SrimathE rAmAnujaya Namaha, Dear Sri Vishnu, You are right emperuman doesn't expect anything from us. Only this fact has stopped mandhi bhuddis like adiyen from doing anything properly. Adiyen has the lowest of the lowest anushtanam ('neesanEn niraivondrumilEn' but emperuman does shower his grace on me too 'enkan pAsam vaiththa param sudar jOdhi'). But this doesn't add any fame as we are setting an wrong example for the generations to come. That is why atleast by words adiyen insisted the necessity of following our acharya's anushtanams (practically adiyen follows zero and hence has/is doing the maximum apacharams possible but atleast feels for adiyen's incapability and each moment begs the pardon from bhagavan and our acharyas for the same). Only when we get the ultimate qualification of "sarva dharmAn parithyajya" we can leave everything (here remember we should leave everything not do one thing which we like to do and leave that which is difficult or boring to do). But even if we leave now it is not going to affect us in anyway since we have the strength of our acharyas who will take us straight to the divine feet of emperuman ("jnAna anushtAnamivai nandrAgavE udaiyanAna guruvai adaindhakkAl thEnAr kamala thirumAmagal kozhunan thAnE vaikundam tarum"). As a Srivaishnavite it is enough if we just get immersed in the arulicheyals of azhvars and acharyas and spend our time (kalashepam) with bhagavat/bhagavata kainkaryam. In that case, we should refrain ourselves from doing rituals like ayushhomam, marriage homams, gruhapravesa homams etc also (if you are willing to do such homams then we have to satisfy the basic qualification for the same. Sastras say that one who has left sandhi is not eligible for any of these rituals. so we either leave all these or do them with the necessary qualification else it doesn't serve the purpose atall and it is sheer waste of time). Actually we have to purify our new homes only with the padhadhooli of a bhagavata and cherish the same like periya nambigal. How many of us arrange for recitation of 4000 paasurams and grand dhadheeyArAdhanam to bhagavatas atleast for all so called auspicious occasions in our life? (actually only such a recitation and bhagavata kainkaryam is auspicious occasions in our life). Let us stop discussing whether we have do sandhi or not and concentrate on more constructive subjects (bhagavat anubhavams). It is no harm in us spending 15 to 30 mts in a day for doing sandhi as a kainkaryam to emperuman and then spending our day with bhagavat/bhagavata kainkaryams. Nothing is for our pleasure everything is only for his happiness ("padiyAi kidandhu vun pavalavAi kAnbEnE") All mistakes are due to adiyen's ignorance so please forgive them. Alwar empermAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja dAsee Sumithra Varadarajan ----- Original Message ----- From: Vishnu To: ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 3:58 PM Subject: [ramanuja] Re: Digest Number 731 - Sandhya/Gayathri related > > Sandhyavandhanam has been prescribed by the sastras and emperuman himself declares that "shruthi smriti mamai Agya...AgyA chebhi mama drOhi mama bhakthai.. na vaishnavA:" So we have no right to feel the orders of emperuman to be boring and leave them. Our acharyas give us only an exemption when it clashes with visEsha dharmam (bhagavat/bhAgavata kainkaryam). Are all of us always involved in kainkaryam? Then sandhi need not be done. But we do lot of lowkika jobs then why leave the sastric rituals with fake excuses. Dear Ms Sumithra, u r right in saying that we are all in lowkika jobs. Also it is tru that SrI rAmAnuja and varavara were the best examples of vedic ascetics, much better than the Rushis of prev yugas. however, most of their time was spent in the primary anushtAnam of propagating the aruLiccheyals of AlwArs. If we lowkikas spend time in rituals, what about following the sampradAyam? It is true that Lord says: Sruti smurti mamaiva AgnA.. etc. But what do the SAstras say about a bhAgavata? Anyone who is not averse to paying obeisance to Him is a bhAgavata (Periya Thirumozhi .. kadanmallai pASurams). then where is the expectation by God for us to do something? Also why should we take the SlOka quoted by you terms of rituals? why not in terms of morals and good conduct (which has more relevance in terms of bhAgavata kainkaryam - a primary anushtAnam)? >If we are true followers of Swamy Ramanuja then we should follow his >anushtanam. Swamy who had such great paripakam could have easily >left doing >sandhya vandhanam and concentrated in azhvar paasurams alone but he >didnt do >that. As I said primary anushtAnam is adherence to Alwars' aruLichheyals (again not ritualistically chanting "naharam aruL purindhu..", "neri vASal thAnEyAy ninrAnai.." etc. without practising the meaning therein). Sri Bhattar says that a Srivaishnava should live like a hen, where he indicates that one has to primarily concentrate on the quintessence of all Sastras i.e. the prabandham (which itself is the primary Sastra). also it is for emberumAn to put us in any kanikaryam He wants (samuchitA vrtti .. as said in ashtaSlOkI). So one need not feel he is going against Sastras if he does not to sandhyA. our God does not have any expectation from us and no practice can be an exception, right! at the same time, one can do it as a kainkaryam. > There should be only a change in attitude while doing them. >Srivaishnavas, should do sandhya vandhanam as a kainkaryam to >emperuman (following his words gives him happiness) and for not any >other result. At this point remember Sri Pillai ulagariyan's >sutra "karmamum kainkaryaththilE pugum". Sri PiLLai lOkAchArya says "karma can also join kainkaryam (karmamum...)". > > Doing sandhya vandhanam will not achieve Srivaishnavas any results >as they have to do it only as a kainkaryam to emperuman but not >doing will surely create unhappiness in emperuman's minds as we are >disregarding his words. As I said, He does not have any expectaion from us so does not become unhappy. Also we are not disregarding His words (ref. "naharam aruL purindhu..." is His AgnA). Our AchAryas say (in commentaries) we have to do anything we do for His happiness. Then does it not become an effort on our part and contradict their own words that He is the upAya? To this, what I heard is, like a slave who tries to please his master, we should also do whatever we do in the mood of pleasing Him. We should not think whatever we are doing is for our pleasure. That is what our AchAryas mean. > "Avan manam kanni pOga nAm kAranamAgalAmA?" >Srivaishnavas need not >do anything he will grant moksha by his >nirheduka krupai but can we >just sit without going kainkaryam for >his happiness? We can spend >our time (kAlashEpam) primely with >bhagavat/bhAgavata vishayam but >how much time will it take to do all >the daily routines prescribed >by our sastras for our varnAshrama. To do all the daily routines will certainly take a lot of time. definitely sandhyAvandanam does not take much time. adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan Vishnu azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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