clarification on 16 Mondays

[Guest guest]

Swamiji explained that the vrats, like the 16 Mondays was

written by Brahmins priests about 200-400 years ago. They

were written for the common people, kind of like a folktale. The

Rishis did not write vrats. They revealed the Vedas. Rishi means

seer, or to see as Ishwara sees. R in sanskrit means to see

again and ish comes from the word Ishwara which means to

see without limitation. A rishi is one who perceives again as

Ishwara.

Although the story might make us feel culturally distance, i t has

uplifting values to the common man. The idea behind the vrat is

that the person performing it becomes transformed in the

process. Since the common folk did not perform tapasya as

outlined in the Vedas, the vrats were and are a way to help

people cultivate their relationship to divinity.

Personally I have performed the 16 Monday Vrat on several

different occasions and found that everytime it helped to cultivate

more love and devotion. I would highly recommend anyone to

undertake such a sankalpa. It can be quite transformational

and Lord Shiva is the Great Transformer. A vrat can be

performed to help you or others overcome obstacles or

difficulties as well as for the cultivation of pure love and devotion.

[Guest guest]

Pranams. I was just coming home from work wondering if I were going

to recieve any more information on this topic and I signed on to 46

emails! That's what happens when you a miss a day:)

 

Please tell Swami thanks on this explanation. It clarifies alot for

me. My faith in the Rishis are restored:) Basically, no one has

been able to explain this for me yet and so I'm very glad to know the

vrat was written after the 'rishi' period. There's a part of me that

thinks studying sanskrit would be very useful for me, that way I

could absorb the teachings directly.

 

Someone mentioned that Rama and Sita ate beef and drank liquor and sex

was apart of their life too. I was told that the Brahmins came in and

took out parts of the scripture that would confuse the people, or

common people. Did this really happen? I asked my boyfriend and he

said it's still in there, but not very many have knowledge of reading

or interpreting sanskrit so it's really only there for those who can

understand it. Can Swami explain more on this? Many gospels were

left out of the Bible because they would be greatly misunderstood

because the esoteric is veiled and most would think the Veil was it

instead of the lure to look deeper. Can Swami mention which

scriptures have had certain parts omitted or changed? Can Swami

discuss abit more on the why's of eating beef and drinking liquor by

Sita and Rama?

 

Jai Maa!

Kellyparvati_saraswati <parvati_saraswati > wrote:

Swamiji explained that the vrats, like the 16 Mondays was written

by Brahmins priests about 200-400 years ago. They were written for

the common people, kind of like a folktale. The Rishis did not write

vrats. They revealed the Vedas. Rishi means seer, or to see as

Ishwara sees. R in sanskrit means to see again and ish comes from

the word Ishwara which means to see without limitation. A rishi is

one who perceives again as Ishwara. Although the story might make

us feel culturally distance, i t has uplifting values to the common

man. The idea behind the vrat is that the person performing it

becomes transformed in the process. Since the common folk did not

perform tapasya as outlined in the Vedas, the vrats were and are a

way

to help people cultivate their relationship to divinity.Personally I

have performed the 16 Monday Vrat on several different occasions and

found that everytime it helped to cultivate more love and devotion.

I would highly recommend anyone to undertake such a sankalpa. It can

be quite transformational and Lord Shiva is the Great Transformer. A

vrat can be performed to help you or others overcome obstacles or

difficulties as well as for the cultivation of pure love and

devotion.To from this group, send an email

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[Guest guest]

Kelly,

Is there just one version of Ramayan? There are thousands. For how

many years was it passed in oral traditions before different sages

and then later others wrote down their versions?

Who can say what They did now except those that knew/know Them.

Jai Sita Ram!

-

Kelly Leeper

Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:59 PM

Re: clarification on 16 Mondays

Parvati,

Pranams. I was just coming home from work wondering if I were going

to recieve any more information on this topic and I signed on to 46

emails! That's what happens when you a miss a day:)

Please tell Swami thanks on this explanation. It clarifies alot for

me. My faith in the Rishis are restored:) Basically, no one has

been able to explain this for me yet and so I'm very glad to know the

vrat was written after the 'rishi' period. There's a part of me that

thinks studying sanskrit would be very useful for me, that way I

could absorb the teachings directly.

Someone mentioned that Rama and Sita ate beef and drank liquor and sex

was apart of their life too. I was told that the Brahmins came in and

took out parts of the scripture that would confuse the people, or

common people. Did this really happen? I asked my boyfriend and he

said it's still in there, but not very many have knowledge of reading

or interpreting sanskrit so it's really only there for those who can

understand it. Can Swami explain more on this? Many gospels were

left out of the Bible because they would be greatly misunderstood

because the esoteric is veiled and most would think the Veil was it

instead of the lure to look deeper. Can Swami mention which

scriptures have had certain parts omitted or changed? Can Swami

discuss abit more on the why's of eating beef and drinking liquor by

Sita and Rama?

Jai Maa!

Kellyparvati_saraswati <parvati_saraswati > wrote:

Swamiji explained that the vrats, like the 16 Mondays was written

by Brahmins priests about 200-400 years ago. They were written for

the common people, kind of like a folktale. The Rishis did not write

vrats. They revealed the Vedas. Rishi means seer, or to see as

Ishwara sees. R in sanskrit means to see again and ish comes from

the word Ishwara which means to see without limitation. A rishi is

one who perceives again as Ishwara. Although the story might make

us feel culturally distance, i t has uplifting values to the common

man. The idea behind the vrat is that the person performing it

becomes transformed in the process. Since the common folk did not

perform tapasya as outlined in the Vedas, the vrats were and are a

way to help people cultivate their relationship to

divinity.Personally I have performed the 16 Monday Vrat on several

different occasions and found that everytime it helped to cultivate

more love and devotion. I would highly recommend anyone to undertake

such a sankalpa. It can be quite transformational and Lord Shiva is

the Great Transformer. A vrat can be performed to help you or others

overcome obstacles or difficulties as well as for the cultivation of

pure love and devotion.To from this group, send an email

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