RE: [SJC: Achyuta Gurukul] Remedies for cleaning out negative karma - To Swee

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Tahoma;color:black">Jaya

color:black"> Jagannatha

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">Dear

color:black">Lakshmi,

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">I need to put perspectives in my mind,

so pleae walk this through with me. Thanks

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Tahoma;color:black">Varaha

color:black">

color:black">Avatara

color:black"> appeared to kill Hiranyaksa (Hiranyakasipu’s brother). The planet Earth here was

called Ilaa, though the entire planet is known as

11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">Bharat

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color:black">Varsa

color:black">. Hiranyaksa went down in the ocean and

caused great waves with his cudgel that frightened even Varuna.

Varuna went to Mahavishnu

who appeared in the form of

color:black">Sri

color:black">Varaha

color:black">. (

11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">Bhagavata

color:black"> Purana

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">With Hiranyaksa’s

death, Hiranyakashipu did a great penance to avenge

his brother’s death.

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Tatah

color:black"> kalau sampravritte

Sammohaya

color:black"> sura-dvisaam

Buddho

color:black"> naamnaanjana-sutah

Keekatesu

color:black"> bhavisyati (SB Canto 13.24)

11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">

11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">Then in the beginning of Kali Yuga, the

Lord will appear as Lord

Buddha

color:black">, the son of Anjaneya in the

Tahoma;color:black">province

color:black"> of

color:black">Gayaa

color:black">, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the

faithful theist.

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">I cannot make a comment on the

panchamukhi with the faces of Varaha,

Garuda, Hayagriva and

Narasimha as it is not there in the puranas that I

can make reference to. Hence in my eyes, it is the makings of our own secular delusions

in Kali Yuga.

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">The

11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">Bhagavad

color:black">

color:black">Gita

color:black"> states that the Lord incarnates whenever there is a decline of

our noble/moral values and vile and wicked acts take an upper hand. These incarnations

come in the mortal form. Ravana was to be slain by a

man, so HE came in that mortal form.

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Risaya

color:black"> manavo deva

11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">Manu-putra mahaujasah

Kalah

color:black"> sarve ahrer eva

Saprajapatayah

color:black"> smritah (SB Canto 1.3.27)

11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">

11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">All the rishis,

Manus, Demi Gods and descendants of Manu who are

especially powerful are plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of

the Lord. This includes the Prajapatis

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">To reiterate further:

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">Janma guhyam bhagavato

Ya

color:black"> etat prayato narah

Sayam

color:black"> pratar grinam

bhaktya

Duhkha-graamaad

color:black"> vimucyate (SB 1.3.29)

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">Whoever carefully recites the mysterious

appearances of the Lord, with

devotion in the morning and in the evening, gets relief from all miseries of

life.

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">Lest we misguide others on the subject

on devotion in different yugas, Brahma Samhita states that the Lord has innumerable forms and he

exists in billions of forms just as the waves in the sea cannot be counted but

appear and disappear continually like the incarnations of the Lord.

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">In Ramayan,

Hanuman was a great devotee of Rama who said “I know there is no

difference in devotional service to Sita-Rama or

Lakshmi-Narayana, who are forms of the Great

Unsullied Lord. But nevertheless, I am absorbed in my love and affection for

Rama and Sita.”

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">What you have missed is that the penance

from Hiranyakashipu was so great that even Demi Gods feared him after he was

given a boon. Hanuman was

not one of the Great Avataras of the Great Unsullied

Lord but nevertheless, he is a Demi God. Both Ravana and Hiranyakashipu asked

for boons that were not infallible to the main Avataras

of the Lord.

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">In the genealogy, the decending order

from Vishnu was Brahma who came in the form

of Vasishtha. His son was Shakti

who begot a son by the name of Parashara. Shakti was eaten by a demon and Prashara

in obstinate hatred performed a yagna that was so

great he even burnt innocent rakshasas. With his

grandfather’s advice, Parashara abandoned his

wrath and was blessed jointly by Pulastya to be the

author of

Tahoma;color:black">Puraana

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color:black">Samhita

color:black">. Thus Parashara became the best of the

color:black">Guru

color:black">Parampara

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">You will see chanting of the mantras to

Tahoma;color:black">Agni

color:black"> Deva

color:black"> by Parashara (Vishnu Purana)……….

So according to your reasoning, we should be following his instructions on

remedies as he is from this Yuga. Yes?

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">If affirmative, then why do we have any

need to go out of Parashara Muni’s

instructions ( which we are) by recommending

alternative remedies? We also need to ask ourselves what are we striving to

instruct - Sattvic,

font-family:Tahoma;color:black">Raj

font-family:Tahoma;color:black">asic

color:black"> or Tamasic literature?

