshwara Bharati Mahaswamigal (Acharya of the

same Matham, famously known as Hanagal Virupaksha Shastrigal in his

Purvashrama). Sri Shastrigal also received Mahamantropadesham from the

celebrated Jivanmukta, Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal of Sringeri. His

disciples are numerous like the stars in the sky. His approach to Srividya is

based totally on the Vedas and Upanishads. He has not only taught and guided

innumerable number of Sadhakas but also the Peethadhipatis of various

monastries. He has shunned various practices that have crept into the system of

Srividya in the name of Kaula Tantra and clarified the actual path, as taught

originally by Acharya Bhagavatpada. He belongs to the illustrious Dakshinamurti

Sampradaya. Acharyas of Sringeri held him in a very high regard. He was the

Asthana Vidwan of both Sringeri and Kanchi Kamakoti Peethas. His written works

include Varivasya Rahasya Bhashyam, Tripura Mahimna Stotra Bhashyam, Shodasha

Samskara Vidhi etc. He has also composed various hymns on Sri Rajarajeshwari.

Most Mathams affiliated to Sringeri Sharada Peetham follow his guidelines for

Srividya Upasana. The honours and rewards that have come his way are many.

`Asthana Vidwan' of Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham, he has received a gold medal

from the president of India, Sri Shankar dayal Sharma. He has also received top

honours from the late Maharaja of Mysore. He has served as the Principal of

Sanskrit College in Kaladi and as a professor in other reputed institutions

across the country. He has also been the Ashthana Vidwan of various other Shakha

Mutts of Sringeri like the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Swarnavalli etc.

 

****************

 

My respect the guru vakyas of shrotriya, sampradaya shuddha, brahmanishta guru

parampara.

 

namo gurubhyaH...

 

regs,

sriram

 

 

, Anbu sivam2 <anbesivam2 wrote:

>

> Dear Sastryji,

>

> Let me answer to both your emails.

>

> I am not saying that we do not perform praayaschithas. We do, mostly for

> manthraheenam, kriyaaheenam etc. " Booswaaha agnaiyE ithannama.... " etc. is

> actually a praayaschitha manthram.

>

> All karmas are done with sthoola sareeram. We are karmis then. In dream

> time we do not have a sthoola sareeram. We are merely bhOkthas then.

> BhOgam is both positive and negative experiences.

>

> Regards,

> Anbu

>

> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Sastry, Shashidhara <

> shashidhara.sastry wrote:

>

> >

> >

> > Karma Phala experienced in dreams does not have punya or papa. That is the

> > reason Sastras say dreams are like self testing aid or litmus tests to

> > determine where a sadhaka is. A person killing a cow in his dreams does not

> > get 'gow hatya dosha'. A person giving lot of daana in his dream does not

> > get lot of punya. This is clearly mentioned in sastras.

> >

> >

> > Regards

> > Shashi

> > 91 98802 70895

> >

> > <%40> [

> > <%40>] On Behalf Of S

> > Sangaranarayanan

> > Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:18 AM

> >

> > <%40>

> > RE: KARMA

> >

> >

> > In one go if it can be explained, action has reaction and it must be

> > undergone through. A competent Guruji helps his disciple to udnergo this

> > phala in his dream state so that the body and mind which are the

> > experiencers undergo the karma. No power on earth can waive the karma and

> > that is certain. Instead of undergoing the karma phala in waking state the

> > Guru by his mercy helps the devotee to udnergo them in his dream state,

> > which is actually experienced by the body and mind. Any amount of japa and

> > sadhana will not help.

> >

> > S.SHANGARANARAYANAN

> >

> > <%40><

> > %40 <%2540>>

> > shashidhara.sastry <shashidhara.sastry%40hp.com><

> > shashidhara.sastry%40hp.com <shashidhara.sastry%2540hp.com>>

> >

> >

> > Namaste,

> > There are some differences in the answers I would like to post. Please see

> > my replies.

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

May I know what is meant by various *shakha* mutts of Sringeri like Kanchi

Kamakoti Peetam ....pl.?

 

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Venkata Sriram <

sriram_sapthasathi wrote:

 

>

>

> Dear Anbuji,

>

> Namaste.

>

> Some of the esteemed member of this forum are the " Direct " disciples of

> Brahmasri Mahamahopadhyaya K.P. Sankara Sastrigal, who is a great

> srividyopasaka & asthana vidwan of Sringeri Sarada Pitha.

>

> When Shri Sasidharji said that his guruji told him like that it implies

> that it is the guru vakya of Mahamahopadhyaya Shri KP Sankara Sastrigal Ji.

