Urdhva Pundra for follower of Advaita Philosophy
Can a follower of Advaita Philosophy wear the Urdhva Pundra of Gopi Chandana? If so, what is procedure to be followed to wear it?
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Can a follower of Advaita Philosophy wear the Urdhva Pundra of Gopi Chandana? If so, what is procedure to be followed to wear it?
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Can a follower of Advaita Philosophy wear the Urdhva Pundra of Gopi Chandana? If so, what is procedure to be followed to wear it?
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asked Jan 27 at 3:29
Santosh HegdeSantosh Hegde
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Can a follower of Advaita Philosophy wear the Urdhva Pundra of Gopi Chandana? If so, what is procedure to be followed to wear it?
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asked Jan 27 at 3:29
Santosh HegdeSantosh Hegde
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asked Jan 27 at 3:29
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asked Jan 27 at 3:29
Santosh HegdeSantosh Hegde
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asked Jan 27 at 3:29
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Yes, you can wear urdhavpundram if you belong to advaita line. It has strong traditional evidence for it.
If you can do a bit of light reading, look at this link. This is from the interview/discussion recorded between a Japanese professor and the late pontiff of Kanchi mutt, H.H Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati.
There were Vaishnavites who would not even enter a Siva temple –
teevra vaishnavas – but who were yet followers of Advaita philosophy.
They will not touch bhasma (sacred ashes) and will put on their
forehead and body only the vertical marks, proclaiming their devotion
to Vishnu.
It goes without saying that that those were what we know as Smartha Vaishnavas. However, personally, I haven't seen any advaitin who refuses to enter other temples.
What I describe next is personal experience. I am from a tamil speaking smartha family with roots in Kerala. And for as long as I have known, my family and my ancestors even in extended families all have donned only the urdhvapundram using gopi chandanam, in long "U", with a finger's gap, stretching from between the eyebrows to the hairline or beyond. Or a truncated "U", like a an elongated crescent.
There are many clans which still follow that tradition of wearing urdhvapundram. However, the history and tradition has been so corrupted that I was accused of being a madhwa brahmin once by a kanchi mutt follower, who at that moment clearly showed that he was ignorant of his own acharya's teachings and his traditions. The topic has lot more details, and associated controversies, all of which are out of scope for this question.
answered Jan 27 at 6:23
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"I was accused of being a madhwa brahmin once by an ignorant kanchi mutt follower" - it would be good to remove the name-calling.
– S K
Jan 27 at 14:33
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@S K ok... Like how? That person was a kanchi mutt follower, who was ignorant of traditions acknowledged by his own acharya. Words aren't attacks. I am merely stating the fact.
– Ambi
Jan 27 at 14:35
You can add this to your answer: i.stack.imgur.com/e2kAQ.jpg
– Surya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
Feb 15 at 7:58
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1 Answer
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Yes, you can wear urdhavpundram if you belong to advaita line. It has strong traditional evidence for it.
If you can do a bit of light reading, look at this link. This is from the interview/discussion recorded between a Japanese professor and the late pontiff of Kanchi mutt, H.H Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati.
There were Vaishnavites who would not even enter a Siva temple –
teevra vaishnavas – but who were yet followers of Advaita philosophy.
They will not touch bhasma (sacred ashes) and will put on their
forehead and body only the vertical marks, proclaiming their devotion
to Vishnu.
It goes without saying that that those were what we know as Smartha Vaishnavas. However, personally, I haven't seen any advaitin who refuses to enter other temples.
What I describe next is personal experience. I am from a tamil speaking smartha family with roots in Kerala. And for as long as I have known, my family and my ancestors even in extended families all have donned only the urdhvapundram using gopi chandanam, in long "U", with a finger's gap, stretching from between the eyebrows to the hairline or beyond. Or a truncated "U", like a an elongated crescent.
There are many clans which still follow that tradition of wearing urdhvapundram. However, the history and tradition has been so corrupted that I was accused of being a madhwa brahmin once by a kanchi mutt follower, who at that moment clearly showed that he was ignorant of his own acharya's teachings and his traditions. The topic has lot more details, and associated controversies, all of which are out of scope for this question.
answered Jan 27 at 6:23
AmbiAmbi
1,339121
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"I was accused of being a madhwa brahmin once by an ignorant kanchi mutt follower" - it would be good to remove the name-calling.
– S K
Jan 27 at 14:33
2
@S K ok... Like how? That person was a kanchi mutt follower, who was ignorant of traditions acknowledged by his own acharya. Words aren't attacks. I am merely stating the fact.
– Ambi
Jan 27 at 14:35
You can add this to your answer: i.stack.imgur.com/e2kAQ.jpg
– Surya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
Feb 15 at 7:58
add a comment |
Yes, you can wear urdhavpundram if you belong to advaita line. It has strong traditional evidence for it.
If you can do a bit of light reading, look at this link. This is from the interview/discussion recorded between a Japanese professor and the late pontiff of Kanchi mutt, H.H Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati.
There were Vaishnavites who would not even enter a Siva temple –
teevra vaishnavas – but who were yet followers of Advaita philosophy.
They will not touch bhasma (sacred ashes) and will put on their
forehead and body only the vertical marks, proclaiming their devotion
to Vishnu.
It goes without saying that that those were what we know as Smartha Vaishnavas. However, personally, I haven't seen any advaitin who refuses to enter other temples.
What I describe next is personal experience. I am from a tamil speaking smartha family with roots in Kerala. And for as long as I have known, my family and my ancestors even in extended families all have donned only the urdhvapundram using gopi chandanam, in long "U", with a finger's gap, stretching from between the eyebrows to the hairline or beyond. Or a truncated "U", like a an elongated crescent.
