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Amritha Varshini – 37th Issue
Upanyasams – Pithru Poojanam–Mahalayam–Navarathri-Vidhyarambam
Important and not to be missed upanyasams in tamizh and some in telugu. There are so many upanyasams on many topics related to our culture.
It will take a life time to listen to these upanyasams and adhere to them.
Pithru Poojanam–Mahalayam–Navarathri-Vidhyarambam by VadakudiBrahmmasri T.SundararamaDikshidar
தற்காலம் நேர்ந்திருக்கும் கஷ்டங்களுக்கு எல்லாம் கர்மானுஷ்டானங்களே மருந்து
ஸ்ரீ காஞ்சி காமகோடி பீடாதிபதி ஜகத்குரு ஸ்ரீ சங்கராசார்ய ஸ்வாமிகள் அவர்களின் ஆக்ஞைப்படி "வேத தர்மசாஸ்த்ர பரிபாலன ஸபை" என்ற பெயருடன் இந்த ஸபை 1942 வருஷம் செப்டம்பர் மாதம் 11 (s No.1 of 1942-43 ஆக) பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டது.
As per instructions of Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peethadhipathi Jagadguru Shri Shankaracharya Swamigal, "VEDA DHARMA SASTRA PARIPALANA SABHA" has been registered on 11th September 1942 (S.No. 1 of 1942-43).
Objectives of this Sabha:
1. Primarily encouraging and developing Niyama Adhyayana (Study as per rules) of Vedas while staying in Gurukulam.
2. Developing knowledge of Vedas and Dharma Sastras.
3. Teaching in traditional manner and spreading of Vedas and Dharma Sastras.
4. Collecting funds from brahmanas for looking after brahmana upadhyayas (traditional teachers) and brahmana students of Vedas, Veda Bhashyas (commentaries on Vedas), Grihyasutras and Dharma Sastras; giving honoraria to students who pass the examinations and Guru dakshina to upadhyayas.
ஸபையின் நோக்கங்கள்.
இந்த ஸபையின் நோக்கங்கள் :
- முக்கியமாக குருகுல வாஸமுறையில் வேதங்களில் நியம அத்யயனத்தை ஆதரித்து, வ்ருத்தி செய்வது.
- வேதங்கள், தர்மசாஸ்த்ரங்கள் இவைகளில் ஞானத்தை வ்ருத்தி செய்வது.
- வேதங்களையும், தர்ம சாஸ்த்ரங்களையும் சாஸ்த்ரீக முறையில் கற்பிக்கவும், பரவவும் செய்வது.
- வேதங்கள், வேதபாஷ்யங்கள், க்ருஹ்யஸூத்ரங்கள், தர்ம சாஸ்த்ரங்கள் இவைகளை கற்பிக்கும் ப்ராஹ்மண உபாத்யாயர்களையும், கற்கும் ப்ராஹ்மண மாணவர்களையும் ஆதரிக்க நிதியை ப்ராஹ்மணர்களிடமிருந்தே பெற்றுக்கொண்டு அந்த மாணவர்களுக்கு அவ்வப்பொழுது பரீக்ஷைகளில் தேறினவர்களுக்கு ஸம்பாவனைகளும், உபாத்யாயர்களுக்கு குருதக்ஷிணைகளும் கொடுப்பது.
Hari Ramasubbu
Meaning of AvaniAvittam MahaSankalpam Audio (Tamil)
Meaning of AvaniAvittam MahaSankalpam mp3 file .
Above is Maha Sankalpam for Yajur Veda Upakarmaa – from SrisrisriMusiri Maamaa's son Vajpeyayaaji Shrimaan Yegnappa of MUSIRI.
ஹர ஹர சங்கர ஜெய ஜெய சங்கர| ஹர ஹர சங்கர காமகோடி சங்கர|
Credits : Vajpeyayaaji Shrimaan Yegnappa of MUSIRI and Ganesh Raghu , Houston.
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Why is a day allotted separately as 'Gayatri Japa' ?
"When we chant Gayatri as part of Sandhyavandanam every day, why is a day allotted separately as 'Gayatri Japa' day for chanting it again?" A valid doubt.
A question I was asked once about the chanting of Gayatri come to my mind. "When we chant Gayatri as part of Sandhyavandanam every day, why is a day allotted separately as 'Gayatri Japa' day for chanting it again?" A valid doubt.
But the question was followed by an admission which became the answer to the question itself! "Of course we look forward to this day every year and perform the japa with great enthusiasm and much devotion, and when I was a brahmachari I used to do the Gayatri homa as well with great care". So what makes this day so special? What gives us that inexplicable joy when we do Gayatri Japa?
Generally the Gayatri Japa day comes the day after 'Sravana Pournami'. It is the same day for all the Veda branches, though the day of Avani Avittam is different for different Vedas. On this day, 'Sahasra Gayatri japa' i.e. chanting of Gayatri 1,008 times has to be performed without fail. The sankalpa that precedes Gayatri Japa, which comprises Mityaadeeta praayaschitta, Apadaneeya dosha praayaschitta and Samvatsara praayaschitta gives you an idea of the importance given to the Sahasra Gayatri Japa.
Mityaadeeta praayaschitta is considered the most significant among these, and seeks forgiveness for our omissions, errors, mispronunciations and tonal lapses in the chanting of mantras on different occasions during the entire year. With this praayaschitta the Brahmacharis also seek pardon for other transgressions if any from the Brahmacharya vrat.
This is what you do when you chant "Mityaadeeta praayaschittaartham sahasra Gayatri maha mantra japam karishyae" during the sankalpam on this 'Gayatri Japam' Day.
If we go strictly by the rule, all of us – not only Brahmacharis but even grhasthas – are supposed to do Gayatri homa, with 1,008 samit's offered to the Agni at the rate of one samit per chant. Over time the custom has changed and the current practice is that homa is done by Brahmacharis only.
One is not supposed to eat till the Japa is completed. After completing the Japa, doing the Madhyahnikam and Brahma Yagna, one can partake of lunch.
It can be averred with authority that if everyone required to do Gayatri japa does it diligently with pavitra on their finger and chant the mantra as it should be done i.e. in five distinct sections within the mind and without moving the lips and tongue, the benefit to the person as well as to the community at large will be immense.
Let us remember the definition of Gayatri: "gaayantam traayata iti Gayatri" meaning "that which protects the singer, one who chants, is Gayatri".
The Gayatri Japa comes this year, Manmata varusham, on 30th August. I hope we all use this wonderful opportunity to perform the Gayatri Japa sincerely and pay homage to our Rishis, our Vedas and to Paramatma.
Sarma Sastrigal
Hari Ramasubbu
AMRITHA VARSHINI – 36th ISSUE
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Sraavana Purnima – Purpose of Upakarma
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Sraavana Purnima – Purpose of Upakarma
- by Siva Subramanyan
- Aug. 5, 2016
- 2 min read
Sri Chandramoulisvaraya Namah:
VEDA DHARMA SASTRA PARIPALANA SABHA (Regd.)
Publication No. 24
This is the right name for it; not 'Aavaniyavattam'. Though this is the right name, it does not convey the right meaning. We should call it 'Aavani Purnima'; nay, even this is incorrect. We should in fact call it 'Sraavana Purnima'. Followers of Aapasthambha sutra should perform a karma called 'Upakarma' on the day of Purnima in the lunar month of Sraavana, if there are no blemishes on that day. Sraavana Purnima generally is found to occur on the day of Avittam star in the solar month of Aavani. Hence that day is referred to as Aavani Avittam, further twisted in spoken parlance to 'Aavaniyavattam'.
