well i am no brahmin.but couple of brahmins are my very good friends.while one of them said that he had never done it since he put on the sacred thread the other said he did it whenever he found time.
i do mine everyear on avani avattam, but i used to do it regularly when i was in India. I say other slokas though. its just i need a book for sandyavandanama, a small plate, cup filled with pure water, veshti katikanum, too much work, thats why doin it once a year.
did u hear about the 15year old nepali kid who has been meditating for 6months, without food or water? I dont know if its true, but thats why people are saying. They supposedly cover him up at night, so dont know what goes on at that time.
Deepak, u do it everyday? Ungalukku oru periya kumbidu.. Hats off to you!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Narayanan, 4 years back? And regularly till class 10? mm.. namma case-thaan pola irukku... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Paurna, thanks for the info.
I asked the question to sample how the current generation guys keep with the traditions of old. Curious, since I havent done it for over 2 years now.. :-( ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nitin, mm.. since you are with ur family, you are doing it every Avani Avittam.. I couldnt do that too.. :-( Once I moved to hostels during BSc, I stopped doing it.
LOL at ur 'list' for 'too much work'..
I havent yet come across the Nepali kid. I can tell this much that it is impossible to survive 6 months without water.. so the 'covering up in the night' has obviously something to do with it.. ;-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jagan, mm.. ninaichenn.. Ippadi edakku madakka yaravadhu comemnt pannuveengannu..
important question to the author of this post, first why this question (romba think pannerangal pola irukku)
how often do u do sandhyavandanam?
until i didnt know the meanin of what i was doing i din do it regularly(it was just chanting hyms for me), l8r once i know meanin i wud do it atlease 3-4 times a week
twas nearly 6 years back, when i used to do samithadhaanam too...
Vatsan, enakku konjam konjam artham theriyum da.. its really interesting. we will talk about it. And as you said, chanting mantras without knowing the meaning, is equivalent to singing a Spanish song, but then there are other factors that will need you to chant them, whether or not you understand.
Vatsan, my answer to your question lies in my reply to Paurna's comment.. Unga comment-ku meley parungo.. Thinking as usual-a dhaan..:-)
mm.. interesting to know about ur change after knowing the meaning.. I still dont know.
My Sandyavandanam doing went like this:
First month: Twice a day; I got poonool on 4th May; by 30th, I knew the full mantra.
Then on till end of my class 8 (for over a year): Daily
Class 9-BSc I year: Weekends
II BSc till MS II year- very sporadic... only when I go home, that too sometimes.. To be precise, only on 'Aavani Avittam'.
Ever since, I have done only handful of times. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Keerthi, mm.. chanting any mantra has always been my way of singing the spanish song.. LOL..
Narayanan, hahaha.. karuthu ellam solla naan yaaru? Enn kadhaiye kandhalaa irukku.. ;-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sumi, LOL.. I guess so far everyone has told the truth.. :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Vee-jay, thanks for ur contribution, despite being on the other side.. ;-)
mm.. I can correlate myself with ur bro and husbamd. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijay, mm.. my appa too does poojai everyday.. but that and his constant requests to do sandyavandanam have so far been ineffective with me..
Aparna, LOL.. idhu nalla irukke? Upanayanam is one of the rare occasions where we are the 'center of attraction'.. adhaiyum ippadi kedukka pakkureengaley.. :-)
on my daughters naming ceremony day (two weeks back).. US vandhum oru varusham twice a day i used to do sandhyavandhanam.. i was considered knowledgeble enough at one point that i used to put poonal for other guys in bararas for aavani aavittam. ippo, only do it when i feel like it or when there is an occasion (pillayar chaturthi, saraswathi poojai etc.)
Raju. me no iyer but ennoda brahmin friends ku ellam onnu sollika virumbaren...
i saw one profile in shaadi.com which had among other things this part . let me try to be as verbatim as possible
"should be a teetotaller, non-smoker and pure vegetarian. no eggetarian business. the guy should know the gayathri mantra by heart...."
idhu poga irukavey irukku well educated, braodminded, well-settled blah blah. preferably settled in abroad part....
