Good to see this email and honest sharing of knowledge which is known to many of us doing sandhyavandanam. However the email says " What is given below is the Sandhya Vandanam procedure prescribed for...... A summary meaning of all the manthras chanted is also included.Sandhya vandhana has two parts, the first one normally to be done either standing in a river or sitting with hunched legs on the feet outside the house and the second part is done by sitting on firm ground using the lotus pose. (Padmasana)." I dont see the procedure written in here or any attachment. Have you forgot or is going to be in subsequent email? --- vedicravi <VEDICRAVI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > from vedic links > Introduction > Sandhya Vandanam literally means either "Salutation > to the goddess > of Dawn and dusk or the prayers done during dawn and > dusk." Hindus > considered the period just before dawn and just > after dusk as well > as the exact period of noon , as extremely suitable > for meditation. > All Brahmins after Upanayanam (prescribed to be done > at the age of > seven), were required to do these prayers without > fail. Essentially > these prayers are offering oblations to the devas > (arghya pradanam), > doing breathing exercises (pranayamam) and then > meditating on > Gayathri by chanting the king of all manthras > "Gayathri". This > Manthra is taught to every boy by his own father > during the ceremony > of brahmopadesam. After learning Gayathri every boy > is supposed to > have taken a second birth and is entitled to be > called "Dwija". > Our scriptures attach lot of importance to Sandhya > vandanam .They > prescribe that a dwija should do it without fail > every day, They > also say that the knowledgeable Brahmin who salutes > the Sun god > daily thrice would attain whatever he wants. They > further say that > one who does not do sandhyavandanam is a sinner and > is not eligible > for any Vedic duties. > What is given below is the Sandhya Vandanam > procedure prescribed for > Yajur Vedis. But the manthras to be chanted by > followers of the > other Vedas is also mentioned wherever there is a > difference. All > people are requested to do the Sandhya vandanam > initially for a few > times under the guidance of their "Guru" and use the > procedure and > manthras given below later. This is requested > because English being > not a very phonetic language is inadequate to > transliterate Sanskrit > slokas and that too those written in the Vedic > Sanskrit. > A summary meaning of all the manthras chanted is > also included. > Sandhya vandhana has two parts, the first one > normally to be done > either standing in a river or sitting with hunched > legs on the feet > outside the house and the second part is done by > sitting on firm > ground using the lotus pose. (Padmasana). > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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