SRI :
SRIMATHE RAAMAANUJAAYA
NAMA:
DEAR VEDAABHIMAANIS &
VAIDHIKAAS :
Through the anugraham of Veda
MaathA , SrI Gayathri DEvi,
OUR AACHAARYANS AND THE DHIVYA
DAMPATHIS OF SRIRANGAM AND
OPPILIAPPAN KOIL , THE PREPARATION OF THE DIGITAL
VIDEO
DISCS (DVDs) ON THRIKAALA
SANDHYAA VANDHANAM HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED .
THE
SIX DISCS ( TWO
EACH FOR THE THREE VEDAMS ) HAVE
ARRIVED AT NEW
YORK NOW
.
A VOTE OF THANKS AT THE
OUTSET:
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BUT FOR THE SUPPORT OF SCHOLARS ,
ACHAARYAS
AND DEDICATED COORDINATORS ON
GROUND IN INDIA ,
THIS TELE-MANAGED PROJECT WOULD
NOT HAVE SEEN ITS
COMPLETION . HEART FELT THANKS TO
HH. SRIMATH
POUNDARIKAPURAM ANDAVAN , WHO
SUPERVISED
THE SAAMA VEDAM AND YAJUR VEDAM
SANDHYAA
PERFORMANCE . THE RG VEDA SANDHYAA
VANDHANAM WAS
GUIDED BY KUMBAKONAM RG VEDA
GANAPAADHI,
SRI RENGARAJAN SWAMY . LOGISTICS
ON GROUND
RECORDING VIDEO , LOCATION FOR THE
PERFORMANCE
OF THE SANDHYAAS WERE TAKEN CARE
OF BY
SRIMAAN SAMPATH SWAMY OF
KUMBAKONAM
( for RG VEDAM ) AND SRI
V.N.VENKATANATHAN SWAMY OF
OPPILIAPPAN SANNIDHIfor SAAMA AND
YAJUR VEDAM .
I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO
THEM
.
POUNDARIKAPURAM ANDAVAN IS VERY
PLEASED WITH
THIS INITATIVE , SINCE HE FEELS
THESE AUDIO-VISUAL
MATERIAL WILL HELP ALL
TRAIVARNIKAAS TO PERFORM
ORDAINED SANDHYAA VANDHANAM ,
WHICH CAN NOT
EVER BE
ABANDONED FOR WHATEVER
REASONS THROUGH
OUT ONE'S EARTHLY LIFE .
A
DISCLAIMER
*************
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTENT OF
THE DVD WILL
HAVE MANY SANSKRIT WORDS. PLEASE
DO NOT MIND
THEIR USE SINCE THERE IS NO OTHER
WAY TO DESCRIBE
THEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT .
CONTENT & QUALITY OF OF THE
INDIVIDUAL DVDs
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THESE DVDs LOOK GREAT . PRAATHA: ,
MAADHYAHNIKA AND
SAAYAM SANDHYAAS HAVE BEEN COVERED FOR EACH OF
THE THREE VEDAS . BEING DIGITAL
RECORDING , THE PICTURE
QUALITY IS VERY HIGH . ONE CAN SEE
THEM IN FULL SIZED
TV SCREENS WITHOUT DISTORTION
.
CONTENT OF RG VEDA SANDHYA
VANDHANAM AS AN EXAMPLE:
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KUMBAKONAM RG VEDA GANAPAADI SRI
RENGARAJAN
SWAMY , A GREAT BRAHASPTHI AND
VEDIC SCHOLAR ,
TAKES US THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THE
INDIVIDUAL
SANDHYA VANDHANAM PROCEDURES
STARTING FROM
BEGINNING TO END IN A SLOW AND
STEADY MANNER
FOR THE PERFORMERS TO FOLLOW .
ANOTHER GANAPAADI
AND A 7 YEAR OLD CHILD PERORM THE
SANDHYA VANDHANAM.
THE INDIVIDUAL
STEPS OF SANDHYAA
VANDHANAM COVERED ARE
:
AACHAMANEEYAM , PRAANAAYAMAM , SANKALPAM
,
SAATHVIKA THYAAGAM , PROKSHANAM ,
PRAASANAM ,
ARGYAM INCLUDING KAALAATHEETHA
ARGYAM AND ITS
SANKALPAM , AASANA MANTHRAM , ANGANYAASA AND
KARANYAASA MUDHRAIS , ASTHRA
MANTHRAM, DHIG
BHANDHAM , DHYAANAM , WAYS TO PERFORM GAAYATHRI
JAPAM , KESAVAADHI TARPANAM ,
SANKALPAM , UPASTHAANAM ,
DEVATHAA
NAMSKAARAM , DHIG
NAMASKAARAM , ASHTAAKSHARA
MANTHRA JAPAM TIMING , SAATHVIKA
THYAAGAM ,
MANGALA SLOKAMS
.
