Learning Materials
न संशये प्रत्यक्षवद ब्रूयात || ApDS 2.6.12.21
One shall not talk of a doubtful matter as if it were clear.
abhivAdaye
abhivAdayE bhArgava chyAvana ApnavAna jAmadajña iti pañcarSEya pravarAnvita Apastamba sUtra: taittirIyashAkhAdhyAyi
mEru gOpAlan aham asmi bhO:
nitya karyams of a grihasta
as described by pUrvAchAryas and Apastamba dharmasUtra
- snAnam: ideally ~5 A.M.
- sandhyAvandanam: thrice daily
- tarpaṇa: for rishis and pitrus
- aupAsana: morning and evening tending to the ritual fire
- vaishvadevam pUje: contains bhUtayagya (daily offering to all creatures and environment), manuSyayagya (atithi
pUje), bhikSadAna
- thiruvArAdhana: bhagavad ArAdhana, ideally before food
- brahmayagya: reciting the learned vEdas
nitya karyams of a brahmacArin
as described by pUrvAchAryas and Apastamba dharmasUtra
- snAnam: ideally ~5 A.M.
- sandhyAvandanam: thrice daily
- tarpaṇa: for rishis and pitrus
- samidAdhAna: morning and evening tending to the ritual fire
- bhaikSAcaraṇa: daily alms round
- vEdAdhyAyana
- thiruvArAdhana: bhagavad ArAdhana, ideally before food
Index
श्रुति: स्मृति: ममैवाज्ञा यस्यां उल्लङ्घ्य वर्तते। आज्ञाच्छेदी मम द्रोही मद्भक्तोपि न वैष्ण्व:॥ viSNu smrti
The vEdam and its treatises convey My commands. Whoever violates them commits treason. Even if he be My devotee, he is by no means a vaiSNava.
shruti
- vedadiff (my selections)
- smrti
- Apastamba
dharmasUtra
- granthams
- shrI
vacana bhUSanam