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11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">If I’ve hit on a nerve, I promise

to refrain from further discussions. But do wish me luck for tomorrow’s day

long Bridge Tournament

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symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings">J

color:black">

11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black">(Ramapriya, please come and hold my

hand! I am going deep into SAYC,

Tahoma;color:black">Bergen

color:black">, Jacoby Xfrs

etc. with a partner I have never played with.)

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Love you,

 

Swee

11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">swee (AT) brihaspati (DOT) net

11.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">www.brihaspati.net

mso-no-proof:yes">p/s Lakshmi, I always miss your very catchy laughs!

 

 

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lakshmi ramesh

[b_lakshmi_ramesh ]

08 May 2004 10:26

 

[sJC: Achyuta Gurukul]

Re: Remedies for cleaning out negative karma - To Swee

 

Om

Gurave Namah

 

Dear

Swee,

 

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must confess that I am slightly confused about what you have written. I presume

that you meant to ask me why I had recommended the worship of Hanuman and not

that of Sri Nrisimha Deva. In that case, well, here is the logic. If you had

not meant any such thing, then please ignore the following.

 

First

thing is that Hanuman is an incarnation pertaining to Tretayuga, which is a

later yuga, while, Nrisimha Avatara pertains to Krita yuga, so Hanuman couldn’t

have really killed Hiranya Kashyapa!! Jokes apart (can never resist one, u know

how much I love to laugh!), though the purpose and nature of both incarnations

is different, still there is a

similarity. Both are worshipped to propitiate Mars. If you happen to look at

the idol of Panchamukhi-Anjaneya, you would notice that one of the 5 faces is

that of Nrisimha.

 

Lord

Nrisimha is an incarnation of Vishnu born to restore order in the world and

reinforce the fact that Vishnu is “sarva-vyapaka” or omnipresent.

Ofcourse, it is also to bless Prahlada and

kill Hiranyakashyapa. This supremely violent form &

uncontrollable malefic temper of Ugra Narasimha were a one-time measure for

annihilating an astute asura, and should not be invoked at all for ordinary

purposes. Instead, Nrisimha should be worshipped in his more saatwik and

controlled but equally powerful aspects, as Lakshmi Narasimha or Yoga Narasimha

(This is true of all ugra Devatas). Usually in our part of the world, unless

Nrisimha is one’s kuladevata, His worship is not routinely conducted in

the home, like that of Varaha avatara.

 

Sri

Rama is also another incarnation of Vishnu, equally powerful in a different way

and is a much more milder and approachable aspect than that of Nrisimha. In

India, more so in Andhra Pradesh, protection is always “Sri Rama Raksha”

and Hanuman is an integral part of that Divine Protection as much as Rama

Naamam (name of Rama) and Rama BaaNam (arrow of Rama). As a disciple &

devotee of Sun (Sun god and Sri Rama) & and incarnation of Rudra (Mars),

Hanuman is the natural choice to fight/defeat the forces of the Dark. Anjaneya

is supposed to be a chiranjeevi (an immortal) and the specific task given to

him is that he must protect all those who take the name of “Rama”,

which is the ideal combination of ashtakshari

and panchakshari. Chanting this one name alone, is said to yield positive power equal to

chanting the entire Vishnu sahasranaamam.

 

And,

in his own right, Hanuman is a popular griha devata, because his stupendous

strength (physical as well as spiritual) is tempered by his great humility,

knowledge, wisdom and bhakti. It is also because of his ability to bring / bind

people together and protect the sanctity of the marriage/home. Was he not the

most instrumental in bringing Sita and Rama together, after virtually cleaning

out the demon infested Lanka? Had

he not resurrected Lakshmana by bringing Sanjivani? Infact, in almost every place in India,

especially in south, be it a city, or town or a tiny village, the worship of

Hanuman is as much mandatory as the worship of gramadevata, for keeping away

evil spirits and protecting the natives.

Why talk of us….Lord Krishna Himself wanted the Hanuman to stay

atop the the flagmast in Mahabharata war, to ensure protection and victory for

Dharma and Pandavas …..

 

Love,

Lakshmi

 

 

Jaya

Jagannatha

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Dear Lakshmi,

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">I feel that you must keep a picture of

Hanumanji in your house/building,

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">as Hanumanji is an incarnation of Shiva

and is known to chase away

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">spirits and protect the native. If

chanting Hanuman

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Chalisa is not possible, you can try

chanting "Sri Rama", because it

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">is said that wherever the name of Sri

Rama is invoked, Hanumanji will

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">stay there.

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">..........and yet Sri Narasimha Deva

slew Hiranyakasipu, the King of

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Demons, the sole commander of presiding

deities. He could not be killed

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">inside or outside a residence, nor man

nor beast etc.

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Should there be any doubt?

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">love,

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">Swee

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"Times New Roman"">swee@b...

10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">www.brihaspati.net

 

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