Friday, March 25, 2011

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT MODES OF WEARING YAJNOPAVITAM?

Different modes of wearing of YajnopavItam:

Deva tarpaNam - upavIti (Left shoulder)
Pitru tarpaNam - prACInAavIti (Right shoulder)
Rishi tarpaNam - nivIti (Garland)
Carrying the Sava(corpse) - nivIti (Garland)
Nature's call - Around the right ear

Sunday, March 20, 2011

HOW TO KNOW THE PROPER PRACTICE IN CASE OF DIFFERING VIEWS IN DHARMA SASTRAS?

In the dharma SAstra texts, the views of various smrutis on a topic are presented. At times these differ from each other. Hence the best approach to be followed is to know the SishtAcAra from our elders who are well-versed in the practice of dharma. One has to act accordingly.