Tirumoolar is one of the earliest among the 63 nayanmars. By western references he is considered to have lived in AD but many tamil historians date him to BC. We say that Saivam was flourishing during more than 2000 years but its is languishing now. Why? The principles and the base of Saivam is in Tirumoolar’s Tirumandiram. The principle tenet is Siva in The One and The Ultimate and this brings clarity to us. This is based purely on science and given with scientific evidence unlike other faiths which consider science as separate and do not have answers to even basic scientific questions and facts. But we do not know the existence of neither this text nor realize that the everyday traditions and culture which are based on Saivam.
Siva as Vaitheeswaran, The Healer
Vaishnavam which has 25 tatuvams is encompassed inside the 36 tatuvams of Saivam. Vaishnavam is not separate from Saivam but a part of it. The maya is above the 25 purusha tatuvams of Vaishnavam. Saivam goes beyond both 25 Vaishnava tatuvams and maya as well. Buddhism and Vaishnavism say suffering is overcome when maya is removed. One of the most important distinction between Saivam and all other faiths is that Saivam mentions ignorance as the root cause whereas others mention desire. That is why Siva is called Vaitheeswaran meaning The Healer.
For a snake bite, the blood flow is stopped to prevent the poison from spreading to the other parts of the body.
Similarly, Maya is a malaise given by God to prevent a bigger malaise from spreading all over.
This is to make us realize the root cause and understand how to attain liberation. This is from the Tirukural by Thiruvalluvar Deva Nayannar and his words espouse the Saivam principles.
Actions and underlying purpose
Tirumoolar had transmuted into a body of a cowherd who had died due to snake bite. But the question arises whether he died because of the snake bite or that he had exhausted his karma hence left the world? There is a purpose to everything that happens in the world. The action is visible to the naked eye, but the purpose is invisible. The action was the snake bite, and the purpose was the exhaustion of his karma. The worldly people are attached to the visible actions whereas Saiva Siddhanthis are attached to the invisible purpose. When Tirumoolar transmutes into the cowherd’s body, the poison is removed simply by the force of his penance. All the accumulated karmas over births can be removed simply by feeding once, an original Saivaite saint. But the problem is not only in finding one these days but also be blessed to have such an opportunity.
Possessions and experiences
He explains the experience he got from Siva and only those can be given as divine instructions.
Everything is given to us by Siva Peruman, but we claim proprietorship over everything. We simply forget that we came empty handed and we leave empty handed. If we help someone and they talk bad behind our backs, then we will stop helping that person. Whereas if that person is our child, we continue to help them because of our love. Similarly, Siva Peruman does the same but with infinite compassion. As our compassion for Siva increases, our sufferings decrease. One of the best gifts is to remember Siva in every moment. Even these divine instructions were received from Siva by tirumoolar.
Siva Peruman and Internal Worship
The bridge between the Padamukthi and Paramukthi is His Holy feet.
The experience of Siva called as Siva Anandam or Siva Anubhavam and is experienced in 2 ways by saints. One is via the physical senses, the beauty of this world and realize Siva in them called Padamukthi. The second is being apart from all this and experiencing in the astral plane called Paramukthi. Once a saint and his nephew were on a pilgrimage by foot. On the way the saint realized that he had forgotten his worship items. His nephew was more than willing to go all the way back and get the items. So, the saint was waiting under a tree and the local villagers who were passing by, started to gather around him. They asked if he needed anything to eat. Look at the way people are treating elders and saints. This was in the 17th century and not long back. The saint said that he does not eat without doing worship to God. The villagers were sad and insisted that he at least drink some milk. He then started to do worship by singing to God called as worship at the soul level. He sings that he went to the orchard to pick flowers but saw Siva in them instead. Hence, he did not have the heart to pluck the flowers and hurt Siva.Siva will come wherever you think He is, if done with complete devotion and a pure heart. The only question is that are we ready to surrender with complete devotion and a pure heart.
Holy River Ganges and its meaning
The original Ganges is Siva ’s bliss which flows like the river. The River Ganges water that is bought in a small jar after a pilgrimage, is His holy feet. The water at home which is transformed into river Ganges using mantras is The worldly truth. Tirumoolar says that for saints like him, Siva has shown them His Holy Abode (Siva logam) on earth itself.
Siddhars and Saivam
The Siva Siddhars do good to the world using the powers they have obtained from The Grace of Siva.
Siddhars are those who have gained one of the 8 possible powers by virtue of their penance and worship to Siva.Saivam asks questioningly if all Siddhars are on the path to Siva since some of them stop once they get these supernatural powers. They are focused on doing transmutations and alchemy for the either material or other gains. They are called Avasiddhars. Also, not all Siddhars share or have shared their secrets with the world for various reasons.
Compassion and Siva Peruman
Instead of getting something from Sivam, one should get Sivam from Sivam itself.
Saint Arunagirinathar sings that the people who are running behind materialistic things, when will they seek for Siva ’s grace. The reason why the Saivaite Saints compassion is huge because they have mixed with the infinite compassion of Siva. Oil and water do not mix, similarly only when we have compassion, will we mix with Siva ’s grace. Without compassion, there is no possibility to attain His holy feet. The stars twinkle in the night, but we do not see the starlight when the sun rises because it mixes with the sun light. This means that the starlight still exists but has mixed with the sunlight. Similarly, our compassion is like starlight when alone but becomes part of sun light when it mixes with Siva ’s grace. Siva cannot be understood using the five senses but only experience and realized.
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Agamas is said to be in 3 levels. In the form of Tandirams or mantras or divine instructions. Tandiram is a wide field in which mantras are encompassed. And finally, divine instructions are encompassed within the mantras. The soul’s conscience is the reason why Sivam encompasses the soul within Himself. If the soul was inanimate, then there would be no need to do the same.
Our understanding of God
In our daily life, we have so many problems. And many of them continue for days altogether without any respite in sight. Amidst all this, the soul subconsciously searches for The Ultimate for realization. There is a fundamental difference between how we have understood God and how the canonical scriptures explain the understanding of God.
When Saints talk about the body, they are talking about the astral body and not the physical body.
When someone saves us from trouble, we tell that god came in the form of that person and saved us. Hence our definition is that God is someone who saves us from our troubles. All our troubles manifest in the form of physical or mental harm. God gives us this body and then He says that realization is only if we let go of the same. This is confusing. How many hues or shades of a color, the eye can distinguish. That much finesse has been given to us through these physical senses. But why did He give all this if He meant us to give up this body? The physical body is a shirt that one changes often and is given by our parents.
Physical and astral body
How often do we even know what we have seen? how often do we often realize whether we have seen anything at all? Even though two persons see a tree, one does not remember whereas the other does. Why? Because one saw only with the physical body whereas the other saw with the astral body. The astral body is where the Manas resides and hence the second person registers the same at the Manas level. This means that the physical body and the underlying body must be in sync for the experience to register. The astral body is the one given by God whereas the physical body is the one given by parents. We discard and wear new shirts on every death and rebirth.
When Saints talk about discarding the body, they are talking about the astral body.
Those who commit suicide are only removing their physical body, but their astral body remains. That is a far worse scenario because our desires can be satisfied only with the physical body. Hence, they roam around without being able to satisfy their desires.
Traversing from the world, to Siva
We are doing yogam when we are with this physical body. Yogam means union. This type of yogam is called avayogam meaning union with worldly or transient pleasures. The other is Sivayogam which is union with Siva. When we are in avayogam, we are blind to Siva and we are blind to the world when in Sivayogam. One cannot directly jump from avayogam to Sivayogam because the gap is vast. It is difficult and the one that bridges the gap is called tavayogam. So, one goes from avayogam to Sivayogam via the bridge called tavayogam. Tavayogam consists of Sariyai, Kriyai and yogam.
Sariyai is doing temple worship, cleaning, lighting lamps, doing service to followers of Siva and other related activities. The simple truth is that doing service to Saints or followers of Siva bridges the gap much more easily. The yogam we get in Sariyai and Kriyai is different from the Sivayogam. It is not mandatory that the heart should be in sync with actions in Sariyai. Sariyai is worship at the external(puram) level.
In kriyai, worship is at the (agam)internal and (puram)external level and should unite in every activity. Worship in the form of reciting mantras, reciting the names of the lord etc.
The next is Yogam in which there are 8 different steps called Ashtanga yoga. Yogam is doing worship only internally.
Just as a mother will check the taste of the food before feeding her child but will not think about it for herself, the compassion increases when one rises through the steps.
But in simpler terms, Sariyai, kriyai and yogam are just indicators for the percentage of Love/compassion for God at each step. The higher one goes; the compassion increases exponentially.
Why the physical body?
He has given us this physical body to the astral body so that we can walk around this earth and satisfy our desires and then at least realize the transient nature of things.
Once the soul understands the compassion of the Lord, then the soul cannot be separated from God. We still think of Sivam like a supermarket where we can go and buy what we want. When we are linked with the body, we are haughty and all our lifestyles. When we fall unconsciously, we do not even remember or feel anything. Do we ask for a comfortable bed when unconscious? If we think deeply, all our experiences come from using this physical body. This is the gift of compassion that He has given us.
What is correct age for Temple worship?
One should go at the earliest when all the senses are fully functional and in good health.
Nearing death, the senses start failing one by one. Those who surrender to Siva wholeheartedly, will neither be afraid of death nor the suffering of death. We must warn Him that He bought us here and He must take us back without any suffering. Most people think that one should go to temples only when 2 or 3 of the 5 senses start malfunctioning. They think that old age is the ripe age to go to temples and do the yogams.
Having and experiencing are two different things
One can obtain everything from Siva at the physical level and that Is called Bhogam. But only when one experiences it with astral body that realization occurs and is called Yogam. Most people ask for wealth and other worldly pleasures. Even though they might get it, there is no guarantee that they will experience those pleasures. A person would have saved a lot of wealth but would not be able to experience it due to various circumstances. Do your duty with respect to family and society but always have Siva in the back of the mind.
A ship can be in the sea, but the sea should not be in the ship. Similarly, we can be in the world, but the world should not be in us.
A child going to the fair will look wide eyed at all the attractions but never let goes of her mother’s hand even for an instant. Similarly look at the world but never let go of Siva.
Opening one’s eyes
Just as we do not see a child growing everyday until he becomes an adult, listen to Tirumandiram so that the soul’s consciousness grows without us realizing it.
When people say that someone opened their eyes, what does it mean? It certainly does not mean the physical eyes but rather the realization which was until then not known to us even though it was in plain sight. This is because the soul cannot function by itself without the help of Siva. He dances in us so that we dance in this world. Due to ego, we can neither see nor realize the same. This ego can be removed only with the experiences in this world and hence, He has given us this body for the same.
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The metaphysical life and the physical body
There is the body and there is life, say some.
Tirumoolar asks them, “what is meant by dying?”
To which they reply, “the separation of the life from the body.”
Tirumoolar – “So you agree there is life inside the body?”
Them – “Yes.”
Tirumoolar – “so what happens to the body after death?”
Them – “the body breaks down into each of the 5 elements.”
“So the body which is made up of these 5 elements breaks down into them. But what happens to the life that was in the body?”
Tirumoolar
They looked stumped without a response.
Tirumoolar then explains – “Just as an inanimate object like the body mixes only with the 5 inanimate elements, the animate life will mix only with an animate Entity. That Animate Entity is Sivam and the life stays there temporarily until the next rebirth.”
The soul goes through the cycle of rebirth until it realizes the consciousness of Siva. Once it realizes Siva, it merges with Him in a state of bliss but still being separate from Him at the same time.
The attachment to the 5 senses makes the life/ soul desire the worldly pleasures. Just as someone who gets stuck in deep water because he does not know how to swim, the soul gets attached to the pleasures of the 5 senses. The soul wastes away its entire life drowning in these pleasures.
So, the question arises, “Where did the 5 senses originate from? Did the soul go looking for it?”
If I say, “God only gave those 5 senses” then the response will be “why did God give us the senses so that we drown in pleasures and then He comes and saves us via a guru?”
“The souls are the same and The God is One!”
Tirumoolar
But who gave us the 5 senses? That is the important question. People get different physical bodies depending on what they must live through because of their karma. Even though we might be different physically, the soul is the same. That is why Holy saints look only at the soul and not at the physical body.
Darkness hides the realization but reveals itself whereas ego hides both the realization and itself.
The souls are here to remove the ego to which they have attached themselves. Siva helps to remove the ego through His immeasurable compassion.
We all refuse to accept that we have egos in our day to day lives, even for simple things. That is why it is so difficult to remove oneself from ego. That is why Siva gently removes the ego through His Grace.
The important point to note here is that Siva’s capability is never in question but are we willing to realize our own ego and subsequently our own ignorance?
Some will ask, “Why does He not remove it all in one go? It would be easier for everyone. Isn’t He capable of doing it?”
Ego and free will
How can you help someone who needs help but does not want to be helped? There is this story of a pious man taking a boat to cross the river. The boatman asks if everyone on the boat knows swimming. All nod their heads except the pious man who replies God will save him if anything happens. Unfortunately, the boat capsizes in the middle of the river and others start swimming to save themselves. The boatman tries to save the pious man, but he pushes him away saying God will come to save him. Another person tries the same but to no avail. One more person tries but the pious man pushes him away as well. Finally, the pious man drowns and reaches another dimension where he asks God why He did not save him?
God replies, “You fool, I sent help thrice, but you rejected it all.”
God helps those who help themselves.
Siva is ready to offer Grace, but the soul must not only be ready to be able to receive it but also should do it of its own accord. This is the concept of free will.
Appar sings beautifully about this with a reference to farming.
First the land must be tilled with the truth.
Secondly, the seeds of intent and will must be sowed.
Thirdly, the land must be de-weeded from corrupt thoughts and actions.
Fourth, the land must be watered with patience.
Finally, a fence of steadfastness and discipline must be put to protect the crop.
Those who do this, obtain Siva’s Grace.
The worldly experiences and the ego
Siva gives you what your soul desires because He knows there is no point in giving anything else which is not useful for the soul to reach maturity. It is like giving a gold-plated pen to a small child who does not need it. People are afraid that Siva will bestow His Grace. When those doing penance do not easily receive it, what is the point of giving it to those who do not even asking for it? The soul first reaches out to Siva to remove sufferings and satisfy desires in this worldly existence. Siva will definitely give what you ask, you just have to talk to Him. Only that His response might not always be in the form that you can comprehend. We must raise our level of awareness and consciousness to be able to perceive His response. The soul which keeps asking for solutions to worldly problems finally understands the worldly existence itself is the problem. Just as every month one pays dues for the house or car or other things, the soul keeps on paying its dues. The burden is released only when the entire loan is repaid. Similarly, the solution to worldly problems ends only when the karmic dues are paid. This is difficult to understand at first, so He lets us experience the world and continue paying the monthly installments. There is no other God with whom one can talk, like with Sivam. Just as we need to speak with each native speaker in their own language, the language of Sivam is Compassion.
The important thing is that the soul asks for release by its own free will, else the guru does not appear.
So, to help the soul extricate itself from the clutches of the ego, He gives a practical learning by giving the senses and the body to the soul. When the soul suffers from these experiences, He comes in the form of a guru and teaches the way to elevate oneself not only from suffering but also from the ego.
