[Advaita-l] Why do I Feel Frustrated after Studying Vedanta ? || Swami Sarvapriyananda

[V Subrahmanian]

Sriram ji, the swami is from the Ramakrishna Order. Normally they do not
don any marks.

regards
subbu

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 12:58 PM Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Nice video ...
>
> I would have been much happier had swamiji adorned with bhaska on
> forehead....I never saw him
> with bhasma...Hindu monks sans bhasma, rudraksha look like प्रच्छन्न
> बौद्घः
>
> It is our tradition to have bhasma / urdhwa-pundra with gopi-chandana etc.
> depending upon the guru-parampara.
> In our advaita tradition, bhasma-dhAraNa is must for sanyasis and tonsured
> head should be covered with शाटिका.
>
> Of course, all these are immaterial for hamsa / parama-hamsa.
>
> It is for them to decide.  Swami Dayananda ji used to have bhasma-dharana
> and cover his shirO-muNDana with
> ocre robes.
>
> Just my observation.
>
> rgs,
> sriram
>
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