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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

SOMEINSIDEVIEWABOUTOUR
SASTRAS
SOME POINTS ABOUT HINDU DHARMASASTRAS
PARTICULARLY RELATING TO BRAHMINS.
I.SIX DUTIES OF A BRAHMIN:
YACHANAM, YAACHANAM, ADYAYANAM, ADHYAPANAM,
DHANAM, PRATHIGRAHAM.
(i.e) CONDUCTING YAGJNAS, GET FUNDS TO CONDUCT
YAGJNAS, LEARNING, TEACHING, GIVING ALMS AND
ACCEPTING GIFTS(OR) DAKSHINA..
II.WHO IS A BRAHMIN AND WHO IS SROTRIYAN:
JANMANA JAYATHE SOODHRA: SAMSKARATH DWIJA UCHYATHE
VIDHYA YATHI VIPRATWAM THRIBIR SROTRIYA UCHYATHE
i.e: BY BIRTH ALL ARE EQUAL IN STATUS. WHEN YOU FOLLOW
THE ORDAINED SAMSKARAS YOU ARE CALLED DWIJA. WHEN
YOU LEARN VEDA AND ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE YOU ARE
CALLED VIPRA.ONLY WHEN YOU ARE BORNE AS BRAHMIN AND
LEARN VEDA AND ACT AS PER INSTRUCTIONS IN THE
SRUTHI,SMIRITHI,ALONG WITH SWADHARMA ANUSHTANA ,YOU
ARE CALLED A SROTRIYA.
SOME OTHERS SAY THAT ONLY A BRAHMIN WHO HAS
MASTERED ATLEAST ONE VEDIC RECESSION WITH SIX ANGAS
OF THE VEDAS, AND CARRY OUT LIVING WITH SWADHARMA
ANUSHTANA OF HIS VARNA IS CALLED SROTRIYA.
III EIGHT ATHMAGUNAS REQUIRED FOR A BRAHMIN.
DAYA SHANTHI ANAASUYA SOUCHAMANAAYASAMANGALM
AKAARPANYAMASPRUHA
DAYA IS COMPASSION TOWARDS ALL OTHER LIVING BEINGS.

SHANTHI IS CALM MINDPATIENCE

ANAASUYA IS FREE FROM JEALOUSY
SOUCHAM IS PURITY OF INTERNAL MIND AND EXTERNAL BODY
ANNAAYASA IS RELAXED MIND AND BODY
MANGALAM IS HAPPINESS OF MIND
AKARPANYAM IS NON MISERLINESS
ASPRUHA IS MIND WITHOUT DESIRE.

IV THERE ARE FOURTEEN ABODES OF KNOWLEDGE;

THEY ARE 4 VEDAS, 6 VEDANGAS AND 4 UPAVEDNGAS
(a)FOUR VEDAS ARE:
RIKYAJURSAMAADHARVA
(b)SIX VEDANGAS ARE::
SIKSHA VEDIC MANTRAS
VYAKARANAM GRAMMER
CHANDAS MAATRA PATTERNMETHODMETRE
NIRUKTHAM KOSA ORIGIN OF WORDSROOT
JYOTHISHAM TIME AND MATTERS CONNECTED WITH TIME
KALPA METHOD OF DOING POOJASACRIFICE ETC
FOUR UPAVENDANGAS ARE.
MIMAMSANYAYAPURANASDHARMA SASTRAS
MIMAMSA LOGIC NYAYALAW
PURANAS 18 PURANAS AND 18 UPA PURANAS
DHARMASASTRAAS ARE ARTHA SASTRA ( ADMINISTRATION
AYURVEDA (MEDICINE) DHANUR VEDA (RELATING TO
WEAPONS) GANDHARVA VEDA ( MUSIC)
Note: Your observations and suggestions, value addition are
solicited
My email id is brahmanasamskara@yahoo.co.in
# posted by sapthagiri. @ 10:06 AM0 comments

Monday, February 27, 2006

OUR40SAMSKARAS!
40 SAMSKARAMS PRESCRIBED FROM

CONCEPTION TILL DEATH

=================================================
1. GARBHA DHANAM
2. PUMSAVANAM
3. SEEMANTHA UNNAYANAM
4. JATA KARMA
5. NAMA KARANAM
6. ANNA PRASANAM
7. CHOULAM
8. UPA NAYANAM
9 TO 12 FOUR PRAJAPATHYA VEDA VRATAS PERFORMED IN
GURUKULA
13. SAMAVARTHANA VRATHA ON RETURN FROM GURUKULA

PANCHA YAGNAS
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

BRAHMA YAGNA
DEVA YAGNA
PITUR YAGNA
MANUSHYA YAGNA ADITHI YAGNA
BHOOTA YAGNA (VAISWADEVA YAGNA)

