Ritual purity (tamil maDi)

[Satish]

shrIH
--- MSR <miinalochanii at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>As
> long as you create a
> proper environment for worship and meditation,
that
> is all matters.
> Often, lack of cleanliness in the mind harms the
> environment than that
> of the body. Tamil Saint vaLLuvar prescribes a
nice
> rule for both.
>
> External purity is achieved using water and inner
> purity by speaking
> truth. (puRanthuuymai niiraan amaiyum -
akanthuuymai
> vaaymaaR
> kaaNappaDum).

  To add to this, the vAshiShTha dharma sutra says

    " The body is purified by water, mind by
truth, the spirit, by knowledge and austerity, and the
intellect, by means of knowledge".

regards


>
> My 2c.
>
>


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