குறள் references by Maha Swamy

Throughout all volumes in His title, தெய்வத்தின் குரல், Maha Swamy keeps referring to தெய்வப் புலவர் திருவள்ளுவர்'s திருக்குறள்.

One such is in Volume 3, Chapter title: ஆசார விஷயங்கள்.:

நன்றிக்கு வித்தாகும் நல் ஒழுக்கம் - தீயொழுக்கம்

என்றும் இடும்பைத் தரும்.

He goes on to expound:

"...ஒழுக்கம் என்பது பிரத்யக்ஷமான திருஷ்ட பலனைத் தருவது மட்டுமில்லை;

அத்ருஷ்டமாக நல் ஒழுக்கமே புண்யம் என்பதாகி, என்றோ ஒரு காலத்தில் நல்லதைத் தரும்: தீய ஒழுக்கம் பாபம் என்பதாகி எந்நாளும் கஷ்டத்தைத் தரும்.'

Good conduct reaps the visible  - திருஷ்ட -fruit.

And as well, not so visible - அத்ருஷ்டமாக - adds to your புண்யம், that's out of doing good.

May Almighty bless us eternally.

What's the apt time to take bath?

Maha Swamy keeps emphasising the way to live is shastric way.

But how many of us do that, despite being so staunch in our devotion to Him, is not a million dollar question.

Saving grace is, thanks to His grace and our Darsn of Him even if that was just a glimpse, we do try to follow His advices, if not all, at the least a few.

The very first thing, He quotes a sloka stressing on the need to take bath very early in the morning, that's 90 minutes - 3 and 3/4 நாழிகை - before Sunrise.   நாழிகை = 24 minutes. The sloka is:

'ப்ராத : ஸ்நானம் ப்ரசம்ஸந்தி த்ருஷ்டாத்ருஷ்ட பலம் ஹி தத்'.

People need motivation to do anything. This sloka also refers two benefits - the first is so visible and immediate and the other is not so but may happen later either within one's lifetime or beyond.

The word,

த்ருஷ்டா here is what is visible and you can feel instantly.

Whereas

அத்ருஷ்டா here doesn't denote luck, but to one which is not visible. Because it's invisible, it doesn't mean it's not there at all.

Coming back to the right time to take bath, as referred to above, is 90 minutes before Sunrise. Supposing Sunrise is at six o clock, the time to take bath is before 4.30 in the morning. This time is referred to as Sunrise period, ப்ராத காலம்.

Should you switch on your geyser?

No.

Use  the chill water.

Should you bathe your head?

Yes. From head to toe.

Mandatory for male all days.

Women may bathe head on fasting days and pitru darpan  days(the day on which we pay obeisance to late parents). The other days, they must sprinkle turmeric water over their head.

Benefits of ப்ராத ஸ்நானம்:

You can feel cleanliness instantly.

Sleepiness goes away and you become alert.

You feel a kind of loveliness and become brisk.

Your mind is clear.

Your nervous system gets strengthened.

Psychologically, you feel very balanced.

When you chant the name of God wholeheartedly while bathing, the value addition is you get more spiritual.

The sastra lays more emphasis on invisible benefits of ப்ராத : ஸ்நானம்.  Just because we may not derive any instant benefits, it doesn't mean The Almighty holds back. He's Almighty and knows the right time, right mode to deliver - the reason why true Maharshis, Saints incarnate and live as contemporaries.

May we try a leaf,

Leaf of living the sastric way.

God bless.

Newton's Third Law- a holistic view

We, all Bharatvasis, can lift up our collar.

For, no where else in the universe, would you have heard such all embracing:

"Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam";

"Let noble thoughts come to us from every side."(Rigveda 1-89-1) - आनो भद्राः क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वत: | ऋग्वेद – 1.89.1

Why these Vedic references? 

Oh!,

Let's go right away to:

Newton's Third Law: - For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. 

Newton may or may not acknowledge it.  Maha Periyava cites the premise of this Newton's third law was our timeless theory of Karma.

But, to anyone not aware of, not in entirety, even a glimpse of our Vedas, there is every likelyhood that one may take Newton's Law literally.

Supposing one is doing a good deed, going by Newton's law it may mean opposite effect, bad one has to happen.

It's not so with Karma theory. When one does a good deed, it only adds to his/her punya, good effect.

Time we look later centuries theories through the prism of our timeless Vedas. 

May All live blissfully.