[Advaita-l] Recent debates

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com wrote:

>
> >  prabhuji is it indispensable for smArthAs to do *shiva panchAyatana
> pUja* or nitya devatArchana before undertaking upanishad studies in a
> traditional manner??  I was told by one of vedic pundits that apart from
> sandhya vandanam one should perform vidhi pUrvaka nitya devatArchana before
> persuing studies in vedanta.  Pls. clarify.

Yes.  You should also pay respect to Shri Narayana, Ma Saraswati, our
sampradaya Gurus such as Maharshi Vedavyasa, Shankaracharya and our own
Gurus and recite the shantipath.

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