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A society for promotion of traditional values through,
Music, Dance, Art , Culture, Education and Social service.
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SRI CHANDRAMOULISWARAYA NAMAHA
SRI
GURUBHYO NAMAHA
SRI
KANCHI KAMAKOTI SANKARACHARYA MAHARAJ MUTT
1, Salai Street, Kanchipuram,
Tamilnadu- 631502
DHARMO
RAKSHATI RAKSHITAH
VAIDIKA
DHARMA IS PROTECTED BY PROTECTING BRAHMANATVA
ACTION
PLAN FOR RISE OF BRAHMANA SAMAJ
PUNYA
BHUMI
Sanatana Dharma has been the foundation stone
of Indian civilisation and culture for millennia. Iswara incarnated himself as
Sri Adi Sankara in the land of Bharat about 2500 years ago for resuscitating
Sanatana Dharma and showing its antiquity and superiority and thereby the path
of well being of humankind.
By way of a practical step in order to
activate this process, he established Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Math in the ancient
and historic Kanchipuram town in Tamilnadu and became himself the first
Peethadhipati (Pontiff). He set up Srichakra in the Kamakshi temple in front of
the Devi and took his seat on the Sarvagna Peetham. Right from those ancient
times 2500 years ago till now the unbroken tradition of glorious Acharyas has
carried out their responsibilities with devotion and dedication in accordance
with the instructions of Sri Adi Sankara and provided the necessary vision and
leadership to the entire society in religious and spiritual fields.
The basic support of Sanatana Dharma and Sri
Adi Sankaracharya’s principles is primarily the brahmana group of society, as
told by Bhagavan Sri Krishna himself in Sri Bhagavadgita. For the protection of
dharma, good conduct and character of the entire humankind, it is primarily the brahmana who is the capable and
responsible medium through the power of his mind and intellect.
Owing to historical reasons, inexorable flow
of time, the consumerist tendency of the human mind and extensive spread of
materialism, unexpected changes have happened in the character, conduct and
ordinary behaviour of the brahmana caste in individual and group level in the
past few years, particularly in the present twentieth century, resulting in a
blow to the well being of the entire mankind. Owing to the determination of
permitted and prohibited acts for brahmanas through systems of government in
the process of human development through centuries, there has been a very close
cause –and- result relationship of the high and low nature of the brahmana’s
conduct and behaviour with the conduct and behaviour of the general public.
In consideration of the above facts and,
being anxious over the fall in the conduct and outlook of the brahmana
community in the last fifty-sixty years, Parama Pujya Acharya Mahaswami Sri Jayendra
Saraswati and Bala Acharya Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswati have instituted
many steps for removal of defects prevalent in the brahmana community in order
to control this trend, to increase awareness and sense of responsibility in
brahmanas with respect to the defects in the present era and to bring the
conduct and behaviour of this preeminent group of the nation to the right path.
Description of some of those steps is given below:
1. Free
Upanayanam of deserving boys in 8-12 age group. The maximum age for upanayanam
is fixed at 16 years in the Sastras. After 16 years, this samskara loses its
meaning and effectiveness. It will be appropriate to mention here that people
financially strong should not only bear the expenses for conducting this
samskara for their children, but also donate extra money so that the organisers
of this samskara can meet the expenses of upanayanam of financially weak
brahmanas’ children, resulting in the availability of this facility to weak
brahmanas free of cost.
2. To
make such new brahmacharis proficient in basic Vedic study and other rituals-
learning Sri Rudram, Chamakam, different Suktas and simple and easy-to-memorise
portions of one’s own branch of Vedas and compulsory observance of
Sandhyavandanam and other essential rituals.
3. After
completing the processes mentioned in items 1 and 2 above, teaching of
Samskrit. Samskrit is the mother of all languages and is such a medium which
contains exhaustive fund of knowledge of Vedas, Sastras, Itihasas, Puranas and
Mahakavyas. Students do not face any problem in learning different languages in
a young age. In fact, for each and every boy and girl in India, it is essential
to learn the Devabhasha (divine language) Samskrit, Rashtrabhasha (national
language) Hindi, world language English and mother tongue.
