Dear bhagavatas, There is no kAla (time), dEsa (place) or adhikAri niyamam to chant the thirumantram. This has been very clearly explained by Swamy pillai ulagariyan in his mumukshupadi. Any person who has got his samAsrayanam from his acharyan gets this thirumanthra upadesam from his acharyan and from then on he has to constantly meditate on this maha manthram and its meaning. Adiyen ramanuja dAsee Sumithra Varadarajan vedantham chary <vedantham_krishna@xxxx> wrote: Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan Pranams to all Bhagavathas I heard that Gayathri should be recited by only by samskrutha manushya ie those who underwent upanayanam>there is yet another gayathri meant for others called smartha gayathri which gives same benifit.I suppose there is no such restiction to recite THIRUMANTHRAM.I will be glad to know more on this subject. Krishnamachary Madhuri and Mohan <m_raghavan@xxxx> wrote: I would beg to differ with Sri Vishnu on this. Mu:la Mantram is the highest and most accessible of all mantrams, and can be chanted silently at certain times of the day when prescribed by the a:cha:rya. From what I have learned, contemplation on the thirumantram can follow the ga:yatri during the performance of trika:la sandhya vandanam, and also in place of ga:yatri by those who have not been initiated into it. It should be noted, however, that unlike the ga:yatri, which has specific count, the ashta:kshari should just be meditated upon without counting the number of times that it has been chanted. But, it is important to note that meditation on this mantram should only be performed when it prescribed and how it is prescribed by an a:cha:rya. And, as Sri Vishnu has stated, learning about and trying to live life in accordance with its meaning is just as important as simply meditating upon it. Ramanuja dasan Mohan > > azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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