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 > --- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> s.ramachandran@xxxx wrote:
> > 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.
> 
>              *******************
> 



> Dear Sri Ramachandran,
> 
> What you say above is absolutely consistent with the
> 'sAstra'. Anyone who suggests otherwise will be
> doing a disservice to the Vedanta 'mArga'.
> 
> The 'sandhyavandanam' is a 'nitya karma' which must
> be
> performed without fail by everyone who owes
> allegiance
> to the 'vaideeka matham'. 
> 
> In the Bhagavath Gita Sri Krishna attests to the
> importance of Gayatri at many places:
> 
>     "...mantrO aham..." (9.16) "I am mantra..."
> 
>     "...gAyatri chandasAm aham..." (10.35) "I am the
> gayatri chandas (metre)"
> 
> Hence, to say anything against the "gayatri" and the
> "sandhyavandanam" will be an act of outright
> 'drOham'
> (betrayal) against our Vedantic faith. It will also
> be
> an act of betrayal against our great 'achArya' Sri
> RamanujAchArya for it is he in his "gIta-bhAshya"
> who
> wrote that only 'asurA' or men of demonaic nature
> will
> fail to perform "sandhyavandanam". In the
> "gita-bhAsya" while commenting on Stanza 16.7 our
> "bhAsyakArar" wrote as follows:
> 
>   "na api cha AchAra:, tad bAhyAbhyantara-shoucham
> yEna 
>    sandhyAvandanAdina AchArENa jAyatE, 
>    sa api AchArA: tEshu na vidhyatE I
>    tathA uktam:
>    "sandhyAhInO' a-shuchi-nitya-manarha:
> sarvakarmasu"
> (Daksha-smriti) iti II"
> 
>   meaning:
> 
>   "(The men of demonaic nature) do not perform right
> conduct such as "sandhyavandana", twilight prayers
> etc
> by means of which internal and external cleaniless
> arises -- such right conduct is alien to them. For
> it
> is declared in the sAstra "He who does not perform
> twilight prayers is always unholy and unfit for any
> other rites" (Daksha smriti 2.23)""     
> 
> Let anyone in our faith who wants to transgress the
> words of Sri RamanujAchArya say whatever he wants
> against the 'sandhyavandanam'. The rest of us should
> perform it without fail everyday of our life. Let us
> not listen to words of 'asura-ic' nature.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> dAsan,
> Sudarshan
> 


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