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“Pay attention here again – when you go to an interview, you may or may not get the job right? Just so, when a prayer is submitted to the Lord by offering the Shukshma bodies, it is up to the Lord whether to accept this offering or not. There are multiple stages, what types of karma can be dissolved, what can be reduced in this birth, in which birth one should go through certain karma etc., Even if He accepts all the Shukshma bodies, the pending karma will have to be spent in this birth itself. If in that case, a karma which was about to be spent in a future birth whose Shukshma body had been offered and accepted, that karma will probably be assigned in this birth to be spent, so a big disease or a problem may arise.

So when praying to offer a Shukshma body, one should be careful and be ready to accept whatever comes. It is not like offering the bodies and slide through the karmic ocean just like that.

The ‘opportunity’ of Moksha is only to those who do not have even a drop of debt. Watch, it is opportunity. But if we search for who such a person is, you wouldn’t find even one. Debt can be two ways, one that the mind perceives and one that is beyond the mind. To put it short, the mankind should yearn for not even a dirt of karma sticking to them. There are ways in Siddha Marga for this.

Being human, they are bound to either give or receive something or the other at all times. It is by nature. But this very thing is what becomes the gateway for accumulating karma. Plus his desires, thought, his perception and the likewise. If someone decides to live a honest life apart from all these, the world will put every possible dirty karma on to his head. If he remains silent thinking that whatever garbage is dropped in to him is only done to the almighty which resides inside him, the karma dropped automatically goes back to those who dropped it. Thus, his atma gets purified by only those who are dropping dirt on him. See how strange this punishment is, right?

“If you do not want to accumulate anything, when receiving anything, think ‘Narayanarpanam’. When giving anything, think ‘Shivarpanam’ and give. Nothing will bound you.”

I thought at once, “Ha, this sounds pretty simple!” but still asked, “What is the concept behind this?”

“Till the time one lives, everything belongs to Shriman Narayana, so when you receive something, say Narayanarpanam (Narayana + Arpanam – offering to Narayana). When giving, we offer it wholeheartedly, and with a wish that let them be happy. And everything in the end goes back to Lord Shiva. So when giving, it is Shivarpanam.” – he paused.

There was silence for a while everywhere. A temple bell rang from a distance gently permeating that silence. All four of them stood up and nodded me to stand up.

In a second, a huge snake went out from a bush nearby towards where the temple bell sound. I was shocked. Even shocking was a chillness in my back. When I regained my senses, one of the four put his hands on my shoulders and said, “quiet”.

He said, “Amma has gone to witness the pooja for the Lord. We can continue our discussion.” I suppressed the surprise and said, “We all can go to witness the pooja as well, can’t we?”

“I has to be experienced from where we are and not to chase it. If the eyes are closed and did focus, the same pooja can be seen within. If chased, then there may be blocks. Try if you want.”

“No no, I don’t want to do it. Whatever you say is just fine.”

He laughed, “Are you scared?”

“To tell the truth, yes!”

“I said when closed the eyes, one can see this pooja right, the Siddhas call it ‘Ul poojai”. Have you heard of the story where a certain person constructed a temple within his mind and the Lord gave precedence to his over the king’s temple. Have you heard that incident?”

“Oh yes! But I have always felt that there is some deeper meaning in it. But I couldn’t realize what it is.”

“Yes it is deeper indeed. To know it, we should witness it from a distance.”

“Please can you help me realize the deeper meaning?”

“The person while in meditation forgets who he is, where he is and becomes the thing he is meditating on. Nothing affects him which are happening outside for his attention is focussed on that point. At that time, he doesn’t even have a sense of his own body. The Lord wants the humans to attain this very state.

Those with the sense of body will have all sort of vibrations, distracting him. You saw the snake and realized how close you were seated to such a danger according to you. But the rest of them were just normal. It wasn’t a danger, not even an experience for them. Why is that?”

“Is it the mind focussed in a point, without any vibrations?”

“Fairly correct, but the actual truth is: It is the faith that “Everything happens as per His will” and that “Not even an atom moves without His will” and “He will take care of everything”. Those who attain this state of mind can do anything, his mind is focussed and everything appears to be normal.”

“To attain this state of a steadfast mind, can you please suggest where a man should begin, what practices he should follow?”

“You know the first lesson already. The very first lesson of Siddha Marga is – “To forget the face” – he paused.

~ To be continued…!

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Source – https://siththanarul.blogspot.com/2018/05/757.html

“Should forget the face” – well this sounds very good. I have never heard of it. Kindly clarify this for me.”

“In Tamil, every word is good indeed. How we are gathering them as a garland is where the humans should put their focus. Only by speaking simple and peaceful words, the sanctity prevails around. Let me tell you about it later.

To forget one’s face is a penance. I shall explain it as simple as possible. Tell me this, how many faces does a man have?”

“Just one?”

“The face when described, is the place where the nose, eyes, ears, mouth, forehead, cheeks, chin reside. But a man has many faces. His thoughts, mind, his position, they give different faces. Based on their urges, echoes, he changes his face often. For instance when his child calls him Father, he appears like a Dad. When his wife calls, as a husband and so on. He puts on various faces.

To forget the face is not just these faces. He should also let go of the faces he puts on. He puts a kind of face in front of unknown persons. This should change. Simply put, he should see every Atma in one Bhava. Whatever feelings he has is there in other beings too. Man should get this understanding, plus, with an understanding of whatever is happening is because of the almighty’s will and therefore remaining silent. When required, help others, guide them in the right direction without expecting any returns and go on. He should live for all other atma. He should never expect, and should treat winning and losing equally and should accept things as they happen and proceed.

When one tests himself on the above in all circumstances and continues this as a penance, the mind subdues. His mind remains still and the beginning stages of Siddha Marga becomes very easy. When someone crosses this stage, the Siddhas themselves will guide him in the right direction. When someone decides to observe and thinks he should correct himself, ‘forgetting the face’ becomes easier. Inside him emanates the Brahmathvam. He then becomes a Brahmana.

The one who remains with the atma, there is nothing in this world to obtain other than realization – nirvana – moksha. The one who remains with the body gets karma, vasanas all the way till the end and beyond the birth.”

“What you are saying is true indeed. But how is this practical for those who dwell in this materialistic world where they have to put forth various faces. Is it possible at all to follow what you are saying?”

“Why not?! No one stops from doing the duties of this world or to put efforts in being well. Such efforts when falls under Dharma, the blessing of the elders and wise men will help one cross it. They only stop man from going down the path of Adharma. Those who follow Adharma does not even think that they hurt others.

Even now there are many Atma who follow the path of Dharma, performing their duties and accepting whatever comes as it is, in the Siddha Marga while remaining in their family lives. Their count is less, but it doesn’t mean they aren’t here.

To do all these, the Siththam should be still. If that happens, one doesn’t accumulate karma, sees everything as equal and can forget their face.

~ to be continued…!

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This is the 7th episode of the Simple advises of Siddha Marga series.

“Once the Siththam is stable, the Atma finds its way to salvation. That’s where the first seed of Siddha state is sown. For this, a man should reduce his external searches and ask questions within – why, what, how – and wait patiently, he will understand everything correctly. He can also understand the cause for everything that’s happening in the world. Only when there is a relation with the Siddhas, even for a minute, he can walk in this path. Do you know something? The Siddhas and the Almighty are ever ready and are very eager to guide such a man in the right direction. It is the man who doesn’t have time because his priorities are faced towards the worldly affairs. 

The one who controls his mind and keeps it between the eyebrows (Suzhumunai), he can listen to their voices, and can realize that the voices speak the truth when he witnesses them happening in the real world. He needs to have faith. Those who do penance search for secluded spots only for this reason. Whatever things happen after the penance, the end of penance will lead only to the ten-gate.”

“Please explain about the journey to these ten-gate in detail.”

“Keep this as a base. Whatever is being said, unless one realizes them himself, he cannot know for sure, right?”

“Yes.”

“Have you touched the head of a just born baby?”

“Yes I have”

“Why don’t you say how it will be?”

“The top of the skull will feel like its open with the skin covering it. When rubbed gently, we can feel there’s a small bump.”

“True! The Lord conveys a message to the mankind through the newborn everytime. The atma which got separated from him (or thinks it has separated from him) and lives the life governed by fate, attains salvation when such an atma leaves a body through the ten-gate. The wise men call this as Sahasrara. The Siddhas call it Dasavasal. This is because the human body contains 9 holes. He should gather the energy from all of these and drive it to the Dasa-vasal, the tenth hole. The open bump gets covered after one month of birth. The parents worry that it should cover faster and apply oil to cool it down. It normally gets closed down faster as well.

The intent of Vasi Yoga is to drive the atma by inhaling and exhaling the breath in a methodical manner all the way to Dasa-vasal. When one begins the practice and walks down the path, he gains control over the breath. He begins to realize the secrets of life, almighty, siddhas, things happening externally, internally, everything. As the time goes by, all the rare things becomes part of him. If all these are said, the man will get confused and so the wise men said ‘Watch the tip of your nose, watch your breath’. What to do, even this has become a big business now.” – he smiled.

“We can say this is due to the time now I think”

“No! One does a business by knowing what the other person doesn’t! Leave it! Let us get back on track. The chest of a person is called ‘Hrudaya Kamalam’. When one meditates his ishta devata on his chest and inhales, the Lord will make him realize his presence right where the man seated him, you know? If you can, try placing the simplest form of God, the Shiva Linga in your heart. You may feel the Linga form thrusting in your chest literally after sometime.

The wise men saw this in their meditation when they went through the Suzhumunai to the Dasa-vasal – there is a Linga hanging upside down and waiting to drive the atma to salvation. It means, the Lord Shiva himself is waiting to help man to salvation, we could say right?”

I was sitting quietly watching him with surprise. I had this question about ‘upside down Shiva Linga’ seen in a certain Siddha temple. The Avudai or the base is visible in the ground, Banam will appear buried inside. A Siddha himself made this linga thus. Whenever I cross this place, I think about the message the Siddha wants to convey. But I was answered in a more profound manner without even asked for.

“What? The moment you saw that linga, you began to research and now you have the answer. But you haven’t got the answer to your actual question yet, right?” – he shocked me by asking.

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Source – Sitthan Arul

Before we mention about the inverted Shiva Linga, I wanted to say something. When you publish this conversation, all those who read this should adhere the following points in their lives. Remember, we gave the permission to meet us after two long years of your follow up. At first we thought we would not share anything in detail. But we respected your good intention of sharing these things to a wider audience, so we explained them in detail. Let’s move on..

Those who have chosen the Siddha Marga are called “Siddha Vidhyarthi”. I share a number of things with you but I myself am a Vidhyarthi (student) still. Only this thought can elevate us. They stand away from the normal material life, practice Siddha way of life, purify their thoughts, focus their mind to a point and remain in meditation. They are affected by the thought patterns of others a lot. It is a hindrance to their meditation. Every human may get a chance to meet a noble soul in their lives due to their karma. Once done, all the conversation they had, information gathered, their presence, all these give a blissful state of mind. They forget themselves. But when they resume their life, they should focus in adhering to the wisdom they gained by meeting thous souls. But instead, they shouldn’t keep thinking about these souls. This creates a big hindrance for these souls’ meditation. It pulls them back and creates a block in their Siddha Marga. This is the reason, while they are being a Vidhyarthi, they stay away from worldly affairs and others.