19. MARRIAGE

SEVEN PAKA YAGNAS

20. ASTAKA
21. STHAALI PAKA
22 PAARVANA
23. SRAAVANI
24. AAGRHAYANI
25. CAITRI
26 ASVAYUJI

SEVEN HAVIR YAGNAS (HOMA YAGNAS)

27. AGNI AADHANA
28. AGNI HOTHRA
29. DARSA POURNA MASA
30 AAGRAYANA
31. CHATUR MASYA
32. NIROODA PASU BANDA
33 SAUTRAMANI

SEVEN SOMA YAGNAS

34. AGNISHTOMA
35. ATYAGNI SHTOMA
36 UKTYA

37. SODASI
38 VAJPAPEYEE
39 ATIRATHRA
40. APTORYAMA
NOTE: There are various kalpa sootras for different veda
branch followers.
We have got SRAUTHA Sootras and GRUHYA Sootras
There are Srautha Karmas and Smartha Karmas as ordained
in smrithees
Ahimsa/Sathyam/Non stealing/ Soucham /Indriya Nigraham /
are ordinary Dharma.
Sandhya Vandanam Japam HomamDevatha Poojanam
AadithyamVaiswadevam are Aagama Dharma
Generally Karmas are differentiated as under:
1.NITHYA2. NAIMITHIKAM 3. KAMYAM 4.PRADHI SHIDHAM (
NISHIDHAM)
By doing Nithya karma no special result would accrue. But by
not doing the same papa accrues Naimithikam karma is to be
performed in extra ordinary circumstances like eclipse time
etc. Kamya karma is to be performed desiring to get wanted
things. Pradhi shidham Karma is Nishidha karma i.e which
should not be carried out .
Periodicity is prescribed for doing some of the samskarams.
For Example items No.21 to be performed every pradhama
day,i.e once in 15 days.
Item No 22 to 26 and 29 to 33 are to be performed once in a
year.
All Soma Yagnas i.e. 34 to 40 are to be performed once in a
year or once in a life time. When one cannot carryout any of
the Soma Yagnas by providing financial help and by
participating with others those who perform those Yagnas,
one can complete those samskaras as ordained in scriptures.
PS: If any one can add value to the above by providing
information about each Samskara in detail, please mail to me
those information. I would be grateful for receiving
information,suggestions and comments.
My email Id is : brahmanasamskara@yahoo.com.in

Dated 27th Feb. 2006

# posted by sapthagiri. @ 7:24 AM0 comments

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

GURUANDGURUPARAMPARA
GURU
AND
INFORMATION

GURUPARAMPARA

SOME

In earlier times parting of knowledge from one generation to

another was hereditary that is teaching was imparted from
father to son and so on. In the first instant Lord Adipurusha
imparted knowledge to Brahma. Then Brahma passed on the
same to Narada/Vasistha / Prajapathies etc.( sons of
Brahma)Thereafter the parampara knowledge was passed on
to Sakthi ParasaraVyasaSuka and so on in the same order.
From Suka Brahmam onwardshereditary chain is reported to
have been broken since Sri Suka remained as a brahmachari.
Guru Sishya Parampara outside family circle is reported to
have started from this period onwards.
Sri.Gouda Padar was guru of Sri Govidna Bagavat Padar, who
was the guru to Sri. Adi Sankarar. Sri. Adi Sankaracharya had
four disciples namely Sriyuths: Padmapadar, Hasthamalakar,
Throdakacharyar, and Sureswarar (Mandala Misrar earlier
Sishya of Kumarila Bhattar).
Narayanam padmabhuvam vasishtam, Sakthim, cha thad
puthra Paaracharam cha. Vyasam Sukam, Goudapadam
mahantham, Govinda Yogeendramadasya Sishyam. Sri
Sankaracharya
madhasya
Padmapadam
cha
Hasthamalakam cha Sishyam/. Tham Todakam Varthikara
anyan Asmat guroon santatham Anathosmi..
Three great rare opportunities or boons obtained by the
grace of God are to get a Maanusha Janma, the desire to
know the truth, and finally in getting a great man as Guru.
Durlabham thrayamedad devanughraha Hethukam.
Manushyathwam,
Mumukshatwam,
Mahapurusha
Samasrayaha:
A True Guru has character of divinity. Para Brahman has no
attribute or form. Then how to know him and to reach him to
get His grace. Only through a Guru one can get to know the
Lord through the knowledge imparted by him. In Guru GU
represents Gunas attributed and RU represents Rupa or
form/rupa Thus GURU is the Paramathman with attribute