4. Arranging
classes of classical music for students of schools and colleges (boys and
girls).
5. Arranging
religious classes so that the students may memorise the verses etc. for worship
of different gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon. Included in these verses
will be illustrative examples like Sivanandalahari, Soundaryalahari,
Bhajagovindam plus stotras and bhajans in different regional languages like
those of Alwars and Nayanmars in south India, Sant Gnaneswar in Maharashtra and
Mirabai and Jayadeva in north India.
6. Arranging
bhajan classes where the children will learn the different singing styles of
Ashtapadi of Sri Jayadeva, kirtans of Sant Tyagaraja and religious bhakti music
composed by other scholars.
7. To
run a centre where children will learn making of yagnopavitas (sacred threads)
and use of takli and charkha for making thread from cotton.
8. To
confer proficiency in preparing good cassettes which detail Sandhya-vandanam,
Oupasanam and other essential daily rituals prescribed for brahmana community
so that the cassettes can be played on such occasions like upanayanam etc.
9. Printing,
publishing and distribution of books detailing Vedic mantras and rules of
observing rituals mentioned in item 8 above and stotras and bhajans mentioned in item 5 above and making these
books available to the general public free of cost or at very low prices.
10. Training
children in mantras and rules of observance of different auspicious, religious
samskaras like Punyahavachanam, Abdapurthi, Aksharabhyasam, upanayanam etc. It
must be remembered that forty samskaras, commencing from Garbhadhanam,
Pumsavanam and Seemantham and going upto Antyeshti (Post-death), are compulsory
for every brahmana. Though it is not easy for the youngsters to learn the
procedures of important samskaras like marriage, yagnas etc., it is certainly
possible for them to memorise the mantras
and learn the procedures for performing ordinary samskaras.
11. Teaching
the procedure for preparing Vibhuti, kumkum etc. at home.
12. Teaching
the rules of performing rituals like Panchayatana Pooja as laid down in Sastras
and about the materials required for such rituals.
13. Teaching
the youngsters on the right eating habits, the need for eating satvic food,
avoiding food from restaurants as far as possible, economy in expenditure (the
old saying, ‘simple living and high thinking’ refers), cultivating the habit of
savings, the basics of banking etc. In short, living lofty life with minimum
comforts without acquiring wealth greatly in excess of one’s own mundane
necessities.
14. Cultivating
good and time-honoured habits- like development of feeling of oneness,
compassion and benevolence towards diseased, handicapped and deprived people
and providing economic assistance in the service of people.
15. Arranging
voluntary social service in hospitals and health centres, serving the diseased
and persons awaiting death, organising help at the time of death. In our Indian
tradition and culture, organising help in the final rites of dead persons in
the neighbourhood is reckoned to be the highest service.
16. Organising
classes for teaching English, simple mathematics, social science, history and
geography so that the youngsters can become the best and capable citizens of
the nation. These classes should be organised free of cost for economically
disadvantaged members (brahmanas) and where possible, these classes should be
organised for the general public also by levying very little fees.
17. Organising
free hostels for brahmana children in classes 6 to 10 and providing simple
dwelling, food and pure and healthy environment. They should be kept away from
sensuous entertainment as students desiring acquisition of knowledge should
live simple, hard, pure and ordinary life in our tradition. Our aim should be
as in the proverb, ‘Live to eat or eat to live?’. It should be compulsory for
students living in such hostels that they perform acts of compulsory daily
purification, do rites like Sandhyavandanam thrice a day, perform Agnikarya
(Samidadhanam) in morning and evening, wear simple dress free from show and
engage in such conduct, by which the youngsters develop into ideal men, worthy
of emulation as described in our ancient culture and civilisation.
18. Establishing
old age homes for aged, weak and deprived members of the brahmana community. In
this matter also the brahmanas, who are economically strong, should donate
somewhat more than they spend on their own personal needs so that the expenses
on weak and disadvantaged brahmanas can also be met. Here also the principle
enunciated in item 17 above will be applicable.
