---------- Forwarded message --------- From: N Sekar <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Apr 7, 2024, 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [KeralaIyers] Re: Fw: CREMATION AND FOUR STAGES OF LIFE To: Kerala Iyer <[email protected]>, Gopa4411 <[email protected]>, Chittanandam V. R. <[email protected]>, Rangarajan T.N.C. < [email protected]>, Mathangi K. Kumar <[email protected]>, APS Mani <[email protected]>, Srinivasan Sridharan <[email protected]>
Thanks Sri G K. My comment is restricted to the 3rd stage of life - Vanaprastha. Many people, esp the seniors, criticize the younger ones for failing to take care of their parents as many of their children are abroad or are in different parts of India. Some of these seniors take offence to being left in a very cosy, comfortable sr citizens homes where everything is provided for with only the Bill's need to be paid every month. Instead of appreciating their children for providing them with all the material comforts and also being in touch with them thru video conferencing, some find fault with their children. More so their relatives. We need to look at these sr citizens homes as Modern Day Vanaprastha. We have lived our lives and let our children lead theirs. Vanaprastha teaches us to learn detachment and let us grab that opportunity. It would be interesting to note how many of these seniors who expect their children to be with them, were with their parents? N Sekar Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=NativePlacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_EmailSignatureGrowth_YahooMail:Search,Organize,Conquer&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000945&af_sub5=OrganizeConquer__Static_> On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 9:54 AM, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]> wrote: no thought some will do it or else I had already drafted but waiting to edit to release Let's see in next week sure You took the cue from mine on vanaprastha notes and done well; it is said in manu atharva rig etc scattered . KR IRS 7424 On Sat, 6 Apr 2024 at 22:51, gopala krishnan <[email protected]> wrote: Sir, I was expecting a response from you. Probably you missed my posting. Gopalakrishnan ----- Forwarded message ----- *From:* gopala krishnan <[email protected]> *To:* Patty Thatha <[email protected]>; Kerala Iyer < [email protected]>; Iyer <[email protected]> *Sent:* Saturday, 6 April, 2024 at 07:59:56 am IST *Subject:* CREMATION AND FOUR STAGES OF LIFE CREMATION AND FOUR STAGES OF LIFE Dear friends, While defining the four stages of life, the last two stages are vanaprastha and Sanyasa. We have example of Kunthi along with Gandhari and Dhritharashta going for Vanaprastha after a time Dharamaputhra started ruling the country after the war, as told in the Mahabharatha. We know during Vanaprastha, all those died. No anthyakarmas were performed by Pandavas. I made a Google search about Antyakarmas When did cremation start in Hinduism? Early Cremations in India >From the time of the Rig Veda, which contains passages possibly written as far aback as 2000 B.C., Hindus have cremated the dead although small children and ascetic were sometimes buried and low caste members sometimes buried their own. What are the stages of life according to Vedas? The four asramas are: Brahmacharya (student), Gṛhastha (householder), Vanaprastha (forest walker/forest dweller), and Sannyasa (renunciate). The Asrama system is one facet of the Dharma concept in Hinduism. We know all Vedas were there already and codified by Veda vyasa in to four- Rig, Yajur, Sama and Adharva. This was during Dwaparayuga. My doubt is antyakarmas are done to the deceased elders. The procedures are told for it. But according to four stages of Hinduism the last two are Vanaprastham and Sanyasam. If one goes for Vanaprastham, his children cannot understand where he was at the time of death and cannot perform anthyakarmas. So the antyakarmas were done only for those who did not proceed to vanaprastha and had death before that. In kaliyuga, those who are going to Vanaprastha and Sanyasa are very few. So we perform antheyshti for all the diseased. But how Anthyakarmas are performed for ascetics now? Can any learned member clarify about this aspect in brief paragraphs? Gopalakrishnan 6-4-24 -- On Facebook, please join https://www.facebook.com/groups/keralaiyerstrust We are now on Telegram Mobile App also, please join Pattars/Kerala Iyers Discussions: https://t.me/PattarsGroup Kerala Iyers Trust Decisions only posts : https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrust Kerala Iyers Trust Group for Discussions: https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrustGroup --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KeralaIyers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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