Samasrayanams Report on JAN 3rd 2015,
Jai Srimannarayaana..!!
Samasrayanams was organised on Jan 3rd 2016, in Divya Saketham, JIVA Campus . Around 500 members participated on this event and had the grace of Acharya. The program concluded with divine mangalasanams of HH. i.e., by explaining the importance of Samasrayams:
Samasrayanam means ‘to approach (Acharya) with all sincerity’. In a nut shell, during ‘Samasrayanam’, the Acharya initiates a person, irrespective of caste, creed or sex, as his sishya. It is a commitment from the disciple that he or she will live as per the wishes of the Acharya. Thus the person gets the link to the Sri Vaishnava parampara. During Samashrayanam, Pancha Samskaram (five Purifications) is performed and he becomes a “Sri Vaishnava”.
The five samskarams and its main purposes are:
1. thApam:
To emboss the impressions of heated Sankha and ChakrA on the arms (near the shoulders).
2. pundram:
To wear the dvAdasa Urdhva pundram (12 Thiruman & Srichoornam)
3. nAmam:
To be christened by the AchAryA afresh as”RAmAnuja dAsan”(addition of ‘dAsA’at the end of ones name) to indicate that one is forever a servant of the Supreme Lord Sriman NArAyanA and BhagavAnRAmAnujA.
4. manthram:
To get the initiation of “Rahasya Traya MantrAs” – AshtAksharam, Dvayam and charama slokam.
5. Ijyai:
To learn the worship of Sriman nArAyanA in proper form (Bhagavad ThiruvArAdhanam).