This same Upakarma should be performed by Rigvedis on the day of Sravana (Tiruvonam) star in the lunar month of Sraavana and by Samavedis on the day of Hastha star in the lunar month of Bhadrapada, which comes next to Sraavana.
What is the purpose of Upakarma?
The purpose of performing any karma will be known if we note the Sankalpa uttered by the Upadhyaya during that karma. When he utters Sankalpa, we should ask him for the meaning of the Sankalpa. Only then he will at least show interest in learning the meaning himself. Rigvedis' sankalpa is as follows:
"Adhitanam chandasam ayatayamatvaya adhyayana viryavattartham"
Import of this: That which is not 'yatayamam' is 'ayatayamam'. What is 'yatayamam'? Even in Bhagavadgita, we come across "Yatayamam gatarasam puti paryushitam cha yat". One yamam means three hours. Food loses its efficacy after three hours after cooking. Based on this, the term 'yatayamam' is used to denote objects which have become useless with time. For food it is three hours; similarly various materials have different limiting times upto which they are useful. If these time limits are crossed, their efficacy diminishes. Same with Vedas. After Upanayanam, study of Vedas commences on the first Aavani Avittam day. Utsarjana karma is done in the following Pushya (Thai) month, study of Vedas is halted and in the next six months, as much as possible of the six Vedangas, viz. Siksha, Vyakarana, Chandas, Niruktam, Jyotisham and Kalpasutram is studied. Then in the Sraavana month of the following year, on the day of Upakarma, Upakarma is performed and study of Veda mantras is commenced again. This karma of starting study of Vedas is known as Upakarma. Only if Upakarma is performed in this manner, will the meagre store of Veda mantra with us have power. If not, it will become 'yatayama' like the food described in Bhagavadgita.
If at least the Gayatri mantra which is with us is to have power, we must perform the karma of Upakarma without mistakes in mantra and with understanding of meaning. Only because Upakarma is not performed with sincerity, some karmas done these days become useless owing to loss of power of mantras. Hence Upakarma should certainly be performed.
If we are to commence uttering a mantra, it will bear fruit only if we worship the Rishis and Devatas who gave us that mantra at the beginning and receive their blessings. Their power of Tapas (austerity) will accrue to us through that mantra. There are three ways of worshipping them. One is invoking them in an object (kurcha of darbha, purna kumbha, lemon, betelnut fruit or lump of clay) and worshipping them with sixteen specified upacharas. The second method is doing 'Tarpanam' with water for those Rishis. The third method, more powerful than the previous two, is to perform 'Homam' in Agnimukham for them.
Hence during Aavani Avittam, we should arrange for an additional Upadhyaya to explain to Grihasthas during the progress of Homam the Rishi or Devata for whom oblations are being given in Agni by the main Upadhyaya.
More important action required:
On a Sunday prior to Aavani Avittam Grihasthas should assemble in a place and learn as far as possible from knowledgeable Upadhyayas the Upakarma procedures properly and completely with meaning and intent; on the day of Upakarma, they should observe those procedures without forgetting the meaning.
Avani avittam Mantras and Varalakshmi Vratham mantras (2016) – IN Tamil
Yajur upAkarma and Varalakshmi vratam mantras pdf.
Hari Ramasubbu
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Sandyavandanam – Many resources in one place – mp3 – articles, how to, audio etc.
Here is a collection of Sandhyavandanam resources ( documents, manuals, books, audio, videos) in one place.
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Swamiji's audio content is a treasure for those who want to truely understand this important nithya karma.
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'Yoga, Enlightenment and Perfection book by Sringeri Jagadguru
H.H. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatheertha Mahaswamigal
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By way of paying reverential homage to the 35th Acharya of the Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji (1917-1989), on the occasion of His Aradhana on October 4, 2015, Sri Vidyatheertha Foundation is pleased bring out and make available to all, free of cost, the digital version of the book titled, 'Yoga, Enlightenment and Perfectionof H.H. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatheertha Mahaswamigal'. This book, which contains a detailed account of the Jagadguru's spiritual practices and His realization of and steadfast establishment in the Supreme, also serves an authoritative exposition of Yoga, Bhakti and Vedanta. It was first published in the year 1999 and reprinted many times thereafter. The present digital edition – with both PDF and EPUB versions to facilitate reading of the book in various devices – may be downloaded free of cost from the website of the Foundation at the following link: http://www.svfonline.net.
An unmatched authority on the scriptures, a peerless Yogi, a consummate Jivanmukta, an ocean of mercy and perfect preceptor, Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji adorned Shankara Bhagavatpada's Sringeri Sharada Peetham as its 35th Acharya. He was born on November 13, 1917, and was initiated into Sannyasa on May 22, 1931, by the 34th Acharya, the renowned Jivanmukta, Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamiji. His Holiness intensely engaged in spiritual practices, which strictly conformed to the scripture, right from the day of His Sannyasa and these culminated in His full realization of and steadfast establishment in the Supreme Brahman on December 12, 1935.
The book Yoga Enlightenment and Perfection contains a short account of the life of the Jagadguru in the words of the reigning, 36th Acharya of Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji. This is followed by a short account in the words of Acharyal – which is how Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamiji has been referred to in the book – about His Guru (Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamiji). Then, after some relevant information about Acharyal's pre-Sannyasa days, commences a detailed account of His practice of Hatha Yoga, devotion, Karma Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Nada Anusandhana, contemplation on the Atman, meditation and Samadhi on divine forms, scripture-based reflection on the Truth and Savikalpa Samadhi and Nirvikalpa Samadhi (the acme of Yoga) on the Absolute; and of His thorough elimination of notions of non-Atman, His enlightenment and Jivanmukti. Citations from the scriptures and other authoritative texts as also extracts from the discourses and dialogues of the Jagadguru have been included to provide clarifications and additional information. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji has approvingly conferred on the work a benedictory foreword (Srimukha).
Hari Ramasubbu
மகாளய பட்சம் – விளக்கம்
Mahalaya paksham for all time zones starts on September 28th and ends on 12th october.
மகாளய பட்சம் – விளக்கம் & மகாளய பட்சத்தின் ஒவ்வொரு திதியிலும் தர்ப்பணம் கொடுப்பதன் பலன்கள்
"மகாளயம்' என்றால் "கூட்டமாக வருதல்'. மறைந்த நம் முன்னோர் மொத்தமாக கூடும் நேரமே மகாளய பட்சம். "பட்சம்' என்றால் 15 நாட்கள். மறைந்த முன்னோர் 15நாட்கள் (சில சமயங்களில் 16 ஆக மாறுபடும்) நம்மோடு தங்கும் காலமே மகாளய பட்சம்.
இது புரட்டாசி மாத பவுர்ணமிக்கு மறுநாள், பிரதமை திதியில் துவங்கி, அமாவாசை வரை நீடிக்கும். புரட்டாசியில் வரும் அந்த அமாவாசையே மகாளய அமாவாசை எனப்படும். தை அமாவாசை, ஆடி அமாவாசை ஆகியவற்றை விட உயர்ந்தது இது.
