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Lakshmi Narasimhan • January 20, 2003 


Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha,

Nathamunigal, Thirukkacchi Nambigal(used to converse with Shri Kanchi
Devarajan in his yoga dasai), Shri Ramanujar and all our Purvacharyas were
well versed in Yoga Shastram. The very reason why Shri Ramanujar devised the
concept of wearing the 12 thirumans in the different places of the body was
due to the Yoga Shastra. If a veteran in Yoga Shastra notices the 12 places
where the Thiruman is worn by a Vaishnavite, he/she would immediately
recognize that they have placed the Thiruman covering ALL the chakras and
covered the "Ida"(left), "Vala"(right) nadis corresponding to those chakras.

A note on Pranayamam. More importance have to be given in thinking about the
lord. And the pranayamam as such just needs to be performed as taught by an
Acharyan. This is where the problem arises. Some focus more on doing the
pranayamam right and lose the actual essence of thinking about god. This has
been happening since the days of Alwars. Nammazhwar has sung a line in
Thiruvaimozhi after feeling bad about the practice of trying to do the
pranayamam properly rather than thinking about the almighty - "Peyarinaiye
pundhiyal sindhiyadhu odhi uruvennum andhiyalam payanangen?" If one just
counts the number of times the Gayathri and does the
sandhyavandhanam(chanting of gayathri manthram is done simultaneous to the
pranayamam) without thinking the very name of the almighty, what is the use
of the same? is what Alwars wonders!

Again, I don't intend to say that, doing pranayamam is wrong. Its just an
additional information that even if you do not do it properly it does not
really matter if you actually think about bhagavan at that time - as that
time is more allocated to think about the almighty than the actual
prana-yamam or gayathri ucchadanam.

Sarva aparadhaan kshmasva

Yatheendra Pravanam Vandhe RAMYA Jaamaatharam Munim

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,
Lakshmi Narasimhan
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