New member introduction: shrI Krishna Vaidyanathan

[Ravisankar S. Mayavaram]

On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:

> I would say this is the typical experience of most Hindu families.  One
> practices the various rites and rituals not for some purpose but simply
> because it is one's obligation.  So no "Understanding" is needed.
>


namaste

Knowing the principles behind the rituals will help one to do it
more effectively.  Take for instance Achamanam, when one understands
why we do it, its power increases (atleast I imagine so) dramatically.
When we waste so much time and effort to understand many meaningless
things (like news), I think one should strive hard to understand the
meaning behind the rituals.

Ravi