Guest guest Posted November 17, 2000 Report Share Posted November 17, 2000 > K Kathirasan ADM NCS <kkathir >RE: Re: the holy gayatri mantra > >The gayathri mantra is taught to any aspirant in the spiritual path. An >initiation is necessary for such mantras as they have specific metres for >chanting. So the only qualification necessary for learning this mantra, is >to have the desire to know the Vedas. Why can't a person who desires to >know the Vedas be called a brahmana (brahmin)? Shree Kathirasan 'brahman charati iti brahmanaH' - one who strives to realize brahman is braahmin - for that one should have predominant satvic vaasanaa-s. Vajrasuuchi upanishhat discusses these varNa ashrama which is a universally applicable. Unfortunately Caste system, is of course practiced in India by birth not by qualifications or guNa and karma. Gayatri is taught during upanayana ceremony or thread ceremony for all dwija-s, that is braahmana, kshatriya and vaisya castes - not just brahmins alone. Unfortunately now a days even brahmins are not getting the upanayanam when they are eight. They perform just before marriage just as a formality. Most of them are not qualified to be called brahmins. Others who are not brahmins are sometime more qualified by virtue of their guNa and karma. Hari Om! Sadananda _______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2000 Report Share Posted November 18, 2000 Thanks Sadanandaji for the clear explanation. namaste > > Kuntimaddi Sadananda [sMTP:k_sadananda] > Friday, November 17, 2000 8:22 PM > Ramakrishna > Re: [ramakrishna] Digest Number 615 > > > > > K Kathirasan ADM NCS <kkathir > >RE: Re: the holy gayatri mantra > > > >The gayathri mantra is taught to any aspirant in the spiritual path. An > >initiation is necessary for such mantras as they have specific metres for > >chanting. So the only qualification necessary for learning this mantra, > is > >to have the desire to know the Vedas. Why can't a person who desires to > >know the Vedas be called a brahmana (brahmin)? > > Shree Kathirasan > > 'brahman charati iti brahmanaH' - one who strives to realize brahman is > braahmin - for that one should have predominant satvic vaasanaa-s. > Vajrasuuchi upanishhat discusses these varNa ashrama which is a > universally > applicable. > > Unfortunately Caste system, is of course practiced in India by birth not > by > qualifications or guNa and karma. > > Gayatri is taught during upanayana ceremony or thread ceremony for all > dwija-s, that is braahmana, kshatriya and vaisya castes - not just > brahmins > alone. > > Unfortunately now a days even brahmins are not getting the upanayanam when > > they are eight. They perform just before marriage just as a formality. > Most > of them are not qualified to be called brahmins. Others who are not > brahmins > are sometime more qualified by virtue of their guNa and karma. > > > Hari Om! > Sadananda > > > _______________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > > > Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah > Vivekananda Centre London > http://www.vivekananda.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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