Dear Sri Shrinivas: Thanks very much for your mail. PLease see SrIman Venkatesan's note of today. There is no question on slacking on ThrikAla SandhyA Vandhanam and other ordained nithya KarmAs by anyone . There is agreement there . Hence we will be moving on to other topics . My thanks to all of you , who have already sent in your comments on this important subject . Namo Veda PurushAya , V.Sadagopan Oppiliappan List has recieved Dear Sri TCA Venkatesan, Sandhyavandanam has to be performed without fail. This is the laid down firmly in the srutis...for eg "devapitru kAryAbyAm na pramatitavyam"(dont be careless in doing your duty to the God and forefathers)...esha adEshaH...esha upadeshaH (this is the command, this is the upadesam)...mantras quoted from sikshavalli... Refer to Emperumanar's Srimad Bhagavad Gita Bhasyam where He strongly comdemns the view of giving up karmas laid down in the sastras (nityakarma), the karmas pertaining to relieving of our indebtedness, the karmas that cleanse us, when commenting on "sarva dharmAn..." While asking Arjuna to perform the karma, the Lord proclaims that these laws have been verily laid down by Him. In the pAncharAtra agama, the Lord categorically proclaims "...mat bhaktopi na vaishnavaH"(even if he is a devotee he does not belong to Me). To overlook His command just amounts to committing Bhagavadapachara and overlook the preachings of the Acharyas who preach nothing other than His commandments amount to Bhaagavadapacharam. Please see the picture of the upadesam that stares at our face when we enter the poundareekapuram asharam that will tell us what great a sin it is to skip sandhyavandanam. If one skips sandhyavandanam, he ceases to have the eligibility to do anything. He is considered to be a treacherous fellow by the Lord. He even loses to eligibity to enter His sannidhi. Consider the case of two servants of a master. One servant does the whatever the Master has ordered and the other simply eulogizes the great qualities of the master without actually performing the task assigned. The master would certainly be disappointed with this "kaam chor" servant and would take him to task while He would reward the other guy aptly. Even if a death happens in a house, one is supposed to perfrom sandhyavandanam upto argyapradanam. This itself is considered to be sufficient during ashoucha period. The sastras say that if one's father, brother, son or even a friend is not in a position to do sandhyavandanam because of illness, one should do the sandhyavandanam for their sake. It is our prime duty to carry out the orders of the Lord to the best of our extent. I say best of our extent because, we often find excuse by way of lack of time or blame the horrid circumstances. During the kurukshetra war, the warriors offered arghyam with sand because there was no water. If one is travelling atleast, the mantras should be chanted mentally. Take for example that we are appearing for an exam. If we dont know answers for 100 marks what would be do? Would we give the blank answer sheet? Or would we try and write for obtaining the bare minimum marks? Similarly we should strive to do our duty to the best of our ability and offer the action and its fruit to the Lord. For the Lord Himself advises this in Gita ."Swalpam apy asya dharmasya traayate mahato bhayaat". (Gita Chapter 2, sloka 40....(The practice of even a little of this dharma protects one from great fear). Sandhyavandam has the bhakti yoga,karma yoga and jnana yoga in an encapsulated form. And it is for this reason also that EmperumAnAr performed sandhyAvandanam till His last day without fail. achAryapAdAnghrirENu Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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