Definition of success
A man was walking in the jungle when he notices a tiger. He runs like a madman out of fear and stumbles on to a well. He descends into the well and holds onto a branch on the side of the well. He then notices that two rats are gnawing at the branch, the tiger is hungrily looking at him from the top and there are poisonous snakes at the bottom of the well. Suddenly a drop of honey falls on his lips from a tree above and for a moment, he forgets everything except the taste of sweet honey. Our life is also like this. The tiger chasing us is the ego, the snakes are our karma, the branch is our body created from maya and the two rats gnawing at it are day and night. Amidst all this, the superficial pleasures are the drops of honey which we assume to be life.
As soon as one realizes that all successes and failures are due to Him, only success occurs to them.
Why are we here? Have we done or doing anything worthy? These are questions to ask oneself, but does anyone really do it? Once we retire, others ask at what we have saved for retirement. If you say that you have saved Siva’s grace, you will be looked upon as an idiot. Only worldly success is considered as success and spiritual success is not even considered. It is indeed difficult to not only live in this society but also live apart from it. Society does not considered devotion as success. We should learn to place our successes and defeats at the Holy feet of Siva.
The forgotten treasure
This body is a treasure that needs to be used properly for spiritual success.
Once a king in disguise was riding through the forest and saw an old man cutting wood. The old man was carrying the wood with much difficulty. The king asked him about his sons to which the old man replied that his sons had gone afar for different reasons. So, he had to cut wood and sell the charcoal to support his wife. The king then went away and instructed his minister to give 100 sandalwood trees so that the old man can live his life in comfort. After a few years, the king met the old man and was surprised to see that he was still living in poverty. He asked the old man what he did with the 100 trees that he received. The old man said that, he had cut them down as usual to make charcoal and sell it for a living. The king was aghast and told the old man that the trees were sandalwood trees and that each one was worth a fortune. Fortunately, there was one tree left and the king advised the old man to sell it and take care of himself. Similarly, Siva has been giving us our bodies in each birth, but we just burn it in the cremation grounds. Hence, we should take care of this body and attain Siva using the same instead of burning it away in the cremation grounds.
Taming the heart
Siva has wrung out these beautiful verses from the nayanmars and the saints for our benefit, but we do not have time to listen to them.
The greatest impediment to this is our heart. If one can overcome the heart’s desires, then one can attain the successes of the spiritual plane. The heart is never always at the same place as the physical body. Only when the heart is at the same place as the body is, one will reap the benefits of one’s spiritual actions. That is why reading, listening, and singing the Tirumurais tempers the heart and brings it under control else the heart is always going behind the 5 senses. That is why even though saints and holy men live in our world with their 5 senses, the senses and their heart is under their control. Once the heart is under control, then bliss ensures. Also, when the saints see, drink, eat, smell, feel and experience they think of Sivam in all that. It is not mandatory for everyone to go the forest and dwell in caves, one can live anywhere with the control of the senses and the heart. Just as a corpse does not have any likes or dislikes, the saints live in that state.
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The 9 Tandirams are a condensation of the 9 agamas out of the 28 agamas. The 28 agamas are complete in themselves and each Agamas holds the knowledge of the remaining 27 agamas. The important aspect of the Tandiram is the arrival of the Guru. The guru is the one who helps the disciple burns away the ignorance that surrounds him.
Worldly desires and suffering
We ask for pleasure and contentment in these binds but never ask for release from the same binds and reach His holy feet.
Whatever one says or efforts one takes, the soul will suffer until it reaches Siva. We will say that we will be happy if we have something we wanted or when we reach a certain goal. When we attain that, more problems come up. This will continue and this will not release one from suffering. We have seen this since an age of understanding, but we are not ready to believe it. We want Siva but also at the same time hanging on to worldly desires. Siva just laughs and watches how far the soul will go before it realizes the futility of its efforts to attain desires and solve its problems. Siva never utters that He is the ultimate that needs to be realized. Talk about humility. The more the soul desires, the more it goes deeper into suffering. Starts with one’s spouse, then increases to include children, grandchildren etc., we’ll say that once we reach a goal, then we’ll pray to God but that moment never arrives because life has its own way of throwing curve balls.
Compassion, impurities, and Grace
Hence, a guru comes over to clean the impurities so that the soul is ready to receive Siva.
Siva arrives once we are mature. No one needs to recommend it; He knows it by Himself. As human beings we have choices to ask from Him. What you ask for is based on your level of maturity. If one needs Siva’s grace, then one must have compassion. Sivaprakasar asks Manickavasagar to share some of the compassion that he has received from Siva and not to hoard it. Instead of asking for grace, they ask for compassion which paves the path for Grace itself. What a brilliant idea! Siva does not offer His Grace directly because the soul needs to be clean of its impurities to be able to receive His grace. That is where He comes in the form of a guru to remove those impurities. When an elder guest is coming over, we keep our house clean. imagine what should one do when we need to welcome Siva Himself?
The five actions of Siva
Whichever soul reaches that level of maturity, is liberated from the need for those 5 actions.
Creation, preservation, dissolution, concealment and revealing grace are the five actions of Siva. Why does Siva do this? Just as a cloth is washed to remove the impurities, then dried to remove the wetness and finally ironed to remove the creases, so does Siva perform these actions to remove the impurities and iron out the creases through feeding the experiences. These experiences are given in a measured way depending on the maturity of the soul. Lord Nataraja symbolizes these five actions through His dance. Tirumoolar says in one of his verses that Siva decided to stop the five actions, for him.
Daily living and cycle of life
Once the soul has been cleared of its impurities and reaches a level of maturity, Siva then bestows the revealing grace via Sakthi and removes the soul from this cycle.
Let us take the example of our daily lives. We wake up in the morning. Then we go around doing work and other things essential things for living. Then we go to sleep in the night. Like a prototype, our daily lives have been created to mimic the entire cycle of creation, preservation, and dissolution. Though, most of the bad things are done by us during our waking hours when we are supposedly conscious and clear headed and hence suffer. Only during our sleeping hours, where are unconscious, do we escape from this suffering. As per siddhantham, morning means all states of consciousness and night, the state of sleep or unconsciousness. It is not related to day and night cycles literally.
What happens between sleep and the next day until one wakes up? This is the power of concealment where one does not remember much of what happens. Every day one goes through these 4 states of creation, preservation, dissolution, and concealment. One’s entire life is played out in this way, daily. We simply do not realize it.
Material possessions and realization
At the core, renunciation is a matter of the heart and thoughts, not just physical attire, and outwardly actions.
We will be attached to material possessions until we believe that they bring We will be attached to material possessions until we believe that they bring happiness. When we realize that they only give us suffering, will we keep them? That is why ‘Gynanam’ comes only through realization and never through knowledge. We all know that we will carry nothing when we die, that is knowing. Realizing this on the other hand, cannot be explained as it implies it is beyond words. Two renunciates were once travelling and they came across a river where a woman was drowning. One of them jumped into the water, carried the woman to safety and resuscitated her. The woman then thanked him and went on her way. The two renunciates then continued their journey when one of them said that it was improper of the other to have touched a woman since they were renunciates. To which, the other replied that he had already left that woman at the river bank whereas the other was still carrying her.
Nadham and Vindhu – Primeval Sound and light
Sound is special because sound comes from Nadham. Whereas sound can be heard, Nadham cannot be heard. Same applies for light. Light can be seen by eyes whereas Vindhu cannot be seen by eyes. These two forms the basis for the 36 characteristics or thatuvams. Earth is the basic and one who stays there is said to be primitive. Starting from earth, one must ascend through the steps and reach the 36th step. Most of us go back and forth between the first 26 steps or simply stay in one of them.
One should be like a cow especially when listening to discourses. The cow takes in as much as possible only to regurgitate and chew on it later. There is no point to trying to analyze while listening to discourses. One will miss the details if one does so and will have nothing to chew on later. Many of us hear through one ear and simultaneously let it go through the other ear. Doubts also will arise later while thinking of the discourses. It is important since it means that one is intelligent. The problem is when one has no doubts. There is no guarantee that one will understand the divine instructions coded in the discourses, immediately. Even Saints took their time to understand and realize the message in the discourses they received from the Gods.
The dance of Nataraja
Its a treasure to Saivam that Siva has manifested in the form of Nataraja.
Have we seen any other God dancing like Nataraja? In the whole world, the only God who dances is Nataraja. This is why other civilizations are in awe of this masterpiece and are paying enormous sums to either buy it or even steal it. The beauty of the cosmic dance has different meanings and captures the macro and the micro at the same time. The Lord dispenses the 5 actions as He dances. Just as rice separates milk and water, Lord Nataraja comes in the form of a Guru and releases us from this cycle. The Guru cleanses all the senses and hence releases us from accumulating karma by the action of those senses. So the karmic account does not change anymore and whatever is left, is burned under the guidance of a guru in the form of prayer and worship.
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One of the important things that one must understand from TIRUMANDIRAM is that all living beings in this world from lives from its birth to its death without utterly understanding the purpose of its worldly life. Forgot realizing the purpose, most of us do not even know that there is a purpose to life. The cycle of birth and death occurs until the purpose of life is understood. As soon as the purpose is understood, Siva then start helping us.
Tirumoolar generally calls Siva as Nandi whereas others use it to refer to Siva’s mount, Nandi the bull. Here he talks about Siva’s third eye which bestows grace. He is the only God who can release one from the cycle of birth and death. The other gods bestow a lot of boons and materialistic gifts, but they cannot cut the cord of the birth-death cycle. Why? because even they must go through this cycle.
Whoever has a status, or a position of power has ego. That is why the 4 revered nayanmars shunned all positions and asked only for the blessing to pay obeisance to Siva and attain His grace. Siva is the only one without ego because He Himself does not know His position or status.
We become one with Him when we experience Him.
Words without experience are just that, words. They will not have the soul in them. Only those words which have the weight of experience behind them make the heart melt in compassion. That is why Siva can only be experienced and not understood. We stand apart from God when we say we pray and perform poojas whereas we are with Siva when we experience Him.
Siva, His actions, and impurities
What happens to Siva when He performs the actions? Does He get tainted by the action or the impurities? A doctor and the nurses are well protected before operating on a patient not only to not infect the patient but also to prevent from infecting themselves. These days a doctor sitting in one end of the world can operate on a patient on the other end of the world. Like a laser or ultra-violet rays which are used to disinfect surgical tools as well as operate on patients, He burns the impurities using His third eye.
The point is that the soul gets tainted by what it comes into contact. Until now, the soul was bounded by Binds and was in darkness. When Tirumoolar’s soul realized Siva, the soul was unbounded from Binds and Grace bestowed.
The third realizes even without explanation or experience and it is Siva (Pati).
The basic concepts of Saiva Siddantam fit into the 3 things and differs from Vedanta. Pati (Siva), Pasu (Soul) and Binds (inanimate objects). The difference between Soul (animate) and Binds (inanimate objects) is that the Soul realizes when explained to or when it experiences whereas Binds (inanimate objects) cannot realize even when explained to or by experience.
Ignorance and realization
What ignorance or darkness does is, it hides the realization and shows itself. For example, if one goes into a dark room, the darkness hides the objects in the room but shows itself. But the ego hides the realization as well as itself. That is why most people do not even realize it because it hides itself in every thought, word, and action.
Ego is not only being hot headed but also includes worrying. When someone close or known to us is in trouble, we worry about them as if only we care about them and can solve their problems and take care of them. The point is who was caring about them before they were born? Were we doing it? Do even know where they were before they were born or where they go after their demise?
We feel sad when we are separated from someone. Again, the same question applies, you would have known that person either for a few months or for a few decades at the max. Did you feel sad before you met the person, or did you stay sad after being separated from that person? This is an identity of the ego.
Ego is not just being hot-headed or bossy or that one I can accomplish it, it has almost 7 facets. The point is Siva is ready to bestow Grace and Soul is ready to receive it, but the binds acts as a curtain preventing this transfer. The question is if God is Supreme why can’t He remove this veil and bestow grace? Yes, Siva can, but the soul is still desirous of the bonds and remains so.
Advice, Instructions and Guru.
If a normal person shares some helpful information, it is called as advice whereas when a guru shares an information with a disciple, then it is called instructions. These 30 are divine instructions that Saint Tirumoolar shares with the Saiva followers. Generally, instructions are short and hence Saint Tirumoolar has condensed the gist of the 3000 verses into these 30 verses. In life we can accept anyone as guru but depending on our maturity, Siva reveals the appropriate guru to us. In short, we should consider that Saint Tirumoolar himself is instructing us when we read these 30 divine instructions based on his experiences.
Generally, the guru shares his wisdom in short and concise words. It is our responsibility to dig deeper and find the meaning through experiences and questioning. Of course, there is indeed effort involved. If it were so easy everyone would have done it.
So, the question arises as to why one needs 3000 verses when Saint Tirumoolar as condensed it into 30 verses. The word to note here is ‘condensed’. In our day to day lives, not all have the opportunity to read 3000 verses due to various reasons. Some factors that can be changed and those that cannot be. Hence this 30 is for those who are limited by external factors outside their control and still be able to profit from this immense wisdom.
Detachment and daily life
Generally, bondage does not allow the soul to reach Siva. So, if we can cut loose from the bondage then it means we can realize Siva. There are different types of bonds that keeps us chained to this world and as we break those bonds one by one, we start nearing Siva. breaking free from the bonds does not mean physically cutting the ropes of bondage simply because bonds are more about the mental and the astral plane. Neither does it mean physically distancing oneself from those objects or people to whom one is attached. it simply means being right next to it but without any emotional attachments to it.
Each and everything that one detaches from, means one detaches from the pain and pleasure associated with those things. As said earlier, detachment does not mean physical detachment rather detachment at the emotional level. if you found a briefcase full of money, you would be happy. No imagine someone working at a bank as a teller, would he be attached to all the money that he handles daily? He will not be attached to it simply because he knows it is not his. Similarly, when one realizes that nothing in this world belongs to oneself, the attachment to those things starts to disappear.
Now this raises the question about love for one’s wife, kids etc., One has to understand in the right context that everything in this life needs to be done with love and compassion but with understanding that everything is of transient nature and never forgetting the ultimate that is Siva.
One must be detached mainly at the emotional level and not at the physical level. Detachment at the physical level means one is abandoning his responsibilities. This explains our responsibilities towards our families, friends, Society etc., as one’s duty all the while understanding that being emotionally detached.
Between Siva, the soul and bondage, Siva and soul are animate while bondage is inanimate. The inanimate will never go attach itself to an animate entity. Only the animated soul has attached itself due to various reasons to the inanimate that is bondage. Once the soul starts realizing this truth and starts approaching Siva, the soul’s attachment with the inanimate that is bondage, starts to wear away.
Understanding Siva, soul, and bonds
We all have heard the oft repeated phrase that the body is a temple, mostly from a bodybuilding perspective. There is a deeper meaning that the physical body is being driven by the soul. But the paradox is that the soul itself is incapable of driving anything. If the soul did indeed have the capacity to drive this body, it should have had the same even before coming into the body. The soul under the influence of ego is not capable of driving the body by itself. If the body is driven by the soul and the soul is incapable of driving the body by itself, who then drives the soul itself? We will take a simple analogy of a car, a chauffeur, and the car owner. even though the car is driven by the chauffeur, the chauffeur himself follows the instructions given by the car owner. That owner is Siva.
