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Date: Fri Aug 11 2000 - 04:18:36 PDT
Mani Varadarajan (mani@alum.calberkeley.org) wrote:
>
>Dear Sri Rajagopal.
>
>Here is your email. Please post it to the list if you would
>like.
>
>Thanks,
>Mani
>
>--
>
>Dear Sri Mani Varadarajan,
Let me try to elucidate what little I can.
The basic duty or the tradition,if we may call it that,of any Yathi is to
be on Sancharam all the time and observe a strict code of conduct.This
they have been doing
>for thousands of years.With the passage of time the connotation of these
>duties has changed somewhat. But one thing that has NOT changed is that
>these Yathis have to stay put in one place, for FOUR months,from Ashada
>Pournami day to the Pournami days 4 months on.
>Again due to passage of time that most of these
>Yathis have also become Heads of Mutts and Asramams. They have enormous
>institutions to manage and thousands of sishyas and admirers to take care
>of in far flung areas. So these Four months have been shortened to Four
>Pakshas always starting from the Pournami date as mentioned above.
>The basic idea of camping in one place was that during those periods
there
>used to be copious rains and all the pathways will be full of
Jeevarasis,like worms and insects
>not always visible and these Yathis might harm these inadvertantly had
>they continued their Yatras during these rainy months also.You might feel
>as i do that rain being such a rare and precious commodity in India
>nowadays the whole concept may be too pedantic!! But certain traditions
>are not to be broken whatever be the situation.This i imagine is one that
>will stand for a long long time to come given the upsurge of interest and
>commitment i have seen in the last two to three decades by persons from
>our walks of life.In practical terms this can be used as a break from
their hectic schedule all round the year and can be used to recharge
themselves.
>The rationale behind the tour of H.H.Tridandi Sriman Narayana Jeer who,
while
>flying around this country(i am here on a short visit to be with my son
>and daughter) and travelling on these roads,might be that He is hardly
likely to harm a
>single living Jeevarasi with such a mode of Yatra.This is of course my
humble presumption as such a Great Soul will have His own reasons for
being here and being on tour.
>Regards.
>R.Rajagopal(RR.)
>You wrote:
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