and form. Guru thus lead the seeker of knowledge by

removing (GU) means the darkness anthakara the ajnana
(RU means Removing) i.e by removing ajnana/darkness
by imparting knowledge of light/the vision.
Gu"karachandhakarasthu Rukarasthannirodhakrith
Andhakarasya Ravi nasinyodh gururithya abhideeyadhe
Ajnana Thimirandhasya Jnananchana Salakaya
Chashuhu militham ena thasmaii sri Gurave namaha
One who delivers lectures or writes books without him self
crossing the ocean of Samsara, is nothing more than a mere
professor or doctorate holder. A person who conducts
religious rites as per agama sastras is only a Purohit, and
who makes a living from the financial assistance received
from the kartha. Only that Bhrahmajnani,who in addition
to himself crossing the ocean of Samsara help others also
to cross that ocean, can be called a Guru. An Acharya is one
who in addition to explaining the meaning of the Sastras
(scriptures) leads others into that discipline, and himself,
shows practical adherence to discipline by his own conduct.
In Viveka Chudamani Acharya Sankara (Period: 509 477 BC) (
some say the period as AD 788 to 820) who was exponent of
Advaita Vedanta and Shanmatha Sthapaka describes Acharya
as follows:
Theerna Swayam Bheema Bhavarnavam Jnanan
Ahethuna Nanyapi tharayanthaha:
Santhom Mahnthom nivasanthi santhom
Vasanthova Lokahitham Karanthaha:
The Shanmatham propagated by Sri. Adi Sankara is Sauryam,
Ganapathyam,Kaumaram, Saivam, Vishnavam and Saktham.
While bringing in clear awareness about our Hindu Sanatana
Dharma, he also codified the system of conducting worship of
various deities. According to Shanmatham System, worship of
Lord Muruga was added to the Siva Panchayata Pooja. Sri Adi
Sankara established 4 Mutts in four corners of India.The first
madathipathies of the four Mutts i.e Sringeri ( Sri Mutt) Puri
(Jagannath mutt),Dwaraka, and Badarinath(Joshi) were Sri.
Sureswara Charya, Sri Padmapada, Sri.Hasthamalaka, and Sri
Totakacharya respectively.It is reported that each of the
above Mutts was also entrusted with separate branch of
Vedas for specialization. The historic sacred pontifical throne
of the Sringeri Mutt is known as VYAKHYANA SIMHASANA or
seat of learning. It is reported that this seat was given to the
great Sankara by Saraswathi, the Godess of learning herself.
Dasanami
Sanyasins
i.e
Saraswathi,
Bharathi,
Puri,Thirtha,Asrama, Giri, Prvata and Sagar,Vana and

Aranya are organized by Sri.Sankara.

Sri.Sankaras teachings can be summed up in the following
words: Brahma Satyam, Jagat Mithya, Jeevo
Brahmaiva na Aparah:
The other main Hindu philosophies came after Sri. Adi
Sankara are Vishishta Advaitha and Dwaitha. 12 Alwars (
period AD 600900) Sri.Nathamuni ( Ad 824924) Sri,
Yamuna ( AD 918 1028) Sri. Ramanujam (AD 1017 1137)
were pioneers of Vishishta Advaitha System. Sri.Jayathirtha
of 13th Century, Sri.Vysa Thirtha (AD_14471539) Sri.
Ragavendra ( AD 15981671) stabilised Dwaitha System after
establishment of this system by Sri. Madhva Charya( Anantha
Thirtha AD 12381317).
Apart from the above great saints/sanyasins many other
Saiva /Vaishnava/ Madhwa saints/sanyasins had also
contributed imparting of knowledge through Guru
parampara.Lord Dakshinamurthi is considered as the Jagath
Guru by Advaitha followers.
Just as we need a doctor to cure our illness a GURU is
necessary to know what the scriptures have ordained for us
and to teach us the particular course of action suited to our
qualification. If we wish for a guru in all earnestness, he will
be before us in no time. But if we require his presence only
to test his competence of a guru he will be farther off than
before.
So surrender to GURU entirely. He will take us by the hand
and lead us to the goal. He is not blinded by the enveloping
darkness of ignorance and is sure to guide us properly. Guru
is Brahma Guru is Vishnu , Guru is Maheswara, and He is the
prathyaksha parabrahman himself with GUna and RUpa (
Guru= Guna Rupa of God)
Guru: Brahma Guru: Vishnu: Gururdhevo Maheswara:
Guru: Sakshaat param Brahma Tasmaii Sree Gurave Nama:
Gurave Sarva Lokanam Bhishaje Bhavaroginam
Nidhaye Sarva Vidhyanam Sree Dakshinamoothaye Nama:
# posted by sapthagiri. @ 10:34 AM0 comments