[Advaita-l] Naam sankirtan

[Rajaram Venkataramani]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Bhaskar YR <bhaskar.yr at in.abb.com> wrote:

> On one occasion He has said in reply to a questioner:  One can indulge in
> bhajana (nama sankeertana) AFTER one has finished the sandhya vandanam and
> not as a replacement to it.
>
> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
> Yes, it is something like above he insists in his dialogue.  He advises,
> one should not skip his nitya & naimittika karma and do nAma saMkeertana
> instead.  He gives here an example of two disciples, one who is always
> praising his guru without doing any work as entrusted by his guru and
> another who is sincerely following his guru's instruction in executing his
> duties.
>
Rajaram: What about those who are not eligible for karma? Can they engage
in bhakti and attain advaita siddhi? What about brahmanas who are living
abroad? Do they technically have the right to perform veda karma?