Second, Siddha Marga is a method which completely shun anything that harm other beings. They should not even look in to the direction of those who think of harming other beings. For example the meat eaters. If one has the curse of Guru, they could remediate by doing service to some other guru in some other birth. But if and when one incurs the curse of a Siddha, there is no way out at all. It is the most dangerous of all. The almighty shows the presence of a guru’s curse in a person’s horoscope but hides any curse of Siddha if present. It is only known to the Lord and the Siddhas. Such a curse which cannot be found out easily, why risk incur it? One can make the guru feel blissful and ward off a guru’s curse, but the Siddha who is unaffected and unattached, how will one make them cool down? When will such be free?

Third, the Siddhas use Vamacharam (Atharvana Veda) only for medicinal purposes. They are well versed in all the prayoga. In spite of knowing when what to do, they do so only after getting the Lord’s permission. They are not only the dear children of God, but they are like the God’s right hand. Only through them the Lord is still doing all the miracles. The witchcraft and black-magics will vanish in front of them. The humans should never enter these paths. The humans are the reason why the Vamachara has grown so much now. Even if something like that is written in one’s karma, they should fight against it and live. They should strive to get the Lord’s grace and never use Vamachara against a jiva.

Fourth, in this place where the Lord himself has been Tamil, there is preaching against Him in Tamil itself. One should stay away from those who speak ill of the Lord. We should completely refrain ourselves from seeing such things and hearing such words. Even something is given, it gets completed only when someone receives it. So there should be none to receive such ill thought flow of the Lord, to receive. Just stay away and remove the circumstances out of your mind. Why should you be a witness?

In reality, impossible is impossible in our terms. The Siddhas protect the world by giving away so much. Do not think that whatever is given to you is just for you, pay attention that the Lord is placing a test in front of you.

The Siddhas opposed idol worship. It is also true that the same Siddhas themselves installed the idols in various places for worship. The child in the first grade uses books to read but these books are not useful when it reaches the university. The first grade lesson begins in the temple. Once grown spiritually, the temple will be used for others who reach the first grade but not to the spiritually grown. Know this.

Whatever one has got, even when it is given by the Lord based on his deeds, one should know the test in place. The Lord is quietly watching if the one who has is lifting the one who doesn’t.

The Lord may forgive the mistakes done unknowingly, but when one does a mistake after knowing, there is no forgiveness, but he gets punished immediately.

The answers to your questions are right there within yourself. Look for it and you will find. You will not get lost.

As the wise man went on with these gems, I was staring at him with bewilderment. What blew me out was the greatest of Siddha Marga wisdom were in such simple terms. He read my mind again and said, “the mustard is small but the spice in it?” – he smiled and paused.

~ to be continued…!

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Source – https://siththanarul.blogspot.com/2018/07/761.html

He continued. The Grammar became Thirukkural!

Only those who felt hunger and pain can realize the pain and hunger of others.

Use Tamil, Lord Muruga who is Tamil himself, use it with gratitude and thankfulness. The Lord Subramanya will reside in your tongue. The Siddhas will be around you and protect.

For a good life, divine should reside in one’s mouth.

Control your senses and route it to the higher plane. But do not restrain or suppress anything or grow something, it is a future prison you are constructing for yourself.

As the Karma gets dissolved, just as the sand gets removed in the anthill, the almighty appears within you just as the snake comes out of the anthill.

Food, even when given as charity is Narayana Seva. The body without the Atma when given to Agni, is Shiva Seva.

There is nothing permanent in this world, except the Lord.

The thought becomes ripened when the divinity dwells.

One who searches for Subramanya in Panchathayana Pooja, he will be shown the Paraparam (almighty) easily.

Become the philosophy in Chin-mudra. The scattered life will come in control.

Grow like a rice grain. Bow down like it humbly. Within you will dwell the Shiva like the rice pearl.

Everywhere it is sweet that is bitter, spice that is sour.

Just how karma is hidden within a disease, karma dwells in hunger too. The karma-dahana happens in the stomach everyday.

As he went on, I was dumbfounded. I wondered if I could remember everything. He paused as if he read my thought again.

“Ok, let us see about the inverted Shiva Linga!”

“Shiva Yogis sit in meditation and meditate on the holy feet of the Lord in Sahasrahara. In the peak of this meditation, the holy feet disappears and a Shiva Linga appears. As they continue their meditation, the Shiva Linga slowly changes direction facing their inner body (inverted). This can be called as ‘ripened’ as if the rice grain bows down when it is ripened. We could also say that the Lord is turning towards the Thavasi due to the penance.

At a stage, when the Shiva Linga is completely inverted, for a nazhigai, drops of nectar falls inside the body from that Shiva Linga. It purifies the body. When this nectar has spread all across, the body will not even need air to breath. The inverted Shiva Linga talks just that – by saying indirectly ‘try if you can’. If you can, try to see the Inverted Shiva Linga in your shukshma during meditation.”

I felt this is the most difficult part of any Sadhana I have ever heard. It is those humans who walked down this path, persevered, stood by their sadhana and has become Siddhas as said by many a wise men, I realized.

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Source – https://siththanarul.blogspot.com/2018/07/762.html

“Let us pause this conversation right here and continue tomorrow. It’s become very dark now. You will be given a simple dinner. Have it and take some rest.” – He said.

I thought I will take that as an approval to stay with them for the night but a surprise awaited me. The food was served only to me. They just took tea and I didn’t feel like asking why. They are following a method and know what they want very well. I lied down in the place allotted to me and was chewing all that happened during the day in my mind. Before I knew, I had slept off.

It was 7 in the morning when I woke up. The body felt like it had the most peaceful sleep. I came out and saw the others were doing Vasi Yoga. The eldest wise man was in meditation. I went and stood next to him slowly and he opened his eyes.

Namaskaram, I said.

“Thiruchitrambalam” – he said.

“Go ahead and do what you have to do, take bath and come.” – he pointed me. The well water was cold, I started from the feet and all the way to the head, it was so refreshing.

When I stood before him, he opened a small bag and said, “Here is holy ash. If you have the habit of smearing it, do so.”

I applied the bhasm mixing with water in my forehead and in my body. It had a nice fragrance. I thought it must have been used for an abisheka in some temple.

“It is the bhasm used in the abisheka of Lord Muruga Peruman. It means that you have his grace as well.” and asked, “How come you got the thought of mixing it with water and applying it?”

“O Sire, I always apply the vibuthi (holy ash) mixing with water. I have seen many doing so also. I feel if we do so, it remains in the forehead for a long time.”

The other three had done their practices by now. The eldest looked at the youngest of all and nodded his head as saying ‘see you then’. The youngest one went down.

“Those in Siddha marga always apply vibuthi after mixing with water. I just wanted to know if you got this from someone as part of a deekshai.”

“When applying vibuthi everyday, say ‘Om Namah Shivaya! within and pray, “I am goiing to become just this (ash), destroy my ego and be present in me, make me realize it”

“Thanks very much. I shall certainly do it.”

“Stay here for some time. I shall be back within a nazhigai” – he took the other two and went out.

The mind started closely observing the silence around. The city dwellear that I was, this surrounding, the gentle cool breeze, a forest type of an appearance, the chirping of birds, the sound from the cow-herd from a distance, the huge mountain opposite, all these brought a serene peace within me. I did not feel like thinking or talking. If this is the nature, then why am I not getting this peace where I am, everything except the mountain is there too? Is this the noise that’s the reason?” I thought and sat down for meditation. I couldn’t think really.

I heard someone saying “Namashivaya” from a distance and woke up. All four of them were seated in front of me.

“Looks like you went deeper in meditation. I said I’ll be back in one nazhigai but it took 45 minutes. We waited for another 15 minutes and then only woke you up. How was the surrounding?”

“It was very peaceful.” – I said.

“You must have thought, “Why aren’t we feeling this in the city I think?”

“Yes indeed!”

“It is only when the atma within the man realizes that the truth becomes clear. Though there is nature, it is only when someone sits quietly in meditation and gives away good thoughts as rays, it receives it, amplifies it and gives it to those who ask for it. Those who receive it cleanses himself and everything around him. Whatever practice and meditation we do to the Lord, we offer it to the nature itself. We seldom expect. We just pray that it should reach everybody. Those who live in the city cannot realize these truths due to their lifestyle and the noise around them. How can they sit for meditation then? It is nature why you felt peaceful here. Every atma wants to be at peace, but the problem arises when deciding where to pick that peace from. They get stuck in it but instead if they search within, they can get the light. A lot of truths can be realized.”

“True indeed. But the man probably forgets it in their search for life.”

“It is him who decides what he wants to search right? It is all materialistic thing he searches for, so they are left with so much suffering. Those who eat idly when hungry is in the same earth as that of those who eat the air when hungry. The only difference is that those who eat the food accumulates a lot of papa karma. The thavasi eats the air, drinks water and cleanses the nature.”

“What?! The food that nature gives the man to sustain his life, he gets papa karma through this? Can you please explain this further?”

“Sure, listen with patience and understand.”

~ to be continued…!

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Source – https://siththanarul.blogspot.com/2018/08/764.html

“What is Karma? It is the effect of what is done. Karma gets added both through good and bad deeds. When will the effect of that Karma be fruitful, in which birth, how an Atma will experience is decided by the almighty. The karma of an atma gets dissolved by two methods. One is Karma Paripalana and the second is Karma Parivarthana.

What is Karma Paripalana?
It is the atma experiencing the effect of karma and dissolving it.

What is Karma Parivarthana?
An Atma’s Karmic effect is accepted by another Atma and going through its effect.

There isn’t a need of an example of an Atma experiencing its own karmic effects. Everyone gets doubtful about the second, how is that even possible! If we observe the lives of any wise man you know, we shall find out. Examples are: Ramalinga Adigal, Ramana Maharishi, Yogi Ram Surot Kumar to name a few. Not many understands what they did to the mankind. There are countless others like these one. It is because of these Mahans that the humankind is saved from many a disasters. This is true.” – he paused.

“Ok, let’s come to the point. We saw about the karma dissolving in two methods. We already saw that 95% of karma comes by either giving or accepting karma from others. Out of this 95, half of it comes from food, the remaining is through his deeds. If his deeds and food becomes pure, he can rise up. The circumstances in which food is cooked, how the food materials are procured, how it is served, the mindset in which the person eats it, all these determines his future, his good and bad effects. For instance, a non-vegetarian food will only increase the savage mentality in him. This is because, the body which is cooked contained an atma and it would have struggled to remain alive, its fight for life must have been present in the body. Such a body is eaten, how can one get Satvic mentality? One has to attain Satvic stage and remain in that state for him to get the feeling of divinity from the almighty. Only then can he progress right? Understand this too. Even if you eat vegetarian food, if the person who cooks it, serves it eats non-vegetarian, the dosha of this person will be shared with you, who eats this food. This is Karma Paripalanam.”

I was shocked at this. We could have accumulated papa even if we have searched for and found vegetarian food. How can we drill down so deep and live in this age? I wondered and asked him too.

“Please forgive if my question is wrong. How is it practical to find out if a food is linked to evil effects in such a world which has all sorts of people? Is the method you mentioned practically possible?”

“It is. Practically Possible.” – he said firmly.

I felt that he must have researched well, implemented it and must have succeeded as well. That is why he answers so firmly.

“Ok, I believe, but please clarify.”

