(Post 16)
(http://literature.awgp.org/akhandjyoti/2004/Nov_Dec/v1.ShikhaSutra_II)
The commencement of wearing of the sutra and tightening of the shikha at the time of initiation (diksha) into Gayatri sadhana is referred in the shastras as dwijatva - the second birth - and the one who wears the sacred thread (sutra) and keeps the shikha is called a dwija (born anew - as Brahmin).
That means: whatever family one may be born in, wearing the sutra is his second birth, which is that of a Brahmin.
What does that imply?
It conveys that the beginning of wearing the sutra symbolizes the initiation into the life of a true Brahmin.
(http://literature.awgp.org/akhandjyoti/2004/Nov_Dec/v1.ShikhaSutra_II)
The commencement of wearing of the sutra and tightening of the shikha at the time of initiation (diksha) into Gayatri sadhana is referred in the shastras as dwijatva - the second birth - and the one who wears the sacred thread (sutra) and keeps the shikha is called a dwija (born anew - as Brahmin).
That means: whatever family one may be born in, wearing the sutra is his second birth, which is that of a Brahmin.
What does that imply?
It conveys that the beginning of wearing the sutra symbolizes the initiation into the life of a true Brahmin.
