Brahmachari Mayuran Sokkan Becomes a Supplicant
Today on the auspicious day of Vaikashi Vishakham, Aspirant Mayuran Sokkan has finalized his decision to follow the monastic path. During the stage of Aspirancy the candidate is commissioned to sort out his life and think about the two paths–monastic life and householder life–and, if his decision is to follow monastic life, to use that period to tie up the loose ends of his karma in the world.
Having completed the stage of the Aspirant, having made a clear decision of his own volition to follow the path of monasticism, if he is qualified, the candidate makes a formal request to the satguru and the monastic order to become a monk. If the petition is accepted, he enters the stage of premonastic life called the Supplicancy.
Today Brahmachari Mayuran has become a supplicant.
In addition to the Aspirant’s pledge of purity (brahmachari), the Supplicant reads aloud and signs the pledges of humility and obedience. Toward the end of this six-month period, he will perform the age-old discipline of “sitting by the wall,” a solemn process wherein he entreats God, Gods, guru and the devas to be accepted as a full member of the monastic community.
Bodhinatha signs the Supplicant’s pledge.
Mayuran receives his first sacred japa mala from his satguru.
In a few months we will see Brahmachari Mayuran begging entrance at the Wall of Rain outside Kadavul Temple, praying for acceptance into the monastic order as a Postulant Sadhaka.
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June 13th, 2011 at 7:39 pm
Jai Ganesha! How beautiful. I love that I can share special moments like this via TAKA.
Aumnamahsivaya.
~anjali
June 14th, 2011 at 7:27 am
Jai to Mayuran !
June 14th, 2011 at 8:05 am
God bless sweet Mayuran, his new family of lioving brothers and also his old family where he was born. May the grace of God fall upon all of you.
June 14th, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Many well wishes and blessings Mayuran.
June 14th, 2011 at 11:28 pm
Jau Ganesha !
Best wishes to Mayuran! Blessed is he to be a supplicant and we who can watch this ritual on Taka!
AUM
June 15th, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Wow! Jai Ganapti!
Welcome Brahmachari Mayuran!
what a wonderful day it is!
Blessings to you Brother.
Aum Namah Sivaya
June 15th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
Humble Prostrations to LORD GANESHA!
Congratulations Brahmachari Mayuran!
“LET GOD BE YOUR ONLY AIM
Have faith in God. Believe in Him with all your heart. Think that in the world He is for you the sweetest of all sweet things. Think that there is nothing other than God. Sitting or standing, walking or lying down, think of Him. Let the thought of Him permeate your nerves, flesh and blood. Think that you are non-existent and that He alone exists. Let the aim of your life be to worship Him.
What one thinks, that one becomes. Have God in your heart and bring Him up there. Let all actions be His action. Finally all will be seen as He.”
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AUM NAMAH SHIVAYA !