“There is a saying in the Siddhas, “The Siddha is the one who can convert meat (karuvadu) to brinjal (kathirikkai)”. This is not a magic. Let us however see this later. Have you heard of the word ‘Aacharam’ which is used by a lot of people for so long?”

“Yes, those who are spiritual, those who does not lose their balance, those who follow a certain path are referred to be as ‘Aachara seela'”

“In the Achara, aa refers to the Almighty. Charam refers to dependability. It simply means “To be dependant on the Almighty”, a method of living which is as per the will of the Lord. In this way, living without hurting any being is also being in Aacharam, right?”

“Yes”

“Only when there is someone to eats or receives, the person who gives / does remains. If the one who eats corrects himself, where is the question of the giver? Unless individuals correct themselves by themselves, even those who are vegetarians, should take part in the effect of the papa directly or indirectly, right?”

“We cannot fix the society, unless the individual corrects themselves. How can the impure society give out a good generation?”

“Now do you understand? Why Siddhas refrained from living with the humans? They knew that their connection itself is prone to such sins. But they are waiting with a lot of hope that the humans will realize and fix themselves.”

~ to be continued…!

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Source – https://siththanarul.blogspot.com/2014/12/blog-post_12.html

Those who read The Sitthan Arul series by Shree Karthikyean may realize for sure that certain things happening in front of them are through the grace of Agastya himself. There are many experiences where He has guided, turn my life towards good, made me do good. This post is one such experience I felt.

I used to read the post published in Thursdays early in the morning and visit a temple of Agastya to pray. I and a couple of my friends go along in one of their car. If I am not able to, I ask my friends to visit and I go there in the evening alone for darshan. This is happening for years now. When going in the car, I think of many such experiences that Agastya gives to others and think often, “how great it will be if He gives me such an experience.”

I tell my friends that even if God appears before us and asks what we want, we should be very clear in what we want. I like to sit in meditation, through God’s grace. I have listened to the wise men saying that the peace one gets through meditation empowers them.

While being in meditation once, I prayed to the Maha Muni Agastya thus: “I pray for your grace and I should feel it as well. Please allow me.”

I have this habit of forgetting what I prayed for after some time, even done whole heartedly. I forgot about the above prayer eventually as well. Months passed by where I visited many sacred places, had darshan and while meditating, I just say “Requesting your grace.”

It was a Thursday 4.30 am. I read the Sitthan Arul as usual and felt very light. My intuition said that something is going to happen today. Once read, I took bath and sat down for mediation with mantra japa. After a few minutes of struggle, the mind, body and senses became quiet and I began to be in that state. While being so..

I heard someone telling me subtly in my right ears, “I will come there to receive the abishekha today. Just observe the surroundings before the abisheka and my idol during the abisheka carefully.”

I woke up and came out and realized it was Agastya himself who mentioned this in my ears. I became very alert. It began to rain heavily in a few minutes. I involved myself in the routine while staying very alert, I have to pay attention if any other information comes.

The temple I visit is about a 30 minutes drive from my home. The enroute is full of traffic. Here the Maha Muni stands with Lopa Mudra, there are other shrines for Ganapathy, Nagaraja, Krishna, Odhiyappa (Muruga) and Navagraha. The temple opens up at 5.30 and abisheka happens at 6 am. Nirmalya, Abishekha, Alankara, Pooja, all these take place where one can come out by 6.30 after receiving Prasada. We normally start from our place at 5.15 am.

That morning, my friend wasn’t seen till 5.40 and I became a little angry yet remained silent, deciding I shouldn’t spoil anything that is going to happen today. I felt that Agastya is testing me on how I deal with things. My friend came at 5.50 with a lot of ‘sorry’. I remained silent and handed over the bag to be kept inside. We started at 5.55. In normal days, the pooja will be over by 6.30, how can then we see or feel anything in the abisheka now? Agastya himself should do some miracle, we put every worry in His feet and remained silent.

As it rained well, the road was clean and without traffic as a lot of people didn’t come out due to the rain. The rain had made the air cool as well. My mind was quiet without any worry. I sat in padmasana pose in the back seat of the car and began to meditate. After a while, I didn’t know where I was. I was awakened by my friend after reaching the temple, only then I came back to this world. It was a bright morning, 6.30 am showed the time.

I was observing everything, remained silent and went inside the temple. The shrine was open, lamps lit but the abisheka hasn’t taken place as the big vessel with water used for abisheka was intact. No one was there. I was still silent but was actively observing everything when the temple in-charge came and said ‘the priest hasn’t come yet. I had opened the shrine myself. Just wait, he will come and do the abisheka.’

There is a small mandapa in front of the shrine where they keep all the pooja items. There is a small pathway between this mandapa and His shrine. It is where the steps to go into the shrine begins. I stood there and had His darshan saying, “Here I am! It is your turn to bestow your grace.” and stood there in the mandapa with my waist resting on it. My friends stood behind the mandapa. I hadn’t mentioned anything about what I heard that morning to them, I thought let them realize when it happens.

The priest came rushing in a while and entered the shrine to perform the abisheka. As he began to chant the Mantras…

A dense air form flew down, crossed my friends, climbed the mandapa and climbed the stairs and entered the shrine s l o w l y. Along with this came the aroma of Vibuthi, Kozhundhu, Panneer, Turmeric fragrances.

I was motionless and was looking at Agastya’s idol inside the shrine.

~ to be continued…!

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The priest who was doing the abishekha was startled as the fragrance entered the shrine. He looked out but couldn’t make out anything. He continued the Abisheka. He normally applies oil and washes it with water but for some reasons, he mixed a number of fragrances in the water and performed the abisheka.

As I was watching, I felt for a second that Agastya opened his eyes, smiled a bit and went back to Dhyana. While the abisheka was still happening, there was a light that came out of His right hand and spread out. Right after, the rays of sunlight touched His feet. Everyone including the priest noticed the sunlight and thought that it is the sunlight which caused ‘that’ light.

I got goosebumps as I kept watching. I said “Thanks so very much O Lord. This is enough” and I prostrated. For that moment, I felt an utmost satisfaction of achieving everything and felt what is there in life to achieve. The glimpse of the eyes opening made me yearn, and I prayed that I should get that darshan whenever I wanted.

Surprisingly, when my friend sent a picture of Agastya the next day, it appeared as if His eyes were open and were looking at a distance, thinking. The eyes appeared just as the human’s. We all would have been visualizing the temple and how the entire scene must have been, Agnilingam Arunachalam who runs the Sitthan Arul blog has kindly given the link for the picture of the Sanctum Sanctorum for everyone’s darshan.

The abisheka was done, alankara and deepa-aradhana happened where Agastya’s form appeared as it does normally. It was only the three of us witnessing the abisheka, where at least 10 people stand. The priest was minding his business and so was the temple in-charge. We realized that it is for His grace that we remained there.

The priest distributed the prasadam while still wondering where that fragrance came from. We were so silent that we did not want to speak anything. The mind was still. When we came out, one of the friends said slowly:

“When standing behind the mandapa, just before the abisheka started, I felt air descending down and entering the sanctum-sanctorum followed by a divine fragrance. Was it He?”

“Hmm.” – I just said and they understood everything. We all were so satisfied. There were a number of revelations following that incident:

1. If the wish is pure from the heart and is simple, He fulfills them for sure.
2. He is a very strict guru without any bias, but also is very merciful. Just as a Father who knows the minds of the children.
3. He makes situations favourable, purifies them and presents to us as a gift.
4. It is on us, to remain humble, discard ego and arrogance and follow His guidance.
5. What He expects from us above all is, “steadfast faith, bhakthi to the Lord, respect to the Guru and a lot of patience.”

I share the above as I realize to be very important to all those who read this series. When we were reading the Nadi in Nambi Malai, He said, “You are all my children” to those who were present.

We should think what we should do, how we should be for Him to say, “You are my son, you are my daughter” to all of us! Think!

~ To be continued…!

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பின்வரும் நிகழ்வுகள் ப்ரண்டன் சில மாதங்கள் கழித்து இரண்டாம் முறை வருகை தந்து ஸ்ரீ ரமணருடன் தங்கியது பற்றியது.

இவ்விடத்தின் ஒரு வித மர்மமான சூழ்நிலை மற்றும் சாத்வீகமான அதிர்வலை மெல்ல ஆனால் சீராக என்னில் படருவதை கவனிக்கத் தவறியதேயில்லை, நான் என்ன செய்து கொண்டிருந்த போதிலும். மஹரிஷி முன் சும்மாவேனும் அமர்ந்திருந்த போதிலும் ஒரு பேரமைதி நிலவுவதை நன்கு அனுபவித்தேன். கவனத்துடனும் பல முறை ஆராய்ந்த பின்னரும் சந்தேகமில்லாத தெளிவு ஏற்பட்டது, ஒரு எப்போதெல்லாம் இவரின் சமீபம் ஏற்படுகிறதோ அப்போது ஓர் பரஸ்பர ஈர்ப்பு உண்டாகிறது. அது வெகு செளகரியமாயும், எவ்வித சந்தேகங்களுமின்றி இருக்கிறது. என் பகுத்தாராயும் அறிவுக்குப் பல மடங்கு பெரிதான ஓர் சக்தி என்னை அதில் வியப்பிலாழ்த்தி கடைசியில் மூழ்கடிக்கிறது. ஒரு முடிவில்லாத விளையாட்டின் அங்கமே என் கேள்விகள் என்ற விழிப்புணர்வு உண்டாகிறது, முடிவில்லாத எண்ணங்கள், என்னுள்ளேயே ஒரு தெளிவான கிணறு இருக்கிறது, அது என் எல்லா தாகங்களுக்கும் ஏற்ற தண்ணீரைத் தரும் ஆதலால் கேள்வி கேட்பதை நிறுத்தி விட்டு என் சுயத்தின் நிஜ ஸ்வரூபத்தை அறிய முற்பட்டேனானால் போதும். எனவே நான் அமைதியாகக் காத்திருக்கிறேன்.

எனக்கு மற்றொன்றும் நன்கு தெரியும். என்னுள் திடீரென்று வியாபித்திருக்கும் இந்த உயர்ந்த அனுபவம் இம்மர்ம மனிதரிடத்திலிருந்தே வரும் ஒரு சிற்றலை தான். மஹரிஷி என்னிடம் ஒரு முறை சொன்னார், “மனிதனிடத்தில் இருக்கும் பெரிய தவறு என்னவெனில் அவன் தன்னை வலிமையற்றவன், பாவி என்று எண்ணிக் கொள்வது தான். ஒவ்வொரு மனிதனும் புனிதன், அளப்பறிய சக்தியுடையவன். வலிமையற்றதும் கொடியதுமானவை அவனது பழக்கங்கள், ஆசைகள் மற்றும் எண்ணங்களே, அவை அவனல்ல!” – இச்சொற்கள் புத்துணர்ச்சியைத் தூண்டுவதாய் இருந்தன. இவை வேறு யாரிடமிருந்தாவது வந்திருந்தால் ஏற்றுக் கொண்டே இருக்க மாட்டேன், மாறாக அதை மறுத்து வாதிடவும் செய்வேன். ஆனால் என்னுள் ஒன்று இம்முனிவர் சொல்வது தம்முள் ஆழ்ந்திருந்த ஆன்மிக அனுபவங்களின் சாரமாக அன்றி ஏதோ ஒரு தத்துவ ஞானி தன் கருத்தை எடுத்து விடுவதாகத் தோன்றவில்லை. மஹரிஷியின் வாழ்வு பெரும்பாலான மேலை நாட்டினருக்கு ஏதோ வீணடிக்கப் பட்டதாய் தோன்றாது, இம்மாதிரி ஒருவர் முடிவற்ற சுழற்சி போன்ற நம் வாழ்வை தூரத்தில் இருந்து பார்த்து அலசுவது வெகு நன்மையாய் இருக்கும். கானகத்தில் இருக்கும் தன்னை வென்ற ஒரு முனிவர் உலகாயதத்தில் சுழலும் ஒரு முட்டாளை விட எவ்வளவோ மேலானவர்.

ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் மஹரிஷியின் ஆன்மிக மேதமை பற்றிய புரிதல் அதிகரித்துக் கொண்டே இருக்கிறது. அவரின் அமைதியும் மற்றவர்களிடமிருந்து விலகியிருப்பது பழகி விட்டது. ஒரு நாள் முழுதுமாய் அவர் பேசும் வார்த்தைகளை எண்ணி விடலாம்.

நான் கவனித்த மற்றொரு விஷயம், மஹரிஷியின் வழிமுறை பண்பட்ட, புண்பட்ட ஆத்மாக்களுக்கு மெளனத்தின் மூலம், சீரான, தடங்கலற்ற அருட்பேரினை என்பதையும் கவனிக்க முடிந்தது. என்றாவது ஒருநாள் அறிவியல் இந்த மர்மத்தை விவரிக்கலாம்.

அவருடைய வெறும் இருப்பே பலருக்கும் ஆன்மிக உத்தரவாதத்தை, உற்சாகத்தை, நம்பிக்கையைத் தந்து வருகிறது. அனைத்திற்கும் மேலாக எந்த நம்பிக்கையைப் பின்பற்றுவோரும் இவரிடம் தம் நம்பிக்கை பற்றிய புதிய புரிதலும் பற்றும் ஏற்படுகிறது. அவருக்கு எல்லோரும் ஒன்றே, க்றிஸ்துவை க்ருஷ்ணருக்கு எவ்விதத்திலும் குறைவாக மதிப்பிடுவதில்லை அவர்.

மஹரிஷியின் அருகாமையில் தியானம் செய்யும் போது என் எண்ணங்களை மனதின் புதிய ஆழத்திற்கு செலுத்துவதைக் கற்றேன். இப்படி ஓய்வாக அமர்ந்திருக்கும் சமயங்களில் என் மனதினை அவர் தன் வளிமண்டலத்தின் பால் ஈர்ப்பது எனக்கு மறுபடி மறுபடி புலனாகியது. இம்மாதிரி தருணங்களே இவருடைய மெளனம் இவர் பேசுவதை விட எத்துணை முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்தது என்பதை புரிந்து கொள்ளலாம். சில சமயங்களில் இந்த சக்தியானது எவ்வளவு பெரியது என்றால் அவர் என்னிடம் மிகுந்த சங்கடமளிக்கும் எதையாவது உத்தரவிட்டாலும் அதை செவ்வனே செய்து முடித்து விடுவேன். ஆனால் மஹரிஷி தன்னிடம் கீழ்ப்படியும் கூட்டத்தை உருவாக்குவதில் சிறிதளவும் நாட்டம் கொள்ளவில்லை, மாறாக அனைவரிடத்திலும் அளவற்ற சுதந்திரத்தையே விரும்பினார். இவ்விதத்தில் இந்தியாவில் நான் சந்தித்த பல ஆசான்கள், யோகிகளிடத்திலும் இவர் முற்றிலும் வேறுபடுகிறார்.

அவர் கூற்று இது தான்: “நான் யார்?” என்ற விசாரத்தை இடைவிடாது மேற்கொள். உன் சுயத்தை முற்றிலும் அலசு. உன்னுள் எங்கிருந்து அந்த ‘நான்’ எழுகிறது என்று பார். தியானம் மேற்கொள், கவனத்தை உள்நோக்கித் திருப்பு. அந்த உள்ளுணர்வைப் பின்தொடர், எண்ணம் மறையட்டும், மறைந்து உன்னை உன் இலக்கினை அடையச் செய்யும்.”

நான் என் எண்ணங்களினால் அலைக்கழிக்கப் பட்டு பின் மெள்ள என் மனதின் ஆளத்தினுள் செல்ல ஆரம்பித்தேன். மஹரிஷியின் அருகாமையின் பலத்தால் என் தியானங்கள் களைப்படைதல் குறைவாகவும் பயன் அதிகமாகவும் உருவெடுத்தன. ஒரு தொடர்ந்த எதிர்பார்ப்பும், வழிநடத்தப் படுகிறோம் என்ற நினைவும் என்னுடைய முயற்சிகளுக்கு வெகு உற்சாகமளிப்பதாய் இருந்தன. சில வித்தியாசமான நேரங்களில் உணரமுடியாத மஹரிஷியின் சக்தி என்னை நன்கு பாதிப்பதையும், அதன் விளைவாக என் சுயத்தை சுற்றியுள்ள எல்லைக்கோட்டை இன்னமும் ஆழமாக துளைக்க முடிந்தது.

இவரை நன்கு கவனிக்கையில் ஏதோ முன்காலத்தில் தங்கச் சுரங்கத்தைக் கண்டது போல ஆர்வமடைந்த குழந்தை போல் தெரிகிறது. ஏதோ தென்னிந்தியாவின் ஒரு மூலையில் ஆரவாரமற்ற இந்த சிற்றூரில் என்னை இந்தியாவின் ஆன்மிக பெரியோர்களில் கடைசியில் ஒருவரிடம் சேர்த்து இருப்பது மெள்ளத் தெளிவாகிறது. இம்மஹரிஷியின் இருப்பு இம்மாபெரும் நாட்டின் பண்டைய ரிஷிகளை என் அருகே கொணர்ந்தது போல் உள்ளது. இவரின் மிக அற்புதமான இயல்பில் ஒன்று மறைந்து இருப்பதாகவே தோன்றுகிறது. இவருடைய ஆழமான ஆன்மா, பார்ப்போரை இவர் உயர்ந்த ஞானத்தின் இருப்பிடம் என்று உடனே நம்பவைக்கும். சில சமயங்களில் இவர் ஏதோ ஒரு தொலைவிலிருப்பது போல் தோன்றுகிறார், சில சமயங்களில் இவருடைய ஊடுறுவும் பார்வை என்னை இரும்பு கிராதி போலக் கட்டி வைக்கிறது. என்னை நான் இவரிடத்தில் சரணடைய கற்கிறேன். எனக்கு இவரை மிக மிக பிடித்துப் போனதன் காரணம் இவருடைய எளிமை, அடக்கமான இருப்பு, இருப்பதிலேயே மிகவுயர்ந்த ஞானத்தின் இருப்பிடமாய் இருந்தும் இவர் இந்தியர்களை மிகவும் கவரும் சித்துகளையோ சித்தாந்தங்களைப் பற்றிய வியாக்கியானங்களையோ தருவதில்லை, மேலும் தன்னை முன்னிலைப் படுத்தும் எந்த செயலையும் இவர் செய்வதில்லை.

எனக்குத் தோன்றுவதெல்லாம், மஹரிஷியைப் போன்றவர்கள் சுலபத்தில் எல்லோருக்கும் கிடைக்காத, தொன்று தொட்டு வரும் தெய்வீக செய்தியொன்றை தரும் பணியைச் செய்ய வருபவர்கள். மேலும் இம்மாதிரி முனிவர் நமக்கு எதையோ வெளிப்படுத்த்வே வருகிறார்கள், நம்மிடம் எதையும் விவாதிக்க அல்ல! எப்படி இருப்பினும், இவருடைய போதனைகள் எனக்கு வெகு ஏற்புடையதாய் இருக்கிறது. இவர் எந்த அமானுஷ்ய சக்தியையோ குருட்டு நம்பிக்கையையோ வேண்டுவதில்லை. முக்கியமாக, இவர் பலரும் முயன்று, பிரவேசித்து சின்னா பின்னமான சித்து வேலைகளை அறவே தவிர்க்கிறார். இவர் சொல்லும் முறை தன்னாய்வு, எல்லோராலும், எங்கேயும், பழைய, புதிய என்று எப்படிப்பட்ட நம்பிக்கைகள் கொண்டவராயிருப்பினும் பின்பற்றக் கூடிய முறை, இதன் மூலம் ஒருவரால் தன் நிஜமான இயல்பை கண்டுகொள்ள முடியும். நான் மறுபடி மறுபடி உணர்வது இதைத்தான், மஹரிஷியின் மனதானது என் மனதுடன் தொடர்பு கொண்டு எதையோ தருகிறது, எங்களுக்கிடையில் எந்தவொரு வார்த்தைப் பரிமாற்றமும் இல்லாத போதும்!

ஆன்மிக ரீதியில் என் வாழ்வு அதன் உச்சத்தை எட்டுகிறது. நான் ஹாலுக்குள் நுழைந்து உடனே தியானம் செய்யும் நிலையில் அமர்கிறேன். கண்களை மூடிய உடனே அடர்த்தியான உள்நோக்கிய உணர்வொன்று என்னை வியாபிக்கிறது. என் மனக்கண்ணுக்கு முன் அமர்ந்திருக்கும் மஹரிஷியின் உருவானது மிகத் தெளிவாக மிதக்கிறது. அவருடைய மிக அருகாமையை உணர்ந்த நிலையை மட்டும் விட்டு விட்டு பின் அவ்வுருவம் மறைந்து விடுகிறது. இன்றிரவு மனங்குவிந்த நிலையை ஒரு சொடக்குப் போடுவதற்குள் அடைந்து விட்டேன். ஏதோ தடுக்கவியலாத புதிய சக்திமிக்க ஆற்றல் ஒன்று என் உள் உலகத்தினுள் என்னை அளவில்லாத வேகத்துடன் உள்ளெடுத்துச் செல்கிறது. அடுத்த கட்டத்தில் நான் என் மனதினை விட்டு, என் எண்ணங்களை விட்டு விலகிய நிலையில், நான் எண்ணுவதை வெளியில் நின்று பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறேன். ஒரு பெருமைக்குரிய, ஆனால் சாதாரணமான இயல்பான சிந்திப்பது என்பது இப்போது தப்பிக்க வேண்டிய ஒன்று என்பதையும், எப்படி அதனுள் நானே தெரியாமல் அகப்பட்டுக் கொண்டிருக்கிறேன் என்பதை அதிரவைக்கும் தெளிவுடன் கண்டு கொண்டிருக்கிறேன்.

