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  • Mahalaya,Pitru Paksha Tharpan Explained

    Mahalaya,Pitru Paksha Tharpan Explained

    What is Mahalaya, Pitru Pakshs

    The period between New Moon and Full Moon in Simha Maasa (approximately in September)for 15 days is named as Mahalaya Paksha.

    Lunar Calendar of Hindus divides a month with reference to the waxing and waning of the Moon,into two.(for details on Hindu/Indian Calculation of Time’ please read my Blog’TIME-Non-Linear Theory,filed in Astrophysics).

    The waxing period is called Sukla Paksha(Sukla in Sanskrit means White,  here indicates the waxing of the Moon),ending in Full Moon, Pounima, also called Pournamasya.

    The waning period is called Krishna Paksha( Krishna means Black),culminating in New Moon called Amavasya.

    Each Paksha has 14 Days ,one Amavasya and one Pournima makes a Month.

    One is expected to perform the duties due to the Departed daily, that is do Tharppana daily.

    This applies all Castes, Brahmana,Kshatriya ,Vaisya and Sudra.

    We have conveniently omitted to follow the Sastras, by saying that the Srardha and Tharppana  are to be performed only by  Brahmins .

    We also have made it a habit of performing Tharppana only on Amavasya,Beginning of the New Month,Mahalaya ,Aadi ,Grahana( Eclipses)  periods and Srardha Thithi.

    This Behavior is not  sanctioned by The Sastras.

    Of all The Tharppanas ,Mahalaya Tharppana is very Special.

    This period falls in The Dakshinayana-movement of the Sun to Southern Latitudes ,this is for six months.

    This begins from Adi and extends up to Makara Sankaranthi ( January 14)

    https://ramanisblog.in/2011/09/13/mahalaya-amavasyatharpana-explained/

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  • Mantra For Offering Food To Crows.

    Mantra For Offering Food To Crows.

    It is the belief of Hindus that ancestors are to be respected and one should express gratitude to them because of them we are what we are .This respect is to be offered with complete Faith, though the Sanskrit word Sraddha’ s full import is not expressed in the term Faith. In this context, Sraddha’ means, in addition to Faith, dedication and an attitude of reverence to ancestors.This offering of Sraddha is to be performed daily; it got diluted to 96 and now it is once a year!Please read my articles on Sraddha for details.

    After the Sraddha ceremony is over at home, food prepared is first offered to Crows. Only then can the Priests and householders partake food.

    The offering of food to Crows , is not limited to Sraddha days. Food has to be offered to Crows daily. Food has to be offered to Deities daily. Freshly cooked food is to be offered. There are different views on whether one can offer the food offered to Deities, Naivedya, can be offered to Crows as Crows represent Pitrus.My view is that Same food may be offered to Deities and Crows separately and not the food offered to God to pitrus or the other way around.

    Concept of Pitrus, I have written in detail. I am providing Mantra to be recited while offering food to Crows. This was difficult to come by. I expressed this in one of my articles. Sri. Vasudevan has taken the trouble of searching for the Mantra and forwarded it to me. Thanks Sri.Vasudevan.

    Mantra to be chanted while offering food to Crows.
    Mantra for offering food to Crows

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  • Answers To Doubts on Tharpana,Duty to Ancestors.

    I received the the following query from a reader on Pitru Tharpana.

    I have replied them in the chart below.

    My information is based on Late. Sri.Anna Subrahmanya Iyer book Yajur Veda Sandhya Vandanam,available at RK Mutt book stores and at Railway stations.

    One important query .

    ‘perform tharpanam facing eastward. But some say that we must face southward. Which is correct.?

    Reply.

    The procedure is to perform Madhyannika,Brahma Yagnya and then Tharpana.

    Procedure for Sandhya Vandhana as per Sandhyavandana Procedure,so is for Brahma yagnya.

    As to Tharpana,it is to be perfomed facing South.

    Corrections/Suggestions welcome( with source)
    ‘

    Sl.No.

    Doubts

    Your kind advice

    01

    Normal Amavasai therpaman: SHOULD THIS BE PERFORMED  BEFORE NITYA POOJAI  OF AFTER THE NITYA POOJAI? 

     Before Nithya Pooja.Pitru Karyas take precedence over everything.

    02

    Sometimes, a festival and tharpanam come on the same day. IN SUCH CASES, SHOULD THIS BE PERFORMED  BEFORE NITYA POOJAI  OF AFTER THE NITYA POOJAI?    

     Tharpanam first.

    03

    Masa Pirappu Tharpanam :IN SUCH CASES, THARPANAM SHOULD BE PERFORMED  BEFORE NITYA POOJAI  OF AFTER THE NITYA POOJAI?    

     Tharpanam first.

    04

    Nithya Poojai, SHOULD NOT BE PERFORMED on the day of performing srardham for  my elders

     Can be performed after Sraddha.As  Sraddha is to begin by Noon,the Pooja can be done in the evening.

    05

    Nithya Poojai, SHOULD NOT BE PERFORMED on the day of performing Mahalaya srardham for  my elders

     Pooja can be done after Tharpana.

    06

    For performing any tharpanams, should  we add some raw rice [plain akshathai] to the sesame  or only sesame should be used?   

     Add Akshatha only on Fridays and on Festival days,if any.

    07

    During the tharpanam period, some use vibhuthi on their forehead and some do not. Which is correct

     Wearing of Vibuthi or Thirumann is by family traditions.Many use without mark. I do this way as it is our family tradtion.

    08

    I perform tharpanam facing eastward. But some say that we must face southward. Which is correct.?