This analogy explains the concept of Pati, Pasu and bondage. Pati being Siva, Pasu being the soul and bonds, the external things which bind the soul. The soul is looking at the external bonds and not internally at Siva. Once the soul starts looking inwards at Siva, the external bonds start breaking away.
Now the question arises that if Siva is driving the soul, then why are people good and bad things? simply because each soul depending on its intrinsic characteristics accumulated through its karma do good and bad deeds. Let us take the analogy of different light bulbs. Even though the same electric current passes through the light bulbs, depending on their intrinsic characteristics, they each emit a different color. Similarly, Siva when infuses the soul with Sakthi, the soul does different actions depending on its intrinsic karma. The important thing to note is that Siva does all this without any strings attached. It is intrinsic human nature that does all the good and bad deeds.
Cycle of birth and temperament
When two different seeds are planted in the same ground and watered with the same rain, they grow up to be different trees. Similarly, Siva’s Grace and action is common for all, but the growth is depending on each individual soul’s desires and wants. Simply put, the cycle of birth continues as long as the soul has wants and desires. Hence there is no need to ask someone if one has rebirth or not including astrologers. When one stands as a stoic without any desire or hatred, then one can conclude that one is free from the cycle of birth.
Imagine if another child ate the chocolate that you lovingly bought for your own child, what would your feeling be ? for most of us it would be a feeling of anger because we distinguish between the two children as our child and another one’s child. Once we can get over this distinction and be stoic with the fact that other child has eaten the chocolate, then one can safely assume that one is on the path to Siva. This is just a specific example and can be generalized to almost everything in life. This temperament is something that one gains when one reads, listens, and performs actions related to Siva.
Temple worship and temperament
The temperament is akin to the fire that resides intrinsically in the firewood or the sound that resides in the bamboo. As one gains more temperament, The Siva within manifests and burns away the firewood.
Do souls in different levels of temperament go to temples? Yes. Even though certain souls are enlightened, they go to the temples to prevent themselves being pulled back into the vortex that is this world. It is like a vaccination against the bonds of this life. They realize this and hence go to the temples to vaccinate themselves since even they must live through the allocated time in this physical body. When enlightened souls themselves go to temples, we find extraordinary excuses to not go. Souls in all levels of temperament must go to temples and offer their obeisance in different variations. Those in Sariyai pray to the image of Siva. Those in Kriyai pray to the mantra aspect of Siva. Those in Yogam pray to the Siva that is within and those in Gnanam pray to Siva who is everywhere.
Mother and Siva
Such is the unfathomable depth of His compassion.
Just as a mother takes care of the toilet of her child until the child matures and can do it on his/her own, Siva takes care of the soul until the soul matures. While the mother does it only for her child, Siva removes the three impurities for all the souls over countless number of births. Even mother’s milk dries up after a few months, but Siva’s compassion is ever present. The mother while feeding, thinks of what her child will do for her when he/she grows up. But Siva does it purely out of compassion. The 63 nayanmars and many others have sung with utmost devotion and gained Siva’s compassion. But does that mean that His compassion has dried up? No. His compassion is ever present and omnipresent as He is. If it was finite, then no one other than the select few would have gained His holy feet.
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What is Upadesam or divine instructions?
Generally, in terms of scriptures or essays, one can classify into broadly two types. The first type comes from a mix of reading, learning, listening and is expressed as knowledge or understanding. the second type includes the ones mentioned in the first type but mainly is based on one’s own experience. Experience of having lived through certain moments in life and then reading/learning about it in the scriptures or learning/reading about certain moments and then experiencing it in real life. Either way, experience forms the base of the second type and everything else is just an expression of that experience and either the written or the spoken form.
TIRUMOOLAR says that Lord Nandi explained the wisdom true the nine TANDIRAMS which he then wrote down and shared with us as TIRUMANDIRAM. Having said that, these 30 divine instructions were TIRUMOOLAR’s own experience of Siva.
It is as different as writing about traveling without traveling and actually traveling and writing about it. while the 9 TANDIRAM’s talk about what Siva gives us, the divine instructions talks about what Siva gave him. So, the divine instructions talk about what he had experienced, he felt going through those moments and realizing Siva was in each one of them.
Almost all of us go through the motions in various domains of our life, be it work, be it eating, be it prayer etc., Whatever we learn, do, read etc., we do not fully realize it until we experience it ourselves. It is as different ask learning or listening to someone talk about the comfort of warm fireplace on a cold winter evening and sitting by it yourself.
Language of Lord Nandi’s wisdom
TIRUMOOLAR says that the AGAMAS were expounded by him in Tamizh. In which language were the AGAMAS expounded to him? We must remember where words form. Below are the 4 steps through which words or speech come out of the mouth.
Sukumaior the base chakra where the birth of sound occurs
Paisanti or the solar plexus chakra
Mat-imai or the heart chakra where its take emotion (pure and impure emotions)
Vaigiri is where the sound takes form as words
Depending on one’s level of maturity or consciousness, the wisdom is expounded at different levels. For the TIRUMOOLAR and saints like him, the wisdom is expounded directly at the base level (SUKUMAI). Also, wisdom is expounded by the guru based on the disciple’s level of awareness or the disciple receives wisdom based on the guru’s level of awareness. This is an important distinction to understand. If you want to play professional level sports, you will need a professional level coach. A high school coach can only take you to a certain level.
Based on this, TIRUMOOLAR cannot expound the wisdom the same way he received it from lord NANDI. Hence in tamizh, so that we all can benefit from the Lord Nandi’s wisdom.
He descends down to earth
This talks about Siva descending down to earth. Why does He descend in the first place? This is because of His compassion. Like the example of the house owner on the 4th floor and the beggar, we can understand and be helped only if He comes down to our level. When your father taught you to the ride the bicycle as a kid, you did not straightaway start with the adult bicycle. Forgot about riding it you would not even have the strength to hold it. This does not mean that your dad does not know to ride the bicycle rather he has to come down to your level to teach you.
The different forms and formless states
When He comes down to our level, He assumes three states. Formless, formless-form and form state. Depending on the devotee’s level of maturity, they can understand and realise Him in any one of the three states. Beyond all this, the final level is the perceptive level (GNANAM) which is the real or truth level of Siva. This is called the SWAROOPAM level. What we see with our eyes is the ROOPAM (FORM) and what we see with experience is SWAROOPAM.
This is fundamentally different from the other religions which either have idol worship or against idolatry. What they fail to understand is that religion is for us humans and not for GOD. People who have addictions cannot be treated in the same way as those who do not have them. Some can adapt and evolve to abrupt changes, others perish. One cannot prescribe the same type of treatment to all irrespective of their base symptoms.
Ego and the soul
When the soul aspires for materialistic and physical wants, it gets registered in the Maya. Adisakthi then conceals (TIRODANAM Sakti) Siva and reveals to the soul all the materialistic things until the soul realizes the futility and matures.
There are two tragedies in life. One is to not get what you want. The other is to get it.
Bruce Springsteen
What TIRODANAM does is that it gives what you ask or want but hides the impact of it. We all want beautiful wives or husbands and most of us get it, but almost all of us know what happens after the initial honeymoon phase gets over and reality strikes. The person who coined the phrase – beauty lies within’ knew what he was talking about. This looks very stupid and nerdy while explaining, but only those who have experienced it, can relate to it. Funnily enough, only few realise the futility of this exercise, but most do not and keep going back for that high. This explains a lot of pleasure-seeking behaviours we exhibit in our day to day lives. Stuck in an endless loop of instant gratification.
The reason for the experiences is to understand the ego and polish the soul just as one sands wood to create a smooth finish. Once the soul matures to a certain level and without ego, TIRODANAM starts to become TIRU-ARUL. Sakti which concealed SIVA and revealed the world now starts to conceal the world and reveal SIVA.
Qu’est-ce que Upadesam ou instructions divines ?
En général, en termes d’Écritures ou d’essais, on peut classer en deux types. Le premier type provient d’un mélange de lecture, d’apprentissage, d’écoute et s’exprime comme connaissance ou compréhension. le deuxième type comprend ceux mentionnés dans le premier type, mais est principalement basé sur sa propre expérience. Expérience d’avoir vécu certains moments dans la vie, puis de lire / apprendre à ce sujet dans les Écritures ou d’apprendre / lire sur certains moments, puis l’expérimenter dans la vie réelle. Quoi qu’il en soit, l’expérience constitue la base du deuxième type et tout le reste n’est qu’une expression de cette expérience et soit de la forme écrite ou parlée.
TIRUMOOLAR dit que Lord Nandi a expliqué la sagesse vraie des neuf TANDIRAMS qu’il a ensuite écrit et partagé avec nous comme TIRUMANDIRAM. Cela dit, ces 30 instructions divines étaient la propre expérience de TIRUMOOLAR de Siva.
Il est aussi différent que d’écrire sur les voyages sans voyager et réellement voyager et écrire à ce sujet. tandis que les 9 TANDIRAM parlent de ce que Siva nous donne, les instructions divines parlent de ce que Siva lui a donné. Ainsi, les instructions divines parlent de ce qu’il avait vécu, il se sentait passer par ces moments et se rendre compte siva était dans chacun d’eux.
Presque tous nous passons par les mouvements dans divers domaines de notre vie, que ce soit le travail, que ce soit manger, que ce soit la prière, etc, Quoi que nous apprenions, fassions, lisons etc., nous ne nous en rendons pas pleinement compte jusqu’à ce que nous l’expérimentions nous-mêmes. C’est aussi différent demander d’apprendre ou d’écouter quelqu’un parler du confort de la cheminée chaude par une froide soirée d’hiver et assis par elle vous-même.
Langue de la sagesse de Lord Nandi
TIRUMOOLAR dit que l’AGAMAS a été exposé par lui à Tamizh. Dans quelle langue l’AGAMAS lui a-t-elle été exposée ? Nous devons nous rappeler où les mots se forment. Voici les 4 étapes par lesquelles les mots ou la parole sortent de la bouche.
SUKUMAI ou le chakra de base où la naissance du son se produit
PAISANTI ou le chakra solaire de plexus
MAT-IMAI ou le chakra cardiaque où son émotion prendre (émotions pures et impures)
VAIGARI est l’endroit où le son prend forme comme des mots
Selon son niveau de maturité ou de conscience, la sagesse est exposée à différents niveaux. Pour le TIRUMOOLAR et les saints comme lui, la sagesse est exposée directement au niveau de base (SUKUMAI). En outre, la sagesse est expliquée par le gourou basé sur le niveau de conscience du disciple ou le disciple reçoit la sagesse basée sur le niveau de conscience du gourou. Il s’agit d’une distinction importante à comprendre. Si vous voulez pratiquer des sports de niveau professionnel, vous aurez besoin d’un entraîneur de niveau professionnel. Un entraîneur de lycée ne peut vous emmener qu’à un certain niveau.
Sur cette base, TIRUMOOLAR ne peut pas exposer la sagesse de la même façon qu’il l’a reçue de lord NANDI. D’où le tamizh, afin que nous puissions tous bénéficier de la sagesse du Seigneur Nandi.
Il descend sur terre
Cela parle de Siva descendant sur terre. Pourquoi descend-il en premier lieu ? C’est à cause de sa compassion. Comme l’exemple du propriétaire de la maison au4ème étage et le mendiant, nous pouvons comprendre et être aidés seulement s’il descend à notre niveau. Quand votre père vous a appris à faire du vélo quand vous étiez enfant, vous n’avez pas commencé tout de suite avec le vélo pour adultes. Oublié de le monter, vous n’auriez même pas la force de le tenir. Cela ne signifie pas que votre père ne sait pas à faire du vélo plutôt qu’il doit descendre à votre niveau pour vous apprendre.
Les différentes formes et états informes
Quand il descend à notre niveau, il assume trois états. État informe, de forme et de forme. Selon le niveau de maturité du dévot, ils peuvent le comprendre et le réaliser dans l’un des trois États. Au-delà de tout cela, le niveau final est le niveau perspicace (GNANAM) qui est le niveau réel ou de vérité de Siva. C’est ce qu’on appelle le niveau SWAROOPAM. Ce que nous voyons avec nos yeux est le ROOPAM (FORM) et ce que nous voyons avec l’expérience est SWAROOPAM.
C’est fondamentalement différent des autres religions qui ont soit l’adoration des idoles ou contre l’idolâtrie. Ce qu’ils ne comprennent pas, c’est que la religion est pour nous les humains et non pour DIEU. Les personnes qui ont des dépendances ne peuvent pas être traitées de la même façon que celles qui ne les ont pas. Certains peuvent s’adapter et évoluer vers des changements brusques, d’autres périssent. On ne peut pas prescrire le même type de traitement à tous, quels que soient leurs symptômes de base.
Ego et l’âme
Lorsque l’âme aspire à des désirs matérialistes et physiques, elle s’inscrit dans les Mayas. Adisakthi cache alors (TIRODANAM Sakti) Siva et révèle à l’âme toutes les choses matérialistes jusqu’à ce que l’âme réalise la futilité et mûrit.
Il y a deux tragédies dans la vie. La première est de ne pas obtenir ce que vous voulez. L’autre est de l’obtenir.
Bruce Springsteen
Ce que TIRODANAM fait, c’est qu’il donne ce que vous demandez ou voulez, mais cache l’impact de celui-ci. Nous voulons tous de belles épouses ou maris et la plupart d’entre nous l’obtiennent, mais presque tous d’entre nous savent ce qui se passe après la phase de lune de miel initiale se terminée et la réalité frappe. La personne qui a inventé la phrase – la beauté se trouve à l’intérieur savait de quoi il parlait. Cela semble très stupide et ringard tout en expliquant, mais seuls ceux qui l’ont vécu, peut s’y rapporter. Curieusement, seuls quelques-uns se rendent compte de la futilité de cet exercice, mais la plupart ne le font pas et continuent à revenirpour cette haute. Cela explique beaucoup de comportements de recherche de plaisir que nous présentons dans notre vie quotidienne. Coincé dans une boucle sans fin de la satisfaction instantanée.
La raison de ces expériences est de comprendre l’ego et de polir l’âme comme un bois de sable pour créer une finition lisse. Une fois que l’âme mûrit à un certain niveau et sans ego, TIRODANAM commence à devenir TIRU-ARUL. Sakti qui a caché SIVA et révélé le monde commence maintenant à dissimuler le monde et à révéler SIVA.
¿Qué es Upadesam o instrucciones divinas?
Por lo general, en términos de escrituras o ensayos, uno puede clasificarse en general dos tipos. El primer tipo proviene de una mezcla de lectura, aprendizaje, escucha y se expresa como conocimiento o comprensión. el segundo tipo incluye los mencionados en el primer tipo, pero se basa principalmente en la propia experiencia. Experiencia de haber vivido ciertos momentos en la vida y luego leer/aprender sobre ella en las Escrituras o aprender/leer acerca de ciertos momentos y luego experimentarlo en la vida real. De cualquier manera, la experiencia forma la base del segundo tipo y todo lo demás es sólo una expresión de esa experiencia y la forma escrita o la forma hablada.
TIRUMOOLAR dice que Lord Nandi explicó la sabiduría verdadera las nueve TANDIRAMS que luego escribió y compartió con nosotros como TIRUMANDIRAM. Dicho esto, estas 30 instrucciones divinas fueron la propia experiencia de Siva de TIRUMOOLAR.
