[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Maha Rudra Yajnam in California, USA

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Aravinda ji
I largely agree with you and thanks for bringing this up. One detail i may
add is as follows.. If those who are offering the havis are
shiShTas following a truly vaidika lifestyle associated with vedic
gurukulas with the niyamas like pancha-kaccha, trikaala sandhya, not going
abroad etc., and also restricting themselves to only veda raxaNa and
adhyayanam,teaching and study of the cedas etc., none would complain about
any restrictions in those offering the havis. All others, like the laukika
brahmins and other communities can be safely excluded from sitting at the
homa kunda but can participate in every other way and get the blessings and
benefit from the ritual.

But if NRI software engineers and businessmen etc following a non-vaidika
lifestyle claim brahmin privileges without following any vaidika niyamas
like pancha-kaccha, not crossing the seas etc., (and maybe only do the
sandhya due to the upanayanam), that's not at all good enough  at least in
today's milieu, to claim the right to offer havis (in spite of not
following vaidika lifestyle) if at the same time, they are denying it to
other communities. In the present context, the performance of a vedic
ritual in the US is a welcome initiative to inculcate bhakti towards
Ishvara and familiarity with vedic culture.  But in the case of
American yajnas, it is insane to restrict offering havis to only one
community living in the US, keeping in view the  view of the smritis about
vedic rituals outside bhaaratvarsha.

Om





On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 10:59 AM Aravinda Rao via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaskars,
>
> Great news. Great to see that so many ritwiks are available.
>
> A small suggestion may be considered. Usually at the time of havanam
> several families (husband and wife) would be sitting, offering oblation
> into the homa-kunda. Some temples restrict this to one community only,
> leaving a bad taste in others. I persuaded my local temple authorities (in
> Hyderabad) to allow people from all sections so that such discontent is
> avoided. And also the temple gets more resources. This may be particularly
> important in view of the discrimination laws which are promoted in the
> state of California. Someone can even deliberately create a situation.
>
> Regards,
> Aravinda Rao
>
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 12:26 AM 'S Jayanarayanan' via advaitin <
> advaitin at googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> > A Maha Rudra Yajnam is planned to be conducted on April 15th, Saturday,
> by
> > the Vaidica Vidhya Ganapathi Center
> > at Sri Vallabha Maha Ganapathi Temple in San Martin, California, USA.
> This
> > involves 121 Ritwiks reciting
> > the Sri Rudram 11 times for a total of 1,331 times along with Rudra
> > Abishekam with eleven kinds of Dravyams.
> >
> > Schedule:
> > ---------
> >
> > 7:00AM    Ritwik Registration & Vastram Distribution
> > 7:30AM    Mahaganapathy Pooja
> > 8:00AM    Maha Sankalpam, Mahanyasam, Kalasa Sthapana
> > 9:00AM    Breakfast
> > 9:15AM    Ekadashavara Rudra Parayanam and Ekadasa Dravya Rudra
> Abhishekam
> > 11:00AM    Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam Parayanam by Women
> > 12:00PM    Rudra Homam
> > 1:00PM    Maha Poornahuthi
> > 1:30PM    Maha Aarthi and Maha Prasadam
> >
> > _________________________________________________________
> >
> > Event Flyer:
> >
> > https://vvgc.org/SanMartin/flyer/Maharudram_2023.jpeg
> >
> > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OTJCitgeTyGH66wg81RXPaa2_DI2vBDi/view
> >
> > Donations for the Yajnam:
> >
> > https://paybee.io/quickpay.html?handle=vvgc&ppid=1#optionList
> >
> > VVGC Maharudram Ritwik Registration:
> >
> >
> >
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5DYVjzTAiwY7fy5yc1yoSt2h9mdkxPig6XOovvIrCIMT4NQ/viewform
> >
> > VVGC Homepage:
> >
> > https://vvgc.org/SanMartin/
> >
> >
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