TWO POINTS GANAPAADI
SWAMY MADE IN THE OVERALL
CONTEXT OF PERFORMING SANDHYAA
WERE STRIKING :
(1) ONE
WHO HAS NOT PERFORMED
SANDHYA VANDHANAMS
IN A ROW FOR THREE DAYS HAS TO
UNDERGO UPANAYANAM
CEREMONIES (BRAHMOPADESAM ) AGAIN
. SUCH A PERSON ,
WHO ABANDONS SANDHYA VANDHANAM IS
NOT FIT TO DO
ANY VAIDHIKA KARMAAS . HH.
POUNDARIKAPURAM
ANDAVAN ELABORATED THESE POINTS IN
THE DISCS
DEALING WITH SAAMA SANDHYAA
VANDHANAM .
(2) THE PERFORMER OF THE
SANDHYAA , WHETHER HE
IS IN DESAANTHARAM OR
DHVIPAANTHARAM ( OVERSEAS )
SHOULD RECITE A SLOKAM THAT SAYS
THAT HE IS TURNING
TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF SRIRANGAM
TO DEDICATE
THE JUST PERFORMED SANDHYAA TO
LORD RANGANAATHAN .
PRACTICAL DETAILS ON PERGFROMANCE
OF SANDHYAA
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A WEALTH OF DETAILS ON SISHTAACHAARAM ARE
PROVIDED
AND DEMONSTRATED BY THE ANUSHTAAS . THERE IS NO
MORE
EXCUSE FOR NOT PERFORMING SANDHYAAS EVERY
DAY
THREE TIMES WITHOUT INTERRUPTION . THE
MATERIAL
ASSEMBLED CAREFULLY IN THESE DISCS WITH OVERALL
GUIDANCE FROM ACHAARYAAS AND SCHOLARS WILL
HELP ONE OVERCOME DEFICIENCIES IN THE AWARENESS
OF
PERFORMING SANDHYAA IN THE PROPER WAY AS
PRACTISED BY
OUR AACHAARYAAS AND POORVAAS FOLLOWING ANCIENT
TRADITIONS.
PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN TO ME AND HAVE SAID THAT
THEY
SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON CONDUCTING THE
UPANAYANAM
FOR THE SON AND THAT THEY COULD NOT GET THE HELP
OF
THE BRUHASPATHI TO TEACH THE CHILD TO LEARN IT
FIRMLY DUE TO THEIR (BRUHASPATHY'S) OTHER
COMMITMENTS .
THIS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR CREATING THESE REFERENCE
DVDs ON THRIVEDA SANDHYAAS FOR THRIKAALAMS
.
SOME OF THE OLDER PEOPLE(PARENTS) ALSO REFERRED
TO
PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF THE WAYS TO PERORM ACHAMANEEYAM ,
PRAANAAYAAMAM , ANGA AND KARA NYAASAMS
,
UCCHARANAMS (WITH SAVARAMS OF VEDA
MANTHRAMS) ,
DIRECTIONS TO FACE , HOW TO GIVE ARGYAMS AND A
HOST
OF OTHER MATTERS. THESE DISCS CONTAIN
PERTINENT
INFORMATION ON ALL THESE POINTS FOR THEM TO
REFRESH
THEIR MINDS AND TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN
.
THESE DISCS WOULD BE MADE AVIALBLE IN INDIA AS
WELL
AS IN USA . VOLUNTEERS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE
WORLD
ARE ENCOURAGED TO ACT AS CENTERS OF DISTRIBUTION
.
AS THE OVERALL PRODUCER , I WILL SERVE AS A
CENTRAL
POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE
DVDs.
THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO EXPAND THE REACH OF
THESE
PRECIOUS MANTHRAMS AND PROCEDURES TO AS
MANY
ANUSHTAATHAAS AS POSSIBLE AROUND THE WORLD
.
SURPRISE GIFT
:
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RG VEDA GANAPAADI SWAMY WAS SO
ENTHUSED
ABOUT THIS INITATIVE THAT HE
RECORDED GHANAM
RENDERING OF SELECTED PASSAGES
FROM RG VEDAM .
THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY GANAPAADIS
FOR RG VEDAM
AND THEREFORE IT IS A TREAT FOR US
IN THE EXPERIENCING OF
THE RG VEDA SANDHY VANDHANAM
DVDs.
PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU
WOULD BE INTERSTED
IN THESE DVDs FOR YOUR
FAMILY AND SPECIFY
WHICH VEDA BRANCH YOU BELONG TO
.
OUR NEXT DVD PROJECT IN THIS
EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE:
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PLANS ARE UNDERWAY TO CAPTURE
NITHYAARAADHANAM ,
THE LENGTHY ONE AND THE LAGHU
AARAADHANAM . PLEASE
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS
INITATIVE AS WELL . THANKS.
NAMO NAARAAYANAAYA
,
SRIMATH AZHAGIYA SINGAR THIRUVADIKALE
SARANAM ,
DAASAN , OPPILIAPPAN KOIL
VARADAACHAARI SADAGOPAN
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