Looks maapilla parka varumbodhu like test ellam vaipaanga pola...
and trust me i am not exxagerating one bit. sathiyama padichen...
so regulara sandhiya vandhanam panni, nalla therinchu vechukoonga, life ku rom mukiyam dhaan pola theriyudhu:(
en childhood friend kitte sonnen( he is iyer). koncham aadi dhaan poitaan. he is also 'worstu' like me. padikara vayasile love pannama ippo shaadi.com adu idhu nu parthutu irukaan..
yedho unga nalladhukku solren.. aprom unga ishtam:(
Theoretically it is supposed to be performed twice a day. My uncle does it regularly and I admire guy who really do it sincerely ....WOW.....I wud adore such a guy
@ prabu karthik : did u tell ur iyer friend wht I told u the other day?? innum avan ponnu theduraana??? lol.. tata sukku
Prabu, LOL on ur advice.. Enakku erkanavey kalyanam ayiduchu, Prabu.. ;-)
BTW, 'the guy should know the gayathri mantra by heart....' nilaimai avlo mosama poyiducha? Gayathri mantram romba simple aachey... suttu pottalum adhu marakkadhey.. mm..
'he is also 'worstu' like me. padikara vayasile love pannama ippo shaadi.com adu idhu nu parthutu irukaan..' ROTFL... padikkira vayasile love pannalaiya? mm.. panniyirukkanum.. :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Sukhanya, theoretically, it is thrice.. There is one to be done during noon too.. mm... One of my friends used to do it twice a day regularly.. even during the busy time of research... :-)
I do sandyavandanam twice a day though I am not very strict with the timing prescribed. Always, I do it on the third phase i.e. after sun rise during day and after sunset during evening. Very occasionally I did it during the perfect time. I could very easily sense my improvement in physical and mental health. But I carry a grouse that I am not doing Sandyavandana perfectly because of my poor Sanskrit background. For me a day without sandyavandana is useless
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I do it everyday in the morning.
The last time I did? I think once when I was in India 4 years back. regular'a 10th varaikkum panninadhu dhaan.
-narayanan
well i am no brahmin.but couple of brahmins are my very good friends.while one of them said that he had never done it since he put on the sacred thread the other said he did it whenever he found time.
btw why this qn raju?
i do mine everyear on avani avattam, but i used to do it regularly when i was in India. I say other slokas though. its just i need a book for sandyavandanama, a small plate, cup filled with pure water, veshti katikanum, too much work, thats why doin it once a year.
did u hear about the 15year old nepali kid who has been meditating for 6months, without food or water? I dont know if its true, but thats why people are saying. They supposedly cover him up at night, so dont know what goes on at that time.
sandya va patha adikadi vanakkam solluvan ...ana sandyavandanam pannathu illai
Deepak, u do it everyday? Ungalukku oru periya kumbidu.. Hats off to you!!!
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Narayanan, 4 years back? And regularly till class 10? mm.. namma case-thaan pola irukku...
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Paurna, thanks for the info.
I asked the question to sample how the current generation guys keep with the traditions of old. Curious, since I havent done it for over 2 years now.. :-(
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Nitin, mm.. since you are with ur family, you are doing it every Avani Avittam.. I couldnt do that too.. :-( Once I moved to hostels during BSc, I stopped doing it.
LOL at ur 'list' for 'too much work'..
I havent yet come across the Nepali kid. I can tell this much that it is impossible to survive 6 months without water.. so the 'covering up in the night' has obviously something to do with it.. ;-)
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Jagan, mm.. ninaichenn.. Ippadi edakku madakka yaravadhu comemnt pannuveengannu..
important question to the author of this post,
first why this question (romba think pannerangal pola irukku)
how often do u do sandhyavandanam?
until i didnt know the meanin of what i was doing i din do it regularly(it was just chanting hyms for me),
l8r once i know meanin i wud do it atlease 3-4 times a week
twas nearly 6 years back, when i used to do samithadhaanam too...
Vatsan, enakku konjam konjam artham theriyum da.. its really interesting. we will talk about it.
And as you said, chanting mantras without knowing the meaning, is equivalent to singing a Spanish song, but then there are other factors that will need you to chant them, whether or not you understand.
nalla veLai naanum neenga edhavadhu karuthu solla poreengalo'nu nenachen ;-)
-narayanan
Vatsan, my answer to your question lies in my reply to Paurna's comment.. Unga comment-ku meley parungo.. Thinking as usual-a dhaan..:-)
mm.. interesting to know about ur change after knowing the meaning.. I still dont know.
