Charity (Re-kundalini through bhakti yoga-venkata ramana)

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Very true .. and very hard to do. But with God's grace and constant

effort, it is doable.

 

Na mama .... beautiful sentiment. Applicable to everything we do,

every single minute, really! Indeed the Hindu mantras have so much

depth and meaning. Narasimha, we are indebted to you for all that

you teach us in this list! I'm older than you, but chronological age

has little to do with wisdom :-). I'm impressed by your many

accomplishments, including the one about learning Sanskrut -

hopefully one day I will accomplish that too, and delve deeper into

the treasures of the ancients!

 

-VRS

 

 

vedic astrology, "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao"

<pvr@c...> wrote:

> Namaste friends,

>

> > Partha:-Doing charity is fine, but rememebring the same is not

good.

> > You have done some good work, forget it.

>

> Well-said. In fact, whenever you give something to somebody, the

mantras that are recited in Vedic rituals contain "na mama, na mama,

na mama". You may have heard it in many places. When a priest makes

you give something to somebody (it can be a dakshina to a Brahmin or

clothes to somebody or whatever), he will make you say "na mama" 3

times.

>

> It means "[was] not mine, [is] not mine, [will] not [be] mine".

When you give something to somebody, you are supposed to completely

lose the attachment to it. In fact, you are supposed to realize that

it was not yours to start with!

>

> The mantras used in Hindu rituals have a lot of depth and meaning.

>

> > Just feel that you are feeding the Bhagvan.

>

> Yes, in fact, it is not even yours to start with! Because your

karma was good, Bhagavan gave it to you and chose you to give it in

charity...

>

> May Jupiter's light shine on us,

> Narasimha

[Guest guest]

~ Om Namah Shivaya ~

Respected Gurudeva PVR Ji,

 

It's an excellent explanation. I had heard priests

saying "na mama", but never knew the exact meaning. I

used to thought it as "Namah" meaning pranaam or

praying to diety.

 

Today I understood what it meant.

 

Thanks and Regards,

 

Neeraj Gupta

--- "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao" <pvr wrote:

> Namaste friends,

>

> > Partha:-Doing charity is fine, but rememebring the

> same is not good.

> > You have done some good work, forget it.

>

> Well-said. In fact, whenever you give something to

> somebody, the mantras that are recited in Vedic

> rituals contain "na mama, na mama, na mama". You may

> have heard it in many places. When a priest makes

> you give something to somebody (it can be a dakshina

> to a Brahmin or clothes to somebody or whatever), he

> will make you say "na mama" 3 times.

>

> It means "[was] not mine, [is] not mine, [will] not

> [be] mine". When you give something to somebody, you

> are supposed to completely lose the attachment to

> it. In fact, you are supposed to realize that it was

> not yours to start with!

>

> The mantras used in Hindu rituals have a lot of

> depth and meaning.

>

> > Just feel that you are feeding the Bhagvan.

>

> Yes, in fact, it is not even yours to start with!

> Because your karma was good, Bhagavan gave it to you

> and chose you to give it in charity...

>

> May Jupiter's light shine on us,

> Narasimha

>

 

 

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