மற்ற மாதங்களில் அமாவாசையன்று முன்னோரை நினைத்து தர்ப்பணம் செய்வோம். அவர்கள் மறைந்த தமிழ் மாதத்தில் வரும் திதியில், சிராத்தம் முதலியன செய்வோம். ஆனால், மகாளய பட்ச
காலத்தில் பிரதமை துவங்கி அமாவாசை வரை தினமும் தர்ப்பணம் செய்ய வேண்டும்.
ஒட்டுமொத்த முன்னோரையும் அப்போது நினைவு கூர வேண்டும். தீர்த்தக்கரைகளுக்கு சென்று புனித நீராடி, நம் முன்னோர் ஆத்மசாந்திக்காக பிரார்த்தித்து வர வேண்டும். அந்தணர்களுக்கு ஆடைகள், ஏழைகளுக்கு உணவு, படிக்க சிரமப்படும் மாணவர்களுக்கு கல்வி உதவித்தொகை என தானமளிக்க வேண்டும்.
நமது தேசத்தின் பல நூற்றாண்டுகளுக்கும் முந்தைய வரலாறைக் கூட தெரிந்து வைத்திருக்கும் பலர், தங்கள் மூதாதையரில் மூன்று தலைமுறைகளுக்கு முன்புள்ளவர்கள் பெயரை நினைவில் வைத்திருப்பதில்லை. அந்த பயிற்சியை இந்த காலத்தில் நமது குழந்தைகளுக்கு அளிக்க வேண்டும். தற்போது நினைவில் உள்ள தலைமுறையினர் பெயரை டைரியில் குறிக்கச் சொல்ல வேண்டும். அப்படியானால் தான் எதிர்காலத்தில் தர்ப்பணம், சிராத்தம் குறித்த அறிவு நம்மிடையே நீடித்து நிலைத்திருக்கும்.
மகாளய பட்சத்தின் ஒவ்வொரு திதியிலும் தர்ப்பணம் கொடுப்பதன் பலன்கள் தரப்பட்டுள்ளன.
முதல்நாள் – பிரதமை – பணம் சேரும்
2ம் நாள் – துவிதியை – ஒழுக்கமான குழந்தைகள் பிறத்தல்
3ம் நாள் – திரிதியை – நினைத்தது நிறைவேறுதல்
4ம் நாள் – சதுர்த்தி – பகைவர்களிடமிருந்து தப்பித்தல்
5ம் நாள் – பஞ்சமி – வீடு, நிலம் முதலான சொத்து வாங்குதல்
6ம் நாள் – சஷ்டி – புகழ் கிடைத்தல்
7ம்நாள் – சப்தமி – சிறந்த பதவிகளை அடைதல்
8ம் நாள் – அஷ்டமி – சமயோசித புத்தி, அறிவாற்றல் கிடைத்தல்
9ம்நாள் நவமி – சிறந்த வாழ்க்கைத்துணை, குடும்பத்திற்கேற்ற மருமகள் அமைதல், பேத்தி, புத்திசாலியான பெண் குழந்தைகள் பிறத்தல்.
10ம் நாள் – தசமி – நீண்நாள் ஆசை நிறைவேறுதல்
11ம்நாள் – ஏகாதசி – படிப்பு, விளையாட்டு, கலையில் வளர்ச்சி
12ம் நாள் – துவாதசி – தங்கநகை சேர்தல்
13ம்நாள் – திரயோதசி – பசுக்கள், விவசாய அபிவிருத்தி, தீர்க்காயுள், ஆரோக்கியம், சுதந்திரமான வேலை அல்லது தொழில்
14ம்நாள் – சதுர்த்தசி – பாவம் நீங்குதல், எதிர்கால தலைமுறைக்கு நன்மை.
15ம் நாள் – மகாளய அமாவாசை – முன் சொன்ன அத்தனை பலன்களும் நம்மைச் சேர முன்னோர் ஆசி வழங்குதல்.
எனவே, மகாளய பட்சம் என்னும் அரிய சந்தர்ப்பத்தை நழுவ விடாமல் இருந்தால் லாபம் நமக்கு மட்டுமல்ல! நம் தலைமுறைக்கும் சேர்த்து தான்.
Hari Ramasubbu
Avani Avittam – 2015
Avani Avittam 2015.
Here are couple of links for resourses related to Avani avittam.
Many documents in one location regarding Avani Avittam 2015. Thanks to K Raman ji for compiling this.
Importance of Gayatri Manthra. Published on "Arulamudam" book by Rama.Aranganathan in Tamil.
Quotes from various sources on the Importance of Gayatri Manthra. Published on "Arulamudam" book by Rama.Aranganathan in Tamil.
Sharing this in the interest of reviving Nithya Karma and Karmanushtana as advocated by our Shastras and Guru parampara.
More resources on Sandhyavandanam and Gayatri can be found at
Hari Ramasubbu
AMRITHA VARSHINI – 32nd Issue
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Ghana Parayanam – Loka Sarasvatya Yanti Ghana Parayanam during 2015 Shankara Jayanti
A melodious and blissful Ghana Parayanam at Sringeri Sharadha Peetam.
Loka Sarasvatya Yanti Ghana Parayanam during 2015 Shankara Jayanti (7 mins)
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Rescuing our Vedic Priesthood
Insightful article about 1. Significance of Vedas 2. How Vedas are organized 3. The art & science of Vedic Chanting 4. The plight of today's Vydicaas in India.
Rescuing our Vedic Priesthood – Dr. S. Yegnasubramanian
Source: http://www.brahmanworld.org/conv_fls2k6/pdfiles/subramanian_rescuing_priesthood.pdf
I. Our Scriptures The word Veda is derived from the Sanskrit root vid which means "to know". Since our religion follows the vedic injunctions, it is known as "Vedic Religion". The word religion implies the meaning of dharma. The texts that give us the complete knowledge of dharma are called dharma- pramANa. They are fourteen in number and are: four Vedas, six VedAngas (the organs of the Vedas), and four UpAngas (secondary organs of the Vedas). 14= 4 Vedas +6 VedAngAs+4 UpAngas = VidyaAstAna These fourteen texts are glorified as vidyAsthAna's – the abode of true knowledge and wisdom. (See Appendix 1 for a comprehensive list of our scriptures and what they deal with). As codified by Sage Veda Vyasa, all four Vedas put together had 1,131 SakhAs (branches). However, only 10 are available today, and of those, only two are nearly complete! The Vedic literature can be broadly classified into four groups: 1. SamhitA: the mantra portion; 2. BrAhmaNas: the portion dealing with rituals; 3. AraNyakas – the forest texts, and 4.Upanishads – the portion dealing with Vedic philosophy. The principles of Dharma as embodied in our religion are all centered on the Vedas.
2. Glory of the Vedas Apasthambha Sutra describes Vedas as the Pramana: (authority – pramanam vedasca). Manu Smriti hails them as vedokhilo dharma moolam (the root of dharma); Bhagavan Sri Krishna says: vedaisca sarvair-ahameva-vedya: (I am known through the Vedas). The Vedas are Infinite (anantA vai vedA;); They are the very breath of Iswara: (yasya niSvasitam vedA:) They are without beginning: (anAdi) and of non-human origin (apourusheya.) They teach the glories of all creations and the principles of dharma and enshrine true knowledge and wisdom. That is why our scriptures proclaim: vedo nityam adheeyatAm tad uditam karma svanushtIyatAm (practice the Vedas daily; practice well their prescriptions) It is our great fortune that we have inherited such a rich and cherished dhArmic tradition. It should be our foremost duty and goal to preserve such a tradition. Our ancestors led a peaceful and contented life following the path set by the Vedic guidelines. That path withstood the tests of historic times and was smooth to follow without obstacles.
