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Saturday, December 29, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
DAYS FOR ONE TIME MEAL!
"Ashtamyam cha chadurdashyam na kuryaath bhojanam dhiva
AADITYA parva sankranthau vyathipathae pitur dinae
Abithashchopavasasya na kuryan NISHI BHOJANAM"
MEANING:
During ashtami,chadurdasi dont eat during noon.During sunday,amavasya,poornima,month birth,vyathipatham,pitur dinam dont eat during night.
There r mantras for prayashchitta if u eat!
CAN BRAHMINS FOLLOW BELOW MENTIONED PERSONS??
2. Satya Sai Baba
3. Swami Dayananda Saraswati(Arya Samaj)
4. Gandhiji
5. Sri Ram Sharma Acharya ( Gayatri Pariwar)
6. Dr Hegdewar (founder of RSS)
7. Swami Dayananda Saraswati ( Arsha Vidya Gurukulam) and many others.
Though the above mentioned persons belong to hinduism we cant say them as followers of dharma shastras! They have their own principles which contradict with many places in dharma shastras! thats why we say their doctorine doesnt belong to SATH (good)SAMPRADAYA!Only good aspects in them that doesnt contradict with dharma shastras must be followed by brahmins!They should not be considered as ideals for brahmins! Ideals should be Adi shankara,ramanuja,madhwacharya ..... who was within varnaashrama dharma (sanyasa ashrama).so,they r called as NIYAMA VAIDHEEKA SANYASIS.
But the people above said r ANIYAMA AVAIDHEEKAS.For heaven sake dont follow their activities like going abroad etc which r against shastras if u r a brahmin!
Friday, December 14, 2007
Do u have a shika(tuft) to make ur karmas fruitful?
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Is varna decided by birth or deeds?
To know the actual answer for this, study the Srimath Geetha & Brahmasutra Bhasyas that were written by Sankara,Ramanuja & Madhwacharya in sanskrit ONLY.Only they will give the actual purport.Several other recent commentators have written for their convenience against the actual purport by hiding the real truth.These above 3 commentators have accepted it comes by birth and not by deeds.They have not misinterpreted AS IT IS DONE by several AANANDA'S nowadays to the public that it comes by deeds,mindset etc and not by birth!!!.READ THE ACTUAL SANSKRIT BHASHYAM.
My ONLY question to those who claim that Varna is NOT decided by birth is as follows,
Let us suppose that Varna is NOT decided by birth.As a believer of Hinduism,Every Hindu come under some Varna! Right?..ok!...Now.....You belong to some varna according to your argument that, it is ascertained by one's deeds & gunas and not by birth!...........Now,To which Varna do you think you belong to,as per your deeds & guna?.If you think that u r are a Kshatriya or vaishya by your gunaas & deeds,are you DOING the prescribed duties of that Varna???
So,Let Us STOP debating about Varna & let us START following Varna Ashrama Dharma if we think we are followers of Hinduism!
I will explain this in detail in near future when I find time.
WHY SHOULD WE PRACTISE DHARMA SHASTRA?
MOREOVER,U R DESTINED BY GOD TO DO UR VARNASSHRAMA DHARMA WITHOUT ASKING REASONS!
Monday, December 10, 2007
WHO CAN BE CALLED AS DIXIT?
DO SHRAADHA WITHOUT FAIL!!!
DO PARISHAYCHANAM BEFORE EATING!
Also keep in mind that u should not eat during sunday,poornima,amavasya nights & ashtami,chathurdasi afternoons!.There r expiation rites if u eat!!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
NEED OF THE HOUR!!!
1) Don’t be an addict to tv programmes .First,disconnect ur cable tv ,then only u will be able to do anushtaanam ,really u will be able to do wonders.you will have lot of time.(especially for women).
2) Entertain yourself in any useful activities like gardening,reading,music,social services etc.
3) Teach your children about dharma sastra in their childhood and be a roll-model for them.
4) Create a suitable environment for ur child.Assit & encourage him to practice dharma anushtanam.
5) Read the dharma sastras regularly every day whether you follow it or not.Reading itself brings u great virtues.
6) Don’t admit your child in co-education school or colleges as this may lead to inter-caste love marriage & varna sankaryam(collapse society set-up of varnas).
7) Make marriage arrangements for ur child as young as possible.(boys-below 17,girls-below 12 yrs)
8) Don’t eat in hotels.
9) Have a shika (tuft) to make ur rites fruitful
10) Perform sandhyavandhana thrice daily.
