Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: Dear devotees, One small correction to my previous post on the same. I used a wrong word "criterion" for samAshrayaNam. Basically, there is no restriction(at atma level) other than the interest itself! But it would be better if one undergoes the same after realizing "I'm not the body". When I don't even know the difference between the body and the AtmA(when I'm young), how do I understand thirumanthram? I know a friend who had his samAshrayaNam when he was 5 or 6 and he goes behind some other tradition now! To put swamiji's words exactly, HH said, it is nothing to do with marriage. That's all. Sri Chinna Jeeyar swamiji said if there is birth/death, then there is a 15 day pollution period and 4 day for women. On these days one doesn't get it done nor one performs any kaimkaryam. In the olden days the scenario was different. Women were taken care of by the father/brother until the marriage and then husband. But who takes cares of the father/brother/husband? It is srIman nArAyaNA ONLY! This is the meaning for the three knots in mAngalyam also. The third is eternally valid. The first two can be negated and is not strictly valid(unlike the third one)in current conditions. So one should know the exact meaning behind samAshrayaNam. tvamEva mAtA ca pitA tvamEva, tvamEva bandhus ca gurus tvamEva | tvamEva vidyA draviNam tvamEva, tvamEva sarvam mama dEvadEva || AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsI NC Nappinnai ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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