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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dear Smt Vatsala Narayanan

I admire your interest in Sampradayam and your son's keenness in 
following performance of sandhi...

It is godd to see such young ones adhering to anushatanam. Firtly 
praise him in public and openly that responding to your email, all 
over the world people wrote to you admiring his adreance to 
anushtanaams. May Lord Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan bless him as He 
does always. May Acharyas bless with their vailakshaNya kataaksham!

You may ask your boy to read an article written by Sri Sadagopan 
Iyengar Swamin in this groups "the case of fabulous foot prints"; 
all his articles are wonderful. This one- mroe relevant to the 
subject- is a must read for everyone of us. Very good one.. That 
clarifies all our doubts.

It is neccessary to wear Thiruman and do sandhi.. which he does 
already.. so far so good. 
when my son Vijai underwent Samasrayanam and BharanyAsam at the 
lotus feet of His Holiness Srimath PaRavaakkOttai Andavan Sri 
Gopaladesika Mahadesikan Swamy mentioned to him [I was not there- as 
I did not go on vacation- work pressure.. mt father took him. Vijai 
mentioned to me later about the divine event]: One needs to wear 
ThirumaN srichoorNam while doing sandhi. Do sandhi without fail on 
all days. Wear ThirumaN in such a way - lightly- so that it 
automatically wears out by the time you reach your school[ Swamy was 
so compassionate about out being so conscious of thirumaN being so 
conspicuous]. BUT never ever wipe off... Because ThirumaN adorning 
is like building a beautiful temple for housing the Dhivya Dampathi 
on your forehead declating our eternal sEshathvam [servitude] to 
Them.. Will some one destroy the building after it is built- that 
too- to our dearest father.. 

So, wear it lightly such that it wears out on its own.. Even if it 
does not, there will be few questions and eye brows on teh first 
day! After all, you live in India. At least you can explain and they 
udnerstand. For us in Singapore, it is different. There are of 
course questions and enquiries as to what is on the forehead. Vijai 
starts explaining about the lotus feet of the Lord.. etc... I have 
also asked him to mention about similarity to the way the  church 
priests wear teh cross on the foreheads..  This is to enable them 
understand better.

In Singapore, there are young boys in their early twenties 
wear "paLich" ThirumaN and manjaL srIchoorNam and go for work... I 
get inspired by them. uNmai veRum pugazhcchi illai... 

So, as per asmadhAcharyan's instruction, one should not wipe off. iI 
do not know if any acharya for that matter allow us to clean before 
stepping out] Please explain to your boy and he will understand. How 
about the father:-) Is he following the footsteps of the father as 
well? In that case explain to both...:-) 

No jnAnam is complete without anushtAnam and vice versa. sEshathva 
jnAnam - is complete by wearing insignia on our foreheads. Should we 
not take pride in showing off being a member of the group that we 
are really PROUD of? We belong to the Greatest unparalleled One - 
The eternal Lord Sriman Narayanan.. be proud to show off as well!

Acharyan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana

--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "vatsalanarayanan" 
<vatsalanarayanan@xxxx> wrote:
> Srimathe ramanujaya namah:
> 
> Dear Bhakthas
> 
> I am Vatsala Narayanan. I am happy to be part of this group. my 
> ishta deivam is Oppiliappan. 
> 
> I have a question.
> my son- who is in his teens wears Thiruman in the morning; does 
> sandhi and wipes off before going to school. He starts doing only 
> recently.
> I am not able to give saasthra / proof for not doing so, though I 
> know it is not right. He wears beautifully and sincerely does 
> sandhi. My husband says just leave him; he will be alright later. 
> 
> Please advise how to tackle.
> Sorry for taking my personal problem here
> Regards
> Ramanuja dasi


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