Srimatae Ramanujaya Namaha,

Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swami Guruve Namaha,

Asmadh Sarva Gurubyo Namaha,

Dear Bhakta,

Sri Velukkudi Swami in an upanyasam about Acharyas Vaibhavam says about Poorvachayars Vaarthaigal (holy words) to future BHaktas TO FOLLOW as much as posible in any circumstances, though it is really a tough task in this Kali YUga.

Adiyen will try to put together based on adiyens understanding from Swami’s Pravachanams.

1) Saha Bhojana Yogyar (Ahara Niyanamanam)

a) While cooking, think or chant or murmer about BHagavAN/Acharya Naamas to make the THaligai Sathvik. ANy other thinking while cooking will make the food Rajas/Tamas.

Ex: If one thinks about their family sorrow or thinks vengence about someone and cooks, then if we eat such food (though vegeterian), then we will get their gunas as well.

So, eating vegetarian itself cooked by someone, will enduce their gunas into us and we wil start behaving slowly like them over a time of time.

b) Avoid Rajas/Tamas vegeterian foods like Onion, Garlic, Mushroom primarily and the list is more as well.

c) Eat only Vegetarian food as Prasadham (after offering to SriKrishna).

d) While having Prasadham (Food, Water), think about BhagavAn and avoid any talking or different thinking/watching something in TV or cellphone etc….

The whole purpose is to:

* Cook Sathvik food by (follow a) & b)) and

* Offer to SriKRishna in our Prayer Room (follow c)) and then

* Give it back to SriKrishna in our Stomach who is residing as JAATARA AGNI (follow d)).

So, all these three purpose should beserved while eating food/Water.

2) Saha Vaasana Yogar

a) Choose whom we should Live with, and choose whom we should invite in our home and choose where we should stay if we go outside, and choose who should be our companion, freinds etc..

b) Each of their Gunas affects our Gunas as well.

If they are Sathvik persons, then we will be Sathvik.

If they are Rajas, or Tamas or even Naasthikas, then we will slowly become like them as well.

c) So being always in Sathvik Satsangam is necessary all time, since this Samsaram is Gora-Saagaram, which will drag us into padu kuzhi.

d) Try to enlighten and transform them with Yatha Shakthi to make them Sathvik with BHagvan/Acharya Grace. If it is beyond about capacity, then don’t do Visha Parichai. Just leave it and pray BhagavAn for wellness.

3) SammBHashana Yogar

a) Choose whom we should Talk with and who we should avoid talking

Same scenario applies.

Acharyas says, those who talks about Just Lowkikam &/or Naasthikam and no BHagavAn and Moksham, then avoid them, since “AVANGALUDAYA GUNAMUM NAMAKKU OTTIKIDUM. SLOWLY OUR NISHTAI WILL REDUCE”.

So, we need to remember these and apply in any circumstances whereever possible with BHagavAN and Acharya Ramanujar Grace and be in Sathvika Satsangam always like SriVelukkudi Krishnan Swami’s Satsangam.

Can BHakta bring home cooked vegeterain Prasadham in lunch box instead of office vegeterian food since it is not prasadham, their gunas while cooking will induce into Bhakta’s gunas. Yes, smelling also affects our gunas, but our Nithya Anushtana, Nithya Aaradhana, Nithya ANusandhana will certainly eliminate such temperory Dhoshams, since we are not the cause of roadside Rajo/Tamo smell or in other places.

PLease try to avoid such places where Rajas/Tamas foods are cooked as much as possible. Talk to HR and say, I have lunch box, can i eat at my desk and clean the desk after finish. Try talking first to HR, BHagavAn will help.

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All CRedits are due to Swami’s ANugraham,

Any errors are due to adiyens karmas.

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Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swami Thiruvadigalaey Sharanam,

PoorvAcharyars ThiruvAdigalaey SHaranam,

Uyya Oraey Vazhi UdayavAr ThiruvAdi,

Sarvam SriKrishnarpanam Asthu.

Good summary above.
Another alternative beyond canteen and desk place is to go out and sit in nearby open area…park etc…I think all offices allow people to go out for lunch if they want to buy food…so we can sit outside there and eat….
Even if this is not possible…then…you can go slightly earlier and complete lunch at cafeteria itself…
Another word of caution : we usually tend to become proud from our pure std of living…so we should recollect that some birth ago we might have also been in such sceanrio..so we should take that opportunity to become grateful to our acharyas and gurus and also be prayerful for those in ignorance…under such thoughts smells will not affect one…and slowly the situation will change miraculously by Grace of the Lord and Guru…either a new ipen place to eat will be available….or contractor will change ..or you might transfer to a job/ location free from this problem…we never know..how and when…

Sri Ramanuja Munaye Namaha,

Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swami Guruvae Namaha, 

Asmadh Sarva Gurubyo Namaha,

Beautifully said as “so we should recollect that some birth ago we might have also been in such sceanrio..so we should take that opportunity to become grateful to our acharyas and gurus and also be prayerful for those in ignorance”.

Exactly, Swami has said in the past, that 

We are “present Bhaktas” transformed from a “future Bhakta” state due to “Yatarchaya Sukuritham” and then Vishnur Kataksham / Acharya Karunai.

