[Advaita-l] Samit Pani

[Swamisarvabhutananda]

OM
A sannyAsi does not do HomA.
Therefore samit is not required.
But brahma chari students have to offer samit in fire.
It can be understood that samitpAnihi is either for a Guru who is a gruhasta like some of the Rishis 
or for the students.

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> On 27-Oct-2013, at 1:01 pm, kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Venkatesh
>   
> Today at 10:21 AM  
> Vekakesh:
> In C and D the Sanyasi Guru cannot use the Samit sticks.
> He should not accept
> it because he cannot use it for anything. He cannot light Loukika fire and
> keep the body warm. He cannot do Yajnas.
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> PraNAms
> He cannot use anything since he understood that he is infinite. He does not teach also since he sees everything as his own self. However he also understood that all actions are done at the vyaavahaarika level including the teaching to the students that he sees different from his BMI.  He also understood that all actions are done by prakRiti only.  prakRityaiva ca karmaaNi kriyamaanaani sarvashaH.. Hence His BMI can use the fire wood since it is required for the teaching and should be in good shape also. He also understand the student also should remain healthy in the shivering cold outside. 
> Advaita is non-duality in spite of apparent duality.
> One has understand clearly what brahma satyam and more importantly what jagat mithyaa means.
> Anyway I recognize that further discussion does not help.
> Hope you would find an satisfactory answer that you want.
> Hari Om!
> Sadananda
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> On Sunday, October 27, 2013 10:54 AM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Namaste
>> 
>> There will be two more conditions also.
>> 
>> E Brahmachari disciple with fuel sticks is approaching Householder Guru.
>> 
>> F Brahmachari disciple with fuel sticks is approaching Sanyasi Guru.
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com>wrote:
>> 
>>> Namaste
>>> 
>>> There will be four conditions .
>>> 
>>> A Householder disciple with fuel sticks in hand is approaching householder
>>> Guru.
>>> 
>>> B Sanyasi disciple with fuel sticks is approaching householder Guru.
>>> 
>>> C Householder disciple with fuel sticks is approaching Sannyasi Guru.
>>> 
>>> D Sanyasi disciple with fuel sticks is approaching Sanyasi Guru.
>>> 
>>> In these A and B conditions the Householder Guru can use the Samit fuel
>>> sticks for his Yajnas because he is maintaining a Agni for that purpose. In
>>> C and D the Sanyasi Guru cannot use the Samit sticks. He should not accept
>>> it because he cannot use it for anything. He cannot light Loukika fire and
>>> keep the body warm. He cannot do Yajnas.
>>> 
>>> But Upanisads are saying disciples are always approaching Guru with fuel
>>> sticks in hand. Why? This is the puzzling question. Can we say in ancient
>>> days all Brahma Jnanis were householders only? Adi Sankara started the
>>> Sanyasi Brahma Jnani sampradaya? But why he started it? Why he was not
>>> happy with householder Jnanis? Why he thinks only Sanyasis can have Brahma
>>> Jnana?
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 4:04 AM, V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Venkata sriram P
>>>> <venkatasriramp at yahoo.in>wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Namaste,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Our dharma says that one should never approach elders (guru & acharya)
>>>>> empty-handed.
>>>> 
>>>> Dear Sriram ji,
>>>> 
>>>> In the Anandagiri gloss for the bhashya on the said Mundaka mantra 1.2.12,
>>>> it is said: 'samitpANiH iti vinayopalakShaNam.'  [The expression
>>>> 'samitpANiH' is a representative indication for the humility of the
>>>> aspirant approaching the Guru].  The editor Sri Subrahmanya Sastri in the
>>>> foot note says:
>>>> 
>>>> // By the word 'brahmaniShTha' the BhashyakAra indicates that he is a
>>>> sannyAsin.  Then, what is the use of going to such a one with samit which
>>>> is of no use to him? In order to answer this Anandagiri says that it is an
>>>> upalakShaNa, representative indication, to the aspirant's vinaya,
>>>> humility.  SamitpANitvam on the part of the aspirant will be directly
>>>> appropriate in the case of those householder-brahmaniShTha-s such as
>>>> Janaka, yAjnavalkya and angiras. //
>>>> 
>>>> One another explanation I have heard is: the samit, dried sticks, are
>>>> indicative of the sishya's readiness to subject himself to the rigours of
>>>> brahmavidyA and receive it successfully just as dried sticks will
>>>> immediately burn when put in fire.
>>>> 
>>>> regards
>>>> subrahmanian.v
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Having submitted the appropriate sambhAvana to the Acharya either in the
>>>>> form of phala, dhana, vastu etc., one should seek their blessings which
>>>> is
>>>>> called "AsheevAdaM".  This is maNgaLa-sUchaka.
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