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MANBLUNDER
April 29, 2013 04:13 PM

Mostly through physical ailments and sometimes through psychic trauma. Once the blockade begins to develop, it is difficult to remove them easily.

manan kapoor
April 29, 2013 03:53 PM

how do we realise that the kundalini has been blocked?

MANBLUNDER
April 29, 2013 12:11 PM

Strictly speaking, performing upanayanam within one year from mother's death is not advisable. But in exceptional circumstances, it can be performed after second ūnamāsika (45 days). Authoritative Scripture on these issues is Saṁkṣepa Dharma śāstram (संक्षेप धर्म शास्त्रम्).

Prabhakar
April 29, 2013 09:59 AM

Sir, Can you please let me know whether a person can perform Brahmopadesham (Upanayanam)of his son after he has completed the last rites of his mother in law just a month back. For this question some say yes and some say no. What is the correct procedure to be followed?

MANBLUNDER
April 28, 2013 12:38 PM

Yajñopavītaṁ should not be changed unnecessarily. This includes visits to crematoriums. Loo at this verse:उपवीतं भिन्नतन्तुं जीर्णं कश्मलदुपितं।विसृजामि पुनर्ब्रह्मन् वर्चो दीर्घारस्तु मे॥upavītaṁ bhinnatantuṁ jīrṇaṁ kaśmaladupitaṁ|visṛjāmi punarbrahman varco dīrghārastu me ||The verse says that Yajñopavītaṁ can be changed only if the threads have become weak, damaged or soiled. However there is another exception, which is after the completion of 12 days of last rites. There could be other exceptions too and these exceptions are carried forward through lineages.

Prabhakar
April 28, 2013 11:33 AM

Ravi Sir, Can you please let me know whether we have to change our yagnopavita after taking bath on a eclipse (solar or lunar eclipse day)

Prabhakar
April 26, 2013 11:25 PM

Thank you very much for your reply Sir. When we read the Garuda Purana, only at the year end they will be reaching the yamaloka and later on the judgement etc., takes place then the decision is made whether to move the soul to Pithru loka or any other place or once again back to earth for further janma. So the correct sapindikarana would be at the end of the 12th month. This is what I feel.

MANBLUNDER
April 26, 2013 07:06 PM

As you said there are different versions. Garuḍapurāṇa says that it should be done on the day of first anniversary. But according to śāstra-s sapiṇḍikaraṇa should be performed on 12th day and for any reason, it is not performed, it should be performed on 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 35 days. There is another injunction. If sapiṇḍikaraṇa is not performed on the 12th day, no auspicious functions should be performed in the family, including marriages. Probably this could be the reason for performing sapiṇḍikaraṇa on the 12th day. Vaikuṇṭha samārādhana should be performed only at the end of first year. What is performed on 13th day is purely a purification rite.

Prabhakar
April 26, 2013 06:09 PM

There are various versions which our elders speak of regarding sapindikarana also.Actually they say the sapindikarana should be done only in the 12th month. Not on the 12th day ceremoney. Please let me know your comments. Further the Vaikunta samaradhane which done at the end of the 12th month is the authenic one and not the one which is done on 13th day after the death. This is what the priest told me when my father passed away last year.

MANBLUNDER
April 26, 2013 10:23 AM

Śaṁkara bhāṣya of Brahma Sūtra bhāṣya is extraordinary and only Śaṁkarācārya can alone do this kind of interpretation. Each sūtra is argued at length and a final conclusion is arrived. To read and understand his masterly interpretation, we need to have both knowledge and time. Many of the terms used by him cannot be understood that easily. One should read his commentary to understand the full glory of Brahma Sūtra. I thought that I should present this to suit our times. No body has that kind of time nowadays. That is why, I had written in the previous posting that it will reduced in size with less usage of technical terms and this is what I am doing now, subject to the limitations of my knowledge that is required to understand Brahma Sūtra.

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