IN
kli-yug EVEN
bRaaHmANo ARE DEFAULTING ON UPHOLDING
DHARm...THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO NORMAL
HUMANS???!!!!!....
Controversy Over Hindu Priests
Charging Independently and Exorbitantly for
Traditional Prayers
From
Hinduism Today:
Sunday Times (South Africa),LAUDIUM, SOUTH AFRICA, February 27,
2005:
When Priest Jagadeshan Sharma of the Laudium
Sivan Alayam in 13th Avenue charged an undercover reporter US$17 to bless a
car, the Sunday Times proceeded to write this article. The news release
said, "This week Sharma admitted charging up to $1,726 to offer prayers for
new homeowners. The prayers bestow protection and good luck. He also boasted
about his fee structure whereby owners of luxury vehicles pay up to $138 for
a blessing." Sharma said, "People are building homes for $90,000 to
$180,000, so they don't mind paying so much."
Please continue reading this very important and
unwanted corruption of veDik lifestyle
by those who are supposed to be the guardians of the
veDik lifestyle clicking the line at the end of this news
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As per all the existing and
deciphered sNskRUt veDik texts
use of knowledge of
veD must be
as per the rules of DHARm
and some of these rules are as follows
including the rules related to the relationship between a
bRaaHmAN
and the people a bRaaHmAN
serves:
- veD
knowledge or veD texts can
never be sold or traded. There is a special
nrk (hell) among the 30 kror
(300 million) total nrk
domains in ym-lok for those who
do not abide by this DHARm.
- veD knowledge
has to be attained daily through
s`vaaDH`yaay (self study) under the direction of
appropriate and competent guru
and also freely shared through daily
pRvchn which means discussion with an intent to share the
knowledge with others who are also in
s`vaaDH`yaay mode...
- Those who are in the
bRaaHmAN category and are competent and have
aDHikaar (veDikly ordained
right and duty) to perform veDik viDHio
(rites and ceremonies prescribed in veD
and shaasTR) should
only be performing such kARm.
- A bRaaHmAN
should never ask for any fee or compensation for performing his ordained
duty. But at the same time those who get served by a
bRaaHmAN must give
DKSHiANaa (honorarium) to the
bRaaHmAN of an adequate worth befitting the services
performed and befitting ones capacity to give and keeping in mind what is
required by the bRaaHmAN to
maintain his family his SNsaar
and his aaSRm where he has his
students. Not to give an adequate DKSHiANaa
is paap (sin)
and consequences are very serious.
- A DKSHiANaa
should consists of worldly wealth and amounts as prescribed in
veD and
shaasTR and should be given to a
bRaaHmAN in the manner prescribed in
veD and
shaasTR for each service performed.
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