Tag Karma

No Pitru Paksha for Sri Vaishnavas?

He informed me that , as an Iyengar belonging to Thengalai Sampradya, he does not do it as it is prohibited by Ramanucharya.

He told me that the other sect of Iyengars in Tamil Nadu, Vadagalai Iyengars perform the Pitru Paksha Tharpana.

As I am unable to find any authentic source on this, I am posting my views.

Those who know the subject well may quote with source.

In Hinduism there are two paths in terms of Lifestyle.

One is called Pravritti Marga and another Nivrutti Marga.

Pravrutti Marga is the leading of our daily lives , as normally do, by going after the sense objects.

Nivrutti Marga is renunciation of the sense objects.

Jainism a Part of Hinduism?

1.Both believe in Rebirth or Transmigration of Souls.

While Hinduism believes in the existence of God to act as a sort of Catalyst for the Karmas to bear Fruit.

Jainism declares that Karmas by themselves yield results and Jainism does not believe in the Existence of God.

2.Both Religions in Mind/Spirit and Matter,

Hinduism has One or Dual Realities, depending on whether you are an Advaitin or a Dualist and there shades in between.

Matter in Hinduism is an aspect of the Reality, Brahman and is manifested as the world as a Phenomenon..

Jainism classifies things as Jiva,Soul and Ajiva, Non soul , matter.

Hinduism believes that the Reality is perceived in different times and in different sizes depending on the Perceiver.

Jainism states that the Jiva, Soul can not perceive the Matter per se and is limited and can not perceive things at the Absolute level.