@@Bhakthamrutham I was actually disturbed to note the assertion by the host that he would not go to any other temples other than the Vaishnavite temples - perhaps only to தென்கலை temples ( this is my interpretation)!
Again. In Srivaishnava sampradayam, one of our basic tenets is to not worship other gods. So, we follow it. That's the whole point. Respect other sampradaya's tenets
In Srivaishnava sampradaya, devotees consider Shriman Narayana to be their 'Bharthaa'(husband) and are exclusively dedicated to his service. We don't go to the temples of other devataas because, there, the other devataas (according to their aagamas, tantras) are consecrated as the main deities and Shriman Narayana is not present or is consecrated as a mere parivara devata. This has been the practice in Srivaishnava sampradaya for hundreds of years with clear mentions in Srivaishnava texts. So, it's not something we, living today , have come up with. So, if you want the Hindus to unite, first, you must acknowledge the different tenets and practices of each sampradaya and try to respect them. If the core tenets of each sampradaya need to be destroyed for us to get united, then what's the purpose of being united?
I think I've been waiting my whole life for these kinds of discussion in English. As someone born and raised in America, these are the kinds of questions we've had for a very long time. This kind of clarity in thought is so refreshing. Thank you!! Please let us know if we can support your podcast from outside India
Uttamam! Evam Sadhu! Excellent satsanga. Thank you so much for sharing these enlightened and enlightening discourses. I am a sevaka in Pushti Marga - loving these videos. Jaya Sri Krsna!
Pranams. Tamil Saivite. Want to thank the teacher for sayings as they are instead of pandering to the political sanathan dharma club and saying things as they are. Hinduism is only an umbrella terms for multiple religions which might share philosophy and basic tenets but we have completely different world view. ஓம் நம சிவாய ❤🙏🏾 "The religion exists to protect us" fantastic statement. Let us all work to uncover our divinity
Adiyen 🙏🏼 Srimathe Ramanujaya namaha 🙏🏼 padhe padhe kruthagnathaigal swami 🙏🏼Got a lot of insights about Sanaathana Dharmam. These kinds of English podcasts will be very useful for children especially & to reach non-tamil speakers as well. Looking forward to more such sampradayic podcasts, swami 🙏🏼Adiyen Ramanuja dasyai 🙏🏼🙌
Im an American and first got into Ramana Maharshi in 2011 and had the non dual realization experience several time. Then got into Swami Sarvapriyananda talks and learned a lot more. Now im getting into Bhakti and Ramanuja is making more sense than Shankarcharya Like i never agreed that the world is unreal. Which is a reason i leaned toward Kashmir Shaivism as i learned more about it and traditional Advaita.
Its very good attempt swami, I was searching for these kind of videos to share among friends who are naive to theology. It gives good information on basic questions posed to astikas. Please do more in English or try to add subtitles to your interviews swami. We would like to learn more from the greats you have been interviewing. Adiyen. Sri ramanujarya divyaagnaam vardhataam abhuvardataam
Unity in diversity and that is the meaning of Sampradhyas. I loved the definition of the Swamiji what is being in Hindu/Sanatini is only having a FIRST belief & understanding in/of your Sampradhayas and expand it to include all other Sampradhayas from there...Great articulation. Fell in love. Namaskarams...
I am Gaudiya Vaishnava but white european. So I probibly know more about Sanatana Dharma than many "Hindus" in India by Gurus Grace. Sanatana Dharma is not a genetical thing of race just for "Hindus". Greedings from Vienna Austria
Adiyen , Due to swami’s Krupa I have a podcast I can share to my peers falling pray to pseudo secularism And holding opinions like equality of avaidika vaidika siddhantas even after being Vaishnavas Dassoham🙇🏼♂️
Your videos are extremely informative. Please continue to make videos in English. You speak to the point and follow the line of topic. May God bless you.
Adiyen have one small request. Since ancient days till now, women plays a major and vital role in bringing up a family, though not so philosophically and physically, she is indeed a great influencer in bringing up the future generations in each and every family. So coming to the question, how can a women behave in such a way to preserve sanatana dharma with their kith and kins? How can a women strongly adhere herself to the Sampradayam, how can she contribute her services to Emperuman? Can you make it a podcast on Sthree dharma? Or answer it in any of ur Q&A sessions? Hope it can save the future generation girls and their highly elevated mind towards the lowkika society.