Es tan diferente como escribir sobre viajar sin viajar y realmente viajar y escribir sobre él. mientras que el 9 TANDIRAM habla de lo que Siva nos da, las instrucciones divinas hablan de lo que Siva le dio. Entonces, las instrucciones divinas hablan de lo que había experimentado, sintió pasar por esos momentos y dándose cuenta de que Siva estaba en cada uno de ellos.
Casi todos pasamos por los movimientos en varios ámbitos de nuestra vida, ya sea que funcione, ya sea comiendo, ya sea orando, etc., Lo que aprendamos, hagamos, leamos, etc., no lo realizamos plenamente hasta que lo experimentamos nosotros mismos. Es como diferente pedir aprender o escuchar a alguien hablar sobre la comodidad de la chimenea caliente en una fría noche de invierno y sentarse junto a ella usted mismo.
Lenguaje de la sabiduría del Señor Nandi
TIRUMOOLAR dice que los AGAMAS fueron expuestos por él en Tamizh. ¿En qué idioma se le expuso el AGAMAS? Debemos recordar dónde se forman las palabras. A continuación, se muestran los 4 pasos a través de los cuales las palabras o el habla salen de la boca.
SUKUMAI o el chakra base donde se produce el nacimiento del sonido
PAISANTI o el chakra del plexo solar
MAT-IMAI o el chakra del corazón donde su tomar emoción (emociones puras e impuras)
VAIGARI es donde el sonido toma forma como palabras
Dependiendo del nivel de madurez o conciencia, la sabiduría se expone en diferentes niveles. Para el TIRUMOOLAR y santos como él, la sabiduría se expone directamente en el nivel base (SUKUMAI). Además, la sabiduría es expuesta por el gurú basada en el nivel de conciencia del discípulo o el discípulo recibe sabiduría basada en el nivel de conciencia del gurú. Esta es una distinción importante para entender. Si quieres practicar deportes de nivel profesional, necesitarás un entrenador de nivel profesional. Un entrenador de secundaria sólo puede llevarlo a un cierto nivel.
Basándose en esto, TIRUMOOLAR no puede exponer la sabiduría de la misma manera que la recibió del señor NANDI. Por lo tanto, en tamizh, para que todos podamos beneficiarnos de la sabiduría del Señor Nandi.
Desciende a la tierra
Esto habla de que Siva desciende a la tierra. ¿Por qué desciende en primer lugar? Esto es debido a Su compasión. Al igual que el ejemplo del dueño de la casa en el piso4 y el mendigo, podemos entender y ser ayudados sólo si baja a nuestro nivel. Cuando tu padre te enseñó a andar en bicicleta cuando eras niño, no empezaste con la bicicleta adulta. Olvidé montarlo ni siquiera tendrías la fuerza para sostenerlo. Esto no significa que su padre no sabe montar en bicicleta más bien tiene que bajar a su nivel para enseñarle.
Las diferentes formas y estados sin forma
Cuando baja a nuestro nivel, asume tres estados. Sin forma, sin forma y estado de formulario. Dependiendo del nivel de madurez del devoto, pueden entenderlo y darse cuenta en cualquiera de los tres estados. Más allá de todo esto, el nivel final es el nivel perceptivo (GNANAM) que es el nivel real o de verdad de Siva. Esto se denomina nivel SWAROOPAM. Lo que vemos con nuestros ojos es el ROOPAM (FORM) y lo que vemos con experiencia es SWAROOPAM.
Esto es fundamentalmente diferente de las otras religiones que tienen adoración de ídolos o contra la idolatría. Lo que no entienden es que la religión es para nosotros los seres humanos y no para DIOS. Las personas que tienen adicciones no pueden ser tratadas de la misma manera que las que no las tienen. Algunos pueden adaptarse y evolucionar a cambios abruptos, otros perecen. Uno no puede prescribir el mismo tipo de tratamiento a todos independientemente de sus síntomas base.
Ego y el alma
Cuando el alma aspira a deseos materialistas y físicos, se registra en los mayas. Adisakthi entonces oculta (TIRODANAM Sakti) Siva y revela al alma todas las cosas materialistas hasta que el alma se da cuenta de la inutilidad y madura.
Hay dos tragedias en la vida. Una es no conseguir lo que quieres. La otra es conseguirlo.
Bruce Springsteen
Lo que hace TIRODANAM es que da lo que pides o quieres, pero oculta el impacto de esta. Todos queremos hermosas esposas o esposos y la mayoría de nosotros lo conseguimos, pero casi todos sabemos lo que sucede después de la fase inicial de luna de miel y la realidad golpea. La persona que acuñó la frase – la belleza está dentro’ sabía de lo que estaba hablando. Esto se ve muy estúpido y nerd mientras explica, pero sólo aquellos que lo han experimentado, pueden relacionarse con él. Curiosamente, sólo unos pocos se dan cuenta de la inutilidad de este ejercicio, pero la mayoría no lo hacen y siguen retrocediendoing para ese alto. Esto explica una gran cantidad de comportamientos de búsqueda de placer que exhibimos en nuestra vida cotidiana. Atascado en un bucle sin fin de gratificación instantánea.
La razón de las experiencias es entender el ego y pulir el alma como una arena de madera para crear un acabado suave. Una vez que el alma madura a cierto nivel y sin ego, TIRODANAM comienza a convertirse en TIRU-ARUL. Sakti que ocultó SIVA y reveló el mundo ahora comienza a ocultar el mundo y revelar SIVA.
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Tirumandiram is the 10th chapter in the 12 chapters of the ‘Tirumurai’ even though it had been written long before the other chapters. The order of the chapters is not based on seniority or antecedents but in a logical way which makes sense to the reader. The first 7 deal with the ways of living and getting what you want From God. From the 8th chapter the focus totally shifts 2 attaining God himself.
Tirumurai
The point to note is that in the ancient times people used to place their queries or problems in front of the King as a request. These were called ‘MURAIS’. Similarly, if you want to ask something to God, then instead of asking in your own words it is much better to place your request, queries, or problems in the form of TIRU MURAIS. why not profit from the previous experience and the beautiful verses which is a better way to reach out to God.
‘Tiru’ means with respect or Holy, hence you will find a lot of places as well starting with the same. It is not just a mark of respect while mentioning someone’s name.
Humility
Even though Siva is beyond all understanding and limits his compassion and benevolence is such that He descends to our level so that we can rise up the ladder of realization along with Him. being bigger or higher is not important but despite being the One, His humility shows through when He comes down to our level to help us.
what will we get if we pray to Him? the opportunity and the possibility of praying to him itself is the blessing, what more can one ask for? Getting to this level is a boon especially being born in Tamil Nadu and even more as a SAIVITE. The opportunity to pray to Him is the result of past karmic actions and the result of present karmic actions will give us the opportunity to continue to pray to him in future births until we realize Him.
The sage Tirugnanasambandar says that we neither know the day of our death nor the day of birth. why does he mention day of birth? What does it really mean? The explanation is that even though we all are alive, real birth starts when we realize that Siva is The One.
Looking within
All the Saints attribute all the best qualities to Him and the faults to themselves. (The person who has reached the pinnacle of religion is a ‘Gnani’ whereas the person who has transcended religion is called ‘Moni’). The biggest gift that we have is that Siva has placed Himself within us and we must realize Him.
We all know how to get from one place to another externally, how to look at things externally, understand things externally. but we do not know how to look within ourselves, do self-reflection and pose the toughest questions to ourselves. this requires not only patience, effort, and practice but also guidance in the form of a Guru. this is essentially what yoga means. Ashtanga yoga talks about 8 steps to realize God.
Saivam
The concept of a God who punishes exists only in other religions and not in Saivam. This is a religion whose founding principle is based on reasoning and science. This is a religion that is in harmony with nature and one with the universe. That is why despite years and years of conquest, plunder, desecration, and many other atrocities, it has not only survived but also absorbed the invaders. That is why religion is a bounded word to encompass the boundless that is Saivam, simply due to our level of maturity.
Real meaning of education
What is the point of education if it does not lead to God? Many things learnt in the classroom are of no use in most of the real-life situations. Trigonometry certainly will not help you when you are being chased by a lion except maybe if you must calculate how to climb a tree. But then it would be too late, and you will already be cat food. If your ego grows along with the degrees after your name, then you are going farther and farther away from God. Whereas the more you learn makes you understand that you know less and less, and realize the omnipotent, you are getting a real education.
Siva, the world, and the physical body
God did not create the world, the body etc., from himself. God is an animate entity and the world etc. are inanimate entities. God is the potter who makes the pots from the earth. He created the world and the living beings from Maya. Saivam talks about three reasons. The earth is the first reason, the potter – the principle reason and the pot – the second reason. This does not mean maya is apart from Siva. It is part of His power (Sakti). Rain can be considered as clean maya, when it falls on the roof it becomes unclean maya. When it flows into the ground as polluted sewage, it becomes prakriti maya. And our bodies are made from it. One who wins over the physical body is the real saint.
The body was given to realize our desires and because our desires are shallow, it was made from prakriti maya. Your body can be made only based on what you desire. You can be taken only to a hotel where you like to eat. Despite all this, He has given us ‘nadam’ (tone or words). It starts from base of the spine in the ‘mooladaram’ chakra and rises to the heart until which it is pure. Depending on the purity or the impurity of the heart it mixes and then comes out as voice through the throat. One with a pure heart has pure words and those with an impure heart, impure words.
Sivam is not meant to be understood but realized and experienced. Even the two of the triumvirates failed in their quest to measure Him.
The saints say that ‘nadam’ is the base for the words and God has sent out His guidance in the universe. The saints must tune themselves into God’s frequency and then God’s wisdom comes out as Holy scriptures from their mouth.
Significance of ‘Cith Muthirai’
This is the gesture where the index finger touches the thumb forming a closed loop while the three other fingers are upright. Siva as Lord Dakshinamurthy transmits the knowledge to the Rishis using this mudra. No words are spoken but everything is via consciousness. This hand gesture is also held during meditation.
What this gesture signifies is that the soul must release itself from the bonds of ego, karma and maya and join in union with the Pati (Siva).
The thumb is the Pati (Siva) who guides us. The forefinger on index finger which points to the soul is the Pasu. The ring finger is karma to signify the results of past actions. the little finger is maya. In Hindu marriages, the bride and groom walk around the holy fire holding each other by their little fingers. The middle finger which despite being the tallest, is of no use other than insulting others and signifies the ego.
God and experience – 5 senses
Everything we experience, the experience via the God who resides within us. It is only us who experience whereas God does not need to. Other religions talk about God being the one who points or teaches the way to salvation. Saivam says God not only points the way but also walks with you along the path. Therefore, we have 5 physical senses to experience our desires through the materialistic world and realise its transient nature.
Learning the 3000 songs
There is a fire burning inside us. It is a steam engine to which we are feeding food to run our body. If there is no heat, then it can be assumed we are dead. If there is more heat, then there is some anomaly with the body. He has put this heat inside our body on precise calculations. Similarly, 3000 songs are those that were necessary to share the messages required. But the point is, based on the maturity of individuals, the meaning will be different.
On the question of learning the wisdom of 3000 songs, Tirumoolar says that learning 30 songs of the experienced teachings contains the quintessence of Tirumandiram. This is to get us on the path and not an excuse for laziness. ‘Upadesam’ means explaining one’s own experience.
In Praise of Siva
There is no god like Siva wherever He has been searched There is no equal to Him even here Spreading across the universe as a Divine light Oh matted hair One who is like a lotus
5th verse of Tirumandiram – Tirumoolar
Characteristics of Siva
Only Siva has 8 attributes, all others have three. (rajasic – Kinetic, tamasic – inertia, sattvic- potential). Siva is called NIRGUNAN, meaning without attributes because He does not have these three attributes. All entities have attributes else it will be sorcery / magic.
Measuring Siva
Tirumoolar says that there is none above Siva let alone His equal. As the story goes, even Brahma and Vishnu could not find neither the beginning nor the end of Siva. So, when Brahma and VISHNU themselves could not fathom Siva, what chance do we have? If at all you still have doubts, SAIVAM says that you could go find out the truth yourselves and you will come back when you are ready. No conditions apply.
The matted hair God
The matted hair does not imply matting due to dirt and not washing the hair over a period. Rather it is due to accumulation of all the chastity, righteousness etc. which has not been cleaned. This is a trademark of many holy sadhus who wear the matted hair as a mark of respect to Lord Siva. Apparently, this is also linked to the matted hairstyles in the Caribbean which was brought to the Indies by the Indians. (brought by the English as slaves to work in the sugar plantations)
Also, all other gods and Lords wear a jewelled crown on their head to signify their position whereas Siva wears a Crown of matted hair. A Crown is a mark of a position that is given and hence can be taken away as well whereas Siva does not need an actual Crown to signify His position.
Experiencing Siva
Not all people need to be told in the same way for them to understand. For some, it is enough to explain, and they will understand whereas for others He must be strict. More like a good cop bad cop routine. All said and done, one cannot hope to understand Siva, one can only realise Him. It is like reading and looking at photos of a tasty dessert and eating it oneself. Until then, one cannot experience neither His compassion nor His greatness.
Siva’s compassion
Why do we talk about His compassion? When it comes to love, no love is greater than the love of a mother, for it is immeasurable. Even the most deathless love dies someday, but a mother’s love is forever. Even animals have that motherly instinct as we have seen from so many natgeo programs. Here Tirumoolar says that even though a mother’s love has no parallels, Siva’s love surpasses even that. The realised Saints who had quantified so many things were not able to quantify Siva’s compassion.
Greatness of Vedas and Agamas
VEDAS are generic whereas AGAMAS are specific. The SAIVA AGAMAS form the foundation of SAIVA SIDDANTAM. While the Vedas talks about general applications of principles of human life in different domains, AGAMAS prepare the terrain for those who have matured in the Vedas and enables them to reach Siva. Vedas are for those who are on the path to maturity and AGAMAS is for those who have already matured. We should not assume that everything in the Vedas can be applied to everyone.
On Ahimsa: Non-injury / Non-violence
Manickavasagar compares himself to a child and asks Siva to take care of him just as a mother dotingly runs after her child and feeds him.
On the topic of nonviolence and non-injury, Hindu belief system is a little bit more flexible as it says do what you want to but never leave God. It believes that no matter what, one should never leave God and that the soul will realize its mistake and come back to the path of Ahimsa certainly at some point in time. The idea is like different strokes for different folks. Even though one might be impure in terms of food habits and other vices, be pure and clean at least when you pray to Siva.
The perishable nature of the physical body
Our day-to-day lives are focused on solving our day-to-day problems and hence we do not have much time for God. Only when our focus and thoughts shift to the bigger question of the perishable nature of our body, the day-to-day problems resolve themselves. Nobody can or will accompany you on your death no matter how dear one is. The saints realized this, and their lives were focused on not only understanding the purpose of life but also the nature of death. They realized that Siva is the only way to break free from the clutches of death and hence from the circle of life and death.
As we progress through the various stages of maturity, we go through the cycles of birth and death. this progress is based not just understanding but the realization and subsequent withdrawal from worldly pleasures by one’s own intent. Once the soul reaches full maturity in the positive renunciation of worldly pleasures, understanding the purpose of this life and the realization of Siva as the absolute truth, the cycle of birth and death is broken.
