6-5-4-3 Practising srEvaishNavites of ThirukkaNNankuDi The Super Six -6 (Six Components of VEdham-s) i. shEkshA; ii. vyAkaraNam; iii. chandhas; iv. niruktham; v.jOthisham ; vi. kalpam. The Big 5 (The five yagjyam) 1. brahma-yagjyam -Vedhic recitations ; 2.dhEva yagjyam -performing yAgam; 3.bhUdha yagyam- offering sacrifices; 4. pithru yagjyam - rituals -tharpaNam performed for ancestors and 5. manushya yagjyam - honouring the guests with hospitality -virundhOmbal. The Great 4 (The Four vEdham-s) rig, yajur, samam and atharvaNam. The Three Fires The inmates of ThirukkaNNankuDi follow the aformentioned practices religiously and also master the idhihAsa purANangaL -described by thirumangai mannan as arum-kalai - After all this, do they think that these practices are the means to attain Him ? No.They are with conviction that indeed EmeprumAn is the means and practice these with clear mind. All these are narrated by kalaiyan in the final two lines of the first pAsuram of the first thirumozhi of hte ninth ten '... angm-ARu-aindhu vEALvi -nAl vEdham arum-kalai payinRu-eri mUnRum sen-kaiyAl vaLarkkum thuLakkamil manathOAr -ThirukkaNNankuDiyuL ninRAnEA' 9-1-1 dAsan vanamamalai ;padmanabhan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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