Saturday, June 1, 2013

What is Sandhyavandanam (संध्या वन्दनं)?

Q) What is Sandhyavandanam (संध्या वन्दनं)?

A)
Sandhya (संध्या) = the junction point or the junction time.
vandanam (वन्दनं) = expressing gratitude by being in that awareness

so sandhyavandanam = being in that awareness of that junction or time.

now what is this junction point or junction time is nothing but Stillness. the junction point or the junction time is nothing but the empty space that is created between each inhalation & exhalation or exhalation & inhalation; the empty space that is created as the morning changes to mid-day; as the mid-day changes to evening; as the evening changes to night;  as the night changes to mid-night and as the mid-night changes to morning or day.

Sandhyavandanam is a kind of spiritual ritual which informs us to get back to that awareness of Stillness that is ever existing and ever present and which is the substratum of the whole existence of the Cosmos. It is acknowledging the Truth and being present in that awareness of Stillness every time.