3. The guardians of our scriptures – the Vedic Priests Wayne Howard, in his book "Veda Recitation in Varanasi" writes: " The four Vedas are not "books" in the usual sense, though within the past hundred years each Veda has appeared in several printed editions. They are comprised rather of tonally accented verses of hypnotic, abstruse melodies whose proper realizations demand oral instead of visual transmission….. The ultimate authority in Vedic matters is never the printed page but rather the few members of the Brahmana caste who are today keeping the centuries-oldtraditions alive. However, the Vedas are approaching a point in history, which willdetermine whether they survive or slip into extinction. They have shown remarkable vigor and perseverance in the past – thriving under potentially destructive political, economic, and religious upheaval – but whether they can withstand the accelerated rate of social change in the twentieth century is a formidable question which leaves their future in grave doubt". No – that doubt should never be allowed to sustain. Because, if Vedas have to perish, it amounts to the destruction of dharma itself, the root of an entire civilization, culture and tradition. However, as Howard had correctly observed, the ultimate authority of Vedas lies with the vedic priest , who, through a tradition of oral transmission, has been propagating them over generations.
4. Vedic Chanting – a perfectly formulated oral tradition The Vedas are called 'Sruti"- which means, what is heard. It is never read from a text, since the recitation of any veda mantra should conform to the following six parameters, namely,
- varNa (letters);
- svara (intonation);
- mAtrA (duration of articulation);
- balam (force of articulation);
- sAma (uniformity), and
- santAna (continuity).
If any of these parameters is not maintained, it would change the meaning of the mantra itself, leading to even diametrically opposite effects! In the absence of a written text, our rishis had devised many ways to prevent even a small error to creep in to the recitation of the veda-mantras. These fool-proof methods used to chant each veda-mantra in various patterns and combinations are known as : vaakya,pada, krama, jaTA, mAlA, SikhA, rekhA, dvaja, danDa, ratha, and Ghana. Among these, vAkya, pada, krama, jaTa and Ghana methods of chanting are more popular and let us analyze them only here. Vaakya or samhitA pATha is to recite a mantra in a sentence straight with appropriateintonations. In sentences, some of the words have to be conjoined in chanting. In padapAtha, a sentence is broken down to 'words' or pada's, which gives the student theknowledge of each word. In the krama method, the first word of a sentence is added to the second, the second to the third, the third to the fourth and so on, until the whole sentence is completed. This method enables the student to understand not only individual words but also how the words combine in recitation with the attendant modification of the svaras. Scholarly priests capable of reciting the entire veda-SakhA in the krama format is given the title kramavit. In the jaThA method, the first word and the second word are recited together and then the words are recited in the reverse order and then again in the original order. For example, in the krama method, if they are recited as 1-2;2-3; 3-4; 4-5 etc., in the jaThA method, they are recited as 1-2-2-1-1-2; 2-3-3-2-2-3; 3-4-4-3-3-4 and so on. Scholarly priests capable of reciting in the jaThA method are given thetitle "jaThAvallabha". The Ghana method is more difficult than the above where thecombinations of words will be 1-2-2-1-1-2-3-3-2-4-4-2-3; 2-3-3-2-2-3-4-4-3-2-2-4 and soon. A priest who can recite in the Ghana method is given the title ghanapAThi. These methods of complicated recitations in a oral tradition were devised in order to preserve the purity of the word, the sound, intonation, pronunciation, accent and sound combinations of the vedamantras. By repeating the words in manifold ways, the correct tally of words was also kept which has naturally ensured its purity. To enable the scholars to take up the difficult methods recitiation, it was believed that, more difficult methods of chanting earned more puNya or merit!
5. The Merit, and the Plight of a Vedic Scholar Today Just to illustrate what it takes for a priest to earn the title of a ghanapAThi, let us briefly analyze what is involved in the training. For illustration, let us consider only one portion of the krishNa yajur veda, called the taittiriya samhitA. In this portion there over 2,000 pancASat's (1 pancASat = 50 pada's), amounting to 109,308 pada's. We can roughly assume each pada to have 3 syllables, thus totaling ~330,000 syllables. In the Ghana method of chanting, each syllable gets repeated 13 times, thus amounting to 4,290,000 utterances. And each of these utterances have to conform to all the six parameters discussed earlier. Only when a person becomes capable of reciting this in any order asked, gets the title of a ghanapAThi. This is for only one samhitA portion in krishna yajur veda alone. Then there is Sukla yajur veda, rig veda, sAma veda, and atharva veda. There were scholars proficient in more than one veda as evident from the names dvivedi, trivedi and caturvedi. In addition, there are other samhitA portions, brAhmaNa portions, AraNyaka poritons, and the Upanishads, in the vedic scriptures alone. After proficiency in ghanapATha, some learn lakshaNa-ghanapATha, which deals with the characteristics of each letter, its origin, how it has to be emphasized in a mantra, its varNa, the presiding deity, etc etc. Then there are purANa's, dharma-Sastras etc. All these were learnt without any book, tape or any such instruments in the oral tradition, and were stored just in ~200 grams of the human brain! And the most interesting thing is, it was not that one or two individuals who were proficient in this dharma, but an entire society was well versed in this! Such a scholarship takes well over 25 years of intense education in a gurukulam, in addition to observing all the religious disciplines! Having analyzed what it takes for a vedic priest to become a ghanapAThi, let us look at his plight in modern day society. When there is so much of respect and recognition for all other secular professionals – be a doctor, lawyer, engineer, scientist, businessman, artist etc. – the respect and the compensation extended to these vedic scholars are patheticallyfar below standards. On the one end we are all proud to inherit such a rich and cherished vedic tradition, but, on the other, not being sensitive enough or even negligent towards preserving and transferring it forward. At this rate, what were originally 1,131 SakhAs, and are only 10 today, will further deteriorate leading to a great loss to human-kind. The only guardians of this rich tradition are the vedic priests. Because of the way the society treats them and the poor compensation, they are not motivated to send their children to vedic schools (pAThaSAlA's). Generally they come from economically backward families, and so they drop out of schools early, striving to make a living and to support their poor families. All others who have already migrated to secular education are not going to revert back to vedic learning in the traditional sense. In addition, the personal discipline to be observed by the vedic priest being so stringent (otherwise, the rituals and mantras are believed not to give the desired result, and to even bring demerit), it makes one to shy away even more. When compared to the status of priest-hood in other religions, the plight of the vedic priest is really sad.