>

> A short profile of Shri KPS Ji from Kamakoti Mandali Blog:

>

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>

> Sri K P Shankara Shastrigal was born in the divine city of Kaladi in

> Kerala. His elder brother Sri Narayana Shastrigal was a scholar par

> excellence and a great Srividya Upasaka. He spent his last few days in the

> holy city of Kashi. He was a great devotee of Sri Parameshwara. It is said

> that when he passed away, a Bana Linga was found on his body. Coming from a

> family of such stalwarts, Sri Shankara Shastrigal studied Veda, Vedanta,

> Mimamsa, Tarka and other branches of learning from the masters in the

> respective fields. He was the foremost disciple of Sri Hanagal Virupaksha

> Shastrigal under whom he learnt and mastered Tarka. He was initiated into

> Srividya by Sri Valukeshwara Bharati Mahaswamigal and Sri Vidyabhinava

> Valukeshwara Bharati Mahaswamigal(The Acharya of Koodali Shankara Matham)

> and Sri Vidyabhinava Valukeshwara Bharati Mahaswamigal (Acharya of the same

> Matham, famously known as Hanagal Virupaksha Shastrigal in his Purvashrama).

> Sri Shastrigal also received Mahamantropadesham from the celebrated

> Jivanmukta, Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal of Sringeri. His

> disciples are numerous like the stars in the sky. His approach to Srividya

> is based totally on the Vedas and Upanishads. He has not only taught and

> guided innumerable number of Sadhakas but also the Peethadhipatis of various

> monastries. He has shunned various practices that have crept into the system

> of Srividya in the name of Kaula Tantra and clarified the actual path, as

> taught originally by Acharya Bhagavatpada. He belongs to the illustrious

> Dakshinamurti Sampradaya. Acharyas of Sringeri held him in a very high

> regard. He was the Asthana Vidwan of both Sringeri and Kanchi Kamakoti

> Peethas. His written works include Varivasya Rahasya Bhashyam, Tripura

> Mahimna Stotra Bhashyam, Shodasha Samskara Vidhi etc. He has also composed

> various hymns on Sri Rajarajeshwari. Most Mathams affiliated to Sringeri

> Sharada Peetham follow his guidelines for Srividya Upasana. The honours and

> rewards that have come his way are many. `Asthana Vidwan' of Sri Sringeri

> Sharada Peetham, he has received a gold medal from the president of India,

> Sri Shankar dayal Sharma. He has also received top honours from the late

> Maharaja of Mysore. He has served as the Principal of Sanskrit College in

> Kaladi and as a professor in other reputed institutions across the country.

> He has also been the Ashthana Vidwan of various other Shakha Mutts of

> Sringeri like the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Swarnavalli etc.

>

> ****************

>

> My respect the guru vakyas of shrotriya, sampradaya shuddha, brahmanishta

> guru parampara.

>

> namo gurubhyaH...

>

> regs,

> sriram

>

> <%40>, Anbu sivam2

> <anbesivam2 wrote:

> >

> > Dear Sastryji,

> >

> > Let me answer to both your emails.

> >

> > I am not saying that we do not perform praayaschithas. We do, mostly for

> > manthraheenam, kriyaaheenam etc. " Booswaaha agnaiyE ithannama.... " etc.

> is

> > actually a praayaschitha manthram.

> >

> > All karmas are done with sthoola sareeram. We are karmis then. In dream

> > time we do not have a sthoola sareeram. We are merely bhOkthas then.

> > BhOgam is both positive and negative experiences.

> >

> > Regards,

> > Anbu

> >

> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Sastry, Shashidhara <

> > shashidhara.sastry wrote:

> >

> > >

> > >

> > > Karma Phala experienced in dreams does not have punya or papa. That is

> the

> > > reason Sastras say dreams are like self testing aid or litmus tests to

> > > determine where a sadhaka is. A person killing a cow in his dreams does

> not

> > > get 'gow hatya dosha'. A person giving lot of daana in his dream does

> not

> > > get lot of punya. This is clearly mentioned in sastras.

> > >

> > >

> > > Regards

> > > Shashi

> > > 91 98802 70895

> > >

> > > <%40> <%

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> > > <%40> <%

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> > > Sangaranarayanan

> > > Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:18 AM

> > >

> > > <%40> <%

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> > > RE: KARMA

> > >

> > >

> > > In one go if it can be explained, action has reaction and it must be

> > > undergone through. A competent Guruji helps his disciple to udnergo

> this

> > > phala in his dream state so that the body and mind which are the

> > > experiencers undergo the karma. No power on earth can waive the karma

> and

> > > that is certain. Instead of undergoing the karma phala in waking state

> the

> > > Guru by his mercy helps the devotee to udnergo them in his dream state,

> > > which is actually experienced by the body and mind. Any amount of japa

> and

> > > sadhana will not help.

> > >

> > > S.SHANGARANARAYANAN

> > >

> > > <%40> <%

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> > >

> > >

> > > Namaste,

> > > There are some differences in the answers I would like to post. Please

> see

> > > my replies.

> > >

> > >