ஏதோ அறிவு வேறு யாருடையது போல வெளியே நின்று அதன் ஒவ்வொரு செயலையும், எப்படி எண்ணம் உருவாகி பின் மறைகிறது என்பதைப் பார்ப்பது வெகு வினோதமாயிருக்கிறது. வேறொருவர் நம் மனதின் அடியாழத்தினுள் துளைத்து பார்க்க முடியுமென்பது அதை விடவும் வினோதம். ஏதோ ஒரு கொலம்பஸ் வந்து ஆளில்லா இடத்தில் தடாரென்று இறங்கப் போவது போலத் தோன்றுகிறது. கடைசியில் அது நடக்கிறது. நான் மிக அமைதியாக ஆனால் பெரும் உணர்வுடன் என்ன நடக்கிறது என்பதை அறிந்தவனாயும் இருக்கிறேன். என் உணர்வு நிலை குறுகிய ஒரு கூண்டுக்குள் இருந்து விசாலமான ஒன்றாக, அனைத்தையும் அணைக்கும் பேருணர்வாகத் தோன்றுகிறது. என் சுயம் என்பது இன்னமும் இருக்கிறது, ஆனால் அது மாறி விட்டிருக்கிறது, மிக மிக பிரகாசமான ஒரு சுயமாய் இருக்கிறது. இதனுடனுன் உணரப் பெறும் மாபெரும் சுதந்திரம் ஒன்று, இங்கும் அங்குமாய் அலை பாய்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் எண்ணம் என்பதே இல்லாமல் சிறையிலிருந்து வெளிவந்து சுத்தமான காற்றை சுவாசிப்பது போல ஒரு சுதந்திரம்!

உலகாயத ப்ரக்ஞைக்கு வெளியில் என்னை நானே கண்டுகொண்டேன். இதுகாறும் என்னைப் பேணி வந்த இப்பூமிக் கிரகமானது மறைந்து விட்டது. நான் ஒரு பெருங்கடல் போன்ற பேரொளிக்கு நடுவில் இருக்கிறேன். அவ்வொளிதான் முதற்பொருள், மற்றைய அனைத்து உலகையும் படைக்கும் முதற்பொருள் என்பதை நினைவற்ற நிலையில் உணரவே செய்கிறேன். இது விவரிக்க இயலாத முடிவேயில்லாத பெருவெளியில் வியாபித்து முற்றிலும் உயிர்த்துடிப்புடன் விளங்குகிறது. நான் ஒரு தெய்வீக இன்பத்தின் மடியில் இளைப்பாறுகிறேன். அமிர்தம் பருகியவன் போல நேற்றைய கெட்ட நிகழ்வுகள், நாளை பற்றிய கவலைகள் எல்லாம் மொத்தமாக மறைந்து விட்டன. நான் ஒரு தெய்வீக சுதந்திரத்தையும் விவரிக்க முடியாத பேற்றையும் அடைந்து விட்டேன். என் இருகரம் கொண்டு அனைத்தையும் அணைக்கத் தோன்றுகிறது. அனைத்தையும் அறிவது என்பது அனைத்தின் மேலும் அன்பைப் பொழிவது அல்லாது மன்னிப்பது அல்ல என்பதைத் தெளிவாக உணர்கிறேன். என் இதயம் முற்றிலுமாக மாற்றியமைக்கப் பட்டுவிட்டது.

சந்தியாகாலத்தில் மஹரிஷியைத் தவிர அனைவரிடமும் விடைபெற்றுக் கொண்டேன். நிறைந்த ஒரு மனநிலை என்னுள், ஏனெனில் பகுத்தாராய்ந்து விடை காணுல் இயல்பை ஏதோ ஒரு குருட்டு நம்பிக்கையிடம் தொலைக்கத் தேவையின்றி என் ஆன்மிகத் தேடலின் போராட்டம் இனிதே வெற்றியடைந்தது. ஆனால் மஹரிஷி முற்ற்த்துக்கு வந்த போது என் நிறைந்த மனநிலை திடீரென்று மறைந்து விட்டது. இம்மனிதர் என்னை வினோதமாக வென்று விட்டார், இவரை விட்டு விலகுவது என்பது மிகுந்த வேதனைக்குரியதாய் இருக்கிறதே. இவர் என்னைத் தன் ஆன்மாவுடன் இரும்புச் சங்கிலிகளை விடவும் கடினமான வஸ்துவால் கட்டி வைத்து விட்டார், அதே சமயம் இக்கட்டு அடிமைத்தளை போலல்லாமல் மனிதனை விடுவிக்கச் செய்யும் செயலே. இவர் என்னை என் தெய்வீகம் தோய்ந்த சுயத்துள் எடுத்துச் சென்று எனக்கு உதவியிருக்கிறார், ஜடம் போன்ற மேலைநாட்டினனான எனக்கு அர்த்தமில்லாத ஒன்றை உயிர்ப்புடன், ஆனந்த அனுபவமாக்கியிருக்கிறார். என் சுய-பரிணாம மாற்றம் முடிவடைந்தது.

~ தொடரும்.

அடுத்த பதிவில் டாக்டர். பால் ப்ரண்டன் மஹரிஷியைப் பற்றி நிகழ்வுகளை தன் பல புத்தகங்களில் எழுதியிருப்பது பற்றிய தகவல்கள் இடம்பெறும்.

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5 – மனு சுபேதார்

மனு சுபேதார் சுதந்திரத்திற்கு முந்தைய மத்திய சட்டப்பேரவை உறுப்பினராக இருந்தவர்.

காட்பாடியிலிருந்து திருவண்ணாமலை சென்று கொண்டிருந்த காரில் தனியாக இருந்த நான் என் கேள்விகளை எண்ணி சரிபார்த்துக் கொள்ள விரும்பினேன். ஒவ்வொரு கேள்வியையும் எப்படிக் கேட்க வேண்டும் என்று உருவேற்றிக் கொண்டிருக்கையில் அதற்கான பதில்களும் எனக்குத் தெரிந்திருந்ததை உணர்ந்தேன். மஹரிஷியை சந்தித்த போது ஒரு கேள்விகளும் கேட்கத் தோன்றவில்லை.

அவரிடம் நான் சேர்மனாக அஹமதாபாத்திலிருந்த சாஸ்து சாஹித்ய முத்ரனாலயா ட்ரஸ்ட் பதிப்பித்திருந்த ‘அவதூத கீதை’ மற்றும் ‘அஷ்டவக்ர கீதை’ பிரதிகளை சமர்பித்து அவர் கவனத்தை அவதூத கீதையின் முதல் வரியின் பால் கொணர்ந்தேன். அது சொல்வது: “கடவுளின் அருளால் மாத்திரமே ஒரு புத்தியுள்ள மனிதனின் பால் அண்டவெளியிலுள்ள ஒற்றுமை பற்றி அறியும் ஆசை எழுகிறது. அவ்வாசையே அவர்களை சம்சாரத்தில் இருக்கும் பலவித ஆபத்துகளிலிருந்தும் காக்கிறது.”

மஹரிஷி என்னை அளவுகடந்த கருணையுடன் நோக்கினார். பின் தன் உதவியாளர்கள் ஒருவரிடம் ஒரு புத்தகத்தை எடுத்து வரச்சொன்னார். அது நாபாஜி எழுதிய ‘மஹா பக்த விஜயம்’, அதைத் திறந்து படிக்கத் தொடங்கினார். (அவர் படிக்க எண்ணிய அதே பக்கத்தை மிகச்சரியாக திறந்ததை வியப்புடன் பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருந்தேன்). மஹரிஷி அதை மிகவும் ஆழ்ந்து அனுபவிப்பவர் போலத் தோன்றினார்.

தம்மைத் தொடர்பவர்களை வியப்பிலாழ்த்துவதற்காக சில குருமார்கள் மந்திர தந்திர சித்துக்களை நாடுவதுண்டு. மஹரிஷி மாறாக ஒரு நேர் வழியை உபயோக்கிறார். உண்மை என்பதை வெளிச் சொல்லிவிடுகிறார், அது மிக எளிதாக, அவர் எண்ணத்தில் உதித்ததாயும் அவரே அனுபவித்து உணர்ந்ததாயும் இருக்கிறது.

அவர் உங்களைப் பார்க்கும் பார்வையில் ஒரு கேள்வி தொனிக்கிறது, என்னைப் பொறுத்தவரை. அது கேட்பது, “நான் ஒரு ஒற்றுமையைப் பார்க்கிறேன், ஆனால் நீங்கள் வேற்றுமையை மட்டும் கவனிக்கிறீர்கள். நீங்கள் உங்களையே ஏன் நன்கு அறிந்து கொள்ளக் கூடாது, அறிந்து உங்களுடைய உண்மையான ஸ்வரூபத்தை உணரக்கூடாது? அதன் பின் உங்களால் உங்களுடைய நிஜ சுயத்துடன் ஒற்றுமை என்ற அந்த ஒன்றில் ஒன்றி இருக்க முடியுமே?” என்பதே அது. எவரொருவர் உண்மையான ஆன்மிகத் தேடலில் இருக்கிறாரோ அவருக்கு மஹரிஷியின் அருகாமை போல வேறெதுவும் உதவாது.

அவருடைய பார்வையில் ஒரு ஆன்மிக ரீதியான தொடர்பும் கனிவும் தென்படுகிறது, ஒரு மனிதரிடத்தில் சிறந்தது என்ன என்பதைப் பார்க்கிறது. மெளனமான அந்த மணித்துளிகளில் அவருடைய இருப்பு ஒரு சாதகருடைய ஆன்மிக ஏக்கத்துக்கு ஒரு ஊக்கியாக செயல்படுகிறது. அவர் பக்தர்களைப் பார்க்கும் அக்கனிவு மிகுந்த பார்வை ஒரு தாய் தன் குழந்தைகளைப் பார்ப்பது போலிருக்கிறது.

6 – வில்லியம் எஸ். ஸ்பால்டிங் (ஜூனியர்)

நியூயார்க்கின் வில்லியம் எஸ். ஸ்பால்டிங் (ஜூனியர்) மஹரிஷியை 1930களில் சந்தித்தார்.

மஹரிஷியின் முன் முதன்முறை அமர்ந்திருந்த போது ஒரு மிக சக்தி வாய்ந்த அனுபவம், அதை வார்த்தையால் விவரிக்க வேண்டுமானால் தொட்டு உணரக்கூடிய ஒரு தங்க பேரொளி என்று சொல்லலாம், மிக சக்திவாய்ந்த ஒரு ஆன்மிக சக்தி. அவரிடமிருந்து ஒரு மெல்லிய ஆனால் அடர்த்தியான ஆன்மிக உணர்வு வெளிப்பட்டுக் கொண்டே இருக்கிறது, அதை உணர்ந்த மறுகணமே கேள்விகள், வார்த்தைகள், தியானம் செய்யும் வழிமுறைகள், இவை எல்லாம் உடனடியாக மறைந்து விடுகின்றன. க்றிஸ்தவ சர்ச்சுகளில் ஒரு சில செயிண்ட்களுடன் ஒப்பிடப் படும் தெய்வீகம் பொருந்திய எதையும் சட்டை செய்யாத நிலையையும் மஹரிஷியிடம் காணக்கிடைக்கிறது. இதை வெளிப்படையாக ‘அலட்சியம்’ என்று நினைத்து விடலாகாது, மாறாக அனைத்தும் உணர்ந்த ஒருவரிடமிருந்து அனைத்தையும் ஆற்றும் சக்தியாக வெளிப்படுகிறது.

7 – க்ராண்ட் டஃப் (டக்ளஸ் அன்ஸ்லி)

க்ராண்ட் டஃப் (டக்ளஸ் அன்ஸ்லி), 1930 களில் சென்னை மாகாணத்தின் அரசாங்க உத்தியோகஸ்தரும், பண்டிதரும் ஆவார். இவர் 1880 களில் சென்னை கவர்னராக இருந்த ஸர். மெளண்ட் ஸ்டௌர்ட் க்ராண்ட் டஃப் இன் மருமகனாவார்.

