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
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