Yatarchaya Sukuritham means “accendental blessing received by having a contact with a Parama SriVishnavite who has BOTH 1) Gyanam/Acharam and 2) Sneham”.

So we are transforming from a “future Bhakta state” to a “Bhakta state” with Acharya Krupai.

Swami has said,  once we start following the Acharam/Anushtanam, this becomes a DRY Spiritual knowkedge (VARATTU GYANAM), with no love affection to BhagavAn and His Sotthu (other Jeevathmas). So we should keep continuing our ACHARAM/ANUSHTANAM which ever place we are WITHOUT ANY COMPROMISE FIRMLY and then add one more factor called SNEHAM  (affection to BhagavAn and Sympathy on others), so Vatrattu Gyanam (dry spiritual knowledge) is superceded which makes us a PURE SRIVAISHNAVAITE.

This is been described in Upanishads as

“SNEHA POORVA ANU DHYANAM BHAKTI RIDH ABHI DEEYADHE”.

Swami says the explanation as,

“A Garland seller infront of temples makes the garland in the morning. It will become DRY and wrinkle, if Water is not sprinkled frequently. This keeps the freshness till night before the shop closes. It appears like a fresh garland at night too, though it was actually made in the morning”.

Garland is Ourselves.

DRY/wrinkle is VARATTU Gyanam (Dry Spiritual Knowledge).

Water is SNEHAM (Affection/Love).

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Adiyen tried to portray Swami’s words in couple of previous posts as well in these links about Acharam/Anushtanam with Sneham

Incident 1)

https://www.kinchit.org/dharma-sandeha/thread/how-to-react-when-someone-curses-about-our-sriman-narayana-in-front-of-me-and-also-to-me/ 

As,

“But as a Prapannan, we should also pray to Swami Ramanujar in our MIND that “please change that persons attitude by keeping Devareer ThiruvAdi on that persons head and make him realize about our Parama Pitha SriKrishna”. They will also change later definitely and become a Baktha with Acharya Krupai.”.

Incident 2)

https://www.kinchit.org/dharma-sandeha/thread/debates-of-acharyas-against-atheism/ 

 As,

” DHUSTANAI KANDAAL DHOORA VILAGU, MUDINDHAL NANMAI SEI”

துஷ்டனை கண்டால் தூர விலகு , முடிந்தால் நன்மை செய் .

” STAY AWAY FROM BAD COMPANY, DO GOOD TO THEM IF POSSIBLE”

“Every Athikas (Bhaktas) to develop two things,

1. a) “Thappa Panna Vidaama, nAthiganai Thadukka Vaendum with our Yatha Shakthi” and make the nAthika an Athika for their own benefit,

2. b) and develop Karunai Ullam and “request Acharyas to give Moksham for nAsthikas”,

so Thayar-Perumal can get their Sotthu ‘Athma’, other wise, nAhtikas paapa karmas will NOT get reduced and they will also spoil Sanatana Dharmam in this Samsaram and make Asthikas life difficult”.

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So we should keep continuing our ACHARAM/ANUSHTANAM which ever place we are WITHOUT ANY COMPROMISE FIRMLYand then add one more factor called SNEHAM  (affection to BhagavAn and Sympathy on others), so Vatrattu Gyanam (dry spiritual knowledge) is superceded which makes us a PURE SRIVAISHNAVAITE.

“SNEHA POORVA ANU DHYANAM BHAKTI RIDH ABHIRIDH DEEYADHE”.

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Sri Velukkudi Swami and Acharyas follow this method due to which we all are under the Safe Shade of Swami Ramanujar KRUPA KATAKSHAM, and we REFLECT THE SAME to future Ramanuja Sambhandhus, so they can also be elivated and get Swamis Sambhandham and ATTAIN MOKSHAM in Same Birth.

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Adiyen Sri Velukkudi Krishna Dasan,

All  PoorvAcharyars ThiruvAdigalaey Sharanam,

Thayar-Perumal-Alwar-Emperumanaar-Jeeyar-Acharyar Thiruvadigalaey Sharanam,

Rukmini Thayar Samedha SriKrishna BhagavAn ki Jai,

Sarvam SriKrishna Kudumbham,

Sarvam SriKrishnarpanam Asthu.

Namaskarams

Thank you all for detailed responses and advises

Daasanu Daasan Srinivasan

Srimatae Ramanujaya Namaha,
Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swami Guruvae Namaha,
Asmadh Sarva Gurubyo Namaha,

Thanks for the understanding Baktha.

Adiyen is only a Tool (Karuvi) trying to ‘Share’ what adiyen understood from Swami’s Pravachanams with a “Sathvika Ookkam (for the sake of sharing with adiyen’s Yatha Shakthi)” and please don’t consider anything that adiyen shared are advises, since Advises (Upadesams) are given by Acharyas and Mahans like Sri Velukkudi Swami, since they have these all Three 1) Gyanam, 2) Acharam/Anushtanam and 3) Sneham with POORNATHVAM  (no deficiency).

 
All good things that adiyen said are due to Swami’s Anugraham,
Any errors are due to adiyen’s karmas.

Adiyen Sri Velukkudi Krishna Dasan,
Uyya Oraey Vazhi UdayavAr ThiruvAdi,
Sarvam SriKrishna Kudumbham,
Sarvam SriKrishnarpanam Asthu.