11) If married do aupaasanam,agnihotra,vaishvadevam daily.
12) In kaliyuga dhanam(charity) & naama sankirthana are said to be more fruitful & powewrful.
13) Give food for bhramachari’s ,sanyasins and unknown guests daily if married.Or calculate the amount of rice and give it to mutts or patasalas every month.
14) Study and recite atleast a small portion of ur veda.
15) Atleast try to have the basic knowledge of sanskrit.
16) One cannot be considered as a brahmin if he crosses the sea (i.e. the limits of bharat desa)
17) There is no expiatory(praayashchittha) rite for crossing the seas in kaliyuga.
18) For livelihood brahmin can do only any of the below:
1)teach vedas &sastras(adhyaapanam)
2)get charity (Prathigraham)
3)do vedic rites for others (yaajanam)
4)do farming by others(krishi)
5)finance at dharmic interest rate
6) do shilpam (cooking food for others)
7)maintain cows ,but should not sell its milk(Gosamrakshanam)
8)Doing unjavritti(unja=picking.i.e.picking leftover grains from the farm fields)
19)Must not sell those which are prohibited in the sastras.e.g.rice,salt ,oil,pulses etc
20)Must not work under shudras.
Monday, December 3, 2007
BRAHMINS DAILY DUTIES:
PROHIBITED EATABLES
Not doing Aupaasanam?
Sunday, December 2, 2007
SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
following:
14 VIDHYA STHAANAAS
VEDAS(4):
1. Rig vedam
2. Yajur vedam
3. Sama vedam
4. Atharvana vedam
SHATANGAAS:(6)
5.SHIKSHA
6.CHANDHAS
7.VYAKARANAM
8.JYOTHISHAM
9.NIRUKTHAM
10.KALPA SUTRAM.(SHRUATAM,GRIHYAM,DHARMA,SHULBA)
UPAANGAAS(4):
11.Nyayam (tarka)
12.Mimamsa
a. Poorva mimamsa &
b. Uttara mimamsa(vedanta)
13.Puranam (totally 18)
14.Dharma sastram
TOTALLY 14
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UPAVEDAS(4):
1. Aayur vedam (medical science)
2. Dhanur vedam(archery)
3. Gandharva vedam(music)
4. Artha sastram(political science)
ETHIHASAS(2):
1) Srimath Ramayanam
2) Srimath Mahabaratham
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
A)DHARMA SASTRA:
1)SRINIVASA DEEKSHITEEYAM
2) VAIDYANATHA DEEKSHITEEYAM (ALIAS)
SMRITI MUKTAPHALAM (SIX PARTS): (VERY IMPORTANT )
I. VARNASHRAMA KANDAM
II. AANIKA KANDAM
III. SHRAADHA KANDAM
IV. PRAYASHCHITHA KANDAM
V. THITHI NIRNAYA KANDAM
VI. AASOWCHA KANDAM
3)PARASARA SMRITI ( ESPECIALLY MEANT FOR KALI YUGA)
4)MANU & YAGYAVALKYA SMRITI
5)NIRNARYA SINDHU
6)DHARMA SINDHU
F)PURANAM:
1)SRIMATH BHAGAVATAM
2)VISHNU PURANAM
C)POORVA MIMAMSA(KARMA KANDA):
1)BHATTA DEEPIKA
2)MIMAMSA PARIBASHA
3)ARTHA SANGRAHAH
4)MIMAMSA PARIBASHA
B)UTTARA MIMAMSA(VEDANTA):
1)BRAHMA SUTRA BHASYAM
2)SRIMATH BHAGAVATH GEETA BHASHYAM
3)UPANISHAD BHASHYAM
D)VYAKARANA(SANSKRIT GRAMMER):
1)VAIYAKARANA SIDDHANTA KAUMUDHI
2) BRIHAT DHATU KUSUMAKARAM
3) VYAKARANA MAHABHASHYAM
4) AMARAKOSAM
5)LAGHU SIDDHANTA KAUMUDHI
E)NYAYA(TARKA):
1)TARKA SANGRAHAH
2) NYAYA PRAKASA
3) NYAYAMALA
G)ETHIHASAS:
RAMAYANA
MAHABARATHA
H)ARTHA SASTRA:(POLITICAL SCIENCE)
1)KAUTILYA ARTHA SASTRA
2)SUKRA NEETHI
I)FOR SHANTIS & PRAAYASHCHITTAS:
1)RUDRA YAMALAM
2)HAEMADRI
3)SRAUTA KOSA
4)SHANTHI KUSUMAKARAM
5)SHANTHI RATNKARAM
6)PRANPANCHA SARA SANGRAHAH
J)JYOTHISHAM(ASTRONOMY&ASTROLOGY):
1)PARASHARA HORA SASTRAM
2)BRIHAT SAMHITA
3)PRASNA MARGA
4)SOORYA SIDHANTHA
K)PRAYOGAM:(KALPAM-RITUALS):
1)APASTAMBA POORVA & APARA PRAYAGA SUTRAM
