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Respected Members:

With absolute 'Sastanga Namaskarams' to all esteemed devotees of these fora
this  writer wishes to contribute his little bit in comforting the concerns
expressed in the enclosed message.

All  we have to do in such cases, where there is guilt, feeling of apparent
incompleteness  or  a  sense  of disappointment of not visiting Tirupati or
Srirangam  etc.  and  worshipping at faraway lands, all one has to do is to
bring to mind the Vedas.

Aeons ago, the Vedas had already anticipated such a situation would come to
pass.  A  solution  was  conceived.  This  was assimilated by the newer and
younger  religions,  faiths  subsequently.  This  is  the 'saranagathi' and
'prayaschittam'  both  of which have been enshrined in the Sandhyavandanam.
Hence,  The Vedas  proclaimed that this is a nitya karma.

Most of us are aware of the 'confession'  which is widely prevalent amongst
Christians.   The mortal commits errors, wrongs and  sins, and then goes to
the Church and after kneeling inside the confession box behind a wired-mesh
window  masking  his  identity,   he/she  confesses  to  the priest his/her
errors.  His  sense of shame, guilt, emotional burden and inner turmoil are
all off loaded into the priest’s ears, who in the end makes a symbol of the
Cross  and blesses the man to go and 'sin no more'.  The fact remains being
mortal,  he  sins  again  and once more makes a trip to the confession box.
This is human nature whether Christian, Chinese or Tamilian.

Knowing  well  the limitations of man's mind and in full magnanimity with a
compassion   par  excellence,  the  Vedas  have  put  the  Saranagathi  and
prayaschittam  into  the  Sandhya  rituals and this is to be done thrice in
favour of that Supreme Friend fondly referred as 'mitra' i.e. the Sun.  You
do  not  need  any  priest  to intercede. You directly and privately are in
communion  with  the  SUN  who is the manifestation of God and Glory of the
Vedas.

The  Sun  with  HIS  great  burning  power is addressed by the practitioner
thrice.  With  water  before  proceeding for the Gayathri, the sinner calls
upon the Sun to burn his errors.  The basic purification after achamanam is
"suryascha maa  manuyshcy.......mansa vacha ...padhbyam..ratris..." i.e. if
I have sinned by mind, body, words, unknowingly, knowingly or in the night,
in  ignorance  etc.  please  burn these.  In the evening Agni is invoked to
take over the burden of the sins of the day and burn them out.

In  the  end,  again  after  the  Gayathri etc. there is the famous " Sanka
chakra    gadthabane,    srimad   dwaraka   nilaya   chuda........RAKSHAMAM
SARANAGATHI..."

And  finally,  before  closing  Sandhya, one more sincere effort to Krishna
"kayena vacha manaseyindriya...sarvam krishna arpanam...".

Even   the   flawless    M.S.Subbulakshmi  whose  Vishnu  Sahasranamam  and
Suprabatham  sung  over  5  decades  back  and  which  are  still evergreen
masterpieces, she too ends with "kayena vacha...".

The  humility  in-built into the Sandhya is extraordinary.  Namely, it even
considers  the  subtle  aspect  of  the man making errors in his confession
itself  !!!!!.  Hence  in  the  end,  he  seeks  Krishna's  feet  and  begs
"Krishna...even  this  error  in  Sandhya  and  Saranagathi  or Gayathri or
Prayaschittam, even these are done for your sake, so please forgive me..."

During Sandhya you do achamanam more than 3 times, each time you touch your
entire  body  part-by-part  -   eyes,  ears, etc.with the Lord's many names
:'Kesava,  Narayana,  Madhava, Govinda...." you are sanctifying your entire
self and offering yourself to the Lord.

Nothing can beat this.

THE  MOTTO  IS  :  DO THE SANDHYA THRICE, WHICH BY ITSELF IS A FEAT AND THE
PLACE  WHERE  YOU  DO,  I.E.  YOUR  SEAT BECOMES THE SRIRANGAM OR TIRUPATI.
DIVYA  DESAM  IS  IN YOUR HEART AND NOT ACROSS THE OCEANS. COME OUT OF YOUR
DREAMS. READ BETWEEN THE LINES OF WHAT THE ALWARS HAVE SUNG.

Remember,  the  agamas  have  indeed  sanctified  the  physical  temples at
Srirangam  and  the  one  at Boston too, but the Vedas are the agamas which
have  sanctified the universe and every particle of air including the vital
Prana in your body. The Vedas can be worshipped, protected, propagated only
by  the  Sandhya  and Gayathri.  Do this and you become the Chief Priest of
the Lord's personal fiefdom


Om tat Sat
Tat tvam asi.




                                                                                
                           
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Dear Bhakthas,
I am a visitor to US. During my interaction with some
Sri Vaishvites who have settled down here, they have a
feeling that they are away from our Divya Desams. They
also seem to have a guilty feeling that they are not
able to worship the Lord at Srirangam and Tirupati
though they regularly visit Ranganathar and Srinivasar
temples located in US.
I pacified them that these temples which have been
consecrated as per agama sastras are also sanctified
and they should find the same feeling of worshipping
the presiding deities as in Srirangam or Tirupati. No
doubt it is a fact that Azwars have not sung Mangala
sasanams in these temples.
I seeks the views of other bhakthas in US on this
point.
Dasan
Tamarapu Sampath Kumaran


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