[Advaita-l] RE: shrine of a jivan muktha

[Prasad Balasubramanian]

namasthe,

 But we have discussed in our list a year ago, that, irrespective of whether the fore-fathers are jivan mukthas or not, one should do shrAddham.  I've heard
that Paramacharyal of Kanchi Mutt in Deivathin Kural (Hindu Dharma) also tells the same.

namasthe
Prasad


"Sundaram, Vaidya  Wrote:
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>Namaskaram.
> In a jivan mukta's case, there would be no "shraardha" performed in the
>first place right? There would then be no question on  how it is to be
>performed. Their bodies are not burned but buried, because the physical body
>is considered to have been burnt by the fire of knowledge.
>
>bhava shankara desikame sharaNam
>Vaidya.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: advaita-l-bounces at lists.advaita-vedanta.org
>
>namasthe,
>
> Can someone explain the difference between
>the physical structure of tombs/shrines for
>jivan mukthas and other mahAns ? If so, can
>someone kindly explain it elaborately ?  I heard
>that Sri Ramana Maharishi asked people
>to build a unique looking shrine for His Mother,
>a cow called Lakshmi and a muslim man 
>named Masthan.
>
> Secondly, is there any difference in the shrAddham/
>yearly ceremony procedure for a jivan muktha and 
>others ? I've heard once, that the coconut has to 
>be kept horizontally in the kumbam/kalasam for a jivan 
>muktha's shrAddham.
> 
> Someone kindly explain.
>
>namasthe
>Prasad
>



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