There are many clans which still follow that tradition of wearing urdhvapundram. However, the history and tradition has been so corrupted that I was accused of being a madhwa brahmin once by a kanchi mutt follower, who at that moment clearly showed that he was ignorant of his own acharya's teachings and his traditions. The topic has lot more details, and associated controversies, all of which are out of scope for this question.
answered Jan 27 at 6:23
AmbiAmbi
1,339121
1
"I was accused of being a madhwa brahmin once by an ignorant kanchi mutt follower" - it would be good to remove the name-calling.
– S K
Jan 27 at 14:33
2
@S K ok... Like how? That person was a kanchi mutt follower, who was ignorant of traditions acknowledged by his own acharya. Words aren't attacks. I am merely stating the fact.
– Ambi
Jan 27 at 14:35
You can add this to your answer: i.stack.imgur.com/e2kAQ.jpg
– Surya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
Feb 15 at 7:58
add a comment |
Yes, you can wear urdhavpundram if you belong to advaita line. It has strong traditional evidence for it.
If you can do a bit of light reading, look at this link. This is from the interview/discussion recorded between a Japanese professor and the late pontiff of Kanchi mutt, H.H Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati.
There were Vaishnavites who would not even enter a Siva temple –
teevra vaishnavas – but who were yet followers of Advaita philosophy.
They will not touch bhasma (sacred ashes) and will put on their
forehead and body only the vertical marks, proclaiming their devotion
to Vishnu.
It goes without saying that that those were what we know as Smartha Vaishnavas. However, personally, I haven't seen any advaitin who refuses to enter other temples.
What I describe next is personal experience. I am from a tamil speaking smartha family with roots in Kerala. And for as long as I have known, my family and my ancestors even in extended families all have donned only the urdhvapundram using gopi chandanam, in long "U", with a finger's gap, stretching from between the eyebrows to the hairline or beyond. Or a truncated "U", like a an elongated crescent.
There are many clans which still follow that tradition of wearing urdhvapundram. However, the history and tradition has been so corrupted that I was accused of being a madhwa brahmin once by a kanchi mutt follower, who at that moment clearly showed that he was ignorant of his own acharya's teachings and his traditions. The topic has lot more details, and associated controversies, all of which are out of scope for this question.
answered Jan 27 at 6:23
AmbiAmbi
1,339121
Yes, you can wear urdhavpundram if you belong to advaita line. It has strong traditional evidence for it.
If you can do a bit of light reading, look at this link. This is from the interview/discussion recorded between a Japanese professor and the late pontiff of Kanchi mutt, H.H Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati.
There were Vaishnavites who would not even enter a Siva temple –
teevra vaishnavas – but who were yet followers of Advaita philosophy.
They will not touch bhasma (sacred ashes) and will put on their
forehead and body only the vertical marks, proclaiming their devotion
to Vishnu.
It goes without saying that that those were what we know as Smartha Vaishnavas. However, personally, I haven't seen any advaitin who refuses to enter other temples.
What I describe next is personal experience. I am from a tamil speaking smartha family with roots in Kerala. And for as long as I have known, my family and my ancestors even in extended families all have donned only the urdhvapundram using gopi chandanam, in long "U", with a finger's gap, stretching from between the eyebrows to the hairline or beyond. Or a truncated "U", like a an elongated crescent.
There are many clans which still follow that tradition of wearing urdhvapundram. However, the history and tradition has been so corrupted that I was accused of being a madhwa brahmin once by a kanchi mutt follower, who at that moment clearly showed that he was ignorant of his own acharya's teachings and his traditions. The topic has lot more details, and associated controversies, all of which are out of scope for this question.
answered Jan 27 at 6:23
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"I was accused of being a madhwa brahmin once by an ignorant kanchi mutt follower" - it would be good to remove the name-calling.
– S K
Jan 27 at 14:33
2
@S K ok... Like how? That person was a kanchi mutt follower, who was ignorant of traditions acknowledged by his own acharya. Words aren't attacks. I am merely stating the fact.
– Ambi
Jan 27 at 14:35
You can add this to your answer: i.stack.imgur.com/e2kAQ.jpg
– Surya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
Feb 15 at 7:58
add a comment |
1
"I was accused of being a madhwa brahmin once by an ignorant kanchi mutt follower" - it would be good to remove the name-calling.
– S K
Jan 27 at 14:33
2
@S K ok... Like how? That person was a kanchi mutt follower, who was ignorant of traditions acknowledged by his own acharya. Words aren't attacks. I am merely stating the fact.
– Ambi
Jan 27 at 14:35
You can add this to your answer: i.stack.imgur.com/e2kAQ.jpg
– Surya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
Feb 15 at 7:58
1
1
"I was accused of being a madhwa brahmin once by an ignorant kanchi mutt follower" - it would be good to remove the name-calling.
– S K
Jan 27 at 14:33
"I was accused of being a madhwa brahmin once by an ignorant kanchi mutt follower" - it would be good to remove the name-calling.
– S K
Jan 27 at 14:33
2
2
@S K ok... Like how? That person was a kanchi mutt follower, who was ignorant of traditions acknowledged by his own acharya. Words aren't attacks. I am merely stating the fact.
– Ambi
Jan 27 at 14:35
@S K ok... Like how? That person was a kanchi mutt follower, who was ignorant of traditions acknowledged by his own acharya. Words aren't attacks. I am merely stating the fact.
– Ambi
Jan 27 at 14:35
You can add this to your answer: i.stack.imgur.com/e2kAQ.jpg
– Surya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
Feb 15 at 7:58
You can add this to your answer: i.stack.imgur.com/e2kAQ.jpg
– Surya Kanta Bose Chowdhury
Feb 15 at 7:58
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