6. What can be done to bring back the lost glory of the vedic priest ? Even though the situation appears very gloomy, there is lot of hope today. The very fact that a forum like this wants to address this issue itself is very encouraging. Following are some of my thoughts to help foster and propagate this tradition, though by no means exhaustive: 1. The first step is for every member of this varNa to be aware of what we have in our vedic scriptures and become sensitive to this education. 2. Even if one may not have time or may have other limitation to learn, observing the disciplines, one could at least support those who learn, and the pAThaSAlA's that teach. 3. Many of the teachers in these pAThaSAlA's are highly under-paid and they continue to teach just to foster this dharma. With the affluence of the NRI community, support can be given to increase the compensation for the teachers and stipend to the students. 4. Scholarships for advanced vedic learning can be implemented to motivate students not to discontinue from a full curriculum due to economic reasons. 5. Most of the mantra's employed in rituals are from Vedas. Actually rituals(samskAras) are aimed at developing the eight inner values (Atma guNa's),which are: compassion (dayA), patience (kshamA), free from jealousy(anasooyA), purity (soucam), keeping cool (anAyAsam), not beingmiserly(akArpaNyam), absence of attachment (aspruhA), and peace (mangaLam). The more we shy away from rituals, more are the chances of losing those mantra's, since less will be the motivation for the priest to practice them! 6. There can be awareness courses on samskAra's (there are ~ 41 samskAra's from conception to cremation!), so that every member of the varNa will develop an interest and faith in them. Such faith will increase their respect for the vedic priest as an AchArya. 7. We believe that giving dAnam (gift) to a priest washes our sins. The priest gets this power because of his vedic knowledge. Hence, the compensation for the priests should be given with faith, humility and sincerity so that, it is not just a compensation for a job done, but an offering (sambhAvanA) for blessing our families in the name of Vedas. Unless this varNa raises to bring back the glory of the vedic priest, it may be difficult to expect others to raise to this call. After all, religious practices are only for the believers, and these discussions are aimed at those who have an implicit faith in this dharma. With a renewed thrust and commitment, there is light at the end of the tunnel. The vedic-priesthood will certainly become well respected in society with this awareness. Institutions like the Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation Inc. USA, organize mega yajnas like the ati-rudra-mahA-yajna of 1997 bringing ~100 vedic scholars from India, essentially to appreciate and respect the vedic priest-hood, in addition to showing to the present and the future generation, how an authentic vedic ritual could be conducted, even outside of India, and how such knowledgeable priests are available even today. Source Material: 1. "The Vedas", Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay 1988 2. "Rescuing our Vedic Pundits", Dr. S. Yegnasubramanian, Page 9, The Hinduism Today, Dec. '97 About the Author: Dr. Yegnsaubramanian (Dr. Mani) is the Chairman of the Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foundation, and the Sanatana Dharma Foundation, USA. He is also the advisor for several temple organizations within USA, Canada and India. Dr.Mani has been teaching vedic/puranic scriptures, the Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta for the past two decades in New Jersey, to groups of adults and children. He is the editor and publisher of the international journal, Paramaartha Tattvam in which he writes regularly on various topics of Vedanta, vaidika samskaras, and bhakti in general. He was the general chairman of the first Ati-rudra Mahayajna conducted in the Poconos in 1997 and the Satachandi yajna in 2001. Under the auspices of the Sringeri Shankar Mutt, he organizes veda sammelans all over India every year involving thousands of vedic scholars. He was a trustee and the Chairman of Religious affairs of the Bridgewater temple from inception until the kumbhabhishekam in 1998. He gives lectures and short courses on sanatana dharma, scriptures, and Vedanta, all over USA and Canada. He represents the Hindu Faith in Interfaith Forums and conducts Youth Forums. He was awarded the title of "Dharma-rakshA-mani" by the Shankaracharya of Kanchi in 2003. Dr. Mani is a scientist by profession who retired from Bell Labs. in 2001. He works presently at Andrew Corporation in Warren, NJ and lives with his family in Skillman, NJ.
Appendix 1.
Our Scriptures (Dr. S. Yegnasubramanian)
I. Vidyasthanas (Source of Supreme Knowledge) – 14
a) Vedas (4) : Classified by Vyasa – 1131 recensions (SakhAs): ~25,000 mantras
b) Vedangas: (6) & c) Upangas (4) (to understand Vedas completely and in depth)
II. Upa Vedas (4) 1. Ayurveda Science of Life 3. DhanurvedaScience of Weaponary and Warfare 2. Artha SAstras – Science of Wealth /Economics 4. Gandharva veda Treatise on fine arts, music,etc.
III. Aranyakas and Brahmanas – Vedic Scriptures learnt and interpreted by Rishis in the forests are Aranyakas and those interpreted in homes for homely use are Brahamanas:
Upanishads: are placed towards the end of Aranyakas. They deal with aspects of realizing through the path of knowledge (jnana marga), the nonduality (abhedha) of Brahman. They are considered as the quintescence of Vedas.
PrasthanatrayI: (Texts on Tattvajnana – Knowledge of Self – Metaphysics): 1. Upanishads; 2. Bhagavad Gita; 3. Brahmasutras; 2 & 3 are not vedic scriptures, they are given this status due to their content.
32 Primary Vidyas:(Primary Knowledge) 4 Vedas, 6 Vedangas, 4 Upangas, 4 Upa Vedas, 2 Ithihasas, Tantra, Smriti, Nastikamata (agnosticism), 3 Sastras (artha, kama andshilpa), Alankriti (asthetics), Kavya (poetry), Desabhasha (linguistics), Avasaokti, Yavanamata, Desadhidharma.
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E Magazine "Voice of Jagadguru" June 2015 Issue.
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Amritha Varshini – 31st Issue
Glad to release the 31st issue of our eMagazine Amritha Varshini today on the auspicious occassion of Jayanthi Mahotsavam of Kanchi Mahaperiyava.
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All issues of Amrithavarshini magazine in one place.
Amritha Varshini is a spiritual magazine in english and tamil on bhakthi related topics, started in Jan 2012.
Sri Anand Vasudevan is the editor and has published more than 30 issues. Every issue has lots of information to read and benefit.
Here is the permanent link to see every magazine that is published until now in downloadable pdf format.
All future issues of Amritha Varshini magazine will be catelogued here as they are published.
Hari Ramasubbu
Shankara jayanthi. India April 23rd. US April 22nd.
In BhAratham, Shankara Jayanthi is falling on April 23rd Thursday.
In US, Shankara Jayanthi is falling on April 22nd Wednesday (According to mypanchang.com and drikpanchang.com)
Shankara Jayanti is observed on Vaisakha Shukla Panchami, fifth day in bright half of Vaisakha masam or Vaisakh month.
Adi Shankara's contribution to the resurrection of Hinduism and his exposition on Advaita Philosophy is unfathomable and needs no mention.
Even though it is a working day on this year's Shankara Jayanthi, let us close our eyes for 60 seconds and pray to Lord Dakshinamoorthy with Gratitude for giving Adi Shankara to us on this Jayanthi dinam.
Adi Shankara's Life History. Some events, and an artist's impression:
A visual masterpiece – Indian cultural performance at the Inaugural Session of Hannover Messe: 15 min.
Namaste Friends
On this happy juncture of Tamil/Vishu Newyear day I would like to share a masterpiece – a 15 minute show on how to present India's cultulare heritage and technical prowess with pride in a forign country.
Under Shri Modi's 'Make in India' Vision, INdia is shown in a brand new light we have never seen before. Even if you donot support or endorse modi, i request you to not miss this video.
Please watch with sound and in full screen and turn off your mobiles for 15 mins
Now Modi has showcased India with "Make In India" vision.
Until now India was showcased by our past politicians as a land of snake charmers and skull eaters.
