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Respected members:

There is no doubt that the Vedas themselves, in recognition of this sturdy
and eternally valid hard truth have enjoined that in every aspect of our
living,right from taking bath to eating the three primary namas
"achythaanantha gOvindha naamOchchaaraNa..".  Incidentally, taking the
namaa and sipping just a small quantity of water during the achamana of all
our rituals including the trikala Sandhya is precisely for this purpose,
namely to cure the body and mind of all intervening illness, disturbances.
One may note that the word Satyam occurs twice in this particular verse,
and not in any other verse. Why not just once?   To stress and draw the
attention the wandering mind to home into this single truth.  Even if the
mind is distracted in listening to other sholkas and verses, the hard
hitting Satyam twice cannot be missed and is bound to get installed into
the brain.  Further, does it mean that the other verses are 'asatyam' or or
less importance. No, the other verses are also Satyam, but the ultimate,
most superior sole truth is the that these three names are the only shelter
for the ailing humanity.

In some families, after the elder performs the Sandhya, the other members
are offered a spoon each of the conscrated water used during the Sandhya.
If a person is disabled, sick, bed-ridden and unable to perform the Sandhya
one may get the Sandhya done through a friend, relation or acquaintance and
sip the water so used to get the distilled truth into one's body and mind
and thereby cure oneself.

Om tat sat
Tat tvam asi




                                                                                
                           
                      "M.G.Vasudevan"                                           
                           
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                      PM                       Subject: [Oppiliappan] beauty - 
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Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer'

We have used many medicines to get remedy or relief or cure from the many
types of ills we suffer from time to time. We also have heard that there
are certain medicines, which are simply useless and cause many side
effects. Similarly we also know there are certain diseases for which we do
not have established yet a medicine.

We, through the study of scriptures, sthOthrams, 4000 paasurams etc, know
that the supreme lord sriman naaraayaNan is the medicine and the doctor
rolled into one.

See this familiar slOkam
'thrisaamaa saamagas saama nirvaaNam bhEshajam bhishak'
in sree vishNu sahsasra naamam 62nd slokam

meaning: the lord sriman naaraayaNan is
bhEshajam - the medicine and  bhishak - the doctor.

We are also familiar with the slOkam in the dhvaadhasa naama panjara
sthOthram at the concluding portions of sree vishNu sahsra naamam -

"achythaanantha gOvindha naamOchchaaraNa bhEshajaath
nasyanthi sakalaa rOgaa: sathyam sathyam vadhaami aham

meaning: when I say or utter the naamaas - viz- names - achyutha, anantha,
gOvindha, these crush all the diseases or destroy all diseases -viz - these
three naamaas are the medicines. This is sathyam truth, truth and nothing
but truth I say.

In the same sthOthram another slOkam says -
oushadham jaahnavee thOyam vaidhyO naaraayaNo hari:

meaning: the medicine is the water of ganga and the doctor is hari, sreeman
naaraayaNan.

All these establish beyond doubt that sreeman naaraayaNan is the doctor and
the medicine for all ills. For nammaazhvaar kaNNan is the medicine - see
paasuram

marundhE nangal bOga magizhchchikku enRu
perum dhEvar kuzhaangaL pidhaRRum piraan
karum dhEvan emmaan kaNNan viNNulagam
tharum dhEvanaichchOrEl kaNdaai manamE - 9-3-1 - thiruvaaimozhi

"karum dhEvan emmaan kaNNan marundhE" - the black god and my uncle kaNNan,
that krishNa - the shyaama sundhara - is THE medicine. Please note the
eKaaram - which shows that assertion.

We also have another reference from same nammaazhvaar - for that love on
that krishNa the medicine is the words which praise the feet of that lord
krishNa - naaraayaNan

madhuvaar thuzhaai mudi maayap piraan kazhal vaazhththinaal
adhuvE ivaL uRRa nOikkum arumarundhaagumE - 4-6-2 thiruvaaimozhi

In moonRaam thiruvandhaathi - another aazhvaar - pEi aazhvaar says
- the feet are the medicine, of the lord who measured this world - 'ulagam
thaayOn'.

marundhum poruLum amudhamum thaanE
thirundhiya sengaN maal aangE - porunthiyum
ninRu ulagam uNdu umizhnthum neer ERRum moovadiyaal
anRu ulagam thaayOn adi - 4th paasuram

See anRu ulagam thaayOn adi marundhum poruLum amudhamum thaanE - the feet
are not only medicine, but also poruL - the wealth, amudham - the nectar to
drink.  This word thaayOn - is another special [- on that we will have a
separate write up].

Ok. Agreed. My krishNa - he is the doctor, his name is the medicine, his
feet are the medicine, wealth etc etc.

But a person claims "the beauty" "ramaNeeyathaa" - is the medicine. Of
what?

Before that - Is beauty a medicine to cure for ills, if not all at least
for a few? This is a question lingering in my mind and I want to discuss
with you all. I feel the answer is difficult to give out.

First let us take a 'YES' answer. because "think positive" that itself
cures to some extent. The doctors many a times advise the patient to go to
a hilly resort or some such place, for, perhaps the change in environment
helps to cure. The natural beauty there, the fresh air, new surroundings
etc helps the patient to recover largely. So the 'beautiful face of mother
earth' in the form of 'nature' helps in curing the ills.

Now let us take the 'NO' answer. Many a times we see beauties even in urban
surroundings or even in village outings, like
*     beautiful young children,
*     blossoming flowers,
*     nice paintings,
*     nicely constructed buildings,
*     the beautiful sunrise and sunset,
*     good music etc.

But I do not think these any way help in curing the ills in urban or even
village surroundings. If they are really curing, why we have so many
hospitals and clinics plus umpteen number of medical representatives
hanging around with large stuffed bags selling all kinds of medicines.

One more reason comes to mind - May be that because we see them quite often
these do not serve as a medicine. Or to put it in other way, perhaps seeing
these quite often itself is a reason for the ill. So is beauty a real
medicine?

It is difficult to judge. So we have to consult experts.
What the experts have to say on this.
That we will see in next post considering the length of this one.

Dhasan

Vasudevan m.g.





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