ashirvad. anyashray na kahevay....jo tya sthit dev sthan ni same javanu thay to hath jodi sanman aapvu, prasad aape to hath ma laine aadar aapvo, grahan na karvo, gay ne aapvo.
Shri Jaswanthji, nice to have your question.
In shrimad Bhagvat there is a quite clear
statement which opens the door of path of devotion for everyone irrespective of
caste or class - देवोसुरो मनुष्यो वा यक्षो गन्धर्व एव वा, भजन मुकुन्दचरणम् स्वतिमान स्याद् यथा वयम् - means dev ,
asur, manushya(any human being), yaksh or gandharv any one can devout himself
to bhagvan shri krishna and become blissful and divine.
There are so many instances
available in the History of pushtimarg where the person from different caste
and religion were become devoted vaishnav. The greats like Surdasji, kumbhandasji,
Dayarambhai etc were brahmins. So thats not an issue.
To know about the rules and
kartavyas of pushtimargiya; you may take admission in Pushti siddhant
pravesh course of Pushtisanskar
vidyapeeth (the link for which is available in the website).
After understanding
the basic tenets of shri vallabhacharyaji, if you feel - you want to follow the
path than you can approach authorized and virtuous guru for initiation (diksha).
Best of luck
and thanks for asking the question.
Ashirvad....Pushtimargiy bhagvat seva no kram acharyo tatha anuyayio banne mate ghare karvano kram che. prabhu pratyek na ghare swatantr rite biraje che. koi bija na seva kram ke seva na samay sathe apna seva na samay ne koi sambandh nathi. tethi seva no samay prabhu ni prasannata na vichar sathe potani parivarik vagere anukulta pramane rakhvo joiye.
પુષ્ટિસંપ્રદાયના સિદ્ધાંત - ભાવ અને મર્યાદા અનુસાર પ્રભુની સેવા કરવા માટે બ્રહ્મસંબંધ લેવાનું હોય છે. પ્રત્યેક ક્ષેત્રમાં યોગ્યતા માટેની વ્યવસ્થા હોય છે.
જેમ કે school કે college માં જવા માટે admission ની વિધિ હોય છે. legally સાથે રહેવા માટે marriage ની વિધિ હોય છે. બાળકને adopt કરવાનું હોય તો તેની પણ procedure હોય છે.
એ રીતે ભગવાન શ્રીકૃષ્ણની આજ્ઞાથી શ્રીમહાપ્રભુજીએ પુષ્ટિમાર્ગીય સેવા પ્રકાર ને અનુકૂળ યોગ્યતા અને પવિત્રતા માટે બ્રહ્મસંબંધ દીક્ષા નો પ્રકાર સ્થાપિત કર્યો છે અને બ્રહ્મસમ્બંધની આવશ્યકતાનું વર્ણન સિદ્ધાંતરહસ્ય ગ્રંથમાં કર્યું છે.
Ashirvad. There is no
specific procedure for the padhramni of vallabh kul. Traditionally it is -
(1) first of all Welcome acharyshri with
shri vallabhadhish ki jay and danvat pranam.
(2)
If you have prasadi pushp mala (garland of flowers dedicated to shri thakurji
in your home) then dedicate it to acharyashri.
(3) If the time -
situation permits and if you have any queries about pushtimarg, with the permission
of acharyashri you may sort it out. you may sing a kirtan or
stotra etc. in front of shri acharyashri.
(4) If you are performing Shri
Thakurjis seva in your home with certain level of aachar than you may offer prasadi
meva or doodhghar to acharyshri. He accepts it or not is his privilege.
(5) Then charansparsh - aarti etc.
Now two of your queries 1.After
cleansing vallabj balak charan with saffron water is it ok to drink charnodak? 2.Is
it ok to take vallabkul balak's foot prints with gulal on a silk cloth and keep
it inside house?
Personally I am not comfortable with both of these practices.
(1) It is better to use saffron in bhagvat seva and
(2) It is better to keep acharyas upadesh (which is in accordance with
shrivallabh) in your heart, then keeping foot prints with gulal inside your house.
આશીર્વાદ. ભગવદ સેવા માટે ઉત્તમ ક્રમ તો એ છે કે પ્રભુ માટે અલગ કક્ષ (રૂમ) હોય. ઘરમાં એટલી જગ્યા ન હોય અથવા રૂમ અલગ હોવા છતાં મંદિરમાં પ્રભુ બિરાજે એમાં અનુકુળતા લાગતી હોય તો કાષ્ઠ (લાકડા) નું મંદિર સિદ્ધ કરાવવું જોઈએ.
Ashirvad. .
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Ashirvad,
A bit late in answering. But still if it's useful and inspirational to you, consider it.
As per Pushtimargiy tradition one should perform seva of swaroop which attracts him/her the most. So you can go to the shop and look at the most appropriate swaroop available there for yourself. The size as prescribed by shri Gopinathji in sadhan deepika is - laghvimev bhajen moorti, means swaroop should be comparatively small in size so that we can perform seva comfortably in different circumstances and also its easy to travel with our swaroop if the situation arises.
Shri Navneetpriyaji is the swaroop having butter in right hand and left hand touching the ground. So rush to the shop and pick up the cute Navneetpriyajis swaroop as an achievement of your lifetime. good luck.
ashirvad.
Margiy siddhanto ni characha vakhte sarvopari praman Shri vallabh, Shri Gopinathji ane Shri vitthalesh Prabhucharan,na grantho ganay.
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