Vedas

[shri]

Respected members,

I have been reading a lot of interesting posts in this topic and finally thought of becoming a member. Of late, Im beginning to get interested towards religion and spirituality. If anyone of the respected members can kindly tell me which of the four vedas I should follow I will be really grateful. I am a brahmin by birth and my birth details are:

DOB - 23.05.1977
TOB - 6.05am
POB - Kancheepuram, TamilNadu

My husband's

DOB - 29.01.1972
TOB - 5.45pm
POB - Tanjore, Tamilnadu

With warm regards,
Shri

[digitsoftime]

Dear Shri,

In practice, only three Vedas are followed. Atharva Veda is not followed as a family tradition.

You cannot follow any Veda. You automatically belong to the Gotra , Sutra and the Veda of your husband. And he of his father etc..

Gotras are lineages of saints (like Bhradwaja, Kashyapa, Vishwamitra, Jamadagni etc..) in whom the family has its roots. The Sutras (Apasthamba, Bodhayana etc..) are basically Dharma Sutras (that deals with Dharmic and social customs of varnas) which are part of Kalpas. Kalpas are one of the six branches of Vedanga of which even Jyothisha is a part.

Vedas have a similar root handed over generation after generation, and hence every family follows a particular Veda by tradition.
You could try asking the elders in your family which Vedam you belong to, or clarify what mantras they use during Upanayanam, Shraddha ceremonies etc.

hope this helps,

best regards,
Sunny

[R V RAMANAN]

Dear Shri Ji

Actually there are a lot of vedas but out of them only 4 got prominence and were practised. The first of them is the Rig Veda in which only a very small portion is externalised. Mythology has it that there were three big mountains representing the 3 main vedas and out of them a handful from each was given to sage bharadwaja by the creator himself.

Rig Veda talks about Yagnyas. The philosophy behind the same and the actual rituals are sung elaborately .Nobody knows as to who wrote the vedas. They came through the air. After maharishi Bharadwaj received it he actually transcended this Veda to reach the lotus feet of the lord.

As the original sloka goes

Bharadwaja namasthubyam Veda Vedaanka Paaraha

which simply means salutations to Bharadwaja who had transcended the Vedas and the Vedaangaas.

Dear Shri, the word Yagnya broadly interpreted, gives the meaning Sacrifice. Tell me honestly what is it that you have which is yours which you can sacrifice except your own ego.

Great Souls after shedding their ego revelled in the compassion of the lord who made it possible and to show their gratitude sang the vedas. Now, if you can find a way to understand your ego and shed it consciously then please understand that you are inching closer to God and you dont need a veda for it.

The lord of 5th in the 12th, the 12th lord and the exalted lagna lord in the 11th conjoint ketu does give you Spiritual inclinations. The lord of 9th aspecting the 9th and benefic Jupiter aspecting both the 5th and the 9th augurs well for your religious and spiritual inclinations. To add to this you have the 5th lord sun in the 12th in Pisces in Moksha Sthana also occupied by Vargottama Ketu in the navamsa. All these are pointers to Spiritual Progress in this very birth.

Now, Regarding your spirituality, only 2 things matter one, the grace of lord and the other your quest. Nobody can say anything about the grace of god for the authority in question is beyond all questions and it is you who should recognise your quest and back it up with conscious effort.

Now, Simply by knowing the text of the vedas or chanting it is going to take you nowhere. Some spark has already set in and try to blow it to make it into a sacrificial fire which will eventually burn all your samskaras. Dont load yourself with lot of this philosophical stuff for these are not important at all.

If you still want to know about the essence of the other vedas I dont mind writing it.

Trust this helps

Regards
ramanan

[shri]

Respected Ramananji,

I clearly got ur point Sir. One humble request to u. WILL YOU TAKE ME AS YOUR DISCIPLE!!

With pranams & respects,
Shri

[R V RAMANAN]

Dear Shri

Thankyou very much for picking up the cue. You certainly seem to be smart. Maybe Jupiter in lagna. Or else with one finger I would have been typing the whole night.