2)APASTAMBA SRAUTA SUTRAM
3)APASTAMBA GRIHYA & DHARMA SUTRAM
4)SULBA SUTRAM
5)EKAGNI KANDA BHASYAM
L)YOGA:
1)PATANJALA YOGA SUTRAM
2)HATAYOGA PRADIPIKA
INTRODUCTION
To lead a peaceful life,one must follow the sastras which are the rules of the almighty that cannot be changed by passage of time(i.e.kruta,thretha,dwapara&kali yuga).The almighty says,
“Shruthi smrithi mamaivaagya yaasthaam ullangya varthathe|
Aagya chhedi mamadhrrohi math bhaktopi na vaishnavahah||”
Which means,vedas and sastras are my commands and one who surpasses these rules have breaken my laws and cannot be considered as my bhakta or a vaishnava.
So everybody who seek the grace of lord must follow the smrithis(dharma sastras) in order to get rid of sins and to attain purity of mind.
It is said that so many sastras which binds every humanbeing in this world is meant for purifying the mind(chitta shuddhi).Aadi shankara in his viveka-choodamani says,
“ CHITTA SUDDHAYE KARMA NA TU VASTHU UPALABDAYE|
VASHTHU SIDDHIRVICHARAENA NA KINCHITH KARMAKOTIBIHI:||”
Which means, rituals are meant only to purify the mind and not attain almighty but he can be known only through vichara(introspection) ¬ by doing a crore of rituals.
Even if a person attains the knowledge of the almighty’s by his grace he should perform karma(rituals) for the sake of loka sangharah:(welfare of the world). Lord krishna in shri bhagavath geeta says,
“yath yath aacharathi shrestahah thath thataeva etharo janahah:|
Saha yath pramanam kuruthae lokahah thath anuvarthathe||”
i.e.the general public is used to follow whatever the elite(jnani= self-realised) does.for e.g. if he doesn’t perform karma ,others stop doing karma.
So,in order to safeguard the world Lord Krishna orders the elite to be an ideal for other people by doing karma.
It is said in mahabhashyam that
“Brahmanaena nishkarano dharmahah shadango vedhadhyeyo gayyashcha” –(patanjala mahabhashyam)
Which means without asking reasons &questioning a brahmin must study the vedas with its six angas(parts) and follow the dharma sastras.
we should follow the sastras without asking reasons
40 SAMSKAARAAS
1)garbhadaanam (After first period of the women)
2)pumsavanam=Done when conceived (between 2 to 6 months)
3)seemantham(between 6 to 8 months conceived)
4)jaathakarmam (when baby is born)
5)naamakaranam (At 11th day from birth)
6)annaprashanam (Food feeding)
7)chowlam (tonsure ceremony-3rd year)
8)upanayanam (sacred thread-7th year)
Vratham:
9)praajapathya vratham
10)aagnaeya vratham
11)sowmya vratham
12)vaishvadevam vratham
13)samaavarthanam
14)vivaaham
saptha(7) paaka yagyam:
15)aupasanam
16)ashtaka shraadham
17)anvashtaka shraadham
18)sarpa bali
19)eeshana bali
20)aagrayanam
21)sthalipaakam
pancha(5) maha yagyam:
22)brahmayagyam
23)deva yagyam
24)manushya yagyam
25)pitru yagyam
26)bhootha yagyam
saptha(7) havir yagyam:
27)aadhanam
28)agnihotram
29)darshapoornamasa isht
i30)pashubandham
31)aagrayanam
32)sowthramani
33)chaturmaasyam
saptha(7) soma yagyam(samsthai):
34)agnishtomam
35)athyagnishtomam
36)ukthyam
37)shodashi
38)athiraathram
39)aptoryaamam
40)vaajapeyam
Note:
1.Samskaras that should be performed by father: Sl.no. 1 to 8
2.Samskaras that should be performed by the individual: Sl.no.9 to 40