மஹரிஷியை முதன் முதலாய் பார்த்த போது என்ன ஆயிற்று என்று தெரியவில்லை, ஆனால் அவர் என்னை நோக்கிய அந்த கணம் இவர் தான் உண்மையும் ஒளியும் என்பதை நான் உணர்ந்தேன். பல ஆண்டுகளாக தேக்கி வைத்திருந்த சந்தேகங்கள் அனைத்தும் இப்புனிதமானவர் பார்த்ததும் மறைந்து விட்டன. நான் ஆஸ்ரமத்துக்கு வந்த நேரம் குறைவானதாக இருப்பினும் ஒவ்வொரு முறையும் அங்கே இருக்கையில் என்னுள் அழிக்க முடியாத ஏதோ ஒன்று மெல்ல வளர்ந்து கொண்டிருந்தது.

உணர்வுகளைக் கடந்த, பரத்துக்குள் தன்னை முழுவதுமாய் கரைத்துக் கொண்டு விட்ட, பிறரின் நன்மைக்காக சில ஆண்டுகள் இப்பிறவியில் இறங்கி இருக்கும் ஒருவரின் நேரடி தொடர்பில் இருக்கிறேன் நான் என்பதைக் கண்டு கொள்ள வெகு நேரம் பிடிக்கவில்லை எனக்கு. (இக்கருத்து எப்படி இவருக்கு ஏற்பட்டது என்று கேட்கையில் உடனடியாக ஒப்புக்கொண்டார்) – என்னால் பதிலுரைக்க இயலவில்லை, எப்படி ஜன்னல் வழியே சூரியனை எப்படி பார்த்தாய் என்று கேட்பது போல, என் கண்கள் மற்றும் பிற உணர்வுகளின் மூலமாக என்று வேண்டுமானால் சொல்லலாம். எனக்கு சூரியனின் இருப்பு தெரிவதற்க்கு அல்ஜீப்ராவோ மற்ற அறிவியல் ஞானமோ தேவையிருக்காது அல்லவா, அது போல மஹரிஷியின் ஆன்மிக மேதமைக்கு எந்த ஆதாரமும் தேவைப் படவில்லை.

ஆஸ்ரமத்துக்கு வருகை தர முடிபவர்கள் வராமல் நேரங்கடத்திக் கொண்டிருந்தால் அதற்காக தங்களுடைய பின்னாளில், அடுத்த பிறவிகளில் தங்களையே நொந்து கொள்வார்கள். முன்னெப்போதும் இல்லாத வகையாக, மஹா பெரும் உண்மை, சத் – அறிவதற்கரிய பேறு நம் முன்னால் இவ்வளவு எளிதான உருவத்தில் அமர்ந்திருக்கிறது. இதோ நாம் தகுதி அடைந்திருக்கிறோமோ இல்லையோ, உண்மையை நெருங்கலாம்! வந்து போவதற்கான பிரயாணச் செலவை மட்டும் தரவேண்டும், அதற்குக் கிடைப்பது ‘தங்களுடைய சுயத்தைப் பற்றிய ஞானம்’.

(இது லண்டனிலிருந்து 1935 இல் எழுதப்பட்டது. ரமணாஸ்ரமம் பதிப்பித்த ஸ்ரீ ரமண கீதையின் முன்னுரையைப் பார்க்கவும்).

மஹரிஷி பிறரைப் பற்றி அசாத்தியமான உள்ளுணர்வு கொண்டவர். தன்னைச் சந்திக்க வருபவர்கள் பற்றி அனைத்தையும் அறிந்தவர். அவர் என்னைக் கவர்ந்ததன் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க காரணம் அவருடைய எளிமையும், மென்மையும், அமைதியுமே. எப்படிப்பட்ட மென்மை என்றால் மென்மைத்தன்மை என்பதையே கடந்த ஒரு மென்மை. என் வாழ்வின் மிகப் பெரும் நிகழ்வு நான் அருணாச்சலத்தின் முனிவரை அங்கு சந்தித்ததே.

இவருடைய கவிதையிலிருந்து:

அருணாச்சலத்தின் ரமணருடன்:

நான் தொலை தூரம் அலைந்திருக்கிறேன்: ஆம்
ஓரிடம் விட்டு மற்றொரிடமிருந்து மீண்டும் வேறோரிடம்
முனிவர்களைக் கண்டிருக்கிறேன், பெரும் மன்னர்களும் அரசிகளையும்
அன்புமயமான, அறிவார்ந்த, பிரமிப்பானவர்களை
ஆனால் இங்கு மட்டும் – அருணாச்சலத்தின்
ஆஸ்ரமத்தில் மட்டும்
எந்தக் கலப்புமற்ற ஆனந்தத்தை உணர்ந்தேன்
நான்! நான்! நான்!
***

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5 – Manu Subedar

Manu Subedar was a member of the Central Legislative Assembly in pre-Independence era.

I was alone in the car from Katpadi to Tiruvannamalai and wanted to go over my questions and revise them, if necessary. As I formulated each question, I found I knew the answer! So when I went and had the darshan of the Maharshi, I had really no question to ask. I presented to the Maharshi the Avadhoota Gita and the Ashtavakra Gita published by the Sastu Sahitya Mudranalaya Trust, Ahemadabad, of which I am the chairman, and drew his attention to the first verse of the Avadhoota Gita, which says: “It is only through the Grace of God that in men with knowledge is born a desire to experience cosmic unity, a desire which protects them from the great dangers of
samsara.”

With infinite compassion in his eyes the Maharshi looked at me and instructed one of the followers to bring a book. This was the Maha Bhakta Vijayam of Nabhaji. Bhagavan opened the book and began to read. (I noted with awe that the book opened exactly at the page where he intended to read.) The Maharshi seemed to relish reading the discourse. There are teachers who mystify in order to impress the pupil. The Maharshi, on the contrary, has the direct method. He discloses the truth and the whole truth in the simplest form in which he has not only formulated
it as a thought, but lived it as an experience. The look, which the Maharshi gives you, is a question. At least I
felt it so. The question is: “I see a unity, but you keep grasping at the variety. Why don’t you know yourself properly and realise your true self? You can then march on to the realisation of the unity of self with the Self.”

Nothing is so helpful as the august presence of the Maharshi for those who seriously intend to progress on the spiritual path. There is spiritual communication and kindliness in his looks, eliciting what is best in a person. His presence during the silent hour acts as a catalyst, enabling us to secure our spiritual yearning. There is grace and benignity in the way he looks at the devotees as a mother looks at her children.

6 William S. Spaulding (Jr.)

William S. Spaulding (Jr.) of New York City visited Sri Ramana in the 1930s.

As I sat in His Presence for the first time, the most powerful impression was that of what I can only call an almost palpable ‘golden radiance’, the visual effect of a tremendous spiritual force. There was an intense and subtle radiation that seems to flow from Him continually – and once having sensed this, words, questions, techniques of meditation, etc., seemed to dissolve immediately. The Maharshi also possessed to a high degree of that quality which is described as ‘divine indifference’, attributed to certain saints of the Christian Church. This must not be taken to mean what is generally associated with the term ‘indifference’, but rather as a beneficent, unfettered out-pouring of
healing radiations of a Realised Being.

7 Grant Duff (Douglas Ainslie)

Grant Duff (Douglas Ainslie), a scholar and a senior government official in Madras Presidency in the 1930s, was nephew of Sir Mountstaurt Grant Duff, Governor of Madras in the 1880s. I do not know what happened when I saw the Maharshi for the first time, but the moment he looked at me, I felt he was the Truth and the Light. There could be no doubt about it, and all the doubts and speculations I had accumulated during the past many years disappeared in
the Radiance of the Holy One. Though my visits to the Ashram were brief, I felt that every moment I was there I was building up within me what could never be destroyed.

There it did not take me long to see that I was in direct contact with one who has passed beyond the boundaries of the senses and was indeed already merged in the Absolute of his true Self, though manifesting here for our benefit for a few brief years. [When asked how he got such an impression, he frankly confessed] I cannot reply; as I should to one who asked me how I saw the sun on looking out of the window, by saying that I did so by the use of my eyes and incidentally of all other senses collaborating. I do not need any algebraic or other proof of the existence of the sun. I do not need any other proof of the divinity of Ramana Maharshi.

Should those who have it in their power to visit the Ashram delay, they will have only themselves to blame in future lives. Never perhaps in world history was the Supreme Truth – Reality, Sat – placed within such easy reach of so vast a multitude. Here and now through no special merit of our own, we may approach Reality. The sole difficulty is
that of paying for the journey1 but the reward is Knowledge of the Self. The Maharshi has extraordinary insight into other beings. He sees and knows everything about all those who come before him. The Maharshi has particularly appealed to me because of his extreme politeness and gentleness. He is gentle to a degree that surpasses gentleness.
My visit to the Sage of Arunachala has been the greatest event in my life.

Extracts from his poem:

With Sri Ramana of Arunachala
I’ve wandered far: Yes I have been
From land to land to land:
Sages I’ve seen, great kings and queens
The lovely, wise and grand.
But only there – at the Asramam
By Arunachalam –
Have I known that joy without alloy,
I am! I am! I am!
***

~ to be continued…!

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Source – https://siththanarul.blogspot.com/2018/08/765.html

The mankind does not know the amount of papa accumulated through food. Do you know, it is the almighty’s maya that he created the different tastes such as sweet, sour, spice etc., As long as the mankind is under this spell, it is easier for the Nava Grahas to control them. It means that whoever has better control over the food, he can safeguard himself from the effects of Nava Grahas. The sins accumulated in the body is just because of the food. Let us see how to escape from it though.

Whenever you partake food, take a bit of water in your right hand, chant a japa known to you, sprinkle the water on the food, and then take it. The agni present in every human can be felt in the palm as a heat. The mantra japa empowers it even more. The sprinkling of this water removes the dosha in the food.

Invite the Almighty to be within and pray to accept the food as an offering and eat it with a mentality of total surrender. Any dosha related to the food will not affect the person who eats it. Even simplifying it further, before eating the food, think ‘Sarvam Krishnarpanam’ or ‘Sarvam Shivarpanam’ genuinely and eating will be greatly beneficial too. (Recall how the brahmins perform ‘Anna Suddhi’ before eating food everytime).

The environment in which one eats food should be quiet. Very noisy location, places where foul words are being spoken will create dosha in the food. If you get a very very quiet place, know that it is a grace of God.

When those who cook be clean, think of good thoughts, chant whatever mantra they know while cooking, will ward off any dosha in the food naturally. Nowdays, this is where all the Anna Dosha culminates.

Before eating, take some food, pray to all the Gurus and Pithrus (ancestors), and offer this for other living beings to eat and then consume the rest. This will ensure one gets all the blessings from everyone. When the other beings eat this food, whoever he might have thought of while offering the food will get the benefit of this food being offered and he in turns gets a very good life.

Those who feed the hungry cuts the chain of cause-and-effect, his bad karma. Those who do this with the Almighty in mind becomes one with the Almighty himself. What is greater than quenching one’s hunger is greater than quenching someone else’s hunger. The mankind should realize this.

The Lord has created a leaf if eaten, there won’t be hunger for a long time. There is a leaf which cures all sorts of diseases. Another one turns any metal to gold. The godmen who do penance in these forests aren’t attracted towards these leaves, but these leaves are the reason why they remain peacefully without the worries like hunger affecting them.

