[Advaita-l] mleccha-s not eligible to take Hinduism??

[ravi chandrasekhara]

It is wonderful to hear, but per shastras he has no adhikara for Upanayna and sandhya-vandana. There is alternative Sandhya method for those who do not have adhikara.  Dvijas who default on their duties on the other hand will hav eto answer/pay for it later.

Ravi Chandrasekhara


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 From: kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] mleccha-s not eligible to take Hinduism??
 

PraNAms

I just saw Shivashankar/Lundgren mail. I have a fond memories of meeting him in person in Stockholm and almost had daily extensive discussions on Advaita Vedanta. He organized my talk at the local Hindu temple and we had after scrumptious South Indian dinner.  

He is more a Hindu than many Hindus I have met and more a Brahmin than many I know.

Hari Om!
Sadananda

--- On Tue, 6/26/12, S L Shivashankar <slshivashankar at gmail.com> wrote:


> I can speak from years of personal experience here: I have
> myself undergone
> upanayanam many years ago, and I have never on any occasion
> encountered any
> traditional pandit or acharya who has said this was a
> mistake. On the
> contrary, they have been very happy finding out that a
> westerner (i am from
> Sweden) have undergone upanayanam, and they have encouraged
> me and
> instructed me to strictly perform my sandhyavandanam,
> performing pujas and
> study traditional vedic chanting. Moreover, I have several
> western friends
> with similar experiences from traditional acharyas, pandits
> and mathas.
> 
> Warmest regards
> S. L. Shivashankar
> (a.k.a. Stig Lundgren)
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