Good to see this email and honest sharing of knowledge
which is known to many of us doing sandhyavandanam.
However the email says " What is given below is the
Sandhya Vandanam procedure prescribed for...... A
summary meaning of all the manthras chanted is also
included.Sandhya vandhana has two parts, the first one
normally to be done either standing in a river or
sitting with hunched legs on the feet outside the
house and the second part is done by sitting on firm
ground using the lotus pose. (Padmasana)."
I dont see the procedure written in here or any
attachment. Have you forgot or is going to be in
subsequent email?
--- vedicravi <VEDICRAVI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> from vedic links
> Introduction
> Sandhya Vandanam literally means either "Salutation
> to the goddess
> of Dawn and dusk or the prayers done during dawn and
> dusk." Hindus
> considered the period just before dawn and just
> after dusk as well
> as the exact period of noon , as extremely suitable
> for meditation.
> All Brahmins after Upanayanam (prescribed to be done
> at the age of
> seven), were required to do these prayers without
> fail. Essentially
> these prayers are offering oblations to the devas
> (arghya pradanam),
> doing breathing exercises (pranayamam) and then
> meditating on
> Gayathri by chanting the king of all manthras
> "Gayathri". This
> Manthra is taught to every boy by his own father
> during the ceremony
> of brahmopadesam. After learning Gayathri every boy
> is supposed to
> have taken a second birth and is entitled to be
> called "Dwija".
> Our scriptures attach lot of importance to Sandhya
> vandanam .They
> prescribe that a dwija should do it without fail
> every day, They
> also say that the knowledgeable Brahmin who salutes
> the Sun god
> daily thrice would attain whatever he wants. They
> further say that
> one who does not do sandhyavandanam is a sinner and
> is not eligible
> for any Vedic duties.
> What is given below is the Sandhya Vandanam
> procedure prescribed for
> Yajur Vedis. But the manthras to be chanted by
> followers of the
> other Vedas is also mentioned wherever there is a
> difference. All
> people are requested to do the Sandhya vandanam
> initially for a few
> times under the guidance of their "Guru" and use the
> procedure and
> manthras given below later. This is requested
> because English being
> not a very phonetic language is inadequate to
> transliterate Sanskrit
> slokas and that too those written in the Vedic
> Sanskrit.
> A summary meaning of all the manthras chanted is
> also included.
> Sandhya vandhana has two parts, the first one
> normally to be done
> either standing in a river or sitting with hunched
> legs on the feet
> outside the house and the second part is done by
> sitting on firm
> ground using the lotus pose. (Padmasana).
>
>
>
>
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