Sage of Kanchi –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya !

Paramacharya describes, vow of silence and meditation keeps an individual from worldly matters, it is a pious act, it keeps the person away from accumulating sins, the intellect should be utilized for the performance of righteous deeds, the practice of meditation is compulsory for all, and it should be practiced on a daily basis like we consume meal for removing hunger.  Practice of meditation keeps a person pure; it reflects in every action of the individual throughout his/her life.  In the same manner, we should perform righteous deed with this body too, visiting shrines, circumambulates and prostration before deity are the simple gestures, surrendering to supreme soul with the constant remembrance of his sacred names and gesture of bow down before the supreme Lord is the act of giving away the body which we have received from him as an instrument for the performance of righteous deeds.  This gesture would remove all the sins, it reduces the ego and pride of the individual.  A woman need not make regular visits to shrines, a simple prostration before her husband would bring all the piousness in her life, therefore Vedas and scriptures have given so much of importance and special consideration for a woman. We are committing sins with the Thrikarana, all those sins can be negated with the performance of Dharma/ righteousness, and it is our responsibility to remove all those sins with the Thrikarana / intellect, speech, and actions.  These sins can be annulled with the performance of charity, and meditation, it should be performed while the person is healthy.   While leaving the mortal coil, an individual should be free from fears, it is possible only if the person is free from sin, and therefore performance of charity remove the fears of death, and it lessens the burden of sin.  Supreme spirit is an ocean of mercy, that is why we are having all these comforts and luxurious in this life even though we have committed endless sins.  Self-less service to supreme Lord reduces the sins, in this way we should constantly engage in various services with the mind, body, intellect, and words to eradicate our sins.

Sage of Kanchi –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya !

Sri Paramacharya narrates  excessive desire/Kama is our enemy, failure to achieve the desired thing results in anger/ Krodha, hence  an unsatisfied desire arouse anger, eventually anger kills a person, it creates enmity,    in this way, desire turns out anger. Parmacharya continues, an unconventional truth is that desires never ends, it never gets satisfied, unlike food remove the hunger of living beings,  therefore desire is like a colossal fire which keeps burning while pouring any ingredient on it works as fuel, a fire never gets satisfied, the fire has another name ‘Krishnavarthma’, it has the nature of leaving a black stain.   Initially, desires bring happiness, after sometime when we fail to meet our desire, it creates extreme distress.  Kali era has two warriors Kama/desire and Krodha/anger, desire has great power to influence every single individual except Sage Durvassa, anger is one step ahead of desire, it resides in the heart of Sage Durvassa.  All our sinful deeds are caused by the influence of desire and anger which has never ending nature and causes severe sins; these are the produce of Rajasik nature.  Hence desire and anger are the two powerful enemies of a man.   We are constantly engaged in committing sins by Thrikarana/word, deed, and intellect, people who commit sins with words would be born as cattle, words should be used for praising the glories of Lord, not for bringing conflicts, spreading rumors or hurting people,   in this way we can stay away from sin, it purifies the intellect and multiplies piousness.  We have to practice performing righteous deeds and meditation, it will remove the impurities of the mind, and it changes the overall perception of an individual.  Our heart should be the abode of the supreme Lord, therefore it should be pure and free from all the dirt.    All that money earned is not ours, we have to keep a certain portion for charity purposes, these selfless acts will follow the individual even after his death.  Therefore children of all age groups, youngsters and elderly people should put into practice the habit of charity.

Sage of Kanchi –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya !

Acharya describes piousness and sins elaborately, pious deeds are righteous deeds which is  the source of happiness, contentment, and peace,  any immoral acts cause sins which  results in  mental and physical ailments, miseries, sorrows, grief, and pain of separation etc…  human beings are constantly engaged in various activities to earn necessities of life such as food, clothing, and shelter, none of the creatures are  idle on the Earth, first of all, it is impossible to remain idle, so they keep engages in activities, some people spend their life earning with an intention to perform charities in the future or after retirement from the work, and it is far better than people who spend their life in worldly matters, lazing, and spreading rumors.  The interesting fact is that if a person decided to do some charitable work, he will see all the possible ways to make it work; all that we need is enthusiasm.  The practice of recitation of sacred names of Lord while commuting to work would keep the person away from worldly matters; it is an act of piousness.  We can do pious deeds with the body, speech, mind, and money.   We are constantly committing various sins with the body, mind, intellect, and words; it has become a habit in us, therefore we should make effort to destroy those sins with the above four means itself.     The greatness of supreme spirit lies in liberating a soul from its sin; hence we should engage ourselves in constant remembrance of Lord.  Bhagavan Krishna says to Arjuna, there is no one on the Earth free from sin; therefore the ocean-sized sins can be easily crossed with the wisdom like a ferry.  Mahanarayana Upanishads says to destroy sins with the performance of righteousness.  Any deed is performed out of personal reason or desire is the sinful deeds which could bring miseries and grief, all the forbidden acts are sinful, all the good deeds are a pious act, giving is a joy, act of goodness brings happiness.  All are aware of the end results of piousness and sins; unfortunately, we are compelled to commit various sins as it was innate in us, in this way we have accumulated huge bundle of sins through various births, even though none of us wants to commit sins or undergo miseries and sorrows in life.  Arjuna asks Krishna ‘who force us to do all those sinful deeds?’ Who is responsible for that?’ Lord Krishna explains that endless desires are the driving force behind various sins, everyone wants to fulfill their desires, if it is not possible to accomplish them in an ethical manner, they will make all efforts to achieve the same in a dishonest way, in this way living beings on Earth accumulates their sins.