Good question ji....but idk properly but I heard from puranas even from Mahabharata tht women used to work outside house works... So telling women not to work is more abrahamic religion...in this economy in order to survive women are pushed to work for their own stability in this society....wht if the woman doesn't have a good family to provide for her? She is pushed to work to afford herself...so answering your questions while considering today's society is a little tricky...I wish adiyen consider this too while answering....
In my humble opinion, women must follow their Stri Dharma just like men follow Purusha Dharma. Note that this may appear insensitive to modern working women but I am not trying to belittle their passion or abilities, just stating what dharma is. Many aspects of dharma are also not instantly appealing to the average man, but what has to be stated should be stated. Stri Dharma is a sadhana in itself: just like a Jiva surrenders to Narayana or an Acharya for moksha, a wife surrenders to her husband who is in Acharya sthana. And she performs lifelong kainkaryam to him as he performs lifelong kainkaryam to Acharyas and Bhagavan. This is why those men who are doing vaidika shrauta smarta karmas have their wife accompany them. In the modern age, women go to work due to the socio-economic situation or due to their own interest. But if a woman is concerned about her sadhana she along with her husband should look to eventually accommodate more and more spirituality.
This is a lot idealistic in today's world. Can you state how many men are completely into kainkaryam today? Are they living a fully Vedic life ir following acharyaslike Koorathazhwan or Pillai Urangavilli dasar? If husband's can adapt to modern world while doing kainkaryam, use ACs, cars, bank accounts for sambhavanai, build own houses, get sambhavanai from non Vaishnavas, compare their own sambhavanais with other SriVaishnavas', etc etc, is it against Stri dharma for wives to adapt to modern world with education and work? Food for thought. Personally, I would think adopting and making psychological changes inclusive of principles of Saranagati and Emperuman as upayam and upeyam are far more important than physical or daily lifestyle changes.
@@svs4897this is off topic, but anna, can you make a separate video on the distinct Hatipada Shikha/Kudumi of our Sri Sampradayalu? Like what are its specifications, such as length, breadth etc? How to tie it as well? Acharyas always tell us to keep and grow long hair to shave into Hatipada Shikhas, but we don't know these things. Kindly guide us. You can also write its specifications underneath.
Jai Srimannarayana Adrien Ramanuja dasan Please make short length videos with various titles like 30,20,15,10, minutes are so . I think then only discussions may reach out to the people who are interested. 🙏
Swami : One simple question Shankara came in 7th century.. Ramanuja came in 11th century Madhva came in 12th century What Sampradaya people follow before these Acharya ? Santana dharma is much older than Sampradaya … Vedic period had which Sampradaya ?
There have been differences of opinion even among the Rishis. You can find this in the Brahmasutras where Vedavyas mentions the opinions of other rishis and refutes them. As mentioned in the video itself, there were Acharyas prior to Ramanujacharya who practised and preached Vishishtadvaita. So, our belief is that, Vishishtadvaita is also anaadi
Great initiative. Very interesting. Approach and language make it easy to share with so-called "Hindu" friends from different backgrounds so that we can improve introspection and awareness. Adiyen Ramanujadasi. 🙏🏼
Adeyan, thanks for this wonderful explanation Swami. Basic informations well said Swami. Everyone can easily understand especially for younger generation. Dhanyoshmi Adeyan
Jai srimanarayan 🙏 Very nice, it was really informative. Like to know more about sri Sampradaya and it's philosophy vishita advait. Please make video on what is vishita advait 🙏.
About wearing dhoti: When one wears a trouser, he is not worried about that coming off like a dhoti. At least that was the case with me, until I found the way (from youtube!) to wear (even without a belt) in a way that stays on for several hours. Discarded clothing is one of the top pollutants in the environment. Wearing dhoti minimizes that problem because there is no need to buy new ones just because one has grown taller, heavier, or thinner! More than the sampradayam, it is environmentally friendly AND economical. IMHO, our forefathers, found that from experience and made them sampradayams.