  • Inauspicious Death Days Tripada Dosha Parihara

    Hinduism states that there are days which are considered as inauspicious for Death.

    If one dies on these specified days, Parihara, Atonement is recommended.

    Pitru Dosha.jpg
    Pitru Dosha.

    Commonly held belief is that if the Pariharas are not done, more deaths would follow.

    I am not too sure about this.

    What I am certain is that these deaths bring in Pitru Dosha and Pariharas are necessary.

    The Days inauspicious for Death fall under three categories.

    Relating to the Nakshatras, Stars.

    Rohini, Dhanishta, Satabhisham, Purvabhadra, Revathi, Mrugasira, Punarvasu, Uttara, Chitra, Visakha, Uttarashada, and Magha.

    Thithis, Waxing and Waning of the Moon.

    Padyami, Vidiya, Shashti, Ashtami, Ekadasi, Dwadasi, Trayodasi, Chaturdasi and Amavasya.

    Days.

    Sunday, Tuesday, Friday and  Saturday.

    Some Smritis offer the following Parihara.

    • If a death has only one dosha the family members should leave the house for 1 month
    • If a death has two doshas the family members should leave the house for 6 months.
    • If a death has all the three types of doshams the family members should leave the house for 1 year.

    As this is not practical now a days, there are other Pariharas as well.

    1. Pitru Tarpan Pooja (Shraddha Pooja) needs to be done at home with 5 dolls  made of Darbha (Kusha Grass) & White Cotton.

    Prana Prathistapana ritual (infuse life in the Dolls) ceremony of the 5 dolls needs to be performed.

    After Pooja, these 5 dolls should be buried in sand or mud near River or Sea shore.

    Or perform Rudrabhisheka at home & offer food to   ancestors.

    This pooja needs to be done without fail, otherwise dosha will not be removed.

    1. Nakshatra Shanti pooja & Navagraha Shanti Pooja need to be done for nullifying  the affect of Dosha.
    1. Perform Mahamrityunjaya Homa/Japa  at  home  after the above pooja’s are done.

    Or Visit Gokarna  or other Pitru Parihara Sthalas and offer Sraddha.

    Nine Temples foe Pitru Dosha Parihara

    References.

    http://www.oursubhakaryam.com/DEATH%20DOSHAM.htm

    http://someshsastroworld.blogspot.in/2013/01/nakshatra-dosha-due-to-inauspicious.html

  • Soul Immortal Body Dies Why Sraddha Pinda?

    A reader posed an interesting question, which I am reproducing below.

    ‘a SMALL DOUBT sOUL IS NOT PERISHABLE. THERE IS REBIRTH AFTER DEATH. THEN WHY THESE SHARDHAMS AND PINDAS FOR THE EXISTING ONES. CURIOSITY OF VEDIC REFERENCES. WE ARE MOULD OF FLESH AND BONES AND WE HAVE NO REACH ON IMMORTALITY. CAN YOU DISCUSS. THANKS’

    I remember having written on this , in the passing, while on another article.

    As the issues involved are complex and many have the same doubt, I would like to clarify.

    True, the Atman is Imperishable, Immortal , timeless

    The Vedas and the Upanishads stress this point and the entire Indian Philosophy revolves on this concept of Atman

    The Bhagavad Gita states thus.

    Bhagavad Gita Verse Chapter 2.Sloka 20. on the Nature of Atman.

    Bhagavad Gita Verse on the Nature of Atman.jpg Bhagavad Gita Verse on the Nature of Atman, Self .Chap.2,Sloka20

    The body is the instrument through which the fruits of actions, the Karmaphalas are worn out.

    Body , being made of the five elements, earth,water, fire,air and ether returns to the respective elements after death.

    All things done or being done during the course of one’s life are directed towards this body, excepting the urge to realize Brahman, the Reality.

    Once the body dies a Hindu performs Sraddha , ceremonies for the dead by offering food .

    This concept of offering to  the departed is present in all Religions.

    Names might differ.

    If the body is perishable and the Soul is Immortal , what is the point in performing these rituals, like Tharpana, offering Pindas,and Sraddha?

    Though the body ceases to exist, the remnants of actions performed, Desired do not cease even after death.

    The thoughts remain as energy once created can not be destroyed and Thoughts and Thought processes are Energy.

    They have to be expended.

    Till such time the Subtle body remains.

    The Subtle Body is called as Sukshma Sareera.

    The Sukshma sareera exists even after death and is nourished by  the essenceFood, Water.

    This is applicable in both Stages, Life and afer Death

    The physical frame is sustained by the essence of Food(Anna Rasa) and so is the suskshma sareera.

    This is one of the reasons for some foods contributing to unidentified anxiety, despondence, fear etc.

    Also Food determines one’s disposition .

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    Now after the Physical frame ceases ,the Sukshma Sareera needs nourishment.

    And this is what we do by performing Sraddha and offering food to the departed,

    Now to the question.

    The dead are reborn.

    They have taken a new body and they eat.

    Would this not be enough to nourish the Physical body and the sukshma Sareera?

    No.

    The remnants of the earlier birth’s needs are not wholly met in the current birth.

    The bonds one had established during the earlier birth still linger and those are met only by the offerings from the people with whom we had bonded in the earlier birth.

    This non compliance of the Sraddha results in Pitru Dosha.

    Pitru Dosha does not merely indicate the anguish of the ancestors but also the needs of the Sukshma Sareera of the earlier birth( which forms a pat of the Sukshma Sareera of theis birth).

    When such needs have not been met, one faces unaccountable problems.

    These do not apply to realized souls or Brahma Gnanis.

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