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SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA.

--- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, <purohit@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> Jai Sri Krishna
> 
> First of all nowhere in the text itself is there any restriction on 
it's
> reading - except to say it should be taught to the public from 
behind a
> screen.
> 
> According to your logic then Gita is also forbidden to read in the 
house
> because it can either engender in the the mind of the reader a 
desire for
> war or a complete lack of motivation to do anything!!!
> 

Dear bhagavatha,

The above quote  and the other quotes of yours are not regarded as 
giving the kind of effect as you have mentioned. But the fact is that 
it is difficult to find Garuda puranam and the book of MAhabharatha, 
except perhaps a few parvas like  Adhi parva, Shanthi parva and 
Bheeshma parva which are full of notions for exalted living, in a 
householder's possession.  In RAmayana, the sundhara khandam alone is 
a must-be-possessed book for the householder.Kindly check it with any 
elders of yester generations. In our  home we have never been allowed 
to read Garuda puranam, though we possessed one. But this book used 
to be in circulation  when some one had been in need of it. The 
reason told by our elders is that it will creat an ambience to depart 
this world when read in an atmosphere which is otherwise of it. The 
reading is regarded as a guide to help the departed soul in its 
journey.Likewise the reading of Mahabharatha was not encouraged at 
home. Only the book of Gita can be found in any home those days. When 
parayana of Valmiki Ramayana is to be done at home, it used to be 
done by pundits in the prescribed way, and not like how we read 
nowadays. 

I, for one, used to experience the very emotions conveyed by the 
texts I read. the chapters on Rama's exile, particularly the 
description on how Sita would struggle to wear the mara-uri, and the 
episode on abduction would have a lingering effect on me for days. 
Even the happy note of sense of relief felt by Rama and Lakshmana on 
getting an indication of the good news on Sita when they heard of 
destruction of MAdhuvana by vanaras in joy, would raise my hairs, 
even before VAlmiki tells of such effect on RAma and LAkshman. 
Another narration is the  'Senniyongu'which has been earmarked as  
part of aradhana at home. It is a wonderful experience to undergo 
every idea conveyed by this pasuram. In my experience, it is one of 
ecstasy, 'ha, He is in me, He has discarded all His other abodes and 
chosen me as His abode.'The indescribable feeling that I undergo 
while reciting this is perhaps what it is it to be an anukkar. After 
reciting it, I will have nothing to ask Him, or pray to Him, or even 
chant His name nor even to request kshama for any apacharam done in 
the course of my prayers. It is a speechless calm for some moments 
during and after the recital.

So I am convinced, it is dependent on the level of thought-force in a 
person. No one can deny that this the very basis on which meditation 
as bhakthi works to realise Brahman. That is why the injunction -he 
who meditates on Him in whatever form attains Him in that form - 
which you will find in my mail on GAyathri. This alone effectively 
explains the rationale behind discarding anya deva aradhana.This also 
explains the universality of Sanatana dharma as applicable to every 
one, though of different creed. Thought is the  first force by which 
It created. (It willed, may I become many). It is by this the Jiva 
attains Him. Now I leave it to readers to apply this rationale to the 
desirability or not of reading different texts.

regards,
jayasree saranathan.



> 
> Any text on vairagya should also not be read by householders lest 
they
> abandon their families. Bhakti texts also can lead the reader to 
neglect
> their families in favour of devotional practices!
> 
> Ramayana should not be read because it can lead to waging war on 
Srilanka as
> in the case of Kulashekhara Alwar!!
> 
> I think your logic is flawed. Because every single text can 
influence the
> mind of the reader to do devient things. So if we follow the 
superstitious
> we will read nothing and follow custom like cattle!
> 
> Krishna says in the Gita the Knowledge is the Supreme Purifier, and 
that one
> should take refuge in intellect (buddhau saranam aviccha!)
> 
> According to one's svabhava, bhumika and adhikara one should strive 
to
> aquire knowledge from anyway and everywhere - a no bhadra kratavo 
yantu
> visvatah - (Rig Veda). Not take refuge in spurious psychological 
theories
> about ill-effects from reading a sacred text!
> 
> dasanudasan








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