Respected elders, Very recently I read in one of our Srivaishnava magaziens (I recall it is Nrushimhapriya) that all persons belonging to three varnams shall have yagknowpaveedam (Poonool) and the brahmopadesam has to be done for a Brahmin boy before his 16th age. Brahmopadesam done beyond that age for a brahmin boy is a waste. I had mine when I was 18. I know scores of boys getting the brahmopadesam, even in the samashti upanayanams conducted by mutts, past the age of 16. If the brahmopadesam conducted to us beyond the age of 16 is a waste then every cermony/vedic rituals we perform is also a waste. Then what is the use of we,persons, who had their brahmopadesam beyond the age of 16 perfoming any rituals? Insted of doing riutals which will have no utility as we are anyway ineligible, we can as well say Om Namo Narayana and be done with everything. Making such absoulte statements that brhamodesam conducted beyond 16 years for a brahmin boy leaves a permanent doubt in our minds what use of our doing any rituals honestly when we are unfit to perform them. Is there any praychitham for those unfortunates who had the brhamopadesam beyond age 16? Dasan, Kochappaa Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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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