Watch Modi's speech after the 15 minute masterpiece, which is another masterpice showcasing the vision of Mision of India.
Vande Mataram – Jai Hind !!!
Hari Ramasubbu
Amritha Varshini – 30th Issue
Yet another issue from Amritha Varshini magazine. Excellent paropakaram by Sri Anand Vasudevan.
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Dasharatha, Ashwamedha and Rama – By SriSri Ravi Shankar
Dasharatha means one who can run ten chariots at a time. Your body is Dasharatha, the ten chariots, which include the five organs of senses and the five organs of action. These take the mind into ten different directions.
The three names of Dashratha's queens are also very interesting.
The first wife is Kaushalya, which means skill.
The second wife is Sumitra, which means good friend. There could be many friends, but not all are good friends. Many times, friends drag you in the wrong direction. Sumitra is one who takes you in the right direction.
The third wife is Kaikeyi, one who stands by your side, although she appears differently; but deep within, she does benevolence. It is like a doctor who gives you a bitter medicine, or a vaccination. As soon as the children see him, they start yelling and crying, but the vaccination does good to them. Similarly, Kaikeyi who apparently is not pleasant, but inwardly, does that which is good for you.
Dasratha did a yagya called Ashwamedha, after which he got four sons. Shwa means yesterday or tomorrow, Ashwa means today – not yesterday, nor tomorrow. It means it is eternal and the present moment. Medha means purification. Medha also means intellect. Ashwamedha means purifying the intellect by being in the present moment, purifying the spirit, the senses, the body-mind complex; going deep in the spirit.
When Dasharatha did the Ashwamedha yagya, Rama was born. This is the spiritual significance of Sri Rama's birth. The words – 'rays', 'radiance', all these come from the Sanskrit root Ra, which means to shine, radiance, brilliance and light. Ma means within me, in my heart. 'Rama' means 'the light in my heart'. When the mind in this body, with some skill gets into the present moment, it purifies the mind and the heart, and then Rama, the light in our heart, shines.
Four things come out of you when Ashwamedha is done. When your senses are purified, then what comes up is the Divine light in your heart (Rama), and awareness (Lakshmana). Then, you have no enemies (Shatrugnan), and all the talents (Bharat) come to you.
Message from From Art Of Living. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Hari Ramasubbu
Pravachanam by Mullaivasal Krishnamurthy Shastrigal in Tamil
Excellent Pravachanam by Mullaivasal Krishnamurthy Shastrigal in Tamil. He starts with Samskritham in the first 5 mins.
- Shasthrigal talks about very practical topics about todays busy living and how it deviates from Vedic Heritage.
- He gives various references to Maha Periyava of Kanchi.
- He also talks about Sandhyavandanam (40th minute )
Here is another series of talks by Mullaivasal Krishnamurthy Shastrigal that he refers in the above talk.
Vedathin Suvai
Hari Ramasubbu
Conversion is an Act of Violence – by Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Aggressive religions have no God-given right to destroy ancient faiths and cultures
Religious conversion is a widely discussed topic in the Indian media these days. I think this issue needs to be thoroughly understood by all the people that count in every religion.
The world's religions can be categorically said to be either aggressive or nonaggressive. Each religion has a certain promise in the form of an ultimate goal. Their faithful people try to live the prescribed life and reach the promised goal. Neither they nor their clergy are out to bring the people of other religions to their flock.
Zorastrians follow their religious tradition without attempting to convert anybody to their religion. This is true with the followers of the Jewish tradition, Vedic religion (now known as Hinduism), Shintoism, Taoism and the many other religions of various tribes in the world. I call these religious traditions nonaggressive because they do not believe in aggressive conversion.
Then there are religions like Christianity, whose theologies, containing a number of basic nonverifiable beliefs, advocate conversion. Evangelism and proselytization are sacred commitments of the entire cadre of the highly organized clergy. The clergy-inspired laity are not any less committed to conversion. They are zealous in their mission of preaching and conversion. In their zeal, the end more often than not justifies the means. From the days of the Inquisition, every attempt recorded in history to stop their program of conversion only stoked their flame of zeal.
As a result, many religions with their unique cultures have disappeared, leaving behind only mammoth relics, like the ones in Greece and Mexico. The loss of such great living cultures of the world is the mark of success for the zealous of the aggressive religions. The truth is that where there should be a sense of guilt and remorse, there is a sense of achievement and pride.
Many leaders of nonaggressive traditions think that the charity of the missionaries is designed to neutralize any protest from the native religious community. One cannot totally dismiss their thinking.
|Religious conversion by missionary activity remains an act of violence.
Religious conversion by missionary activity remains an act of violence. It is an act of violence because it hurts deeply, not only the other members of the family of the converted, but the entire community that comes to know of it. One is connected to various persons in one's world. The religious person in every individual is the innermost, inasmuch as he or she is connected to a force beyond the empirical.
The religious person is connected only to the force beyond he has now accepted. That is the reason why the hurt caused by religion can turn into violence. That is why a religious belief can motivate a missionary to be a martyr. When the hurt of the religious becomes acute, it explodes into violence. Conversion is violence. It generates violence.
Aggressive religions and nonaggressive religions are not on the same plank. Conversion is, therefore, a rank, one-sided aggression. The genius of the nonaggressive traditions cannot change, and therefore, they cannot be asked to do the same thing as the aggressive religions do.
Humanity cannot afford to lose any more of its existing living religious traditions and cultures. We want to enjoy the religious cultures of both Christianity and Islam as we also want to enjoy the cultures of Jews, Parsis, Taoists, Shintoists, Hindus and others. Humanity will not let a pyramid be razed to the ground by the Egyptian government to create a housing complex. Even though they are in Egypt, the pyramids are too ancient to be the property of that country. They are standing monuments of human genius–they belong to the whole of humanity. So, too, are all the monuments of the past lying all over the world.
Religion and culture are not often separable. This is especially true with the Hindu religious tradition.
The greeting word, namaste, is an expression of culture as well as religion. Even though a religious mark on the forehead is purely religious, it is looked upon as a part of Hindu culture. Rangoli [patterns drawn on the ground with rice flour] at the entrance of a Hindu house is not just cultural; it is also religious. Indian music and dance cannot separate themselves from the Hindu religious tradition. There is no classical dance, bharata natyam, without Siva Nataraja being there. The classical, lyrical compositions of Meera, Tyagaraja, Purandara, Dikshitar and many others are intimately connected to the Hindu religious traditions. Therefore, conversion implies destruction of this entire culture.
A committed Christian will not wear a tilakam, much less have rangoli in front of the house. If there is no rangoli at the entrance to a Tamil Nadu house, we immediately know that it doesn't belong to a Hindu. A converted Christian woman ceases to wear Indian traditional clothes, like saris, etc. No Christian woman will wear a nose ring.
It is amazing how easily cultures disappear by the program of conversion through various means, leaving only dead monuments to be preserved for posterity. The living religious traditions, intimately woven into the fabric of their respective cultures, have to be allowed to live and thrive. Religious conversion should stop–the aggressive religions should realize that they are perpetrating violence when they convert. We want them to live and let others live.
Youtube videos on the same topic can be found here.
Amritha Varshini – 29th Issue
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29th Issue of Amritha Varshini E Magazine on the auspicious occassion of Maha Shivaratri.
