Tag: samskaras
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Why Samskaras Are to be Performed
Get in touch Have something you want me to discuss on the podcast? Use the hashtag #attheforkshow on Twitter or send a message from the contact form. Anything which occurs in Nature needs to be processed to suit Human needs, be it Fruits, Vegetables,Pulses,Water and even the things which we use in our daily lives. Gold,Diamond and the like also […]
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Sraddha Rules How Face,Sit,Perform Homa,For Whom How Many Apasthamba Sutra
On How To sit, Which direction to face at various point of time during Sraddha, Light fire for homa, How many ahutis, For whom…These are all set out by Sage Apasthamba in Apasthamba Gruhya Sutra.
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Subrahmanya Formula Agnishtoma An Orgy?
Subrahmanya is considered as the Best among Brahmins as He is reported to have explained the meaning of Pranava OM to His Father Lord Shiva.( hence Subrahmanya is called Swaminathan). But in the hands of the Foreign Scholars(?) with a Mission to destroy Hinduism and half baked pseudo left wing(?) writers this sentence and the ceremony associated with it takes a beating. From Max Muller to Ambedkar,.
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Agnihotra Effect Water Purification Experiment Result
There is report of a Study conducted on the effect of Agnihotra on Water and how it helps the process of Water Purification. Here is an excerpt.
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Tenth Day Ceremony For The Departed Meaning
In Hinduism the wages of Sin is Birth unlike Christianity and other Religions where the wages of Sin is death. When one dies, the inert body , Sava is consigned to flames. One becomes Sava when Consciousness leaves permanently, The Consciousness being an attribute of the Soul. However the Sukshma Sareera, the body which one does not perceive, which surrounds one’s physical frame, remains. The Physical frame made of he essence of food, Anna rasa dies.
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Upanayana For The Blind Dumb Procedure
I received a call yesterday from reader in the US whether there is any procedure for performing the Upanayana Ceremony for the Blind and the Dumb and whether they are exempted from performing the Sandhyavandana. In the earlier days the Blind and Dumb were exempted from Upanayana ceremony and consequently the Sandhyavandan. Taking into consideration the importance of Upanayana and performance of Sandhyavandana, Sage Kapila has laid down rules for performing the Upanayana ceremony for the Blind and the Dumb. All the procedure for Upanayana are to be followed for these handicapped. But the father must chant the Mantras (for the Dumb)
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Yagnopaveeda Dharana Mantra Poonal
The Upaveeda must remain clean. It has to be changed periodically. It is also changed for special occasions like Marriages,Homas,Poojas,Apara Kriyas. Following is the mantra for changing the Upaveeda. The removed Upaveeda msu no be deposited in a Garbage bag or thrown out. It may be deposited ,if you have a Garden,in a small pit. Otherwise drop it in a pit, close it in any clan place. a.Aachamanam:Shuklaam Bharadharam………. Santhaye b.Om Bhoo…………..Bhoorbhavaswarom c.Mamo patha samastha duritha kshya dwara sri paameshwara preethyartham Sroutha smartha vihitha sadachara nithya karmaanushtanaa yogyatha sidhyartham brhma teja abhivrudyartham yagnopaveetha dharanam karishye. d.Yagnopaveetha dharana maha manthrasya Parabrhma rishi(Touch forehead) Trushtup chanda (touch below nose) Paramathma devatha (touch heart) e.Yagnopaveetha dharane viniyoga Wear Poonal one by one by reciting(poonal should be held by both hands, the tie in the poonal being held above by the right hand facing upwards)
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Annaprasana,First Feeding Of The Child Details Dates
Hinduism, as a part of Forty Samskaras, lays down certain Procedures for Annaprasanam. Annaprasanam is the First feeding of the child with solids. This function is held at Home normally, excepting in cases when there is a vow to have it done at a Temple. In Kerala, it is a practice to perform Annaprasana at Guruvayur. […]
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Samskaras ,Hinduism-Rites of Passage,Basic Religious Rites.
Hinduism , as Dr.Radhakrishanan put it, is a ‘ not a view of Life but a way of Life’. The duties of the individuals are so naturally practised that many do not seem to know what they are all about. Hinduism demarcated the Life of an Individual into Four parts. They are Brahmacharya,The Celibate, The Grihastha,The Married, […]
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