--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Sumithra Varadarajan"
<sumivaradan@xxxx> wrote:
> That is why atleast by words adiyen insisted the necessity of
>following our acharya's anushtanams (practically adiyen follows zero
>and hence has/is doing the maximum apacharams possible but atleast
>feels for adiyen's incapability and each moment begs the pardon from
>bhagavan and our acharyas for the same). Only when we get the
>ultimate qualification of "sarva dharmAn parithyajya" we can leave
>everything (here remember we should leave everything not do one
>thing which we like to do and leave that which is difficult or
>boring to do). But even if we leave now it is not going to affect
>us in anyway since we have the strength of our acharyas who will
>take us straight to the divine feet of emperuman ("jnAna
>anushtAnamivai nandrAgavE udaiyanAna guruvai adaindhakkAl thEnAr
>kamala thirumAmagal kozhunan thAnE vaikundam tarum"). As a
>Srivaishnavite it is enough if we just get immersed in the
>arulicheyals of azhvars and acharyas and spend our time (kalashepam)
>with bhagavat/bhagavata kainkaryam. In that case, we should refrain
>ourselves from doing rituals like ayushhomam, marriage
>homams, .gruhapravesa homams etc also (if you are willing to do such
>homams then we have to satisfy the basic qualification for the same.
>Sastras say that one who has left sandhi is not eligible for any of
>these rituals. so we either leave all these or do them with the
>necessary qualification else it doesn't serve the purpose atall and
>it is sheer waste of time).
Dear Smt Sumitra,
I agree with you mostly. However, as we know, many people are not
doing sandhyAvandanam as a prequalification for marriage hOmams,
gruhapravESa hOmams, while SAstras may be saying that. Let us not
affect their confidence. People who are not doing anything but just
have faith in Him are more eligible for doing anything than anybody
else. We should not think that we become eligible by our own deeds
which goes against our swarUpa. It is for Him to put us in any
kainkaryam.
By contemplating on PerumAL, we are satisfying all that is contained
in all SAstras. When two SAstras say different things, the teachings
of the primary SAstra (divya prabandham) have to govern, in my
understanding. So if we consider the prabandha to be an independent
scriptural authority, the question of either doing or not doing does
not come and primary anushtAna (contemplating on His qualities) takes
priority.
The very first mantra of sandhyA says:
apavitra: pavitrO vA sarvAvasthAn gatOpi vA
ya: smarEt puNdarIkAksham sa bAhyAbhyAntara: Suchi:
So one acquires Suchi (purity) as one thinks of Him. That is what it
conveys. One need not ritualsitically think that one acquires purity
only by following so and so procedure.
Ayush-hOmam is not there in many SV families of either subsect. What
for it is done? It is OK if not done for increasing the Ayush. It is
for Him to keep us here.
>How many of us arrange for recitation of 4000 paasurams
Here again arranging for 4000 recitation is not imp. I know it to be
another ritual. Trying to put the teachings of AlwArs into day-to-day
life (or mere having faith in an AchArya who has that gnAna anushtAna
as you said) is enough.
> It is no harm in us spending 15 to 30 mts in a day for doing
>sandhi as a kainkaryam to emperuman and then spending our day with
>bhagavat/bhagavata kainkaryams. Nothing is for our pleasure
>everything is only for his happiness ("padiyAi kidandhu vun
>pavalavAi kAnbEnE")
I am certainly not against that. In my first mail, I just wondered
whether the concept of not doing ashtAksharI japam (with which most
of us agree) can be extended to gAyatrI japam which forms part of
sandhyA.
Kindly forgive me for my mistakes.
Your humble servant
Vishnu
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