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Dear Sir,
Thanks for interest in Dharma Sastram,
I am also very much interested to reply for it.
Onething I want to clarify at first:
Asking questions are not sin. No where in the dharma sastram
stressed it. Instead, the whole dharma sastram itself given as as discussion
between risis. The dharma sastram will be given as :
Bhodhayanare:- .....
Manuve:- ...
Yankyavalkyar:- ...
Yaman:- ....
So, for every subject and for its inner subdivision details the views of all
rishis will be given one by one. They will be almostly same with some practical
application changes.
And also our sampradyam is stressing everybody to ask more and more questions to
get 'gnanam'.
We can take the sayin " do not ask questions " in two way:
1. You should have a complete belief on the matter what our ancessetors did.
2. I cant tell you the reason or significance now because this is not the
correct situvation or I don't know about it.
So, you can ask questions about dharma sastram to the person who is willing to
say it with authority or with eveindences and proof.
The one valkyam I wish to say about vaideekam (which I am using every where),
" Sastram means 100% logic, if you here somthing without logic in the name of
sastram, do not believe it, ask him to show the proof immediately. You believe
it, if there is a 'pakka' logic. "
Let it be.
Now regarding going to temple, your views are very very correct, but there is
some difference of views. i.e, dharma sastram is not always rigid (valaindhu
kodukkalama? you have mentioned), it is very very flexible.
For example:
Getting 'Dhanam' from sombody will not only gain the material and money but also
some amount of 'Dhosham / Pabham'.
The amount of Pabham is not always same for all persons and in all situvations.
If a person who taken the dhanam is very poor, the amount of dhosham will be
very very less vize versa.
One story you may hered or not:
" Once a mahan (Parameyagandhi) had got in trouble in a forest. He was verymuch
struggling with hungry (pasi) because he was in the forest for past one week,
that day a 'Paagan' on an elephant came there, he was eating (biting) 'Kamban
kali' in one hand, and drinking water from a 'Sura kudukkai' in other hand. This
mahan begged him some 'kali' to eat by telling his stage. He gave a big ball of
kali which he tasted with his tounge. This mahan ate it. The 'paagan' offered
him some water to him, but the mahan refused it and told that is " echchal " . The
Paagan asked, what swami, 'kali'yum echchaldhane, why you have not refused it?
The mahan said, that 'Sastram says when you are in 'praana aapathu' it is not
sin eating 'echchal''. Now I am having a little strengh to search for water
without 'echchal', if I drink the water in this stage that is dhosham as per
sastram.
So, the view is diferent according to situation also.
The first aim is bringing people to temple at any reason; after getting 'gnanam'
they will turnup automatically. Also, bhagavan (vishnu) is giving everything
what we want, but he only refuses the things which are not actually good for us.
At the same time, all other devadas are not thinking our goodness, they will
give anything we want, if they are satisfied with our bhakthi.
This is a very very very very .... huge subject and very very difficult to
understand its significance. Let us discuss step by step,
I have to write an exam on " Vaishnavism " on 30 April, 1, 2nd may, I am
preparing for that.
Details will be given later.
Best regards,
Yours ever
Deevalur N.V.Srinivasan
Thanks for interest in Dharma Sastram,
I am also very much interested to reply for it.
Onething I want to clarify at first:
Asking questions are not sin. No where in the dharma sastram
stressed it. Instead, the whole dharma sastram itself given as as discussion
between risis. The dharma sastram will be given as :
Bhodhayanare:- .....
Manuve:- ...
Yankyavalkyar:- ...
Yaman:- ....
So, for every subject and for its inner subdivision details the views of all
rishis will be given one by one. They will be almostly same with some practical
application changes.
And also our sampradyam is stressing everybody to ask more and more questions to
get 'gnanam'.
We can take the sayin " do not ask questions " in two way:
1. You should have a complete belief on the matter what our ancessetors did.
2. I cant tell you the reason or significance now because this is not the
correct situvation or I don't know about it.
So, you can ask questions about dharma sastram to the person who is willing to
say it with authority or with eveindences and proof.
The one valkyam I wish to say about vaideekam (which I am using every where),
" Sastram means 100% logic, if you here somthing without logic in the name of
sastram, do not believe it, ask him to show the proof immediately. You believe
it, if there is a 'pakka' logic. "
Let it be.
Now regarding going to temple, your views are very very correct, but there is
some difference of views. i.e, dharma sastram is not always rigid (valaindhu
kodukkalama? you have mentioned), it is very very flexible.
For example:
Getting 'Dhanam' from sombody will not only gain the material and money but also
some amount of 'Dhosham / Pabham'.
The amount of Pabham is not always same for all persons and in all situvations.
If a person who taken the dhanam is very poor, the amount of dhosham will be
very very less vize versa.
One story you may hered or not:
" Once a mahan (Parameyagandhi) had got in trouble in a forest. He was verymuch
struggling with hungry (pasi) because he was in the forest for past one week,
that day a 'Paagan' on an elephant came there, he was eating (biting) 'Kamban
kali' in one hand, and drinking water from a 'Sura kudukkai' in other hand. This
mahan begged him some 'kali' to eat by telling his stage. He gave a big ball of
kali which he tasted with his tounge. This mahan ate it. The 'paagan' offered
him some water to him, but the mahan refused it and told that is " echchal " . The
Paagan asked, what swami, 'kali'yum echchaldhane, why you have not refused it?
The mahan said, that 'Sastram says when you are in 'praana aapathu' it is not
sin eating 'echchal''. Now I am having a little strengh to search for water
without 'echchal', if I drink the water in this stage that is dhosham as per
sastram.
So, the view is diferent according to situation also.
The first aim is bringing people to temple at any reason; after getting 'gnanam'
they will turnup automatically. Also, bhagavan (vishnu) is giving everything
what we want, but he only refuses the things which are not actually good for us.
At the same time, all other devadas are not thinking our goodness, they will
give anything we want, if they are satisfied with our bhakthi.
This is a very very very very .... huge subject and very very difficult to
understand its significance. Let us discuss step by step,
I have to write an exam on " Vaishnavism " on 30 April, 1, 2nd may, I am
preparing for that.
Details will be given later.
Best regards,
Yours ever
Deevalur N.V.Srinivasan
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