[Advaita-l] {भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत्} श्रुतिराम गुरुकुलम् - By Dr.Rangan ji

[Venkatesh Murthy]

Namaste

If there is no Brahmin girl available a Brahmin can marry a Lingayat girl
of good character and a vegetarian. This opinion some say is by Swamijis to
save Brahmin Kula.

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 3:07 PM V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> There has to be a change of heart.  Loukika-s should come forward to send
> their sons for full time vedic education and give their daughters to
> vedic/sanskrit scholars. Here is a post that I had shared last year:
> May 8, 2018
> <
> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2101127836567233&set=a.697484646931566&type=3
> >
>
> An inspiring Madhva Dampati
>
> On the occasion of the Dvaita-Advaita vakyartha vichara goshThi at the
> Bhandarkere MaTha, Bangalore, recently I had the good fortune of coming
> into contact with an elderly, pious, traditionally dressed to the core,
> Madhva dampati. After observing the duo's activity, behaviour, mannerisms,
> etc. I began a conversation with them. The first pleasant shocker was that
> they are a practicing Chartered Accountant couple in Coimbatore. Naturally
> they were extremely fluent in Tamizh. They are very affable. The second
> 'shocker' came when she pointed to two equally traditionally attired young
> women among a group of females in the assembly, and said: 'these are my two
> daughters.* The girls, who had passed the CA entrance exam, expressed their
> desire to have traditional scholars as their partners. We acceded to their
> preference and married them off to two Madhva traditional scholars who are
> Sudha-pandits.' *Both those scholars were present in the closed circle of
> scholars who were engaged in the debate. Upon my asking what had inspired
> the girls to choose this kind of wedded life, the mother said that it could
> be the influence of Sri......... a certain Madhva pontiff who was highly
> respected by the family. The pious couple is also very philanthropic that
> they involve themselves in several noble causes, one among them being
> sponsoring such scholarly meets, not once, but several times in a year.
> Their dedication to their faith is very laudable. Her daughters could be
> seen to be bringing up their children too in the same life style conducive
> to traditional Madhva upbringing. I was overwhelmed by the couple's ways
> and expressed my appreciation to them. They kindly permitted me to take a
> picture of them.
>
> What stands out as a very great lesson to be imbibed from the couple is:
> people should come forward to give their daughters in marriage to
> traditional scholars, those who have done veda adhyayanam, those employed
> as veda / shaastra adhyapakas, archakas, etc. Only then there will be the
> perpetuation and propagation of the Vedic ideals of our great Bharata
> Bhoomi.
>
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 2:12 PM H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste.
> >
> > Even Brahmins whose main avocation is paurOhityam, even the very famous
> and
> > very well to do ones, do not want to give their own daughters in marriage
> > to a brahmin boy whose main avocation is paurOhityam, let alone persons
> > following other professions.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
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Regards

-Venkatesh