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SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha //
SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha //
SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya/
SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya//
KAvEri VardhathAm kAlE, kAlE varshathu vAsava: /
SrI RanganAthO jayathu Sri Ranga Sri cha VardhathAm//
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SRI RANGA SRI VOL.07 / ISSUE # 43 dated 9th March 2006
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EDITORIAL
Dear Bhagavatas:
Here is a mail from a Bhagavata who is not a BrahmaNa.
It is a bit long but is self-explanatory.

Quote:
?Dear Swamin,
If all three of the Varnas have to do this important thing, why are they not
following it? To be more precise, to a very great extent, when I grew up,
Sandhyaa Vandanam was observed as a Brahmin ritual. May be our elders did
not know its importance, or they did not find it interesting. I am
surprised! Why did this degradation happen? Adiyen is just trying to
understand why other Varnas apart from Brahmins do not observe this AT ALL
TOTALLY? I mean why this callous attitude towards prescribed practices?

Even a lay man will understand that getting up in the morning, having a
bath, praying to god for few minutes and going to work needs some
discipline. This discipline will help him, in managing his other tasks too.
Having said all these, Adiyen will be very grateful to you if you can
persuade every body to start following them.

Adiyen would definitely thank you for this enlightenment because I never
knew the significance of Upanayanam, because even my Brahmin friends told me
that they do it for wearing PooNal.

I mean it is probably going to be very disheartening to a noble soul like
you. But the last few posts have been truly revealing about the real nature
of SV. Adiyen could not agree more. You sure have some intellectual
understanding, some experience with God to appreciate or understand that.
Sri V. Sadagopan Swamin once told me that everybody has to wander in his own
desert before he finds the right path and also that every soul has its own
karma to work out.

Adiyen is indeed blessed to be with you all great people. Thanks a lot,
swamin!

Can you put together a list of ?dos? and ?not dos? for all Varnas? What the
scriptures say as necessary, like the ones people should not miss at all??
Unquote
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. SANDHYAA VANDANAM -? Part 2 - 4
FAQs AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF VARIOUS OBSERVANCES IN CONNECTION WITH
"SANDHYAAVANDANAM"
(ANBIL RAMASWAMY)
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The following questions have been answered
Q 17 Can you put together a list of ?dos? and ?not dos? for all Varnas?
Q 18 What the scriptures say as necessary, like the ones people should not
miss at all?
Q 19.We have to take bath because we get dirty. But, why then, should
Bhagavaan have his ceremonial bath (Tirumanjanam)?
Q 20 Some people wear red and others wear yellow SrichurNam.
Is there any stipulation on wearing Red or Yellow SrichurNam?
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ISSUES RELEASED
So far, 219 Regular issues of SRS have been released apart from
Special Issues:
27 Issues of Vol. 1
15 Issues of Vol. 2
42 Issues of Vol. 3
35 Issues of Vol. 4
28 Issues of Vol. 5
30 Issues of Vol. 6 and
42 Issues of Vol. 7
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1. SANDHYAA VANDANAM -? Part 2 - 4
FAQs AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF VARIOUS OBSERVANCES IN CONNECTION WITH
"SANDHYAAVANDANAM"
(ANBIL RAMASWAMY)
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Q 17 Can you put together a list of ?dos? and ?not dos? for all Varnas?

Ans: There are quite a lot of ?Saamaanya Dharmas? that are applicable to all
VarNas and there are in addition special Dharmas for the various VarNas and
Stations in life known as ?VarNa and Aasrama Dharmas? respectively.

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