One thing I forgot to mention, apart from your spiritual inclinations you must be a rich person atleast after marriage. The lord of 7th alongwith the exalted lagna lord in the 11th the house of gains. From the moon sign again the lord of 2nd is in the 11th and that depositor is exalted.

What a bait it is. Someone with spiritual inclinations and a lot of wealth wanting to be my student. Anyway I will have to check with my chief advisor chaks (Chaks the boon you gave last week has fructified, My GOD you really have VAAK SIDHI)

Jokes apart my friend, I am not a master. I can at the most share what I am experiencing (that too with great difficulty, for I find it very difficult to convert that feeling into words) but a master is one who is in bliss and has the complete autonomy and capability to transfer the same to others. I have not reached that state.

Pls. dont get trapped by people who claim to be this and that who will somehow manage to extract as much from you as possible by conducting different kinds of courses and workshops and spirituality is not knowing anything but being and becoming.

Recognise your quest and try to develop it. All sincere beings who have the quest will definitely receive divine help in some form or the other. Attaching yourself to some group or some ashram is not at all mandatory.

Just remember this

"EVERY SOUL IS ORIGINALLY AND ULTIMATELY DIVINE IRRESPECTIVE OF THE ATTIRE IT WEARS IN BETWEEN"

May you scale great heights

with warm regards
ramanan

[shri]

Respected Sir,

Though Iam disappointed I feel I can understand what you are trying to put across. Please bless me Sir.

With humble pranams,
Shri

[R V RAMANAN]

Dear Shri

I just write a line or 2. Blessings and boons are chaks department.

Cut the joke. My sincere wishes for an effortless process and a conscious progress.

May God bless you.

With warm regards
ramanan

[shri]

Respected Sir,

Thankyou soooooo...ooo much.

Respects and pranams,
Shri

[R V RAMANAN]

Dear Shri

I can sense what you are feeling now. Do you need the vedas for this or any theoretical stuff.

God bless you

ramanan

[chaks]

Alright Ramanan Sir. Take Shri as your disciple. I give you the go ahead . I am baffled though as to why would you need my permission for teaching about the vedas. The only veda I know of is "Vedham pudihdu"

[digitsoftime]

hehe..Dear Chaks, Ramanan sir is the hero of this forum's Vedham Pudhidhu.

[R V RAMANAN]

dear chaks

Masterhood is all about shedding light. Since you have the perfect viveka (discrimination) regarding when and where can one shed light, I sought your advise.

Regards
ramanan

[chaks]

Blame it on my halo sir. I can't help shedding light wherever I go

[R V RAMANAN]

dear chaks
it is just not yr shedding light alone, but stopping kunal from shedding light at the wrong places and at the wrong time.

regards
ramanan

[kunalbhardwaj27]

[quote="R V RAMANAN"]dear chaks
it is just not yr shedding light alone, but stopping kunal from shedding light at the wrong places and at the wrong time.

regards
ramanan[/quote]


Dear Ramanan Sir,

I didnt get wat u mean to say.. I am sorry if i have posted something wrong at wrong time...

[chaks]

Just a joke Kunal. Remember the shedding of light when people are sexually compatible thing from couple of days back?. Ok will put a stop to that right here. No more jokes on that

[kunalbhardwaj27]

Oh ok..Its ok chaks... But if i have done some bad by asking that question then m really sorry... My intentions were not bad...Thanks..

[R V RAMANAN]

Dear Kunal

Pls dont feel sorry. Actually it is these kind of questions and timely responses from chaks which keep me going.

With warm regards
ramanan

[kunalbhardwaj27]

Ok Sir... ...

[chaks]

Your question was very right Kunal. You had phrased it correctly too, don't worry. I just twisted it to make a joke out of it.

[R V RAMANAN]

Dear Chaks

You are good at twisting. I just wrote a line or two about what I knew and you simply twisted it and made me a swamiji and now people want to be my students. God save them.

with warm regards
ramanan

[kandhan]

"effortless process"-so true

To be effortless and being aware of this is self realisation-Ramana Maharishi

His namesake is the guiding force here.
I can deduce from your post that you are imbibed in the "not-two".