Adiyen, As always very well explained, This was very nice concept of we seeing the Guru shishya sambhashanai on youtube! good questions and answers, very nice and informative! Dhanyavaadam 🙏
JAI SHREE RADHE 🙏🙏🙏 Thankyou Swamiji for the interesting analysis. I would like to humbly submit my views on Hindu religion as understood by me over the years after listening to various spiritual masters, though finally I was convinced of Bhakti marg after listening to Jagadguru Shri Kripaluji maharaj, the 5th Mool Jagadguru. He has explained clearly that for Kaliyuga , understanding Vedas is not possible for normal human beings and hence instead of wasting time and energy on it, we should go for Shri Krishn Bhakti under a God realised Guru to get the ultimate benefit, which was possible in ancient times by studying the Scriptures etc. PURPOSE OF RELIGION & HUMAN BIRTH: A Hindu viewpoint: 1. Purpose of religion is to enable one to know the real intention ( REF:10) of universal creation by the Creator, who is never born and is the eternal supreme being /Father of all. 2. Creation , maintenance and destruction is an eternal process going on from time immemorial, whose purpose will be explained below . 3. Religion enables one to slowly distinguish between temporary and permanent and their relevance. 4. As per Sanatan dharm, all living creatures are two-in-one, meaning body and spirit ( atma). Former is temporary and latter is permanent (Body also includes mind) 5. There are two worlds , one is permanent spiritual world and the other temporary material world , which is made up of the five material elements : Earth, Fire, Water , Ether and air. Our bodies are also made of these 5 temporary elements. In the spiritual world there is ever increasing happiness from the Lord just by serving Him, unlike in the material world where happiness keeps reducing and is also temporary whether related to people or things. Also we have to keep changing our objectives to get happiness again and again, unlike the spiritual world , where it keep increasing from the Lord. 6. Easy way to understand the two worlds is the figure "8" Upper circle is spiritual world and lower is material. Any path which keeps you in lower circle means you have to take birth again . Like those who follow karma-marg go to ' Swarg ', which is in lower circle. Hence it is not considered wise spiritually. Similarly those who follow Gyan- marg, merge their atma in Nirgun- brahman form of the Lord. This also is not considered high spiritually as the atma will not be able to serve the Lord anymore and get His anandam . 7. At the time of each Creation , all living entities are given a body as per their previous good and bad actions .There are totally 84 lakh type of bodies which includes micro-organisms, insects, reptiles, aquatic-creatures, birds, animals, gods/godesses and Human beings. 8. All bodies except human body are considered as Bhog-yoni or a body for enjoyment , which is as per the consciousness of that living entity . But this enjoyment is not free and it comes with suffering. However human body which is very rare to get , is considered as Karma-yoni or a body which has the power to understand the purpose of life and can implement that purpose , thus enabling it to exit from the cycle of birth and death and putting an end to suffering permanently. 9. The Creator or Lord( Shri Krishn , who showed the Vishwaroopa to Arjuna) gives complete freedom to the living entity ( atma) to use the senses. If we use the senses to please the Lord continuously ( UPAYOG) , it is considered as a 'surrendering atma' or truly serving . If not so the atma will be considered as 'enjoyer '( UPABHOG)and be subjected to Karmic laws, resulting in being born again and again. 10. REAL INTENTION OF THE CREATOR: Human life is an examination, to pass the surrender-exam and thus return to the upper circle or spiritual world and not to keep going up and down in the lower material circle which only gives temporary happiness and more of suffering . The Lord judges the atma whether it is trying to enjoy or surrender when it gets a human body as per its karma. Thus the relationship between atma and the Lord is permanent as He is with the atma in every birth. All other relationships are only for one birth. .11. THERE ARE 3 PATHS OR OPTIONS FOR THE ATMA: If the person is only religious , and performs rituals ( karma-marg) to please gods/godesses , which is also very difficult , the result will be "Swarg lok" which is for a temporary period . After enjoying in Swarg lok , the living entity will return to earth to start from lower- yoni birth ( insect, animal etc.) again, just like in a game of snake & ladder going up and down. If the living entity is not interested in any kind of service in material world or also service to the Creator, it can merge into the body of the Creator ( Gyan-marg) also considered as moksh or mukti by followers of Advaita practice, who consider the Lord as Nirgun-brahman ( formless aspect ). However even for Moksh , the person should do Krishn-bhakti which helps in complete cleansing of the consciousness for mukti. If the living entity is interested in serving the Lord ( Shri Krishn) in the spiritual world ( Bhakti- marg) and thereby get the pleasure of His "Anandam " in return, which keeps on increasing continuously for eternity, then it must think of completely surrendering to the Lord . For this the process will have to be through a Saint or God-realised person: "Shrotiya-Brahmanisht" or one who not only has theoretical knowledge of the Scriptures but also has practical experience of the Lord. By surrendering to such a saintly person, and by serving him through body, mind and wealth as much as possible, internal purification of the consciousness takes place and makes one eligible to be promoted to the permanent spiritual world, never to return to the temporary material world, where there is more of suffering birth after birth and happiness also is reducing and temporary from people and things.
