I was asked, what is your view on all caste people becoming archaks in Temples ? Why only Brahmins should do it ?
My personal view , as always i call a spade a spade.
First differentiate between religion and politics. Politics has no business in religion
I am a Madhwa Brahmin belonging to Uttradi Mutt subsect, since 1280. AD onwards ie from Madhwacharya,'s period my family has a pure blood line ,by pure blood line i mean the chain of marrying within the Madhwa clan is being maintained. None of my fore fathers have married outside
Our Madhwa subsect. Me , my , father , my grandfather, great great grandfather, upto Madhwacharya have married only girls from the Pure Madhwa clan. I am proud of my clan and my race hope it continues in the next foreseeable future as well ( touch wood)
Even after being brought up in this clan i cannot do pooja directly to the deity of Shri Udupi Krishna, because iam not qualified. Simple. For us its not a stone statue, after prana prathista Bhagwan is invoked then its is Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself residing in there
To understand this let me quote from Bhagawad Gita
Chapter 4: Transcendental Knowledge
TEXT 13
catur-varnyam maya srstam
guna-karma-vibhagasah
tasya kartaram api mam
viddhy akartaram avyayam
TRANSLATION
According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were created by Me. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable.
So its clear as per Shastra , people are classified ONLY based on their GUNA ( qualities ) and not JANMA ( birth ) Just by being born in a Brahmin family one does not become a Brahmin,that is why i said despite being born in a Madhwa clan i am not qualified to do pooja to deities
So who is a Brahmin , what should be his qualities ? For me a Brahmin is a pure devotee, who is pure devotee ?
In Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.1.11) Srila Rupa Gosvami distinguishes devotees who seek Krishna without expecting any benefits in return, terming them pure devotees:
“One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Krishna favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation
That is called pure devotional service.”
Pure devotional service means to understand the Absolute Truth and become free from all material desires.
Krishna says in Chapter 7, Text 19,
bahunam janmanam ante
jnanavan mam prapadyate
vasudevah sarvam iti
sa mahatma su-durlabhah
“After many births and deaths, he who is in actual knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.”
Though seemingly addressed to Arjuna, Bhagavad-gita is a message to all to surrender to Krishna.
Krishna explains the surrendering process in Chapter 15, Text 5:
“Those who are free from false prestige, illusion, and false association, who understand the eternal, who are done with material lust, who are freed from the dualities of happiness and distress, and who, unbewildered, know how to surrender unto the Supreme Person
attain to that eternal kingdom.”
So clearly stated in BG as to who can and should do pooja ,one who surrenders to Bhagwan can only do pooja. And now how to surrender
Preparing devotee Arjuna for total surrender, Krishna elaborates on the surrendering process in C 18, Text 65
man-mana bhava mad-bhakto
mad-yaji mam namaskuru
mam evaisyasi satyam te
pratijane priyo ’si me
“Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me, and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My dear friend.”
Who can do pooja to Bhagwan is a Spiritual question , i have given a spiritual answer quoting from scriptures , i can quote more, but this is suffice.
So who can do pooja ? One who surrenders to Bhagwan can do pooja, process of surrendering to Bhagwan i have mentioned above
To do pooja to Bhagwan, you need to change ones heart and not his caste. To change ones heart one needs decades of training , first requirement is to develop love of Bhagwan. To do pooja to a deity whose height is less than ones thumb, no rules but if you are worshiping a bigger
Deity there are strict rules to be followed as per shastras , one has to offer Bhoga 5 times to the deity , its very detailed and elaborate process. Materalistic persons can't understand spirituality it will be greek and Latin to them.
Those who want to do pooja to deities follow the following basics for 5 years
1. No meat eating ( meat , egg, fish, mushrooms, garlic, onion, ) , where there is neat eating there is no mercy 2. No illicit sex other than marriage 3. No intoxication ( including coffee , tea)
4. No gambling , no speculation
If after following the above regulative principles for atleast 5 years, if you still want to do pooja , then comes the next step.
Doing pooja is not just pouring water, changing dress, doing aarthi etc
I rest my case
Hare Krishna 🙏
If you still love to do pooja , who is stopping you from doing pooja to a deity less than your thumb size in your home, do it for 5 years along with the above said process, if the deity you worship is pleased you will definitely get an opportunity to serve the deity you desire
Hare Krishna 🙏
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Today few brahmin boys called me and sought my inputs on their career options , both are doing second year in engineering
S1 : uncle we both are doing 2nd year Mech Engg and are your son's friends and classmates, kindly guide us regarding career options after B Tech
Me : I understand that you both are Brahmins ,
S1 : Yes uncle
Me : Time to chase your dream , and dream big. Obviously India is not a place for our community to succeed, plan for masters abroad and settle down there
S1 : That's exactly the reason we called you
S1 : We were looking at Germany , course fee is less , only thing is we have to learn German
Me ; My suggestion is plan for top universities in US . Use this lockdown to prepare for GRE, GATE & Tofel , get the GRE / GATE scores taken by top universities and go for it
Queue in TASMAC shop opened by the DMK Govt. During this grave Pandemic period is this required ? Do you find anyone following social distancing ?
No wonder TN is in the top of list of States infected with Chinese Virus
ஸ்டாலின்தான் வராரு விடியலைத் தராறு , இதுதான்...
One of the greatest achievements of Dravidian parties over the past 5 decades is to convert a vast majority of TN population into liquor addicts , spoiling health, productivity , family harmony and social degradation
Their objective is to keep the population intoxicated so that
People can't think clearly and see through their corruption , mis-governance, nepotism &.loot .
When you observe closely the distilleries will be owned equally by members of both parties
I strongly condemn the decision of TN BJP to support DMK Governments move to appoint women and people of all castes as priests in temples. This is uncalled for and wrong
This move is against our thousands of years of tradition & will lead to desecration, How can an aethist Govt train poojaris ?
For vote bank politics i regret to say TN BJP has sacrificed interests of Sanatana Dharma
How can someone eat meat and not follow regulative principles do pooja to our Supreme Personality of Godhead ?
What business does a Govt have in managing religious affairs ? Does the Govt and our party show similar zeal in interfering in the affairs of other religions ?
Yesterday i was listening to a space organised by @May17Movement@Hariharantweetz@thiruja they were discussing about the release of 7 terrorists convicted by the highest court of our Country for the Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi + 14 other Indians / Tamilians and crippling
43 other Tamilians for life.
Their POV is 1. These 7 have served their sentence and they should be released 2. They are being convicted because they are Tamils 3. This is a Parpaneeya (Brahmin) conspiracy 4. 70% of Indias Judiciary are still Brahmins 5. DMK Govt should release
... using section 161 of the Constitution 6. Central Government is usurping the rights of the states to release convicts
I should appreciate them for not removing me from their group.
OK now i have a fundamental question to @thiruja , hope he will answer , in a democracy
LTTE got destroyed because of the influence of Christianity. The moment Prabakaran got converted it was the begining of their end. What was really a religious persecution was projected as linguistic persecution and their entire momentum got derailed.
What was happening in SL was Hindu persecution, LTTE was fighting against Tamil Speaking Muslims in East SL. Had it been projected as a Hindu persecution the results would have been different today. Christian Missionaries and their P*mps ( black shirts) did more harm to SL Hindus
Look at the conversion that is going on in Northern and Eastern Srilanka, mind boggling, Hindus are getting a raw deal. Their culture is under threat. But no black shirt talks about conversion because their masters are Missionaries. SL conversion project was run by Norwegian NIS