“Do you know? All the Siddhas, Thavasi’s, Rishi-Muni’s, Siddha Vidhyarthis at the end of their prayer, they submit their thankfulness to Agastya Maha Muni? Whoever guru this gratitude and thanks are submitted through, it reaches Agastya himself at the end. Do you also know that the Almighty does not even accept any prayer that is not foreseen by Agastya Himself?”

I folded my hands together within my mind and offered a hearty thanks to Agastya. I felt very pleased to know about such a Siddha who is all powerful, and to drive my life in the direction He has shown.

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~ To be continued…!

When anyone from Siddha Marga hears the word ‘Anantha Sayanam’, they become silent with reverence, pray and prostrate Agastya within. The rest will feel very happy and ask a lot of questions. The difference is due to the ‘thinking’.

The landscape that was called as Anantha Sayanam or Anantha Puri is the present day’s Thiruvananthapuram or Trivandrum. The city is named after the deity Anantha Padmanabhan, hence Thiru Anantha Puram (the term Thiru denotes its holiness, greatness).

Our Gurudeva Agastya has a significant role in this temple formation. When we know how much efforts have gone in to in making this temple, through the grace of God, a respect with an amount of fear creeps in. This post is to illustrate just that.

Let us allow ourselves a few questions first.

1. Why did the Chera kings devoted to Thiruvattar Adhi Keshava Perumal, ruling the Chera kingdom want to build another temple, what’s the reason, necessity?
2. Thiruvithankur Maharaja who ruled Chera kingdom with Padmanabhapura as the capital, suddenly decides to shift the capital to Thiruvananthapuram, constructs the temple, builds his palace, brings in the people and gives them all the facilities. Why? Who made him decide so?
3. Before all these, why did Lord Narayana choose this place Anantha Kadu (kaadu – forest) and sat there?
4. Unlike other Vishnu temples, one can have the darshan of the lord only through the Moondru Vasal (three gates, literally). Why?
5. Unlike other temples, why was the Moolavar vigraha made with 10008 Saligrama’s?

When we know the answers to these questions, we may think ‘only’ about the Lord when entering this temple. We won’t think of searching for the gate where the ‘wealth’ is. As said earlier, there will be a fear and respect when entering.

The decision of Lord Narayana to be in Anantha Forest was made in Mount Kailash! Yes, when everyone gathered for Shiva-Parvathi’s wedding, it is Lord Shiva Himself who expressed this to Lord Narayana, as per Shiva Purana.

That expression is what we see as the temple today. As our Gurudeva Agastya played a vital role in this temple formation, the curiosity to know was natural. The details were very interesting and wonderful, so this post is born.

The great Guru Agastya blessed with His grace too.

~ stay blessed!

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Ananta Sayana kept lingering in the mind, didn’t know where to begin. To think of ask the temple authorities, they were already in trouble as the information about the secret doors and the wealth had spread out and therefore there was a lot of restrictions.

I decided to ask the Maha Guru Himself. I prayed earnestly to him on my visit to Bala Ramapuram Agastya Temple that Thursday. I prayed:
“O Gurudeva! Please guide me and show me till the point where you are related to the Padmanabha Swamy temple. I am not at all interested in knowing anything about the things there, which draws the common man to it now. Why did the Lord dwell here while being at Thiruvattaru? Please enlighten.” – and began doing Pradakshina. When I finished 6 and doing the 7th, I heard this clearly in my right ear:

“Come to Pancheshti where we did the yagna, I shall clarify!”

I am hearing the place’s name for the first time. I did not know where Panchesti is. Perhaps it is in the Northern India, then it will be a bit troublesome to go there, I thought. I still wanted to check with the temple priest and inquired.

He didn’t know either, he asked me why I am inquiring about Panchesti. I explained to him that I placed a prayer to Guru Agastya and He wanted me to come to Panchesti, hence I asked if you know.

It appeared I have to find out myself and eventually forgot about it. A week passed by where I visited a relatives’ house. While at conversation, I generally asked if he knows about Panchesti. He said the place is in Tamil Nadu itself, some 25 kilometres from Chennai and that he has visited it as well. He mentioned a few more details about the temple too and said ‘This is the place where Guru Agastya did 5 yagnas’. The keyword ‘yagna’ got my attention, since that’s what the Maha Guru mentioned too.

I requested him to take me to the temple. Second week from that day I went to Chennai and stood in front of the Panchesti temple with that relative. I got goose-bumps while standing in front of the temple. My heart felt very pleased.

“This has reached here O Gurudeva, just as you instructed. Your grace is requested.” – I prayed.

It was evening and so the evening pooja’s bell began to ring, making the whole place surreal. I went inside, had darshan, got the prasad and began Pradakshina.

While standing in front of Agastya Muni’s shrine, I felt He will surely guide me and answer my questions. I sat down meditating in the same place for a long time.

“Before going to Anantasayana, this is where We did the 5 yagna’s. A very holy place this is. This is where Lord Shiva changed his wish to an order. We took His command. This is not the time to share all the deva-rahasya. The sun has set. Search! Look with sincerity, honesty and yearning. At the right time, We shall let you know what you need to!” – these vakya came out.

There was silence everywhere, no other replies. I prostrated to Maha Guru and proceeded towards the Gopura. The priest accompanied us.

“Every month during Sadhaya Nakshatra, there is special abisheka, pooja done here. There are a lot of Agastya devotees who come here and do this pooja. They do these pooja after the order from Agastya in Nadi Reading they say. Guru Agastya has performed 5 yagna here a very long time ago. Only then He went to the Malayala country they say. The devotees say that any prayer kept during this pooja bears its fruits.” – said the priest.

While listening to all these, I thought, “O Gurunath, can’t I get a small hint please?”

The priest who came till the entrance, stood in the steps of the Gopura and was talking. As I looked in to his face, my sight witnessed the wall of the Gopuram.

There,

Padmanabha Swamy’s Ananta Sayana pose, where there was a Siddha seated beneath His right arm. Generally there is a Shiva Linga under the right arm but there’s a Siddha here!

I felt very happy, asked the priest to move a bit and showed him the sculpture and said, “I got what I came here for. Maha Guru’s grace is very very big!”

I took a picture of the sculpture and bid farewell. From that day on, the Maha Guru began to give me answers and clarifications for my questions through different people and circumstances.

Within this, the restrictions in the Padmanabha Swamy temple increased manifold. As per the High Court order, armed Black Cat squad came for protection. No one could spend more time in the temple.

During the ten days Urchava in the temple, during the 10th day while Araatu (Theerthavari), the elephant from a different temple became mad and the surrounding appeared sort of dangerous. The Navarathna ring worn by the Maharaja was lost as well in a few days.

As the things weren’t right, the Maharaja was concerned if something went wrong in the temple pooja and requested a well respected Prashna expert to come for.

The Prashna expert sat down in meditation and obtained Padmanabha Swamy’s approval. Though he got it, he had to wait till the next day.

“There will be a boy from the Telugu Desam who will come tomorrow to have our darshan with his father. Do the Prashna with him. Test the answer that comes out and then inform!” – Padmanabha Swamy gave him such instructions.

The Prashna expert and his 22 disciples began to wait for this event.

Let us wait for a week or so too!

~ stay blessed!

The images are taken from the same post in Sitthan Arul blog with gratitude.

After finishing their nithya anushtana pooja to Lord Padmanabha,  

The Maharaja, the one who reads Prasnam, the temple priest, the temple staff, locals were all gathered looking eagerly in the eastern entrance.  

Those who come from outside the city usually enter the temple via the eastern side. Right at 8.30, a mid-aged man with a boy entered the temple! 

The Maharaja nodded towards a senior staff of the temple. He went on at once before the mid-aged man and inquired: “O Sir, where are you coming from?” 

“We are coming from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh to have the darshan of Lord Padmanabha” – replied the father.  

The senior staff looked at the Maharaja and nodded his head. The Maharaja signaled them to be brought in.  The Maharaja looked at both closely and asked again, ‘Where are you coming from?’ 

The father replied the same.  

The Maharaja now looked at the person who reads the prasnam who folded his hands and said, “everything is as per Padmanabha’s wish!”  

The Maharaja looked at the father and said, “The Lord has ordered to seek your son’s help in reading a Prasnam. Is this ok for you?” 

Though it is an order from the Lord Almighty and who asks for a favour is the Maharaja himself, the rules of Prasna is to seek the permission and approval of whose favour is requested for, only when the Master does this the Prasna will show accurate results.  

The father was surprised at all these and he gave his approval on behalf of his son.  

“Your son needs to take bath, wear fresh clothes, please come.” – the senior staff took them to a private room with the approval of The Maharaja. They all waited for half an hour.  

The prasnar asked The Maharaja’s approval once again when the boy came back ready. Once he approved, the procedure of Mantra Uchchadana (chanting of mantra) happened.  

Vigneshwara, the guardian gods of the temple, Ashta Digh-Balaka (those who guard the 8 directions), Prasna devata, the Lord, were performed the pooja and sought approval. Then the Prasnar called for the boy.  

He gave 4 cowries (chozhi) to the boy and said, “Pray within yourself and place these cowries in any of the 12 squares drawn as you wish.” 

The boy received the cowries and looked carefully at those squares (horoscope like squares) and stood opposite to the Prasnar.  

He closed his eyes, prayed and placed at the square near to his left leg. One of the 4 cowries slipped and ran away. He caught hold of it and placed it among the other three.  

The Prasnar was carefully watching all this and looked at the Maharaja with a worried face.  

The Maharaja nodded as if, “its ok, proceed.”  

The 22 disciples of the Prasnar looked at the squares calmly and started writing down something really fast in a paper.  

The first square where he placed the cowries was the Lagna of Prasna horoscope rules. It is the Jeeva.  

It is like the entrance of knowing what happened, to know what the situation is.  

There was silence till the disciples wrote down. The Maharaja and the Prasnar appeared a bit worn off.  

The reason is, the place the boy chose the lagna as per the Prasna rule, is ‘Vrischika Rasi’. They term this as per astrology as ‘War Rasi’. It is not a good omen to have this Rasi as the Atma of The Prasna Purusha who is about to be formed.  

The Prasnar called the boy closer and gave another 4 cowries and signalled him silently.  

The boy started circling the squares! 

~ stay blessed!

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The boy stood opposite to the Prasnar, prayed and looked in to the field. He chose a square in the left and was about to keep the cowries with his right hand and he changed the cowries to his left hand at the very last minute and kept it in the same square with his left hand. The Prasnar made a note of this.  

The place he kept was the 4th bhava, Kumbha Rasi (sukha sthana) of the lagna. Next, 6th bhava (Mesha Rasi), 8th bhava (Mithuna Rasi), 9th bhava (Kataka Rasi) and the Prasna kept growing.  

Nothing was satisfying to the minds. It appeared the Prasnar was losing patience too. He prayed aloud saying “Padmanabha, Amara Prabho” while giving the cowries to the boy.  

As the last step, he gave 4 cowries to the boy and he kept it in the Dhanur Rasi, the 12th place of Vrishchika Rasi.  

Everyone was quiet while the Prasnar’s disciples took notes. He waited till they all completed their notes and he looked at the Maharaja who nodded his head as approval. Right after the field, all the devata were shown karpooram and nivedhanam indicating the Prasnam was done, without telling out the Prasna Vidhi.  

The Prasnar said he will review the notes of his 22 disciples and let everyone know of the results tomorrow. Everyone took to their abodes. The next day, after the Maharaja gave his approval, the Prasana results were read. Only the important part of the results are given below.  

