TODAY WE CELEBRATE AVANI AVITTAM. TODAY IS THE DAY WE CHANGE THE SACRED THREAD AND KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY WE MIGHT HAVE COMMITTED SOME MISTAKES, AND I STRONGLY FEEL THAT CHANTING "GAYATHRI MAHA MANTRA" DEVELOPS KNOWLEDGE AND ENHANCES MEMORY. AS SUCH ON THIS DAY, WE CHANGE THE SACRED THREAD AND PURITY GETS SANCTIFIED.
BRAHMIN COMMUNITY VALUES THE WEARING OF THREAD, WHERE THEY HAVE A FUNCTION FOR THE BOY WHEN HE IS ABOUT SEVEN OR NINE YEARS OF AGE. ON THAT DAY PRIESTS CHANT VEDAS AND THEY PERFORM SACRED RITUALS CALLED HOMAMS TO PRESERVE THE SANCTITY OF THE SACRED THREAD. THE THREAD WEARING CEREMONY IS CALLED"BRAHMOPADESAM". THEN THE BOY WILL BE CALLED AS "BRAHMACHARYA" AND IS ELIGIBLE TO PERFORM RITUALS SUCH AS 'YAGNA', HOMAM, FOR THE WELFARE PEOPLE LIVING IN UNIVERSE.
CHANTING GAYATHRI JAPAM EVERY DAY WILL ENHANCE YOUR MEMORY POWER AND PROTECT YOU FROM THE EVIL SPIRITS. CHANTING 108 TIMES OF GAYATHRI JAPAM HAS GIVEN ME COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF CONFIDENCE AND ENERGY TO FACE ANY HURDLES,OBSTACLES WITH SUBTLE STATE OF MIND. ON MANY OCCASIONS I EXPERIENCED GAYATHRI HAS GIVEN COURAGE TO COUNTER ANY ONSLAUGHT ON ME WITH REJUVENATED VIGOR AND POWER. ON TRAVEL ALSO I NEVER MISS TO CHANT GAYITHRI WHICH HAS GIVEN ME INNER SOURCE OF STRENGTH. GAYATHRI JAPAM ENHANCES THE POWER OF PANCHA BOOTHAS (NAMELY AIR,FIRE,WATER,EARTH,SKY) WHICH WILL HELP IN OUR FUNCTIONING NORMALLY.
AVANI AVITTAM IS NOT MERELY CHANGING THE SACRED THREAD (POONAL). THIS IS THE ESSENTIAL UPAKARMA WHICH INCLUDES MAHASANKALPAM (WHERE THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE IS ENCOMPASSED AND OUR POSITION IN THIS EARTH IS PRECISELY DETERMINED AND ADDRESSED. FURTHER ALL THE MAHAPADHAKAS OR PAPAMS WHICH WE COMMITTED ARE RECOLLECTED AND CONFESSION IS MADE. THIS CONFESSION IS REALISTIC AND DIFFERENT FROM THE CHRISTIAN CONFESSION. IN FACT IN OUR RELIGION PAPA MANNIPPU IS ITSELF NOT ACCEPTED. PRARABDHA KARMA IS MEANT TO BE EXPERIENCED AND EXHAUSTED. SHORT CUT REMEDIES ARE A FALACY.
ReplyDeleteFROM THAT DAY OF UPAKARMA WE GET THE RIGHT TO GET INITIATED INTO THE VEDHAS OR NEW SHAKAS WHICH WE HAVE NOT LEARNT OR EXPLORED.
SORRY GURU... GAYATHRI JAPAM IS A MANTHIRA JAPAM AND NEEDS TO BE DONE ONLY IN A PARTICULAR PLACE AND AT THE PROPER TIME. WE CAN RECITE NAMA JAPAM LIKE RAMA NAMA ANYWHERE AND AT ANY PLACE.