Siva, the worlds, and the souls
One must understand that the world has no utility for Siva and Siva has no utility for the world but we as living beings need these two to transcend the transient nature of life and attain Siva. Siva is not anything (not nothing) but nothing is without Siva. Siva is not only in everything, but Siva is beyond everything.
Languages of God’s wisdom
There are lots of debates around the language in which God shared the knowledge. But it must be understood that God does not teach through words. Words can only explain up to a limit beyond which they cannot express the emotions. God shares His wisdom implicitly (sukumai) through vision and consciousness and the saints then expressed this in the native language. Depending on each person’s level of maturity, the wisdom is imparted in different ways. Only at the mutable level (Vaigari), this information becomes words.
Agamas have been taught in both Sanskrit and Tamizh as mentioned in Tirumandiram, but the most important, is the message of realizing Siva and not the language itself. Tirumandiram is agamas in tamizh and is the same wisdom that Siva shared with Parvati. Tirumoolar gives this as a gift in tamizh and asks us to engrave it into our hearts and follow them.
Tirumoolar was given the wisdom of 9 agamas by Lord Nandi. Even though only 9 were given to Tirumoolar, the 9 Tandirams contains the messages of the 28 agamas.
Tirumurai
Il s’agit du 10e chapitre des 12 chapitres du Tirumurai, même s’il avait été écrit bien avant les autres chapitres. L’ordre des chapitres n’est pas basé sur l’ancienneté ou les antécédents, mais d’une manière logique qui a du sens pour le lecteur. Les 7 premiers traitent des façons de vivre et d’obtenir ce que vous voulez de Dieu. Du 8ème chapitre, l’accent change totalement 2 atteindre Dieu lui-même.
Le point à noter est que dans les temps anciens les gens avaient l’habitude de placer leurs questions ou des problèmes en face du roi comme une demande. Ceux-ci ont été appelés «MURAIS». De même, si vous voulez demander quelque chose à Dieu, alors au lieu de demander dans vos propres mots, il est beaucoup mieux de placer votre demande, requêtes, ou des problèmes sous la forme de TIRU MURAIS. Pourquoi ne pas profiter de l’expérience précédente et les beaux versets qui est une meilleure façon de tendre la main à Dieu.
‘Tiru’ signifie avec respect ou Saint, donc vous trouverez beaucoup d’endroits ainsi en commençant par la même chose. Ce n’est pas seulement une marque de respect tout en mentionnant le nom de quelqu’un.
Humilité
Même s’il est au-delà de toute compréhension et limite sa compassion et sa bienveillance est telle qu’Il descend à notre niveau afin que nous puissions monter l’échelle de la réalisation avec Lui. Être plus grand ou plus n’est pas important, mais en dépit d’être l’un, Son humilité montre à travers quand Il descend à notre niveau pour nous aider.
Qu’obtiendrons-nous si nous le prions ? l’occasion et la possibilité de le prier lui-même est la bénédiction, que peut-on demander de plus ? Se rendre à ce niveau est une aubaine en particulier d’être né dans le Tamil Nadu et encore plus comme un SAIVITE. L’occasion de le prier est le résultat d’actions karmiques passées et le résultat d’actions karmiques actuelles nous donnera l’occasion de continuer à le prier dans les naissances futures jusqu’à ce que nous le réalisions.
Le sage Tirugnanasambandar dit que nous ne connaissons ni le jour de notre mort ni le jour de la naissance. pourquoi mentionne-t-il le jour de naissance? Qu’est-ce que ça veut dire ? L’explication est que même si nous sommes tous en vie, la vraie naissance commence quand nous nous rendons compte que Siva est l’un.
Regarder à l’intérieur
Tous les Saints attribuent toutes les meilleures qualités à Lui et les défauts à eux-mêmes. (La personne qui a atteint le summum de la religion est un «Gnani» tandis que la personne qui a transcendé la religion est appelée « Moni »). Le plus grand cadeau que nous avons, c’est que Siva s’est placé en nous et nous devons le réaliser.
Nous savons tous comment passer d’un endroit à l’autre à l’extérieur, comment regarder les choses à l’extérieur, comprendre les choses à l’extérieur. mais nous ne savons pas comment regarder en nous-mêmes, faire de l’auto-réflexion et poser les questions les plus difficiles pour nous-mêmes. cela exige non seulement de la patience, de l’effort et de la pratique, mais aussi des conseils sous la forme d’un gourou. c’est essentiellement ce que signifie le yoga. Ashtanga yoga parle de 8 étapes pour réaliser Dieu.
Saivam
Le concept d’un Dieu qui punit n’existe que dans d’autres religions et non dans Saivam. C’est une religion dont le principe fondateur est basé sur le raisonnement et la science. C’est une religion qui est en harmonie avec la nature et une avec l’univers. C’est pourquoi, malgré des années et des années de conquête, de pillage, de profanation et de nombreuses autres atrocités, il a non seulement survécu, mais aussi absorbé les envahisseurs. C’est pourquoi la religion est un mot délimité pour englober l’infini qui est Saivam, simplement en raison de notre niveau de maturité.
Signification réelle de l’éducation
Quel est l’intérêt de l’éducation si elle ne mène pas à Dieu ? Beaucoup de choses apprises en classe ne sont d’aucune utilité dans la plupart des situations réelles. La trigonométrie ne vous aidera certainement pas lorsque vous serez poursuivi par un lion, sauf peut-être si vous devez calculer comment grimper un arbre. Mais alors il serait trop tard, et vous serez déjà de la nourriture pour chats. Si votre ego grandit avec les degrés après votre nom, alors vous allez de plus en plus loin de Dieu. Alors que plus vous apprenez vous fait comprendre que vous en savez de moins en moins, et de réaliser l’omnipotent, vous obtenez une véritable éducation.
Siva, le monde, et le corps physique
Dieu n’a pas créé le monde, le corps, etc., de lui-même. Dieu est une entité animée et le monde, etc. sont des entités inanimées. Dieu est le potier qui fabrique les pots de la terre. Il a créé le monde et les êtres vivants de Maya. Saivam parle de trois raisons. La terre est la première raison, le potier – la raison principale et le pot – la deuxième raison. Cela ne signifie pas maya est en dehors de Siva. Il fait partie de Son pouvoir (Sakti). La pluie peut être considérée comme maya propre, quand elle tombe sur le toit, elle devient maya impure. Quand il coule dans le sol comme des eaux usées polluées, il devient prakriti maya. Et nos corps en sont faits. Celui qui gagne sur le corps physique est le vrai saint.
Le corps a été donné pour réaliser nos désirs et parce que nos désirs sont peu profonds, il a été fait à partir de prakriti maya. Votre corps ne peut être fait que sur la base de ce que vous désirez. Vous ne pouvez être emmené qu’à un hôtel où vous aimez manger. Malgré tout cela, Il nous a donné ‘nadam’ (ton ou mots). Il commence à partir de la base de la colonne vertébrale dans le chakra ‘mooladaram’ et s’élève au cœur jusqu’à ce qu’il soit pur. Selon la pureté ou l’impureté du cœur, il se mélange, puis sort comme voix à travers la gorge. L’un avec un cœur pur a des mots purs et ceux avec un cœur impur, des mots impurs.
Les saints disent que ‘nadam’ est la base pour les mots et Dieu a envoyé Ses conseils dans l’univers. Les saints doivent se mettre à l’écoute dans la fréquence de Dieu et puis la sagesse de Dieu sort comme Sainte Écritures de leur bouche.
Sivam n’est pas destiné à être compris, mais réalisé et expérimenté. Même les deux triumvirats ont échoué dans leur quête pour le mesurer.
Importance de ‘Cith Muthirai’
C’est le geste où l’index touche le pouce formant une boucle fermée tandis que les trois autres doigts sont debout. Siva comme Lord Dakshinamurthy transmet la connaissance aux Rishis en utilisant cette mudra. Aucun mot n’est prononcé, mais tout est par la conscience. Ce geste de la main est également tenu pendant la méditation.
Le pouce est le Pati (Siva) qui nous guide. L’index sur l’index qui pointe vers l’âme est le Pasu. L’annulaire est le karma pour signifier les résultats des actions passées. le petit doigt est maya. Dans les mariages hindous, les mariés se promènent dans le feu sacré en se tenant les uns les autres par leurs petits doigts. Le majeur qui, bien qu’étant le plus grand, n’est d’aucune utilité autre que d’insulter les autres et signifie l’ego.
Ce que ce geste signifie, c’est que l’âme doit se libérer des liens de l’ego, du karma et de la maya et s’unir à l’union avec le Pati (Siva).
Dieu et l’expérience – 5 sens
Tout ce que nous vivons, l’expérience par le Dieu qui réside en nous. Il n’y a que nous qui faisons l’expérience alors que Dieu n’en a pas besoin. D’autres religions parlent de Dieu étant celui qui pointe ou enseigne la voie au salut. Saivam dit que Dieu montre non seulement le chemin, mais marche aussi avec vous le long du chemin. Par conséquent, nous avons 5 sens physiques pour faire l’expérience de nos désirs à travers le monde matérialiste et réaliser sa nature transitoire.
Apprendre les 3000 chansons
Il y a un feu qui brûle en nous. C’est une machine à vapeur à laquelle nous alimentons la nourriture pour faire fonctionner notre corps. S’il n’y a pas de chaleur, on peut supposer que nous sommes morts. S’il y a plus de chaleur, alors il y a une anomalie avec le corps. Il a mis cette chaleur à l’intérieur de notre corps sur des calculs précis. De même, 3000 chansons sont celles qui étaient nécessaires pour partager les messages requis. Mais le fait est, basé sur la maturité des individus, le sens sera différent.
Sur la question de l’apprentissage de la sagesse de 3000 chansons, Tirumoolar dit que l’apprentissage de 30 chansons des enseignements expérimentés contient la quintessence de Tirumandiram. C’est pour nous mettre sur le chemin et pas une excuse pour la paresse. ‘Upadesam’ signifie expliquer sa propre expérience.
À l’éloge de Siva
Il n’y a pas de dieu comme Siva où qu’il ait été fouillé Il n’y a pas d’égal à Lui, même ici Diffusion à travers l’univers comme une lumière divine Oh cheveux emmêlés Un qui est comme un lotus
Verse 5 de Tirumandiram – Tirumoolar
Caractéristiques de Siva
Seul Siva a 8 attributs, tous les autres en ont trois. (rajasic – Kinetic, tamasic – inertie, sattvic-potentiel). Siva est appelé NIRGUNAN, ce qui signifie sans attributs parce qu’il n’a pas ces trois attributs. Toutes les entités ont d’autres attributs, il sera sorcellerie / magie.
Mesure de Siva
Tirumoolar dit qu’il n’y en a pas au-dessus de Siva et encore moins son égal. Comme le raconte l’histoire, même Brahma et Vishnu n’ont pu trouver ni le début ni la fin de Siva. Alors, quand Brahma et VISHNU eux-mêmes ne pouvaient pas comprendre Siva, quelle chance avons-nous? Si du tout vous avez encore des doutes, SAIVAM dit que vous pourriez aller découvrir la vérité vous-mêmes et vous reviez quand vous serez prêt. Aucune condition ne s’applique.
Les cheveux emmêlés Siva
Les cheveux emmêlés n’impliquent pas emmêler en raison de la saleté et ne pas laver les cheveux sur une période. C’est plutôt dû à l’accumulation de toute la chasteté, de la justice, etc. qui n’a pas été nettoyée. Il s’agit d’une marque de commerce de nombreux sadhus saints qui portent les cheveux emmêlés comme une marque de respect pour Lord Siva. Apparemment, cela est également lié aux coiffures emmêlées dans les Caraïbes qui a été apporté aux Indes par les Indiens. (Apporté par les Anglais comme esclaves pour travailler dans les plantations de sucre)
En outre, tous les autres dieux et seigneurs portent une couronne de bijoux sur leur tête pour signifier leur position tandis que Siva porte une couronne de cheveux emmêlés. Une Couronne est une marque d’une position qui est donnée et qui peut donc être enlevée aussi bien alors que Siva n’a pas besoin d’une Couronne réelle pour signifier sa position.
Expérience Siva
Toutes les personnes n’ont pas besoin d’être dites de la même façon pour qu’ils comprennent. Pour certains, il suffit d’expliquer, et ils comprendront alors que pour d’autres Il doit être strict. Plutôt une bonne routine flic mauvais flic. Tout cela dit et fait, on ne peut pas espérer comprendre Siva, on ne peut que le réaliser. C’est comme lire et regarder des photos d’un dessert savoureux et le manger soi-même. Jusque-là, on ne peut éprouver ni Sa compassion ni sa grandeur.
La compassion de Siva
Pourquoi parlons-nous de sa compassion ? Quand il s’agit d’amour, aucun amour n’est plus grand que l’amour d’une mère, car il est incommensurable. Même l’amour le plus sans mort meurt un jour, mais l’amour d’une mère est éternel. Même les animaux ont cet instinct maternel comme nous l’avons vu de tant de programmes natgeo. Ici, Tirumoolar dit que même si l’amour d’une mère n’a pas de parallèles, l’amour de Siva surpasse même cela. Les saints réalisés qui avaient quantifié tant de choses n’étaient pas en mesure de quantifier la compassion de Siva.
Grandeur de Vedas et Agamas
VEDAS sont génériques alors que L’AGAMAS est spécifique. La SAIVA AGAMAS constitue la fondation de SAIVA SIDDANTAM. Alors que les Vedas parlent d’applications générales des principes de la vie humaine dans différents domaines, AGAMAS prépare le terrain pour ceux qui ont mûri dans les Vedas et leur permet d’atteindre Siva. Vedas sont pour ceux qui sont sur la voie de la maturité et AGAMAS est pour ceux qui ont déjà mûri. Nous ne devons pas supposer que tout dans les Vedas peut être appliqué à tout le monde.
Sur Ahimsa : Non-blessure / Non-violence
Sur le sujet de la non-violence et de la non-blessure, le système de croyance hindoue est un peu plus souple car il dit faire ce que vous voulez, mais ne quittez jamais Dieu. Il croit que quoi qu’il arrive, il ne faut jamais quitter Dieu et que l’âme réalisera son erreur et reviendra sur le chemin d’Ahimsa certainement à un moment donné dans le temps. L’idée est comme des coups différents pour différentes personnes. Même si l’on peut être impur en termes d’habitudes alimentaires et d’autres vices, être pur et propre au moins lorsque vous priez Siva.
Manickavasagar se compare à un enfant et demande à Siva de prendre soin de lui tout comme une mère courte avec brièvement après son enfant et le nourrit.
La nature périssable du corps physique
Notre vie quotidienne est axée sur la résolution de nos problèmes quotidiens et, par conséquent, nous n’avons pas beaucoup de temps pour Dieu. Ce n’est que lorsque notre concentration et nos pensées se déplacent vers la plus grande question de la nature périssable de notre corps, que les problèmes quotidiens se résolvent. Personne ne peut ou ne vous accompagnera à votre mort, peu importe à quel point on est cher. Les saints s’en rendirent compte, et leur vie était axée non seulement sur la compréhension du but de la vie, mais aussi sur la nature de la mort. Ils ont réalisé que Siva est le seul moyen de se libérer des griffes de la mort et donc du cercle de la vie et de la mort.