Many Thanks to the hard work of Anand Vasudevan for publishing this magazine for many years now.
Crazy mohan – on paramacharya and deivathin kural – Tamil video – 19 mins
Excellent 19 min talk by Crazy mohan on the importance of knowing India's heritage. He talks about Mahaperiyava and deivathin kural too.
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The word Hindu 'Idol' is derogatory. Lets start to say Murthi instead of 'idol' from today on.
Hindus use the word 'Idol' interchangeably to mean HIndu Gods that are worshipped in the stone or metal form.
If we know the correct meaning of 'idol' according to english dictionary , we will think twice about using this word in Hindu context.
In our Sanatana Dharma tradition, a murti (Devanagari: मूर्ति), ormurthi, or vigraha or pratima typically refers to an image that expresses a Divine Spirit (murta). Meaning literally "embodiment", a murti is a representation of a divinity, made usually of stone, wood, or metal, which serves as a means through which a divinity may be worshiped.
Lets see the current meaning of the word from mariam webster website.
Please note the term "False god" and "a false conception". Why should we use the word that was foisted on us by the british ?
The notion that the term murti is equivalent to the English word "idol" is a misconception.
Scholar Steven Rosen notes that early European missionaries were largely responsible for conflating the two terms by informing local Hindus that "idol" was the correct translation for "murti".
Furthermore, scholar Diana Eck explains that the term murti is defined in Sanskrit as "anything which has definite shape and limits; a form, body, figure; an embodiment, incarnation, or manifestation." Thus, the murti is more than a likeness; it is the deity itself taken "form". The uses of the word murti in the Upanishads and the Bhagavad-Gita suggest that the form is its essence."[21] Thus, a murti is considered to be more than a mere likeness of a deity, but rather a manifestation of the deity itself.
The Murti is like a way to communicate with the abstract one God (Brahman) which creates, sustains, and dissolves creation. It is very interesting to note, that in Russian the word "morda" means some entity's face or facial-expression which can hint at that original etymology.
More info about this topic is available at Wikipedia link on Murthi. and here http://www.hindupedia.com/en/Murti_Puja
The word Hindu 'Idol' is derogatory. Lets start to say 'Murthi' instead of 'idol' from today on.
Hari R
All videos from Sanyasa sweekara last week
For those who missed Sankara TV telecast, here are the videos of Sringeri shishya sweekara,
Uttaradhikari participating in Purusha sookta homa
Parayanka Soucha
Vyakhyana SImhasana and Mangalarati
Yogapatta announcement
Darshana of Sharadamba by the two Jagadgurus
ANugraha Bashana by Sri Vidhushekarabharati swamiji
Anugraha Bashana by Sri Bharathitheertha swamiji
Hari Ramasubbu
Amritha Varshini – 28th Issue
Here is the pdf file of 28th issue of AmrithaVarshini
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Hence the wealth of Southern forest growth has offered to standing timber owners, engaged in lumber manufacturing, both a problem and a temptation: A problem in discovering the uses to covery of the uses to which it was best suited; in a word, to find Tupelo's proper place in the lumber- consuming world. The manufacturers themselves did not clearly understand the peculiarities — they might be termed vagaries—of Tupelo, and in many instances they rendered their product unfit for merchandising which a specific species is better adapted than another, and the natural human temptation to sell their prod- uct *'regardless" and let the buyer, or ultimate con- sumer, learn his error if he has made an unwise choice. Just such a problem and temptation was presented several years ago to the manufacturers of cypress, who then were the only lumber operatives confronted with ILPLLO MOULDING by improper piling and drying. Only time and ex- liaustive experimentation could correct these errors and demonstrate the proper methods of caring for Tupelo lumber. As the mills which first made these attempts were manufacturers of cypress, the whole tendency was to follow the same procedure. The results were in most i I LPf I O MOULOINC^ the question: "What to do with Tupelo rbotanically kno\Mi as nyssa aquatica i and sometimes called Bay Poplar"? As the technical name of the species indi- cates, it is a growth indigenous to low-lying swampy regions and is generally found mterspersed with cy- press, though it occurs throughout the coastal regions from the Carolinas to Texas, thence up the valley of instances unsatisfactory^ and confusing. It was soon discovered that* piling and other methods must be entirely dissimilar to those employed for cypress, and it was then that real progress began to be made. These problems having been, in large measure, solved next arose the naore vital one of finding a legit- imate market for Tupelo. That a policy of selling a lumber product for a purpose tor which it is ill adapted, putting it where it does not belong, is short-sighted and presages the ultimate defeat of the producer's own aims, through the consequent failure of his product to "make good" and the resulting prejudice against it, is too obvious to require emphasis. its tendency to decay when exposed to the elements, and to warp or buckle when not properly laid, soon made it obvious that Tupelo was not a wood well suited to permanent outdoor structural purposes, un- less treated with a preservative. The early product was marketed, or it might be TUPELO TRIM Though approaching the problem with the spirit of fairness and honesty of purpose which has ever characterized the manufacturers of the "Wood Eter- nal." and which attitude has won the complete con- better to state partially m:irketed. to those consumers of wood who could be induced to take a chance with it on a single car order but seldom could be talked into buying a second car. About everything that could TUPELO TRLM fidence of the lumber-consuming and dealing world, they, for a period, gropyed in an atmosphere of uncer- tainty. The characteristics of Tupelo, then not so well known, presented many puzzling and, for a time, baffling problems. A wood of unquestioned merits. happen to lumber happened to Tupelo, and sometimes these things all occurred in one board. Right then and there Tltelo got a hard name from which even now it has not fully recovered. People who purchased stock manufactured in the early days never could be made to understand that all Tupelo was not the same class of material. This has resulted in ver>' up-hill work in making the true merits of the wood under- stood, but the past few years have shown rapid prog- ress in the education of the public. In 'characterizing Tupelo as a 'Versatile wood." no stretch of imagination or "poetic license" is indulged in. Its texture density and strength make it a wood adaptable to perhaps a greater variety of uses, or at least uses of a more widely varied character, than any other American wood. TUPELO FOR FLOORING Many woods are today being manufactured into flooring and a majority of these make gcxxl floorintj But tliere is beginning to be some discrimination in the selection of woods for this purpose, in that there is no longer an inclination to use, for mstance, other than a wood known to re- sist decay for a porch, or to use the *'\Vood Eter- nal" for an interior where there will be heavv- wear or abrasion. The same thing applies to factory flooring, in that a vv(x>d which easily splinters un- der heavy trucking or wear is discarded and tha' wood selected which has :. sufficiently involved grain to stand such usage. It is only during the past few years that the Northern buyers have be- gun to appreciate Tupelo flooring. Since then the demand has rapidly grown, until it is today an important item in the lumber trade. It is actu- ally the cheapest high- class flooring on the mar- ket today and it puts up an app)earance the equal of maple and superior to most woods used for this pur- pose. It is a use for Tupelo which is rapidly growing, and the time is at hand when it will be universally han- dled along with other woods, the low pnce making it very attractive. For technical reasons Tltelu is decidedh one of the best woods to use for flooring purposes. In the MAISON-BLANCHE BUILDING. NEW ORLEAN.S. TRIMMKI) THROrC.HOlT