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November 27 : Ekadashi
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Swami all these questions can be very easily answered in this e-book, please download and read!
http://www.srimatham.com/teachings/category/srivaisnava?currentPage=5
Jai Sriman Narayana!
Srimathe Ramanuja desika varavaramunibhyo namah!
Swami, The e-handbook was superb.Thank you very much.Adiyen have a question: While applying Dwadasa Pundra, what is the correct position: Is it to be applied on right and left regions of neck or on left and right shoulders? Why adiyen asked this because in Shrivaisnavam.org they have told to apply on shoulders.However the bhagavathas that adiyen have seen so far apply on the neck region.Please reply.
Priya Swamin,
“Jaya Sriman Narayana”!
According to the manu-samhita, in Vedic times the vertical markings represented the upward rise of the ‘inner-heat’ of the Vedin. The markings were placed on the various chakras and encouraged the ‘kundalini’ to rise to the Sahasrara (top of the skull)in order to help manifest the open hooded-serpant over the Vedin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra#Sahasrara:_The_Crown_Chakra
This link explains the post-Vedic (puranic) version of it’s meaning(s), etc.
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/vdesikan/tdesikan/dsahasranama/ds440-477.html
Notes by V.Sadagopan :
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1.ThiumaNN Kaapu adornment rules are different for
the different sampradhAyins and it is only correct
to seek this information from one’s sadAchAryans
and SishtAnushtAthAs and practise them. otherwise ,
one will be embroiled in unneeded controversy , which
has to be avoided always.
* It seems that as your Acharya does or has taught you, you also do, otherwise not!
“In the scriptures there are very general descriptions of the procedure for applying tilak. For example it is mentioned that the tilak should be urdhva-pundra, or vertical lines; the body should be marked in twelve locations, etc. But these instructions are very general and leave a lot of the details to the acharyas. Even in a simple point, such as the location of the tilak, one person may interpret the ’shoulder’ to start from the arm, where as another may interpret it to start higher up near the neck. This is actually the case in the two branches of the Sri Vaishna sampradaya”.
Ref: http://veda.krishna.com/encyclopedia/general.htm#17
Hope this helps?
Adiyen,
Krishnachandra dasan.
Jai Sriman Narayana!
Srimathe Ramanuja Desika Varavaramamunibhyo namah!
Thank you very much Swami.adiyen have a clarification: adiyen am a Vadagalai Srivaisnava.adiyen am more attracted towards the Thengalai Sampradayam because adiyen find most of the philosophy convincing than Vadagalai.But adiyen’s panchasamskaram has been over long back before adiyen came to know the philosophies.Now I intend to get converted to Tengalai Sampradayam.Is it allowed?
Adiyen,
aditya rangaramanuja dasan.
Swami, This is my humble opinion with regards to your doubt. I am not clear if there are any restrictions with you converting from one sect to another. But the fact remains that, regardless of the Sect, it was a Sri Vaishnava Acharya who did the pancha samaskaram for you. Every Sri Vaishnava Acharya is revered as much as Sriman Narayana himself. Now converting from one sect to another can be a disrespect towards the Acharya who did the Panchasamskaram for you. I suggest you refrain from converting from one sect to another. You can just follow the philosophies you find convincing.
Adiyean.
Priya Swamin,
“Jaya Sriman Narayana”!
Thank you for your email and comments. I am sorry about the delay in replying, get s little busy from time-to-time!
It is an interesting concept, why the jiva desires sometimes the opposite to what they were first presented with. Firstly all bonefide sampradayas have merit and basically they are all true and correct within their own rights, meaning they all have a sastric basis that can be debated, analysed and reasoned, etc….mimamsa! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mim%C4%81%E1%B9%83s%C4%81
Ultimately the jiva being full of bliss, knowledge and eternality already has a full understanding of knowledge and is eternally situationed in it’s constitutional position in relation to the Lord, however, at some point we have forgotten our eternal relationsship (amnesia)and are now in the process of trying to ‘remember’, even though all knowledge, bliss and eternality are within us right here and now, so we are in a truely deplorable condition!
Bit by bit as the sincere jiva desires to learn and understand more, the Antaryami (Lord in the heart) reveals to us through either internal realisation or through external realisation through interaction with the Acharya, sadhu-sanga, etc. Therefore, for the sincere bhaktha, the realisation and understanding is continuous and sometimes challenging (socially) look at Ramanuja Acharaya, born with one family and understanding and ended up with another, Madhva Acharya the same, etc, etc. they followed their convictions rather than being dictated to by their own social convention and tradition, of course there was some degree of cost, however, ultimately all concerned saw their ‘method to the madness’ shall we say and also followed them. Now we have two wonderful sampradayams that were the products of both Ramanuja and Madhva that did not exisit in the same form as before, however, the philosophies that they are based upon were always in existance in the Vedic cannon, but not necessarily freely available for the common person!
In summary, if you are not satisfied with your current situation, you
should throughly investigate the philosophy of Ramanuja and discuss this philosophy in a very robust manner with a learned Acharya. If you feel that this Acharya has all the qualities and knowledge as mentioned in the sastaras , then upon your full conviction, you should surrender yourself to his authority and learning! However, first you should fully test and debate with that Acharya so that you are 100% convinced, not just sentimentally desiring a change!
These things occur all the time. Ramanuja had 5 Gurus, actually the whole postion of the Guru / sishya relationship is a whole debate for another day!
I would suggest you discuss this matter with Sri Rama Ramanuja Acharya (www.srimatham.com) he can go over everything with you and further explain these points to you!
* In all respects whatever Gurus you may have must be respected and reveared at all times. So if you chose to accept another, you cannot disrespect the latter. I would also recommend you discuss this matter with your current Acharya(s) and seek his leave and permission before embarking on this venture. He maybe able to clarify points of misunderstanding for you?
I Vedic times, it was very normal to have more than one Guru, as you reached the end of the Guru’s understanding and knowledge and if you desired to continue learning, you needed to find another who could teach you accordingly! However, the Manu-samhita and Apastambha Dharma-sutras clearly point out that the Guru(s) must ‘always’ be revered and respected, there is a whole section on this in both texts!You may have 5 Gurus, but you mist repect them all accordingly!
I know of one bhaktha who first of all joined ISKCON, then 15 years after, accepted saranagathi from Tengalais Sri Vashnava Acharya and is now (with the help of others) discovering Vaikhanasa, so really the learning never ends and it’s alwasy developing and gathering fresh glow day by day, as it always should!
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Thank you for your question and I hope that there is some clarification in these words for you to deliberate upon!
Adiyen,
Krishnachandra dasan.
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