Sage of Kanchi -

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya !

Paramacharya speak, humans always choose money over grains or rice, money can be useful for a long time, but the grains and rice has perishable nature.  In the olden days, there were not many facilities available to travel, but that did not stop anyone from traveling from one place to another, moreover, it reduced the unnecessary expenditures like ticket fare, food, personal expenditure etc.. They have adopted walking as a means of commuting from one place to another, it kept them hail and healthy in all their lives.   Our tendency to earn money, possession of wealth, properties, cattle etc…never ends, it keeps continuing without knowing the truth of our life span, because everyone wants happiness in their life.  The above is necessary to keep us alive, but it will not follow us after death.   Our body has a perishable nature, but the soul never dies.  Therefore it is necessary to work for the welfare of the soul which has no death.  We all believe in insure our lives while living on Earth, though it is definitely not going to help the insured after his death, in the same manner, we should perform some pious deeds to ensure our soul which has no death at all.   We spend our whole life for the welfare and happiness of our body while living on Earth; we often forget to think of life after death.  A soul has no death, so every individual has the responsibility to perform various righteous deeds to protect his soul even after death.    It is human nature to ensure safety and comfort while traveling, we seek all those coziness not to put ourselves in any kind of troubles, in the same manner, we should perform various pious deeds for the welfare of our soul even after it leaves mortal coil, these good deeds will help our soul to travel in another world without any difficulties, we should not commit any of the sins which put our soul in trouble after death.  We can understand those righteous deeds with the help of sacred scriptures.   The well-known saying   ‘Every action has a reaction’ is pertinent to human life too.

Sage of Kanchi –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya !

Sri Paramacharya speaks about ‘Manushyadharmam’/duties and responsibilities of humans who perform various deeds in order to earn money and remove hunger, a headache can be removed with swallowing pill, but hunger does not stop with medicine, it keeps coming and going, this illness is one of its kinds same for all and it does not require medication other than food.   Therefore he is working for earning grains or money, he should constantly use his body for various deeds otherwise, it will become waste.    He is utilizing his body for various types of labor to earn grains or money, he works for the family, works for his dependents, and work for himself.  People who are at home has the responsibility to keep the house clean, the number of families constitute a village,  in this way it is the responsibility of  the people of a village to keep their village clean with basic amenities,  people of the village should be responsible like members of the families.  He has to perform duties for himself and others as well. He has to work for the family and for the society as well, work for the welfare of the society, building hospital, park, garden, digging well, etc..  Humans are born with certain responsibilities; he has to take care of himself as well as others too.  A child is taken care of by its parents during childhood when he grows into the young man he is taking care of his aged parents like the rich classes of the society have to contribute substantial money for the weaker sections of the society.  This method of living keeps continuing, this is applicable for animals too.  Humans’ need three types of necessities of life, firstly food for hunger, secondly clothing for covering nudity, and finally shelter place to relax.   He has to work to remove his illness like hunger, he should adopt simplicity in every walk of life, he should not chase for a sumptuous meal, and a person should not be a glutton, he should eat for a living.  Human has to do some more responsible work other than earning and eating. 

Sage of Kanchi –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya!

Paramacharya describes pronunciation and clarity is very important in Vedic chants, any of the mispronunciation could bring adverse effect, same with the hymns of the sun worship/Sandhyavandhanam.  Goddess Adhishakthi has a sacred name ‘Mathrukaswaroopini’, there are 51 syllables in Sanskrit and these are collectively called ‘Mathruka’.  These sacred syllables are most promising recited for earning piousness.   Bhramin/twice-born has the duty and responsibilities to learn Veda and teach others without expecting any monetary benefits.  The other three Varnnas have the responsibility to protect the twice-born, provide an abundance of charities, and serve them tirelessly.  A twice-born rendering service to humanity and to the whole Universe by reciting most promising sacred chants, therefore the other three Varnnas should relentlessly support him with the supply of ingredients required for the performance of Vedic rites and spiritual rites.  It is the duty of a twice-born to make sure the welfare of the whole world and humanity by performing various Vedic rituals, none of the duty is performed for a personal motive; therefore it is obvious that the rest of the Varnna should work for the progress of twice-born.  He is performing religious and spiritual rites for all the Varnnas, therefore, it is the task of other Varnnas to ensure goodness in his life too.  Other Varnnas should give generous contributions for the performance of Vedic rites, providing ingredients for the performance of Vedic rites, and provide physical as well as financial assistance for the performance of Vedic rites, in this way rest of the Varnna  could earn abundance of piousness which could remove all their sins, ultimately liberates them from repeated births.

Sage of Kanchi –

Pranams at the lotus feet of Sri Paramacharya!

Paramacharya continues, wealth and richness is the source of momentary happiness, in the same manner these two are essential for the performance of righteous deeds which could bring permanent bliss, any moral deeds which bring happiness and goodness is called righteousness, its piousness will follow the individual even after his/her death, any righteous deed without any personal motive will bring Moksham, it purifies the intellect of the individual.  Dharmapramanam are scriptures which elaborates the righteous deeds and its fruitful results. These sacred scriptures are four Vedas, Meemamsa, Nyaya, Puranas, and Dharmashasthras, and Veda and Vedangas are the embodiments of supreme spirit.  Therefore the twice-born has the prime responsibility to learn these scriptures, secondly learn with the purpose of gaining knowledge,  thirdly understand the essence and apply into his life, and fourthly inspire others to learn and follow the same.  It is the essence of knowledge, therefore who is proficient in all these scriptures are considered as scholarly, which could provide the highest of the piousness known as Moksham.  Vedas are held highly significant position in scriptures,  these are nectar like sacred chants  divided into four branches such as Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharvana, Vedanga has six auxiliary disciplines in Vedic culture such as Shiksha/phonetics, pronunciation, Chandass/meters, Vyakarana/grammar, Niruktha/explanation of words, Kalpa/procedures for Vedic rituals, Jyothisha/astrology as well as astronomy.  Hence recitation of Vedic chants should be done with utmost clarity and devotion, every sound and pronunciation produces auspicious and extremely powerful vibes in the atmosphere, it should be handled with great care.   Women are not allowed to recite any of these Vedic chants because they are already in charge of the abundance of responsibilities such as making arrangements for the performance of spiritual as well as religious rites.