Namaskaram It was a pleasure to listen to this question answer session and my first experience with this channel was the english podcast with Keshava Ramanuja Das Swami. My mother's family is from Srirangam (if Uthamanambi Swami's name is familiar to you, he is my grandfather) so I have had a glimpse of our sampradayas. Yet there are so many questions. I did ask this to my father, but was not met with a satisfactory answer. The shraddham that is performed for elders who have passed are performed by the sons or brothers or brother's sons of the elders. For those of us who have no brothers, or whose parents have no sons, is there any way in our sampradayam for the daughters to perform the rituals, without the need of a male figure? Also, is there a reason why shraddham for children/young unmarried people is not performed? (I'm a Pediatric surgeon so this is something that I question when I experience difficult times after a very sick child passes away)
Namaskaram Swamin! Excellent questions and wounderful ansawes. Please advise or do something to our Vishnavas not to fight within Vaishnavas saying Vadakali and Thenkali. Is it really required? why should we be divided among us? Feel very sad when hear the fight amoung us. Swamy, please do talk each time for unity among us. Dasan Srinivasan
As we see, following a sampradaya without adequate knowledge gives rise to dis-respecting another sampradaya. To follow a given sampradaya and respecting other sampradayas does seem ideal. However, this requires the followers of the sampradaya to know how to respect other sampradayas without contradicting one selves. This noble idea cannot be faked but needs to be understood intellectually and emotionally or in other words realized with knowledge that gives conviction. Unfortunately, I do not see Sri Vaishnavas making much progress in this thought process. I hear the word “I believe” too many times that I have to say something on this. When one says, “I believe”, it is essentially shutting down everything other than the belief. This is not only non-productive but dangerous in one’s growth. Again, we see this alarming behavior time and again in all religions and sampradayas who consider themselves strong “believers”. Sampradayas are a set of principles laid out by the founder acharya to help understand the highest principle and very little to do with belief. If one approaches this understanding as a scientific process, as “this is what I know” and “this is what I do not know”, many strides can be made. Here there is no room for “belief.” It is this right approach that one follows in a sampradaya that fosters one’s growth and such enlightened followers in a sampradaya will take care of numbers. We must own our mistakes. A possible topic for future podcast could be, where are sampradayas failing. Not to be critical but as a self-reflection that gives rise to healthier sampradayas. 🙏
Food for thought. Sampradayas might be failing possibly due to many individual egos, and individuals claiming that Sampradaya tells what they speak. It should rather be the other way around, they should speak and represent what is told in the Sampradaya.
'I believe' does not mean 'I am close-minded.' Also, many scientific models ARE beliefs. The reason we accept them is because they are able to predict something else.
@@RB97531I don't think the original comment was about being close minded. It states that there is no individual beliefs in the sampradaya. Just passing on the message as is from poorvacharyas, without our beliefs.
Hi Swamy - thank you for the introduction session on Sanathana Dharma and Sampradayas - lot of learning personally 🙏 My question: the main reason for conversion many say is Caste system in India - can you pls talk about it and how we can bring all castes and varnas together and include them in Sanathana fold, what sampradaya they should follow? Very few know their family sampradaya
Namaskaram, thanks for making the video in English. A kind request if possible make videos on English too alongwith Tamil and if resource is available make in Telugu.