My Sandyavandanam doing went like this:
First month: Twice a day; I got poonool on 4th May; by 30th, I knew the full mantra.
Then on till end of my class 8 (for over a year): Daily
Class 9-BSc I year: Weekends
II BSc till MS II year- very sporadic... only when I go home, that too sometimes.. To be precise, only on 'Aavani Avittam'.
Ever since, I have done only handful of times.
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Keerthi, mm.. chanting any mantra has always been my way of singing the spanish song.. LOL..
Samithadaanam? Adhu enna? Naan kelvipattadhu illaiye..
Me used to do regularly till 12 the..and do it when ever at home...with dad..
appa major poojai everyday...so..that gives me inspiration
Narayanan, hahaha.. karuthu ellam solla naan yaaru? Enn kadhaiye kandhalaa irukku.. ;-)
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Sumi, LOL.. I guess so far everyone has told the truth.. :-)
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Vee-jay, thanks for ur contribution, despite being on the other side.. ;-)
mm.. I can correlate myself with ur bro and husbamd.
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Vijay, mm.. my appa too does poojai everyday.. but that and his constant requests to do sandyavandanam have so far been ineffective with me..
I still complain that with the money spent on my brother's 'upanayanam', I could've got something useful!! LOL!
Aparna, LOL.. idhu nalla irukke? Upanayanam is one of the rare occasions where we are the 'center of attraction'.. adhaiyum ippadi kedukka pakkureengaley.. :-)
on my daughters naming ceremony day (two weeks back).. US vandhum oru varusham twice a day i used to do sandhyavandhanam.. i was considered knowledgeble enough at one point that i used to put poonal for other guys in bararas for aavani aavittam. ippo, only do it when i feel like it or when there is an occasion (pillayar chaturthi, saraswathi poojai etc.)
:)
Sundar, mm.. got you. Very few continue to do it regularly over a long period of time..
Raju. me no iyer but ennoda brahmin friends ku ellam onnu sollika virumbaren...
i saw one profile in shaadi.com
which had among other things this part . let me try to be as verbatim as possible
"should be a teetotaller, non-smoker and pure vegetarian.
no eggetarian business.
the guy should know the gayathri mantra by heart...."
idhu poga irukavey irukku well educated, braodminded, well-settled blah blah. preferably settled in abroad part....
Looks maapilla parka varumbodhu like test ellam vaipaanga pola...
and trust me i am not exxagerating one bit. sathiyama padichen...
so regulara sandhiya vandhanam panni, nalla therinchu vechukoonga, life ku rom mukiyam dhaan pola theriyudhu:(
en childhood friend kitte sonnen( he is iyer). koncham aadi dhaan poitaan. he is also 'worstu' like me. padikara vayasile love pannama ippo shaadi.com adu idhu nu parthutu irukaan..
yedho unga nalladhukku solren.. aprom unga ishtam:(
Theoretically it is supposed to be performed twice a day. My uncle does it regularly and I admire guy who really do it sincerely ....WOW.....I wud adore such a guy
@ prabu karthik : did u tell ur iyer friend wht I told u the other day?? innum avan ponnu theduraana??? lol..
tata
sukku
Prabu, LOL on ur advice.. Enakku erkanavey kalyanam ayiduchu, Prabu.. ;-)
BTW, 'the guy should know the gayathri mantra by heart....' nilaimai avlo mosama poyiducha? Gayathri mantram romba simple aachey... suttu pottalum adhu marakkadhey.. mm..
'he is also 'worstu' like me. padikara vayasile love pannama ippo shaadi.com adu idhu nu parthutu irukaan..' ROTFL... padikkira vayasile love pannalaiya? mm.. panniyirukkanum.. :-)
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Sukhanya, theoretically, it is thrice.. There is one to be done during noon too.. mm... One of my friends used to do it twice a day regularly.. even during the busy time of research... :-)
Dear friends,
I do sandyavandanam twice a day though I am not very strict with the timing prescribed. Always, I do it on the third phase i.e. after sun rise during day and after sunset during evening. Very occasionally I did it during the perfect time. I could very easily sense my improvement in physical and mental health. But I carry a grouse that I am not doing Sandyavandana perfectly because of my poor Sanskrit background. For me a day without sandyavandana is useless
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