WITH TUPELO first place, it is strong and will hold nails with less tendency to split in the nailing than many other woods. It is. in fact, a very hard wood to split with an axe, this being because of what scientists call an "involved" grain. This same involved grain makes it a non-split- ting wood, and a careful study of it in actual use gives one the impression that the wood really becomes denser and harder of surface under heavy wear than if sub- jected to merely ordinary use. This feature of the wood was really discovered at the mills which manu- facture both Tupelo and cypress. In the South, where Tupelo has been best known, iniHinierable handsome modem residences, apartment houses, office buildings, banks and depar^nent stores are floored with it. The beauty and durability of these floors has in every instance, so far as known, made them a joy to their owners and users. It should, of course, always be remembered that Tu- pelo flooring must be thoroughly dry (as is true of any other wood) and should be laid with the same care as other hard- wood floors, scraped or sanded and filler applied promptly. When this is done it will *'stay put"; Its texture being such as to permit of perfect mill- work and hair-line match- ing. The long-time stor- mg of Tupelo flooring in open sheds where the at- mospheric condition is hu- mid, is not recommended. TUPELO FOR FAC- TORY FLOORING While the use of un- treated Tupelo for perma- nent outdoor structural purposes is not advocated by its producers, its excel- lence as a flooring material for factones. covered docks or warehouses is quite an- other matter. The smooth, even surface of Tupelo floor- ing, when properly dried and securely laid, under cover, the toughness and density of its fiber, its tendency to pack under heavy usage, and the complete absence of any tendency to splinter or sliver, render it an ideal flooring for factory, warehouse or covered dock. 91 if I AH.t tno.r u. \vHH iiiiM;,it4(;irt.»tv liuili ..I n\Un (" M.lor. i( \n tinirotmlv wfiltr \vi(h n lin«r of vH WiMKh. thr riurl f'JIKilHH'i ol llir Dork Ilo.it. I. ut lli< I'K\ Mir ^nut) Is ItWulvrrl. Hud and d-isc. ;iri(l In not **ity nl New OricMlH. WJIM IhdiKrd tu rxpriimrtlt Willi l'."" \ H l'» *\Vi\ In \V<nl. 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Incidentally, as an evidence of the toughness of TuPKLo's fiber and its faculty of holding nails, this company uses a corrugated iron joint fastener, and it has been conrlusively demonstrated that the point of juncture in two pieces of Tupelo thus bound together will resist LTcater stress than an average piece of the wood of rqual width. Thai TiPELO is being used as fruit, vegetable, and egg ciating material, as well as for box containers for an iniinite variety of manufactured articles, is proven by the fact that scores of Tupelo box and crate fac- torit's have t:pning up nil over tlie South during the past frw years, catering u> tiie RHiuireineiits of the fruit growers, truckers and poultry farmers. TUPELO FOR CIGAR BOXES Tupelo has so completely pre-empted this field that its exploitation as a cigar box material can be carried but little, if any. further. With very few ex- ceptions, the cigar box manufacturers of the United States and the West Indies use Tupelo wholly, or in Tl FKLO FLOORINC; SI NSFT COIMRV CLl B. SI \! rKR. S. C. Relative to the use of TiTELO as a butter container. \'(m Schrenk & Kammerer. Consulting Timber Engi- neers of St. Louis, wrote a Tltelo manufacturer as follows **Vou can say to your people that Tur»ELO lumber does not impart any taste or odor to butter. We made an extensive investigation and kept butter in 7\'PELO boxes in storage for over a year; in fact, some was kept for eighteen months, and the best butter experts we could find stated there was no depreciation of the butter as a result of being packed in Tupelo boxes. The boxes were not soaked in water; that is. the butter was packed in them dry. Some of the boxes were pjaratlined on the inside, but we found this had no additional advantage." New Orleans Dock Floored with Tupelo Laid 8 Years Afto part, for the containers of most of the well-known brands of cigars now on the market. In the case of most of the higher class brands, a veneer of Spanish cedar is used over a Tupelo filler. Practically all of the cheaper brands of domestic cigars are put up in Tupelo boxes. Tupelo is also in general use as a container among manufacturers of chewing tobacco. TUPELO FOR WAGON BOARDS The extent to which Tupelo is being put to this use is too well known to require emphasis. Its com- BOBBIN-liOX MADE OF TUPELO pact grain and the high degree of finish to which it is susceptible has long since brought it into general and popular use for this purpose. TUPELO FOR FURNITURE The furniture factories of the United States. Can- ada and Europe utilizing Tupelo in the manufacture of their pnxiucts are too numerous to [permit of mdivid- ual mention, but it is an established fact that many million feet of Tupelo are consumed annua' K in ihe manufacture of furniture in these countries MISCELLANEOUS USES OF TUPELO Due to its versatile characteristics heretofore eluci- dated, so many and varied are the uses of Tupelo that to enumerate them would be quite a feat. The need of a wood peculiarly adapted to that pur- pose — one possessing great resistance and tenacity of grain— has created a demand for Tupelo rollers for moving houses, safes, marble slabs, etc. These are turned by Tupelo mills in sizes from 4" to 24" in diameter, up to 12 feet in length. The necessity for finding a wood capable of resist- ing powerful impact has brought Tupelo into general use in the South as a "follow-up pile" — for driving piles beneath the surface of the ground. A long search for a suitable wood to be used as * 'sewer-pipe balls" — a wood which would not check or It will be obvious to anyone that a wood with Tupelo's characteristics is the best-suited material conceivable for automobile shock or recoil blocks— used in shipping automobiles. There is no danger of the spikes or nails driven into these blocks pulling out, nor will they split. Tupelo is coming into general use for this purpose. The blocks can be easily salvaged, if desired. The manufacturers of the widely-advertised "Never- Split" toilet seats are using Tupelo exclusively. Split- ting of this article made of most other woods is a com- mon defect. The perfection with which Tupelo takes and retains enamel is a further recommendation of it for this use. The toughness and the almost indestructible char- acter of Tupelo and its perfect adaptability to paint- TOYS MADE split— resulted in the adoption of Tupelo These balls, with rope attached, are floated in the flushed sewer and used for locating obstructions. These balls can be turned up to 24" in diameter. Many sawmills in the South which have other woods in abundance preferentially use Tupelo for "bunks" on their logging cars. Operators of dredges and hoisting machines have found Tupelo the best wood for friction blocks, sev- eral having reported that Tupelo has lasted longer for that purpose than any other of a variety of woods used. Tupelo tackle blocks and pulleys have also proven to be among the most lasting and smoothly operating. Due to the fact that Tupelo never splinters, slivers or splits, and has a toughness of fiber which holds it together when nailed, it is coming into general use for bobbin boxes, mounted on wheels, in cotton mills. 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This is such a cute idea! My grandkids would love this chair. It looks like it took a lot of painting talent and patience to make, so I think I will just admire it as I have no painting skills like that. lol
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The 2009 Tablas Creek Vineyard Grenache Blanc is Tablas Creek's eigth bottling of its 100% Grenache Blanc. The Grenache Blanc grape, a little-known but widely-planted Southern Rhone varietal, produces wines with full body, good acidity, and flavors of citrus, anise, and green apple.
We use most of our Grenache Blanc in our Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc and Cotes de Tablas Blanc each year. However, we have been so pleased by the flavors and intensity of the Grenache Blanc that we try to reserve a small quantity of Grenache Blanc for a single-varietal bottling each year.
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