“With the grace of God, with His approval, the Maharaja prayed for the Prasna Vidhi. Are there any shortcomings in the methods of Pooja done at the temple? If so, what pooja can be done to rectify this, was the prominent question. There has been no mistakes in the rules of pooja and therefore there is no need of any change of rules, is the result of this Prasna.  

However, 

The mistakes done by humans are the source of problems, is what is shown through the appearance of these Lagnas. All the wealth here belongs to this deity but the moment the human-odour touched it, as it was messed up, all were against the will of God. All the wealth sat here through the wish of the Three Eyed Lord, even that too for a public benefit, knowing which will do what, they were kept here.  

The incidents after the wealth were touched is a clear indication of the Lord’s. It is beneficial for the humans to correct themselves through these indications. *** IF THEY KEEP GETTING CLOSER TO THE WEALTH, THOSE WHO ARE RELATED TO THIS, THEIR FAMILIES WILL SEE DESTRUCTION, without knowing how the poison got in to!*** 

The Adi Sesha, Hanuman and Sri Narasimha are very angry at what happened. It is advisable for the humans to step aside and be quiet.” – read the Prasnar.  

Below are some points mentioned by various Siddhas in different Nadis.  

“They witnessed the wealth of the Anantha Padmanabha who lies in the Iluppai bed, in yoga nidhra. The Rishis were upset and the Siddhas are angry.”  

“The guardians Lion Headed (Narasimha), Pashupathi Nath (Nepal), The snake dwells in the forest (Nagaraja), Mangala Peychi Mulai Undan, Kodanatha Puramayya Keshava are all upset.” 

“As the wealth were touched, the Narasinga, Ananthan Kadu Nagaraja Swamy, the Krishna in Vishwamangalam, Anantha Pura Perumal dwelling in Kasarkodu, Adi Keshava Perumal in Thiruvattaru, Pashupathinath in Nepal, are all very upset.” 

Though it was clear from the Prasna that something very wrong has happened. There was something which kept coming back in my mind.  

What was that?  

“All the wealth sat here through the wish of the Three Eyed Lord, even that too for a public benefit, knowing which will do what, they were kept here.” – what does it mean?!  

I began to think – “should I pray to the Three Eyed Lord Himself?!”  

~ stay blessed!  

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The moment I thought of praying to Lord Shiva, I was reminded of something about the Padmanabha Swamy temple. Nowhere it is seen as how it is in this temple.

In every place where there is a Vishnu temple, there will be a Shiva temple for He is the Kshetra Palaka of Perumal temple. The entire rights, whatever happens within the temple, to protect, are some of the duties of Kshetra Palaka. This is a rule by God.

All four corners of Padmanabha Swamy temple resides Shiva. Not many pay attention to this.

I began to think about where to go and where to start. One day I went to the Shiva temple on the Southern side. Out of the four, the Southern one was the nearest and so I frequent here. I get answers to my questions too, in unexpected but surprising ways.

The temple priest and the management staff were inside. The Deepa Aradhana for the evening was over and so there wasn’t anyone. I went in, stood before the Lord and placed my request.

While getting the Prasada and returning, I thought I may sit inside the temple and go. I did a Pradakshina, sat down in the left side of the Lord. I closed my eyes on seeing the clear Shiva Linga and began to chant Om Namah Shivaya. I do not know how long I was meditating but I felt someone going inside the sanctum crossing me and going out.

I got up, prayed to the Lord and came out. As I began walking, I heard, “Thiruchitrambalam”. There was an old man. I placed my hand in my chest, bowed down and said ‘Shiva Chidambaram’ (this is a practice like saying Ram Ram in northern India).

“If I go this way, will I be able to get Padmanabha’s darshan?” – he asked pointing to the South entrance.

Yes, I said.

He was wearing a white veshti and angawastram. A long white beard. I thought he may be a Vasi yogi.

“Did you get the answer?” – he asked!

“No”

“Why roam here and there? Read the Shiva Purana, especially the part before the Shiva Parvathi wedding. You will get the answer, and also know what is Shiva Chintanai” – he turned and walked fast towards the temple.

I thanked him by nodding my head and kept looking at the direction he went. I could not even think who he was. I was only reminded of Guru Agastya’s words, “If God wants to give you answers, somehow He will.”

In the coming week, research began with my friend’s help on Shiva Purana, Periya Purana, Siva Manjari, and Rudra Prasnam. I understood many a thing. As a short summary as much as this self understood:

“It was Shiva who declared Bharatha Kanda as ‘Karma Bhoomi’. He sat in Kailasha in the North-East (Ishana). He wanted someone equal to Him to be seated in the Kanni Moolai (South West). The Karma Bhoomi grows only through Karma, and slowly. The evil forces that tries to destroy it will enter only through North East and South Western directions. So Lord Narayana sat in the South-Western direction.

Guru Agastya was sent from Kailasha to the South with a number of tasks. To build a temple for Narayana in Ananthan Kadu, to make Thamirabarani river, in all the places where the Lord showed His wedding, He made temples there and sat there, to remove the obstacle of Vindhya Mountain, many come in these tasks. He came to Panchesti and did five different types of yagna and reached Podhigai.

It was Guru Maha Agastya who did Aradhana to the Thiruvattaru Adhi Keshava Perumal, explained God’s will to the king who ruled Padmanabha pura, and made a temple in Anandha Kaadu. The puranas say that it was the start of Kali Yuga when Lord Narayana sat on Ananthan Kadu.

When carrying out the deeds of the Lord, He made golden Sri Chakra and Sudarshana Chakra, and shared His power of penance on to these, placed it underneath Padmanabha, and made His Samadhi. It is His power of penance and the Lord’s will which is protecting the Bharatha Kanda.

~ stay blessed!

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They say that at the beginning of Kali Yuga, the Navagraha had greater control and when it crossed the limit, the Almighty made the Siddhar Idaikadar place them in specific directions where they don’t face each other. This also let the decision of them being worshipped in the temples, approved by the Lord.

While saying ‘Do not live in a place where there is no temple’ as the guidelines to humans, it is meant to live a happy life and not come under the spell of these grahas.

If a Saligrama is at home, there should be daily pooja done to it (Nithya Pooja). It comes from the Kandagi river and is considered the swaroopa of Narayana, contains the various forms of Narayana. If nithya pooja is not done to it, it will affect the family of the house.

Agastya collected 12000 of such Saligrama and made the idol of Padmanabha Swamy with 10008 Saligrama. He then made Mahalakshmi Mata, Brahma and Adi Sesha with the remaining Saligrama, took 9000 herbs and made a herbal paste called in Tamil as ‘Kattu Chakra Yogam’, and applied this paste on Padmanabha’s idol. Therefore there is no abisheka performed to Padmanabha. They remove the flowers adorned to the Lord with peacock feathers.

All the Saligrama being in one place gave a powerful effect, gave a protective layer to Bharat. No one could go near Padmanabha. As per the wish of Diwakara Muni to have darshan and do pooja, the Lord reduced His size to the present state. Even after this the Tejas of the Lord was so much that no one could go near. Then again as per Diwakara Muni’s prayers, the Lord asked all the 4 Vedas to become the walls, made three entrances and asked to be worshipped through these three gates only. The Head and Hand can be viewed through one gate, the stomach through one, and His holy feet through the third gate. Even the munivars did not get to have darshan of Lord Padmanabha in His full form.

We know that Maha Guru Agastya is like the right hand of Lord Padmanabha. If the Lord had given Him the honour of making his idol, to make this Shrine and to make His Siddha Samadhi, Lord Hanuman gave another honour.

When approaching the Eastern entrance to have darshan of Lord Padmanabha, one can see an Anjaneya’s Shrine near the Kodi Maram. Butter will be smeared all over Him. Everyone can have darshan but none can see the feet because they are in Agastya’s shoulders!

When Hanuman came to know about Lord Padmanabha’s avatar being worshipped and exclaimed by the Deva, Muni, Gods, and Siddhas, He came out of His penance and came here. As there were so many of them to have the darshan, Hanuman could not see the Lord’s feet even. Lord Padmanabha knew this and He nodded to Agastya Guru who welcomed Hanuman.

“Welcome O Rama Dootha! We all are very pleased having the darshan of Lord Padmanabha. Have darshan yourself too!”

“O Agastya, thank you. I am but doubtful if I will get His darshan, on seeing this crowd. I will be very happy if I get to have darshan of His Holy Feet. But I cannot see anything.” – said Anjaneya.

“Ah ok! Please stand on my shoulders and have darshan of the Lord.” and He stood before Hanuman. He had a delightful darshan of the Lord by standing on Agastya’s shoulders. It is depicted in this idol that Hanuman’s feet are in Agastya’s shoulders where we cannot only see His feet but not also Agastya!

~ stay blessed!

“There is a countless treasure, even surpassing that of Kubera in Ambalam”

as said in Agastya’s Nadi, Chidambaram, Seergazhi, Thanjavur Periya Kovil, Kutralam, Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvarangam, Thiruvanaikka, Rameshwaram, Thiruvaroor, Pazhani, Thiruchendur, Azhagar Kovil, Madurai temples contain treasures which are immeasurable. Somnath temple was invaded 18 times only to take away the wealth.

They won’t allow anyone other than the Maharaja to prostrate (sashtanga namaskara) in the single-legged mandapam in front of Lord Padmanabha Swamy. All the property of those who do that goes to the Lord. Therefore the rights to prostrate have been given only to the King. If someone drops something by mistake in that mandapam, the temple staff will hand it over to the temple authorities which will then get added to the temple hundi.

There are two Urchavams (a religious temple celebration) per year during Aipasi and Panguni Tamil months. There will be a procession by Krishna, Padmanabha, Narasimha moorthis in the evening and night, in different vehicles. The eighth day is called Kanikkai. The King and his family will provide their offering in a golden pot first. Then the rest can offer. The ninth day’s occasion is called Vettai (hunting). Then on the tenth day, Padmanabha, Krishna, and Narasimha are kept in the palanquin, taken to the seaside for Theerthavari (a holy bath) and done abisheka and pooja, which is called Aaratu. They take the moorthi’s along the airport runway route. No part of the world allows a religious procession to be carried out in the runway other than Anantha Sayana. The airport gets closed later in the afternoon with no flights allowed to take off or land.

When a prayer is kept during the Aaratu of these three moorthis, it will get fulfilled sooner. Those who have experienced it won’t miss this darshan.

Here’s a video of the Vettai, the ninth day’s occasion.

Here’s a video where the three moorthis go for Aaratu via the airport runway.

Once it is known that the worlds richest is Lord Padmanabha Swamy, the Government has enforced a number of restrictions around the temple and the town. Armed forces guard the temple where no one is allowed to stay beyond a time.

Important:
Those who go to have darshan of Lord Padmanabha better go with only Him in their mind, to only desire to have His darshan. The thought about where the treasure is, where the door begins etc will only give Dosha, says Maha Guru Agastya. The “things” that are there belong to someone else. Just remain with the thought that it is taken care of by Agastya Himself.

The sole purpose of this series is to emphasize the importance of having Agastya (in His Athma Swaroopa Samadhi) or the Lord in their mind, thought and attention.

The series of Agastya’s Anantha Sayana ends here.

Offered in the Holy Feet of Om Sri Lopamudra sametha Sri Agathiyar.