Guest guest Report post Posted December 1, 2004 srI: Indeed in the past, I have been adviced by my grandmother that one shouldn't read it at home. I have not read it end to end, but portions of it. The uttarakhanda has an interesting description of various types of hells and after-death conditions of jIvas, how some of them come back as ghosts and haunt the living etc. It contains mantras for srAddham, which some North Indians use for their funerary rites. Probably, this is the reason for the advice against reading it in home. The other portions contain usual puranic topics - creation of universe, incarnations of Vishnu, varnashrama dharma rules, geneology of kings, vyakarana, vastu, temple construction rules, black magic, lakshana of various gems, summary of Ramayana and Mahabharata etc. It has charms to repel snake bites. It has a different version of Vishnu Sahasranamam. I vaguely recall that it has a nArAyaNa kavacham. I also recall it mentioning that during kali yuga vedas will be insulted. Regards, Kasturi Rangan .K -- In ramanuja, Saketa Raman <saketa_raman> wrote: > 1. I am keen to read Garuda Puranam. But I have been told by elders that it should not be done. The reason -- After completion of reading of the Puranam (at the end entire book), Garuda will come and pick up some elders to Paramapadam. Is it so?? > > 2. In north India, Garuda Purranam is read after death of elders. > > With this background, kindly advise. > > Thanks, > Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan > Raman > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted July 26, 2006 srI:Indeed in the past, I have been adviced by my grandmother that one shouldn't read it at home. I have not read it end to end, but portions of it. The uttarakhanda has an interesting description of various types of hells and after-death conditions of jIvas, how some of them come back as ghosts and haunt the living etc. It contains mantras for srAddham, which some North Indians use for their funerary rites. Probably, this is the reason for the advice against reading it in home. The other portions contain usual puranic topics - creation of universe, incarnations of Vishnu, varnashrama dharma rules, geneology of kings, vyakarana, vastu, temple construction rules, black magic, lakshana of various gems, summary of Ramayana and Mahabharata etc. It has charms to repel snake bites. It has a different version of Vishnu Sahasranamam. I vaguely recall that it has a nArAyaNa kavacham. I also recall it mentioning that during kali yuga vedas will be insulted. Regards, Kasturi Rangan .K -- In ramanuja, Saketa Raman <saketa_raman> wrote: > 1. I am keen to read Garuda Puranam. But I have been told by elders that it should not be done. The reason -- After completion of reading of the Puranam (at the end entire book), Garuda will come and pick up some elders to Paramapadam. Is it so?? > > 2. In north India, Garuda Purranam is read after death of elders. > > With this background, kindly advise. > > Thanks, > Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan > Raman > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sureshbabur.hr 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2011 No it's not true....Reading Garuda puran will get you into next level of thinking and living,,,,you will know what is life? who we are? what is happening in our next birth... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
