Shri Velukkudi Swamigalin Porpadhangalukku Adiyen Srinivasanin Aneka Koti Namaskarangal
Swami. My son is 4.5 years old. I have only one son. He is very much interested in Pooja punaskaarams, Bakthi on Lord Govinda, Gnana and Moksha.
Adiyen and Adiyen’s father are already teaching him our Epics like Ramayana, Mahabharatha and some Purana stories, with an intention to bring him in spiritual line.
But, whenever he sees Adiyen reading scriptures like Upanishads, Brahma Sutras, Vedanta etc, he insists Adiyen to teach him Upanishads also.
I am bit hesitant because, my friends advice this is not right age for Upanishads or other higher scriptures. They say, if I train him on Upanishads from now on, he may tell his teachers one day, “What is the use of these school studies or getting marks? Moksha is my life goal and I am not interested in school, college or degree.” They say rigorous spiritual training may stop his material progress and advises Adiyen to restrict only to Puranas and Epics till he completes degree.
What should I do as a father in this situation?
His spiritual knowledge is already abundant and he is one step ahead of Adiyen. Let me give an example. I jovially asked him one day, “Does only God exist?” He replied, “No. We are different but functioning by God.” Talks over. I spilled some laddu on floor and could not clean. So, I took a wet cloth and cleaned it. He himself came to me and said, “Understand that you are not capable of doing anything yourself. If you got the idea of wiping laddu with wet cloth, that also comes from Govinda who is your Antaryami.”
In many instances like this, Adiyen was astonished by the way he speaks Vedanta. To such a child, what should Adiyen do as a father now? Whether to restrict training him only on Puranas and Epics in form of stories or start preaching him Upanishads, Gita, Brahma Sutras etc.
In later case, how can I retain his interests in routine life also?
Kindly forgive Adiyen for long question. It is to give background clearly. Kindly advise Adiyen and bless me to come out of this confusion and get into the act as appropriate in elevating Adiyen’s child.
Sarvam Shri Krishnaarpanamastu!