Au fur et à mesure que nous progressons à travers les différentes étapes de la maturité, nous traversons les cycles de la naissance et de la mort. ce progrès est basé non seulement sur la compréhension, mais aussi la réalisation et le retrait subséquent des plaisirs mondentaires par sa propre intention. Une fois que l’âme aura atteint sa pleine maturité dans le renoncement positif aux plaisirs mondentés, en comprenant le but de cette vie et la réalisation de Siva comme vérité absolue, le cycle de la naissance et de la mort est brisé.
Siva, les mondes, et les âmes
Il faut comprendre que le monde n’a pas d’utilité pour Siva et Siva n’a pas d’utilité pour le monde, mais nous en tant qu’êtres vivants avons besoin de ces deux pour transcender la nature transitoire de la vie et atteindre Siva. Siva n’est rien (pas rien) mais rien n’est sans Siva. Siva n’est pas seulement dans tout, mais Siva est au-delà de tout.
Langues de la sagesse de Dieu
Il y a beaucoup de débats autour de la langue dans laquelle Dieu partageait la connaissance. Mais il faut comprendre que Dieu n’enseigne pas à travers les mots. Les mots ne peuvent expliquer jusqu’à une limite au-delà de laquelle ils ne peuvent pas exprimer les émotions. Dieu partage Sa sagesse implicitement (sukumai) à travers la vision et la conscience et les saints l’ont ensuite exprimé dans la langue maternelle. Selon le niveau de maturité de chaque personne, la sagesse est transmise de différentes manières. Ce n’est qu’au niveau mutable (Vaigari), cette information devient des mots.
Les agames ont été enseignés en sanskrit et en Tamizh comme mentionné dans Tirumandiram, mais le plus important, est le message de la réalisation de Siva et non de la langue elle-même. Tirumandiram est agamas en tamizh et est la même sagesse que Siva partagé avec Parvati. Tirumoolar donne cela comme un cadeau en tamizh et nous demande de le graver dans nos cœurs et de les suivre.
Tirumoolar a été donné la sagesse de 9 agames par Lord Nandi. Même si seulement 9 ont été donnés à Tirumoolar, les 9 Tandirams contient les messages des 28 agamas.
Tirumurai
Este es el décimo capítulo de los 12 capítulos del ‘Tirumurai’ a pesar de que había sido escrito mucho antes de los otros capítulos. El orden de los capítulos no se basa en la edad o los antecedentes, sino en una forma lógica que tenga sentido para el lector. Los primeros 7 tratan de las formas de vivir y obtener lo que quieres de Dios. A partir del octavo capítulo, el enfoque cambia totalmente 2 alcanzando a Dios mismo.
El punto a tener en cuenta es que en los tiempos antiguos la gente solía poner sus consultas o problemas delante del Rey como una petición. Estos se llamaban ‘MURAIS’. Del mismo modo, si desea preguntar algo a Dios, entonces en lugar de preguntar con sus propias palabras es mucho mejor colocar su solicitud, consultas o problemas en la forma de TIRU MURAIS. ¿por qué no beneficiarse de la experiencia anterior y de los hermosos versículos que es una mejor manera de llegar a Dios.
‘Tiru’ significa con respeto o Santo, por lo tanto, encontrará sin muchos lugares, así como a partir de lo mismo. No es sólo una señal de respeto al mencionar el nombre de alguien.
Humildad
A pesar de que está más allá de todo entendimiento y limita su compasión y benevolencia es tal que desciende a nuestro nivel para que podamos elevarnos la escalera de la realización junto con El. ser mayor o más alto no es importante, pero a pesar de ser el Uno, Su humildad se manifiesta a través de cuando baja a nuestro nivel para ayudarnos.
¿qué obtendremos si le oramos? la oportunidad y la posibilidad de orarle es la bendición, ¿qué más se puede pedir? Llegar a este nivel es una bendición especialmente nacida en Tamil Nadu y aún más como Un SAIVITE. La oportunidad de orarle es el resultado de acciones kármicas pasadas y el resultado de las acciones kármicas presentes nos dará la oportunidad de continuar orando a él en futuros nacimientos hasta que nos demos cuenta de Él.
El sabio Tirugnanasambandar dice que ni sabemos el día de nuestra muerte ni el día del nacimiento. ¿por qué menciona el día de nacimiento? ¿Qué significa realmente? La explicación es que, aunque todos estemos vivos, el nacimiento real comienza cuando nos damos cuenta de que Siva es el Uno.
Mirando dentro
Todos los santos atribuyen todas las mejores cualidades a El y las faltas a sí mismos. (La persona que ha alcanzado el pináculo de la religión es un ‘Gnani’ mientras que la persona que ha trascendido la religión se llama ‘Moni’). El mayor don que tenemos es que Siva se ha colocado dentro de nosotros y debemos darnos cuenta de El.
Todos sabemos cómo ir de un lugar a otro externamente, cómo mirar las cosas externamente, entender las cosas externamente. pero no sabemos mirar dentro de nosotros mismos, hacer auto-reflexión y plantearnos las preguntas más difíciles a nosotros mismos. esto requiere no sólo paciencia, esfuerzo y práctica, sino también guía en la forma de un Gurú. esto es esencialmente lo que significa yoga. Ashtanga yoga habla de 8 pasos para darse cuenta de Dios.
Saivam
El concepto de un Dios que castiga existe sólo en otras religiones y no en Saivam. Esta es una religión cuyo principio fundacional se basa en el razonamiento y la ciencia. Esta es una religión que está en armonía con la naturaleza y otra con el universo. Es por eso que a pesar de años y años de conquista, saqueo, profanación y muchas otras atrocidades, no sólo ha sobrevivido, sino que también ha absorbido a los invasores. Es por eso que la religión es una palabra limitada para abarcar lo ilimitado que es Saivam, simplemente debido a nuestro nivel de madurez.
Real significado de la educación
¿Cuál es el punto de la educación si no conduce a Dios? Muchas cosas aprendidas en el aula no sirven de nada en la mayoría de las situaciones de la vida real. La trigonometría ciertamente no te ayudará cuando estés siendo perseguido por un león excepto tal vez si tienes que calcular cómo escalar un árbol. Pero entonces sería demasiado tarde, y ya serás comida para gatos. Si tu ego crece junto con los grados después de tu nombre, entonces vas cada vez más lejos de Dios. Mientras que cuanto más aprendes te hace entender que sabes cada vez menos, y te das cuenta de lo omnipotente, estás recibiendo una educación real.
Siva, el mundo y el cuerpo físico
Dios no creó el mundo, el cuerpo, etc., de sí mismo. Dios es una entidad animada y el mundo, etc. son entidades inanimadas. Dios es el alfarero que hace las ollas de la tierra. Creó el mundo y los seres vivos de Maya. Saivam habla de tres razones. La tierra es la primera razón, el alfarero – la razón principal y la olla – la segunda razón. Esto no significa que maya esté aparte de Siva. Es parte de Su poder (Sakti). La lluvia puede ser considerada como maya limpia, cuando cae sobre el techo se convierte en maya inmunda. Cuando fluye al suelo como aguas residuales contaminadas, se convierte en prakriti maya. Y nuestros cuerpos están hechos de ella. Uno que gana el cuerpo físico es el verdadero santo.
El cuerpo fue dado para darse cuenta de nuestros deseos y debido a que nuestros deseos son superficiales, fue hecho de prakriti maya. Tu cuerpo sólo se puede hacer en función de lo que desees. Solo se puede llevar a un hotel donde se le guste comer. A pesar de todo esto, nos ha dado ‘nadam’ (tono o palabras). Comienza desde la base de la columna vertebral en el chakra ‘mooladaram’ y se eleva al corazón hasta que es puro. Dependiendo de la pureza o la impureza del corazón se mezcla y luego sale como voz a través de la garganta. Uno con un corazón puro tiene palabras puras y aquellos con un corazón impuro, palabras impuras.
Los santos dicen que ‘nadam’ es la base de las palabras y Dios ha enviado Su guía en el universo. Los santos deben sintonizarse con la frecuencia de Dios y entonces la sabiduría de Dios sale como Santas Escrituras de su boca.
Sivam no está destinado a ser entendido, sino realizado y experimentado. Incluso los dos triunviratos fracasaron en su búsqueda de medirlo.
Importancia de ‘Cith Muthirai’
Este es el gesto donde el dedo índice toca el pulgar formando un lazo cerrado mientras que los otros tres dedos están en posición vertical. Siva como Lord Dakshinamurthy transmite el conocimiento a los Rishis usando este mudra. No se dicen palabras, pero todo es a través de la conciencia. Este gesto de la mano también se lleva a cabo durante la meditación.
El pulgar es el Pati (Siva) que nos guía. El dedo índice en el dedo índice que apunta al alma es el Pasu. El dedo anular es karma para significar los resultados de acciones pasadas. el dedo meñique es maya. En los matrimonios hindúes, los novios caminan alrededor del fuego sagrado aferrándose unos a otros por sus pequeños dedos. El dedo medio que a pesar de ser el más alto, no sirve de nada más que insultar a los demás y significa el ego.
Lo que este gesto significa es que el alma debe liberarse de los lazos del ego, el karma y el maya y unirse a la Unión con el Pati (Siva).
Dios y la experiencia – 5 sentidos
Todo lo que experimentamos, la experiencia a través del Dios que reside dentro de nosotros. Sólo nosotros experimentamos, mientras que Dios no necesita. Otras religiones hablan de que Dios es aquel que señala o enseña el camino a la salvación. Saivam dice que Dios no sólo señala el camino, sino que también camina con ustedes a lo largo del camino. Por lo tanto, tenemos 5 sentidos físicos para experimentar nuestros deseos a través del mundo materialista y realizar su naturaleza transitoria.
Aprender las 3000 canciones
Hay un fuego ardiendo dentro de nosotros. Es una máquina de vapor a la que estamos alimentando alimentos para manejar nuestro cuerpo. Si no hay calor, entonces se puede suponer que estamos muertos. Si hay más calor, entonces hay alguna anomalía con el cuerpo. Ha puesto este calor dentro de nuestro cuerpo en cálculos precisos. Del mismo modo, 3000 canciones son las que eran necesarias para compartir los mensajes requeridos. Pero el punto es que, basado en la madurez de los individuos, el significado será diferente.
Sobre la cuestión de aprender la sabiduría de 3000 canciones, Tirumoolar dice que aprender 30 canciones de las enseñanzas experimentadas contiene la quintaesencia de Tirumandiram. Esto es para ponernos en el camino y no una excusa para la pereza. ‘Upadesam’ significa explicar su propia experiencia.
En elogio de Siva
No hay dios como Siva dondequiera que haya sido buscado No hay igual a Él, ni siquiera aquí Se extiende por todo el universo como una luz divina Oh cabello mate Uno que es como un loto
5 Verso de Tirumandiram – Tirumoolar
Características de Siva
Sólo Siva tiene 8 atributos, los demás tienen tres. (rajasic – Kinetic, tamasic – inercia, sattvic- potencial). Siva se llama NIRGUNAN, es decir, sin atributos porque no tiene estos tres atributos. Todas las entidades tienen atributos de lo contrario será hechicería / magia.
Medición de Siva
Tirumoolar dice que no hay nadie por encima de Siva y mucho menos Su igual. Como dice la historia, ni siquiera Brahma y Vishnu pudieron encontrar ni el principio ni el final de Siva. Entonces, cuando Brahma y VISHNU no pudieron comprender a Siva, ¿qué posibilidades tenemos? Si aún tenéis dudas, SAIVAM dice que podrían ir a descubrir la verdad ustedes mismos y volverán cuando estén listos. No se aplican condiciones.
El cabello mate Siva
El cabello mate no implica apareamiento debido a la suciedad y no lavar el cabello durante un período. Más bien se debe a la acumulación de toda la castidad, justicia, etc. que no ha sido limpiada. Esta es una marca registrada de muchos sadhus santos que llevan el pelo mate como una marca de respeto a Lord Siva. Aparentemente, esto también está relacionado con los peinados mate en el Caribe que fue traído a las Indias por los indios. (traído por los ingleses como esclavos para trabajar en las plantaciones de azúcar)
Además, todos los demás dioses y señores llevan una corona con joyas en la cabeza para significar su posición, mientras que Siva lleva una corona de pelo mate. Una Corona es una marca de una posición que se da y por lo tanto se puede quitar también, mientras que Siva no necesita una corona real para significar Su posición.
Experimentando Siva
No todas las personas necesitan que se les diga de la misma manera que ellos lo entiendan. Para algunos, es suficiente explicar, y ellos entenderán mientras que para otros debe ser estricto. Más bien una rutina de policía malo. Todo dicho y hecho, uno no puede esperar entender a Siva, sólo se puede darse cuenta de el. Es como leer y mirar fotos de un sabroso postre y comerlo uno mismo. Hasta entonces, uno no puede experimentar ni Su compasión ni Su grandeza.
La compasión de Siva
¿Por qué hablamos de Su compasión? Cuando se trata de amor, ningún amor es mayor que el amor de una madre, porque es inconmensurable. Incluso el amor más inmortal muere algún día, pero el amor de una madre es para siempre. Incluso los animales tienen ese instinto maternal como hemos visto en tantos programas natgeo. Aquí Tirumoolar dice que a pesar de que el amor de una madre no tiene paralelismos, el amor de Siva supera incluso eso. Los santos realizados que habían cuantificado tantas cosas no eran capaces de cuantificar la compasión de Siva.
Grandeza de Vedas y Agamas
Los VEDAS son genéricos, mientras que los AGAMAS son específicos. Los SAIVA AGAMAS forman la base de SAIVA SIDDANTAM. Mientras los Vedas hablan de aplicaciones generales de los principios de la vida humana en diferentes dominios, AGAMAS prepara el terreno para aquellos que han madurado en los Vedas y les permite llegar a Siva. Los Vedas son para aquellos que están en el camino de la madurez y AGAMAS es para aquellos que ya han madurado. No debemos asumir que todo en los Vedas se puede aplicar a todo el mundo.
En Ahimsa: No lesiones / No violencia
En el tema de la no violencia y la no lesión, el sistema de creencias hindúes es un poco más flexible, ya que dice que hagalo que usted quiere, pero nunca deje a Dios. Cree que pase lo que pase, uno nunca debe dejar a Dios y que el alma se dará cuenta de su error y volverá al camino de Ahimsa ciertamente en algún momento en el tiempo. La idea es como diferentes golpes para diferentes personas. Aunque uno pueda ser impuro en términos de hábitos alimenticios y otros vicios, sé puro y limpio al menos cuando le rece a Siva.
Manickavasagar se compara con un niño y le pide a Siva que lo cuide igual que una madre corre detrás de su hijo y lo alimenta.
La naturaleza perecedera del cuerpo físico
Nuestra vida cotidiana se centra en resolver nuestros problemas del día a día y, por lo tanto, no tenemos mucho tiempo para Dios. Sólo cuando nuestro enfoque y pensamientos cambian a la pregunta más grande de la naturaleza perecedera de nuestro cuerpo, los problemas del día a día se resuelven a sí mismos. Nadie puede o te acompañará en tu muerte sin importar lo querido que sea. Los santos se dieron cuenta de esto, y sus vidas se centraron no sólo en entender el propósito de la vida, sino también en la naturaleza de la muerte. Se dieron cuenta de que Siva es la única manera de liberarse de las garras de la muerte y, por lo tanto, del círculo de la vida y la muerte.
