You are here: SriPedia - Ramanuja - Archives - Feb 2004

Ramanuja List Archive: Message 00036 Feb 2004

 
Feb 2004 Indexes ( Date | Thread | Author )
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]


Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Dear Sri Ramachandran,

While it is good to see your enthusiasm for performing
sandhyavandanam, the following lines are puzzling.

> It is therefore, extremely critical and mandatory 
> for the Sandhya to be performed without fail. It 
> is quite surprising that Shri Vishnu has
> questioned the efficacy of Sandhya and perhaps 
> thinks of replacing the Sandhya with 'namaa' 
> chanting. Come what may, the Sandhya is a nitya 
> karma ordained by the Vedas and no one is excused. 
> Dilution of Sandhya requirements are therefore out 
> of question. One may dilute all other rituals, 
> worship etc. but not the Sandhya.

Is it your stand or our pUrvAchAryas stand that
other rituals and even worship can be 'diluted'
but not the sandhyavandanam. Is there any pramANam
for this stance? 

Of course, the sastras themselves excuse many from 
performing the sandhya. So, how is that you say that
no one is excused? Or do you mean only those that
are eligible for it.

Certainly our acharyas did not give up their nithya
karmas, but only so as to not set the wrong example 
for those who are at the first steps. However, there
are two things here. I don't think they saw it as a
mandatory act which is an unforgivable sin when 
missed, as you are stating ; and they only saw
it as a kainkaryam to the Lord and not for their
personal benefits. And again, I believe their stress
was on all nithya karmas and not just the sandhya
alone.

Guru Paramapara records that Bhattar refused to
stop his fan service to the Lord for the sake
of doing sandhyavandanam.

Pillai Lokacharyar includes the performance of all
nithya karmas as one of the sins that the Lord
wipes out in the "sarva pApEbhyO" of the Charama
shloka.

Kindly clarify.

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan




__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online.
http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html




[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index ] [Thread Index ] [Author Index ]
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia
ramanuja-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to the list