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SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA.

Dear Sri Vishnu and other bhagavathas,
Pranams,

Let me add some info to the following views from Sri
Vishnu

> One may question why one should skip sandhyA to
> attend temple service?
> By going to temple, whatever service we do, like
> chanting prabandham, 
> or cleaning the temple, doing thirumanjanam for the
> images of 
> Perumal, all are BhAgavat kainkaryams ONLY. Bhagavan
> does not need a 
> single kainkaryam from us for He is avApta samasta
> kAman. By chanting 
> prabanadham, we are prserving it. Also people
> present will get 
> attracted by the ideas of Alwars. Also the people
> reciting are 
> serving each other by enjoying His qualities
> together (I sing nicely, 
> you enjoy it, I enjoy your singing nicely - that
> must be the spirit).
> 
> By doing thirumanjanam, the images are maitained
> well for a long 
> period and this will attract people by making them
> feel His presence.
> Best example of Bhagavta kainkaryam is
> chAmarOpachAram during 
> purappAdu. Why should we do this fan service?
> Definitely not for Him 
> nor for His parivAra dEvatAs (Consorts, Alwars etc.)
> but only for the 
> comfort of His adiyAr bearing the pallanquin or some
> other vAhanam.
> 
> The only selfish motive behind going to temple can
> be getting some 
> mental peace. For that we can offer prayer to His
> picture or vigraham 
> or sAlagrAma moorti at our house itself. So by going
> to temple, we 
> are getting the additional privelege of being
> serviceable to others, 
> which is the real qualification of a SV.


I request the members not to treat the following
information as blashphemy or something of an
apacharam.

A research was conducted by the students of
Parashakthi college of Courtralam around 1979-80, to
ascertain what happens inside a temple.The findings
were put-up for public view in the annual trade fair
at Island grounds in Madras in the year 1981 (or 1980,
I am unable to recall exactly)The findings were as
follows.
# There is in existence a kind of strong current /
circuit between the Moolavar and the bali peetam.
#The moolavar seems to attract positive charges and
the bali peetam, negative charges.
# Any intrusion / crossing across in this circuit
around the middle upsets the circuit.
# In the temples (olden) where the size of the
garbhagruham and the subsequent praharas are designed
as per agamas (mostly these are small and look
cramped), the vibrations on account of chanting, and
hysterical nama chanting seem to strengthen the
circuit many-fold.
# The more cooler the garbhagruha, the better are the
results.
# Electric lamps increase the temperature inside the
garbhagruha.
# It was found that it is absolutely necessary to do
regular thirumanjanam, kappu (thailam, sandanam etc)
and maintain the place as moist and cool as possible. 
# Oil lamps seem best suited and even continuous
karpoora haarathi seems to upset the balance.

(This group also analyzed the significance of Vaikunda
Ekadasi and it was found out that on this day the
earth is farthest away from the sun, that is, from the
center of our galaxy, milky way (In marghazhi sun
rises in Dhanur rasi which is center of our galaxy)
and is at its closest point to the outer space, that
is, the source from where our own galaxy has sprung.
Technically we are closer to the further roots, or in
other words to vaikundam on this day. The benefits of
upavaasam (pattini in ordinary parlance) on this day
due the placement of earth on this day in relation to
sun and the moon must have been known to members)

Now some inference from the above findings.

# One gets a peculiar feeling of calmness and serenity
upon visiting a temple, particularly the one which is
maintained as per agamas and where regular puja are
done, mainly due to the similar-to-magnetic properties
wielded on the person coming in proximity to the
circuit of the moolavar and the bali peetam. Inside a
temple you are supposed to wail (mentally or
otherwise)your 'kurai' and the vibrations from you are
instantly absorbed and you come out 'clean'. 

How can we prove it?
1. By experience (we have to rid ourselves of even the
positive charges), for, like light and darkness being
present as two sides of the same coin, for every
positive charge, a negative charge also is formed. To
be free of any vibration / aspiration is the first
step towards atma-jnanam.
2.Certain pasurams are identified as Koil pasurams,
eg, the last ten of Thiruvaimozhi. If one recites this
at home, with all dedication and concentration on the
meaning, one is bound to sob, wail, shiver and lose
interest in living in course of time. The import of
the pasuram is such that. By recommending this and
other similar ones to be recited in the temple, all
these feelings are absorbed by the circuit and one
comes out more fresh and with a satisfaction in having
enjoyed the meaning too. (you can test this with all
the pasurams that are meant for reciting in temples
and those that have been recommended for nithya
anusandhanam at home)
It is for this reason, reading of Mahabharatha at home
is prohibited and the reading of Sundara khandam at
home is encouraged. It is all due to the fact that we
become what we think and feel and for mental peace
these commandments are made.

# Veettu vazhipadu (worship at home) has all the
portents of self-hypnosis and the pujas have to be
performed as per initiation that would have seen you
use the proper bhandan (safety) rituals so as to guard
you from the emanating vibrations from the puja. (you
can confirm this from any vaadhiyar who conducts
homams) So is true of shalgramam too. 

# One reason for saying the above is the chronological
development of vazhipattu murai. Temples came into
existence more in numbers in the post-2nd century AD
only. Not many temples were in place in the earlier
yugams. vazhipaadu were in the nature of meditation,
homam and the like and there was not much need for
de-vibrating oneself at the place of visesha gruha of
the Lord (temple). The life and life style of people
were all god- oriented and people had some level of
abhyas at mind control and at denuding themselves of
mundane worries.
The steady deterioration in this status over a period
of time resulted in the need for more temples.

# The Lord appears in five forms and one of them is
the vigraha roopam. The Lord in all these
manifestations confers immense anugraham on His
created beings. At the vigraha level, the above
mentioned happens to be one among the many benefits he
confers.

# This can be said with conviction, for every roopam
of the lord has been so manifested as to grant
specific benefits. The agamas speak of Bhoo tattvam
(agni) for moorthies of Vinayaka etc, Bhuvar tattvam
(vaayu), for moorthies of shiva (nataraja moorthy is a
case in point here)etc and Suvar tattvanm (Adityan)
for Vishnu & co. Even among Vishnu & co, further
differences come in their making and design of
temples; each deity so designed as to be capable of
conferring select benefits. For example, it is
Ranganatha alone who can give you moksham -the reason
why Andal who gave 'soodi-k-koduththa malai'to
Vadabatra sayi, could ultimately join the Lord at
Srirangam only.

Kindly pardon me if I have hurt sentiments in having
written this mail.

Pranams,
jayasree sarnathan



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