A medida que avanzamos a través de las diversas etapas de madurez, pasamos por los ciclos de nacimiento y muerte. este progreso se basa no sólo en la comprensión, sino también en la realización y posterior retirada de los placeres mundanos por propia intención. Una vez que el alma alcanza la plena madurez en la renuncia positiva de los placeres mundanos, la comprensión del propósito de esta vida y la realización de Siva como la verdad absoluta, el ciclo de nacimiento y muerte se rompe.
Siva, los mundos y las almas
Uno debe entender que el mundo no tiene utilidad para Siva y Siva no tiene utilidad para el mundo, pero nosotros como seres vivos necesitamos a estos dos para trascender la naturaleza transitoria de la vida y alcanzar Siva. Siva no es nada (no nada) pero nada está sin Siva. Siva no sólo está en todo, sino que Siva está más allá de todo.
Idiomas de la sabiduría de Dios
Hay muchos debates en torno al idioma en el que Dios compartió el conocimiento. Pero debe entenderse que Dios no enseña a través de las palabras. Las palabras sólo pueden explicar hasta un límite más allá del cual no pueden expresar las emociones. Dios comparte Su sabiduría implícitamente (sukumai) a través de la visión y la conciencia y los santos luego lo expresaron en el idioma nativo. Dependiendo del nivel de madurez de cada persona, la sabiduría se imparte de diferentes maneras. Sólo a nivel mutable (Vaigari), esta información se convierte en palabras.
Agamas se han enseñado tanto en sánscrito como en Tamizh como se menciona en Tirumandiram, pero el más importante, es el mensaje de realizar Siva y no el idioma en sí. Tirumandiram es agamas en tamizh y es la misma sabiduría que Siva compartió con Parvati. Tirumoolar da esto como un regalo en tamizh y nos pide que lo grabemos en nuestros corazones y los sigamos.
Tirumoolar recibió la sabiduría de 9 agamas por lord Nandi. A pesar de que sólo 9 fueron dados a Tirumoolar, los 9 Tandirams contiene los mensajes de los 28 agamas.
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What is Tirumandiram
Tirumandiram means holy garland of mantirams (hyms) written in tamizh by Tirumoolar. It is the tenth of the Tirumurais (tamizh saiva scriptures). It covers a vast and dazzling array of topics compiled into 9 chapters along with a preface chapter.
Preface (In praise of God) deals with Greatness of Vedas and agamas, History of tirumoolar, Concept of Guru etc.
Tandiram One deals with Philosophy, dharma, ethics, transient nature of the physical, body, education, learning etc.
Tandiram Two deals with Siva’s glory, His divine acts, patience etc.
Tandiram Three deals with Vasi yoga. (to note that this is different from Patanjali’s Ashtanga yoga even though they both were contemporaries)
Tandiram Four deals with the chakras etc.
Tandiram five deals with the various branches of Saivam and the four paths of Saiva siddhantham.
Tandiram six deals with Guru-disciple relationship, actions etc.
Tandiram seven deals with Siva linga worship, greatness of holy men, rituals etc.
Tandiram eight deals with the various levels of soul’s experiences
Tandiram nine deals with holy ‘namasivaya’ mandiram, Siva’s cosmic dance, the state of samadhi etc.
It is the magnum opus of the Saiva Agamas which are the part of the Saiva Siddhantham tradition. If the Vedas are the milk then Tirumandiram is the sweetened condensed milk.
Tirumoolar has given us the divine wisdom that he received from Lord Nandi (Gatekeeper to Mount. Kailash where Siva and Parvati reside) for the benefit of all. Sekkizhar(one of the 63 nayanmars – Holy tamil Saivite saints) says that the poison of birth has seeped into all living beings and to remove that, the holy garland of mandirams has been written down by Tirumoolar.
How it was found
King Raja Raja Chola 1 (985-1013 CE) had heard a few verses of the Tevaram and tasked a priest, NambiAndar Nambi to find out the source. NambiAndar Nambi found the half-eaten palm leaf manuscripts in a chamber in the Thillai Nataraja Temple but the temple priests objected to its removal. They said that the manuscripts shall be taken out only by the venerated saints who lived many centuries ago. King Raja Raja Chola 1 then conscrecated the statues of the saints and carried them in procession to the temple was finally able to retrieve the manuscripts. NambiAndar Nambi arranged them in a collection which came to be called as Tirumurais. (A 12 volume collection of sacred hymns of tamil Saivaite siddantam)
History of Tirumoolar
Tirumoolar whose actual name was Sundaranathar, was one of the 8 sages who received the divine wisdom directly from Lord Nandi. While coming down from Mount Kailash to visit Sage Agasthiyar who lived in the Podhigai hills in the south, He is said to have visited various holy places in India. Also, He is one of the few saints who have seen the cosmic dance of Siva in the form of Nataraja in Thillai (Chidambaram in Sanskrit, a place in tamil nadu).
Tirumoolar then reaches Thiruavaduthurai (a place in South India) which was a small unknown town. Moolan was a cowherd who had died, and the cows were circling and licking him trying to wake him. Tirumoolar transmutes into his body on seeing the sadness of the cows and then guides the cows to their homes. He comes back to find that his original body has mysteriously disappeared and understands that it is one of Siva’s acts. Tirumoolar then writes down Tirumandiram from the body of Moolan and hence the name Tirumoolar. He wrote around 3000 verses, One every year.
He is one of the 18 venerated Siddar’s. He is one of the Gurus of the Nandinatha lineage which is now based out of Kauai Island in the United states of America. Tirumoolar attained the Siva consciousness at the Thillai Nataraja Temple.
The basic concepts
Pasu – Pati- Paasam
Pasu means souls and is used to refer to all animals including humans.
Lord Siva is the Pati.
Paasam is the bond that binds the soul to the transient and hides it from realizing Siva.
Paasam has three impurities
Anava – Ego
Kanma – Karma
Maya – Primordial matrix
Ego
The ego is the ‘I’ which thinks itself to be and know everything.
Karma
The result of past actions which must be balanced in this life or in the next lives depending on the karmic balance accumulated.
Maya
The primordial matrix by which the soul experiences and understands the transient nature of this life.
Existence of God and life
Does God exist or not has been debated by various religions and certain have concluded that life is an amalgamation of the elements and that there is no soul, that God does not exist, and that accumulation of wealth and enjoyment of pleasures are the only goal of life. There are those who accept not only the above but also believe in souls. Then there are those who not only believe in the world and souls but also in God. This is how one can classify beliefs.
Those who say world exists, but God does not, cannot see God. Those who say both the world and God exists also cannot see God. Only those who say world does not exist, but God does, can see Him. This has been beautifully expounded in Tirumandiram.
Understanding God
The agamas expound the relation between Siva and the soul. Why is this soul unable to realise Siva? With a pure conscience, we must accept that we believe in God because we have been told so from a young age that God will poke your eyes if you say or do something bad. So, the impression has formed in our mind that God is someone who goes around with a stick to poke our eyes when we do or say something bad. And this has installed a fear of God as someone who punishes us.
But it is not in God to punish anyone because He does not know how to. A cake does not know how to be sour. If it tastes sour, then the fault lies with the tongue and not the cake. So, if someone says that it tastes sour, then that person has some problem.
God is the one with a benevolent heart and He does not know to punish nor condemn. Then the question arises – why do we suffer?
On the question of suffering
Why do we suffer? What is difference between Saivam and Buddhism / Jainism? Buddhism says suffering comes from desire. It is a good knowledge that has already been expounded in « Tirukural » by Thiruvalluvar.
From ignorance comes desire and from desire comes suffering.
Anyone who proposes a solution without analysing or understanding the root cause must be questioned. If you go to a doctor with a headache and if he immediately starts writing a prescription for your headache, his degree needs to be verified. A doctor must analyse the reasons for the headache before prescribing the correct medicine. Any ailment has an intermediate cause and the root cause. Fever is not a disease but a symptom of a disease. This principle of root cause analysis is applied across many domains and is the root of Saivam philosophy. Therefore, desire is an intermediate symptom and the root cause is Ignorance.
A religion based on first principles
Saivam says that one should remove the root cause that is ignorance instead of only focusing on the intermediate cause that is desire. Other religions talk about intermediate causes whereas Saivam talks about the root cause because its Leader is the Supreme, the foremost Being and The One God. All religions and their beliefs at some point fits into Saivam as its subset. This is not to uphold, justify or publicize simply because we fall into the Saivam fold, but simply because it is the Ultimate Truth.
Saivam is a scientific religion that encourages enquiry whereas other religions after a certain point say that its either an insult or a sacrilege to question God.
Saivam is the only religion which talks about God and the connected souls by expounding the 36 tatuvams (Principles). Vainavam (Vaishnavam in Sanskrit) is next which expounds 25 principles. There are indeed differences in Saivam on how to realise God. Saivam differs on the perspective as well as explaining the concept of The First principle. No other religion neither has such a perspective nor such an explanation. it is not enough to simply say this, but one must prove the same. The strongest support comes from our thothirams(praise) and sathirams(science). The beauty of Tirumandiram comes from the fact that the praise for God and science are weaved together as one single scripture. Its significance cannot be explained in one session or even one single school year. Only when one continuously experiences its nectar does one comprehend its profoundness, Siva’s bliss and its Ultimate Siva Realisation.
The limitless wealth that is Saivam
Saivam is called king of religions because it has answers to all questions. Single book and other religions are creating a ruckus with just a single book. Ask them anything, the response is to point to that single book. They are focused on giving answers like giving a hungry man a fish. What Saivam does is it teaches a man to fish so that he never goes hungry again. And it does so by using a whole library at its disposal. The problem though is we will not learn to fish because it is easier when you are given a fish a day. But the main point it that we simply do not know the existence of this library.
It is understandable when one is poor due to various circumstances, but it is unimaginable when one has so much wealth but does not know of its existence.
Siva realization in 4 steps
Tirumandiram mentions the path in which the soul can realise Siva in 4 steps. These explanation of these 4 steps, their features, how the soul must climb and attain each step are listed in Tirumandiram.
Sariyai (meditation), Kriyai (holy rites), Gnanam (wisdom) and yogam (union) are the four steps.
The soul is ready for bliss and Siva is ready to give the same but there is something is in between which blocks this transfer. Tirumandiram shows how to remove whatever that is blocking this transfer. This cannot be removed in one single go, but it takes steps. The soul’s goal is to overcome this obstacle and reach the Ultimate union with The One. The soul has the right, the capability and the capacity to attain the same.
You cannot breakdown that barrier in one go it takes the 4 steps to go through those barriers.
The concept of ‘Urai’ or preface
The first song in Tirumandiram is in praise of God. This song is called payiram(preface/foreword) and this precedes the 9 Tandirams. It is important for the author to explain the basic concepts in the preface as it showcases the authors grasp and command of the language. When George Bernard Shaw was asked why he wrote the foreword, he explained that the foreword was for the technical users and the rest was for others. The foreword is like a dew drop on a blade of grass because it looks small from afar but when one looks closer the entire world is within.
On Siva’s Grace
A lot of people are afraid to come to Sivan temples because they feel that He will give them grace. As if Grace is easily attainable and he is just handing it out like sweets on Halloween. They go to him for wealth but not for grace. Let us assume that a gathering is hearing a speech by renowned speaker and Siva comes over and asks who wants grace? Most of will say we have work at home or other lame excuses and point to the speaker on the stage saying that he was the one talking about grace so you should take him first. we will finish our jobs at home and come later.
What is the difference between us and Gnanis (saints)? We go to temples to ask for more, but they come to thank God for all that He has given.
God will not hand out grace that easily simply because he gives that what is useful for you and me and not what is useless in the present level of consciousness. Giving grace to us is like giving a gold-plated pen to a child. The child will not know its value.
Tirodanam – Power of Concealment
What is tirodanam? Why do we need it? In our day-to-day lives we are immersed by our problems and it is normal that we go to God asking for solutions to our temporary problems. does He give us what we ask him for? Yes. He might not give it immediately simply because you are not ready for it.
When Appar (One of the 63 Holy saints called nayanmars) asked for deliverance, Siva asked him to come to Tirunallur (a place in tamil nadu). Appar was dismayed and his first verse shows that he was overcome with grief from being separated from Siva. When he reached the place, Siva was waiting for him there and gave him deliverance. Then Appar sings the second verse where he understands that he was not ready to receive the divination from Siva before. Siva being benevolence Himself, had removed all the obstacles from Appar’s path before reaching Tirunallur so that Appar’s cup was empty to receive his Lord’s grace.
Whatever you ask, good or bad, He will give it to you. Will he warn you? No. Giving what do you ask for while hiding its impact is called Tirodanam (the power of concealment). Giving without hiding the impact is called ‘tiru-arul’ (Realisation). Our level of consciousness is such that we still blame him even when He gives what we ask for.
Kanma malam – Karma
Just as a letter sent by one to himself, reaches him without fail, the fruits of our actions will come back to us with certainty. All these past and present actions (positive and negative) are letters that we have sent to ourselves. We just do not remember when we sent them.
God just makes sure that the letter reaches the correct person. Here it is important to note that, all our actions accumulate Karma even in the present life. Just as bad actions result in debiting the karmic account, good actions increase the karmic balance. As long as your karmic account is not zero, there will be the continuous cycle of birth and death. How does one achieve this? We will discuss this in the upcoming posts.
I heard a funny story about a hotel with a board which displayed the message « In our hotel, you can eat whatever you want, and you’ll not be billed. We will get the payment from your future generations. » One guy went in and had his fill. And while he was about to leave, the waiter came over and placed a bill on his table.
This guy was livid and said, “You have written outside that my future generations will be charged but now you are asking me to pay? “
The waiter replied, “Sir, this bill is your grandfather’s bill.”
Relation between Guru and Maya and karma
Maya and karma have been given to us by God and ego is the impurity which we are holding onto by ourselves. The maya must be removed by our own actions and God will not interfere. He has given us the five senses and this body so that we can experience the world and understand its transience. Our knowledge and understanding has three defects. we understand only through explanations, through differences and through experiences. Once we have succeeded in removing the maya, God will then remove the karma and ego.
Why God does not remove my Karma and ego?
As long as we have wants and desires, we will be reborn. What is the point of taking someone to a restaurant if he does not like to eat? Similarly, when one has no more wants and desires what is the point of rebirth for him. This is where God intervenes to remove him from the cycle of birth and death.
So this explains the fact that as long as you have wants and desires that is no usefulness in God removing your Karma because you will still be under the illusion of Maya and continue to do acts that add to your karma. But it is not necessary to clear your karmic account to go to the next level. this is where a guru comes in.
Just as one small matchstick can burn down a forest, a guru’s grace can empty your karmic account.
A guru is not someone you go looking for, but someone who appears when you are ready. Even though the Sea is huge, one cannot drink from it. A nectar is a drop compared to the ocean, but its sweetness is beyond measure.
Then how does one know whether one is ready for a Guru or not? Does someone on the exterior recommend a guru? No. Only the One who sits in your heart knows when the fruit has ripened. You can lie to others but when you lie to yourself, The One within you smiles sarcastically.
Why God must come down to our level to help us
When the student is ready, the teacher appears.
