[Advaita-l] The almighty and his inflexibility

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Hare Krishna Bhaskar ji,

The generic rules is as follows:-

If you are doing any pujA, ArtI etc with some desire in mind -- the rules
are specific and inviolable.

If you are doing them dedicating them to Ishvara for the purpose of
sattva-shuddhi as part of karma-yoga -- the rules do not require that much
hard and fast adherence.

However, I must admit that these views of mine are based on hearsay and I
don't have any ShAstric evidence for the same.

Regards.
Sudhanshu.

On Thu 13 Jun, 2019, 18:07 Bhaskar YR via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> praNAms
> Hare Krishna
>
> Today in whatsapp some one shared me this injunction while taking the
> Arati.  The varAhamUrthy saying this to his wife :
>
> Artikya grahaNakAle ekahastena yOjayet, yadi hasta dvayenaiva mama drOhi
> na shaMshayaH.
>
> Whenever I read these type of injunctions with regard to rituals and
> celestial beings (devaru in general ) rigidity  I wonder is this really the
> words of all compassionate god or some 'fault-finder'!!?? Take the above
> example, varAha murthy saying to his wife  ' if you take Arati with both
> hands,  then that's the end of it, immediately he becomes culprit to me
> (mama drOhi) and his further clarification/insistence  'there is no doubt'
> in it (na saMshayaH).  Is this really an unpardonable sin to take the Arati
> with both hands??  Is this so serious crime to face the wrath of the
> almighty??  Take another example of satyanArAyaNa vrata / pooja, the most
> dangerous god in that vrate katha,  if you don't do the pooja after doing
> the saMkalpa or even if you do the pooja but forgot to take teertha,
> prasAda,  he will make you suffer like anything...Do we have to understand
> these statements /anecdotes as it is at its face value ??  Please share
> your thoughts.
>
> Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
> bhaskar
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