Adiyen Swamy, Thank you for the wonderful session. I have one question regarding the concept of "leela" or divine play: If God created the world as his Leela, then souls would suffer according to their karma, being trapped in the cycle of births and deaths. However, if God had not created the world in the first place, we would never undergo suffering like this now
Adiyen would give a short reply and request swami to take up this question in the next session. Samsara is not a world where jeevas are kept to torment them. Samsara is created because Jeevas have always been vimukha to bhagwan. It’s not jeevas have been kept in Samsara but Samsara have evolved to accommodate the jeevas vimukha to Bhagwan. It’s not that Bhagwan created this anadi samsara. Since anaadi kaala, jeeva has been vimukha to bhagwan, so, samsara is created for them to enjoy the fruits of their desires and cultivate them to the right path. He wants the jeevas to be abhimukha to him, so he is trying to liquidate the mindset of the jeevatma.
Both Budda & Mahavira drew their thoughts from the vedas. Their negating it was due to some of the unexplained, unacceptabke practices like giving bali(sacrificing animals) to appease gods etc. The SHOONYA philosiphy of buddhists was after Buddha's nirvana. It is said that vasudeva's elder brother's son followed Jainism and urged the Lord to follow his path, which Shri Krishna declined saying he has a different purpose. SANATANA DHARMA can be explained as a 3 step approach. 1. PHILOSOPHY -OUR BELIEFS, FAITH. FOR US IT'S THE VEDAS,AND VEDANTPRINCIPLES - THE SMRITIS PRACTICES - AS LAID BY SOCIETY, SCRIPTURES All 'religions'differ in practicrs but the philosophy and Principlrs are universal truyh.
Few Questions 1. Why should anyone believe in Veda ? 2. How to differentiate between Vedas and Quran/Bible/ Jaina Granthas etc ? 3. What is the diff between Srutis, Smritis and Agamas ? 4. What is the position of Vaidikas on people who do not follow any nigama or agama but their own pagan culture ? 5. If previous karmas give results and push us in present life, what caused the first karma ? 6. if vaikudam pugguvadu is mannavar vidhi, then why should we do bhakti or sharanaagati ?
1. Sanatanis don't want you to believe in Vedas. You read, study, analyze, and accept. Every Tiruppavai of Andal states just that. 4. They exist, just like anybody else.
Answer 3. Shruti is Vedas(including Upanishads and Brahmsutra) Every Shruti is Valid and can't be refuted. But Smritis and Aagamas can be accepted or rejected. Shurti needs no approval of any other text Smritis and Aagamas need approval of Shruti. All Smritis, Aagamas based on Vedas are acceptable, else unacceptable.
vedas tell that we are in cycle of birth and death because of karma while all other religion tells we have only one birth and we have no karma but the problem with this is then why some people born as rich some poor why some are struggling some people are born with Mental retardation why some people die soon For 5th question the answers in there is no first karma just like parmatma is eternal jeevatma is also eternal (god did not create jeevatma) there is always karma attached with us. 6th question without doing bhakthi or sharanaagati you cannot go to vaikuntam but every jeevatma nature is to attract with god atleast once in a lakh of birth. the point here is why to waste time taking lakhs of birth and suffer in this world. So do sharanaagati now itself
This question was put to Swami Vivekananda - Q) Who can be considered as a Hindu or in today's terms - Sanatani? Swamiji's reply - Those who consider and accept the Vedas, Upanishads as sacred and accept them as their holy texts, can be considered as a Hindu or Sanatani alone. If jains and Buddhists want to be identified as non-Hindu, why is anyone so interested in labelling them as part of Sanathana Dharma?. Will you consider Kamala Hassan as an Iyengar?. Nope, though he might be by birth a brahmin, the way he abuses Sanathana dharma, he cannot be considered as an Iyengar or even a Hindu. The same logic applies to Jains and Buddhists.
@@krsnakesavadasa145 Please educate yourself about Swami Vivekananda before writing nonsense comments. If you want to stick to your narrow minded Tamil identity, so be it. No hope for you.
Antharo Mahanubavulu, Antharike Vandhanamulu. In Malaysia non Vegetarian priest in temple getting more devotees, they have anually more goats sacrifice , Is temples in India do have NON VEGETARIAN PRIEST?
