Monday, January 27, 2025

Ten nAma aparadhams - HH Vidhushekara bharati Swamigal

In an Anugraha Sandesha, Jagadguru Sri Sri Vidhushekara Bharati Sannidhanam detailed the ten Naama-Aparaadhas–offences that people who chant the Divine Name must avoid :
सन्निन्दा असति नामवैभवकथा श्रीशेशयोर्भेदधी-
रश्रद्धा श्रुतिशास्त्रदेशिकगिरां नाम्न्यर्थवादभ्रमः।
नामास्तीति निषिद्धवृत्तिविहितत्यागौ च धर्मान्तरैः
साम्यं नामनि शङ्करस्य च हरेर्नामापराधा दश॥
1. Insulting noble people 
2 3. Explaining the greatness of the Divine Name to an unqualified person,looking upon Shiva & Vishnu as different and haggling over the superiority of one form over the other,
4 5 6 . Lack of faith in instructions of the Vedas, Shastras and the Guru (constituting 3 offences),
7. Attributing the greatness of the Name to be mere glorification
8 9. Resorting to prohibited actions and giving up recommended actions under the pretext that chanting the Divine Name suffices (constituting two offences) 
10. Equating the chanting of the Divine Name to other acts.

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