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[sv-rituals] Re: Digest Number 89----Gayatri Japam

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mani2 • Thu Sep 05 2002 - 23:02:34 PDT 


--- In sv-rituals@y..., "sadagopaniyengar"  
> the Saccharitra SudhAnidhi, an exhaustive compendium on rituals,
> prohibits japa without enumeration-
> " apavitra kara:sankhyAm akurvan anya mAnasa:
>   Japa hOmAdikam karma anuttareeyascha varjayEt"
>  A few other activities to be avoided during Japam are-
> uttering the mantra loud enough for others to hear, [...]
> performing japam without
> pavitram, ...  

Some of these dictates are indeed puzzling.  The sandhyavandana
to my knowledge is not done with pavitra-pANi. What then of the
gAyatri-japa therein? Is it fruitless? And I notice that japa
and homa are included in the above. What does it mean to enumerate
the homa?

It seems that according to the sudhAnidhi a yathA-Sakti japa
is as bad as japa doing with a wandering mind! This I find
surprising. I wish there were more reasoning included in these
ritualistic works. Instead they end up simply being an amalgamation
of rules.

adiyen,
Mani



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