It is good that the podcast on Srvishnava is in English. Though I, my family & my ancestors belong to Srivaishnavaism (Ayangar / Acharya )by birth, having moved to Andhra Pradesh, we cannot understand Tamil. I have some Questions: 1. Why should there be in 2 Sects, Vadagalai & Thengalai? 2. Can’t we bring commonality between these 2 sects?
In the outro you stated that your English may not be good. You are being modest. Trust me, your English is good, very good. Even better than many college graduates.
A request Swami, I would like to read Mahabharata line by line but do not know sanskrit , so could you please suggest authentic tamil translation work? Thank you.
Monotheists taunt polytheistic religions by saying your gods are weak, that’s why there are many gods. Our god is all powerful so no need of other gods. How to respond to that swami?
Swami the word "Hindustan " is mentioned in brihaspati agama and Brhan narayana purana Brihaspati agama says : Himalayam samarabhya yavadindu Sarovaram | TaM devanirmitam desha HindhusthAnam prachakshate || Which means: "Starting from Himalaya upto indu Water (indian Ocean) is this god Created country Hindustan " Brhan naradiya purana says : Himalayam samarabhya yavat bindusarovaram Hindusthanamiti qyatan hi antaraksha-rayogatah Which means : "The country between Himalayas and Bindu Sarovar (Cape Commorin Sea) is Hindusthan derived by combining the first letter 'Hi' of Himalayas and the last compound letter 'ndu' of the word Bindu."
Problem is there is more freedom in Sanathana, thats why we are shy to wear all these. and also it was due to centuries of Colonial and invasions. So, people like u should initiate and make us learn things which are unknown or lost in last 2 generations.
This question feels like Abrahmic Well, the answer is that Naaraayana is ultimate lord of this universe worshipped by everyone from subtle to gross. First one to worship him is definitely his consort Mahalakshmi and among Jeevas Brahmaaji is first of his great devotees because all other beings were formed by him only.
What these philosophies can do with our daily life? These are some complex one which can't be understood by common people. It is for seekers of gods & sanyasins can understand. The said brahma, sentients etc etc are not experienced by ordinary people. Is there life after death? Whether we had any forms or life previously?
சனாதனம் மனுதர்ம சாஸ்திரத்தை / வர்ணாசிரம தர்மத்தை ஆதரிக்கிறதா ? சனாதனம் பிறப்பால் ஒருவர் உயர்த்தவர் ஒருவர் தாழ்ந்தவர் என்று சொல்லுகிறதா? இந்த இரண்டு கேள்விக்கு விடை கிடைக்குமா ? இல்லை அல்லது ஆம் என்றல் விளக்கவும். நன்றி 🙏
Fully agree with you. Hinduism is just an umbrekla word. I thhink we must move away using h8nduism to denote our beluefs and stress on sanathana dharma.
I can see people debate debate.... untill we see differences among us there is no point about discussing Sanathana Dharma as a whole..! Dushyant Sridhar Sri Vaishnava scholar, very clearly says as per Vedas there is ZERO DIFFERENCE, only in later recent stages differences were created. A person reciting Purushasuktam must also recite Sri Rudram and vice versa. As an individual we can follow our acharyas, no one can deny it, but in public forum, when ur speech is heard by many, differences should be minimised as much as possible, if not hope most of us know how Tengalai Sri Vaishnavas & Vadagalai Sri Vaishnavas fought in Kancheepuram during a utsavam seva around start of 2024.…!! This is how we will end up quarelling against each other & give way for others to laugh at us & more importantly this gives them good opportunity to divide us & reduce us further. Even then if we people either Sri Vaishnavas or Vaishnavas or Iyers or Iyengars or Smarthas or Shaivas or etc....keep on with same trend... really I'm saying with lot of concern after few decades there will be no one to follow our Sanatana Dharma, no one to receire Vedas !! Again Paramatma should come down either like Adi Shankaracharya or Ramanujacharya to restore & restart. Hope such situations wont raise in near future atleast. Thanks a lot. Sri Vishnu Roopaya Namah Shivaya 🙏🙏🙏🙏