Such old people can live in
these old age homes who have spent their mundane lives completely in their
homes; but whose ardent desire in the evening of their lives after taking
retirement from service is that they should get an environment in which they
could spend peaceful and satisfied lives in their last days free from
difficulties and pressures and perform some religious activities and ordinary
individual observances.
19.Establishing hospitals and clinics in
different centres where modern, ordinary as well as most modern treatment could
be made available free of cost to weaker sections of the brahmana community as
needed during illness. In these efforts is also included making available
economic assistance to those existing hospitals which are in need of guidance
and financial and other assistance.
20.
Establishing Veda Pathasalas for imparting Vedic education as per established
practice to individuals/ students who are eligible to receive such traditional
Vedic education.
21.
Setting up centres in different places, mostly in cities and towns, where the
residents of those places could perform Aparakriyas (post death rites) for
their dead forefathers. Nowadays it is almost impossible in most cities for
middle and economically weak classes of people to perform, as per prescribed
procedures, such obligatory samskaras in their own residences like flats.
People feel the crying need for such specially designated places.
Efforts are also needed in the direction of
providing facilities to the brahmana community by way of specially designated
centres for performing sraaddhas for their forefathers as per prescribed
procedures and availability of different materials required and Purohits for
performing sraaddhas and assistance in preparation of food etc.
Aachaaram (conduct as per tradition) and
proper environment are very essential in Aparakriyas and annual sraaddhas and
it is very difficult to meet these two requirements in one’s own individual
residence.
22.
Organising tours for students in schools and colleges to factories, industrial
establishments, trade centres and commercial offices and religious and holy
places situated in different parts of the country. Bearing the expenses on such
tours in society as a whole.
23.
Imparting to men and women of the brahmana community, knowledge of rules of
performing vratas, rituals, Deepa puja etc., chanting of stotras in the places
of worship at homes morning and evening and procedures of performing different
Pujas.
24.
Habit of wearing traditional Vedic apparel after bath and visiting nearby
temple once in the morning or evening as per convenience should be inculcated
in religious minded men and women of brahmana community. Habit of regularly
going to temple should be inculcated even in small children. Habits formed in
childhood continue till end of life. While visiting temple, purity of mind,
words and actions should be maintained. By chanting stotras on the way to the
temple, while in the temple and on the way back home, this type of mental
attitude will be formed, which will pave the way for easily obtaining the grace
of Iswara. This is also the most crucial purpose of forming the habit of going
to temple.
25.
Adopting the principles and traditions of Dharma sastras in the matter of
naming the newborn child. In our society it has been the very ancient and
time-honoured practice to name the newborn baby (male or female) after the
names of gods and goddesses of Hindu pantheon. The main thought behind this is
that the number of times the names of such children are uttered, uttering the
names of Iswara, gods and goddesses that many times will automatically take
place, resulting in acquisition of merit. In addition there is also the
practice in most families of giving a special name to children for religious
and spiritual pursuits, this name being that of the (paternal) grandfather or
grandmother. For mundane purposes like use in school and service, there is also
the practice of giving the child a worldly name, which does not violate the
provisions of Dharma sastras.
There is no doubt that in order to put
into practice the above plans of action, sufficient funds are required. Hence
you are requested to assist in this effort by extending your help with body,
mind and money and be the recipients of the grace of Iswara and Guru.
Please contact:
V. Ramanatha Iyer, Officer-in-charge
‘Punyabhumi’,
Administrative Office: “Kamakoti Sankara
Kripa”,
1089, Sector 8, R.K.Puram,
New Delhi- 110022.
Tel: 26185025.
“LOKAH SAMASTAH SUKHINO BHAVANTU”
Translated from Hindi by: P
R Kannan, Navi Mumbai
(These points were said by His Holiness Bala
Swamiji and recorded by an old scholar Shri Vaikunthanath Upadhyaya of Varanasi
who had the fortune of accompanying His Holiness during his yatras in north
India & Nepal during early nineties.
The material was printed in Delhi by a devotee many years ago. )
The material was printed in Delhi by a devotee many years ago. )
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