Let us take an example of a person living on the third or fourth floor of a house and a beggar arrives at his gate. the person will not throw down his keys and ask the beggar to come up to his house. Rather he will come down to the ground floor to meet the beggar and help him. Similarly, God in his compassion comes down to our level because We can benefit from Him only when He is at our level.
The specialty of Saivam is that there are two kinds of grace which is not found in any other religions. There is another specialty, but we will talk about it later. Other religions talk about Salvation as the only grace whereas Saivam Talks not only about realization but death also as a grace. No other religion neither talks about this nor knows about this. This is called ‘tirodanam’ Sakti or power of concealment.
Qu’est-ce que Tirumandiram
Tirumandiram signifie guirlande sainte de mandirams (hymnes) écrit en tamizh par Tirumoolar. C’est le dixième les Saintes Écritures qui s’appelle Tirumurai (Tamizh Saiva Siddantam). Il couvre un vaste éventail de sujets éblouissants compilés en 9 chapitres ainsi qu’un chapitre préface.
Préface (En louange de Dieu) traite de la grandeur des Védas et des agamas, Histoire du tirumoolar, Concept de Gourou, etc.
Tandiram One traite de la philosophie, du dharma, de l’éthique, de la nature transitoire du physique, du corps, de l’éducation, de l’apprentissage, etc.
Tandiram Deux traite de la gloire de Siva, de ses actes divins, de sa patience, etc.
Tandiram Trois traite de Vasi yoga. (À noter que c’est différent de Patanjali Ashtanga yoga, même si elles étaient tous deux contemporains)
Tandiram Four traite avec les chakras, etc.
Tandiram cinq traite avec les différentes branches de Saivam et les quatre chemins de Saiva siddantam.
Tandiram six traite de la relation Guru-disciple, des actions, etc.
Tandiram sept traite de l’adoration Siva linga, la grandeur des hommes saints, rituels, etc.
Tandiram huit traite des différents niveaux d’expériences de l’âme
Tandiram neuf traite de saint ‘namasivaya’ mandiram, danse cosmique de Siva, l’état de samadhi etc.
C’est le magnum opus des Saiva Agamas qui font partie de la tradition Saiva Siddhantham. Si les Vedas sont le lait, alors Tirumandiram est le lait condensé sucré.
Tirumoolar nous a donné la sagesse divine qu’il a reçue de Lord Nandi (Gardien de Mont. Kailash où Siva et Parvati résident) pour le bénéfice de toute l’humanité. Sekkizhar (l’un des 63 nayanmars – Saints tamizh Saivaite saints) dit que le poison de la naissance s’est infiltré dans tous les êtres vivants et pour enlever cela, la guirlande sainte de mandirams a été écrit par Tirumoolar.
Comment il a été trouvé
Le roi Raja Raja Chola 1 (985-1013 CE) avait entendu quelques versets du Tevaram (Parties4,5 et 6 du Tirumurai) et chargé un prêtre, NambiAndar Nambi, de trouver la source. NambiAndar Nambi a trouvé les manuscrits de feuilles de palmier à moitié mangés dans une chambre dans le temple de Thillai Nataraja, mais les prêtres du temple se sont opposés à son enlèvement. Ils ont dit que les manuscrits ne seront sortis que par les vénérés saints qui ont vécu il y a plusieurs siècles. Le roi Raja Raja Chola 1 a ensuite consacré les statues des saints et les a portées en procession jusqu’au temple a finalement pu récupérer les manuscrits. NambiAndar Nambi les a disposés dans une collection qui est venue à être appelé Tirumurai. (A Collection en 12 volumes d’hymnes sacrés de tamizh Saiva siddantam)
Histoire de Tirumoolar
Tirumoolar dont le nom réel était Sundaranathar, l’un des 8 sages qui ont reçu la sagesse divine directement de Seigneur Nandi. En descendant du mont Kailash pour visiter Sage Agasthiyar qui vivait dans les collines de Podhigai dans le sud, Il aurait visité divers lieux saints en Inde. Aussi, Il est l’un des rares saints qui ont vu la danse cosmique de Siva sous la forme de Nataraja à Thillai (Chidambaram en sanskrit, un endroit dans le tamil nadu). Tirumoolar atteint alors Thiruavaduthurai (un endroit enInde South) qui était un petit remorquage inconnun. Moolan était un berger qui a décédé et les vaches tournaient et le léchaient en essayant de le réveiller.Tirumoolar transmute dans son corps en voyant la tristesse des vaches, puis guide les vaches à leur maisons. Il revient pour constater que son corps d’origine a mystérieusement disparu et comprend qu’il est l’un des actes de Siva.’s acts. Tirumoolar écrit alors Tirumandiram du corps de Moolan et donc le nom Tirumoolar. Il a écrit environ 3000 versets, un chaque année.
Il est l’un des 18 Siddar vénérés. Il est l’un des gourous de la lignée Nandinatha qui est maintenant basé sur l’île de Kauai aux États-Unis d’Amérique. Tirumoolar a atteint la conscience de Siva au temple de Thillai Nataraja.
Les concepts de base
Pasu – Pati- Paasam
Pasu signifie âmes et est utilisé pour désigner tous les animaux, y compris les humains.
Lord Siva est le Pati.
Paasam est le lien qui lie l’âme au transitoire et la cache de la réalisation de Siva.
Paasam a trois impuretés
Anava – Ego
Kanma – Karma
Maya – Matrice primordiale
Ego
L’ego est le «je » qui se pense être et tout savoir.
Karma
Le résultat d’actions passées qui doivent être équilibrées dans cette vie ou dans les vies suivantes en fonction de l’équilibre balance karmique accumuler.
Maya
La Matrice primordiale par laquelle l’âme éprouve et comprend la nature transitoire de cette vie.
Existence de Dieu et vie
Dieu existe-t-il ou non a été débattu par diverses religions et certains ont conclu que la vie est un amalgame des éléments et qu’il n’y a pas d’âme, que Dieu n’existe pas, et que l’accumulation de richesse et de jouissance des plaisirs sont le seul but de la vie. Il y a ceux qui acceptent non seulement ce qui précède, mais aussi croire en les âmes. Alors tvoici ceux qui non seulement croient en le monde et les âmes, mais aussi en Dieu. C’est ainsi que l’on peut classer les croyances.
Ceux qui disent que le monde existe, mais Dieu ne le voit pas, ne peuvent pas voir Dieu. Ceux qui disent que le monde et Dieu existent aussi ne peuvent pas voir Dieu. Seuls ceux qui disent que le monde n’existe pas, mais Dieu le voit. Cela a été magnifiquement exposé à Tirumandiram.
Comprendre Dieu
Les agamas exposent la relation entre Siva et l’âme. soul Pourquoi cette âme est-elle incapable de réaliser Siva? Avec une conscience pure, nous devons accepter que nous croyons en Dieu parce qu’on nous a dit si dès notre plus jeune âge que Dieu va pousser vos yeux si vous dites ou faites quelque chose de mal. Ainsi, l’impression s’est formée dans notre esprit que Dieu est quelqu’un qui se promène avec un bâton pour pousser nos yeux quand nous faisons ou disons quelque chose de mauvais. Et cela a installé une peur de Dieu comme quelqu’un qui nous punit.
Mais il n’est pas en Dieu de punir qui que ce soit parce qu’Il ne sait pas comment le faire. Un gâteau ne sait pas comment être aigre. Si elle a un goût aigre, alors la faute se trouve avec la langue et non le gâteau. Donc, si quelqu’un dit que ça a un goût aigre, alors cette personne a un problème.
Dieu est celui avec un cœur bienveillant et Il ne sait pas punir ni condamner. Alors la question se pose – pourquoi avons-nous la souffrance ?
Sur la question de la souffrance
Pourquoi souffrons-nous ? Quelle est la différence entre Saivam et Buddhisme / Jainisme? Le bouddhisme dit que la souffrance vient du désir. C’est une bonne connaissance qui a déjà été exposée dans « Tirukural » par Thiruvalluvar.
Toute personne qui propose une solution sans analyser ni comprendre la cause profonde doit être remise en question. Si vous allez chez un médecin avec un mal de tête et s’il commence immédiatement à écrire une ordonnance pour vos maux de tête, son diplôme doit être vérifié. Un médecin doit analyser les raisons du mal de tête avant de prescrire la médecinee correcte. Toute maladie a une cause intermédiaire et la cause profonde. La fièvre n’est pas une maladie, mais un symptôme d’une maladie. Ce principe d’analyse de cause fondamentale est appliqué dans de nombreux domaines et est la racine de la philosophie Saivam. Par conséquent, le désir est un symptôme intermédiaire et la cause profonde est l’ignorance.
De l’ignorance vient le désir et du désir vient la souffrance.
Une religion fondée sur les premiers principes
Saivam dit que l’on devrait supprimer la cause profonde qui est l’ignorance au lieu de se concentrer uniquement sur la cause intermédiaire qui est le désir. D’autres religions parlent de causes intermédiaires tandis que Saivam parle de la cause profonde parce que son Chef est le Suprême, l’Etre le plus avant et le Dieu unique. Toutes les religions et leurs croyances à un moment donné s’inscrit dans Saivam comme son sous-ensemble. Ce n’est pas pour soutenir, justifier ou faire connaître simplement parce que nous tombons dans le pli Saivam, mais simplement parce que c’est la Vérité Ultime.
Saivam est la seule religion qui parle de Dieu et des âmes connectées en exposant les 36 tatuvams (Principes). Vainavam (Vaishnavam in Sanskrit) est le prochain qui expose 25 principes. Il y a en effet des différences dans Saivam sur la façon de réaliser Dieu. Saivam diffère sur la perspective ainsi que d’expliquer le concept de Le Premier principe. Aucune autre religion n’a ni une telle perspective ni une telle explication. il ne suffit pas de le dire, mais il faut prouver la même chose. Le soutien le plus fort vient de nos thothirams(éloge) et sathirams(science). La beauté de Tirumandiram vient du fait que la louange pour Dieu et la science sont tissées ensemble comme une seule Écriture. Son importance ne peut pas être expliquée en une seule session ou même une seule année scolaire. Ce n’est que lorsqu’on connaît continuellement son nectar qu’on comprend sa profondeur, le bonheur de Sivaet sa réalisation Ultime Siva.
Saivam est une religion scientifique qui encourage l’enquête tandis que d’autres religions après un certain point disent que c’est soit une insulte ou un sacrilège pour interroger Dieu.
La richesse illimitée qu’est Saivam
Saivam est appelé roi des religions parce qu’il a des réponses à toutes les questions. Single livre et d’autres religions créent un ruckus avec juste un seul livre. Demandez-leur quoi que ce soit, la réponse est de pointer vers ce livre unique. Ils sont concentrés sur donner des réponses comme donner un poisson à un homme affamé. Qu’est-ce Que Saivam fait jes il apprend à un homme à pêcher afin qu’il ne va jamais faim à nouveau. Et il le fait en utilisant toute une bibliothèque à sa disposition. Le problème est cependant wen’apprendra pas à pêcher parce qu’il est plus facile quand on vous donne un poisson par jour. Mais le point principal que nous ne savons tout simplement pas l’existence de la bibliothèque.
Il est compréhensible quand on est pauvre en raison de diverses circonstances, mais il est inimaginable quand on a autant de la richesse, mais on ne sais pas de son existence.
Réalisation de Siva en 4 étapes
Tirumandiram mentionne le chemin dans lequel l’âme peut réaliser Siva en 4 étapes. Explication de ces 4 étapes, leurs caractéristiques, comment l’âme doit grimper et atteindre chaque étape sont énumérés dans Tirumandiram.
Sariyai (méditation), Kriyai (rites propices), Gnanam (sagesse) et yogam (union) sont les quatre étapes.
L’âme est prête pour le bonheur et Siva est prêt à donner la même chose, mais il ya quelque chose entre qui bloque ce transfert. Tirumandiram montre comment supprimer tout ce qui bloque ce transfert. Cela ne peut pas être supprimé en une seule fois, mais il prend des mesures. Le but de l’âme est de surmonter cet obstacle et d’atteindre l’union ultime avec The One. L’âme a le droit, la capacité et la capacité d’atteindre la même chose.
Vous ne pouvez pas briser cette barrière en une seule fois, il faut les 4 étapes pour passer par ces barrières.
Le concept de ‘Urai’ ou préface
La première chanson de Tirumandiram est à la louange de Dieu. Cette chanson est appelée payiram(préface/ préface) et cela précède les 9 Tandirams. Il est important pour l’auteur d’expliquer les concepts de base dans la préface car il met en valeur la compréhension et la maîtrise de la langue par les auteurs. Lorsqu’on a demandé à George Bernard Shaw pourquoi il avait écrit l’avant-propos, il a expliqué que le préface est pour les utilisateurs techniques et le reste était pour les autres. La préface comme une goutte d’eau sur une lame d’herbe parce qu’il semble petit de loin, mais quand on regarde plus près du monde entier est à l’intérieur.
Sur la grâce de Siva
Beaucoup de gens ont peur de venir aux temples de Sivan parce qu’ils estiment qu’Il leur donnera la grâce. Comme si Grace était facilement réalisable et qu’il le distribuait comme des bonbons à l’Halloween. They aller à lui pour la richesse, mais pas pour la grâce. Supposons qu’un a rassemblement entend un discours de l’orateur de renom et Siva vient et demande qui veut la grâce? La plupart diront que nous avons du travail à la maison ou d’autres excuses boiteuses et pointez vers l’orateur sur la scène en disant qu’il était celui qui parlait de grâce de sorte que vous devriez le prendre en premier. Nous finirons nos emplois à la maison et viendront plus tard.
Quelle est la différence entre nous et Gnanis (saints) ? Nous allons aux temples pour demander plus, mais ils viennent remercier Dieu pour tout ce qu’Il a donné.
Dieu ne distribuera pas la grâce aussi facilement simplement parce qu’il donne que ce qui est utile pour vous et moi et pas ce qui est inutile dans le niveau actuel de conscience. Donner la grâce à nous, c’est comme donner un stylo plaqué or toun enfant. L’enfant ne connaîtra pas sa valeur.
Tirodanam – Puissance de dissimulation
Qu’est-ce que le tirodanam ? Pourquoi en avons-nous besoin ? Dans notre vie quotidienne, nous sommes immergés immersed par nos problèmes et il est normal que nous allions à Dieu pour demander desolutions à nos problèmes temporaires. s nous donne-t-il ce que nous lui demandons ? Oui. Il pourrait ne pas le donner immédiatement simplement parce que vous n’êtes pas prêt pour elle.
Lorsque Appar (l’un des 63 saints saints appelés nayanmars) a demandé la délivrance, Siva lui a demandé de venir à Tirunallur (un endroit dans le tamil nadu). Appar a été consterné et son premier verset montre qu’il a été submergé par le chagrin d’être séparé de Siva. Quand il a atteint l’endroit, Siva l’attendait là-bas et lui a donné la délivrance. Puis Appar chante le deuxième verset où il comprend qu’il n’était pas prêt à recevoir la divination de Siva avant. Siva étant que la bienveillance lui-même, avait enlevé tous les obstacles du chemin d’Appar avant d’atteindre a Tirunallur afin que la coupe d’Appar était vide pour recevoir la grâce de son Seigneur.
Quoi que vous demandiez, bon ou mauvais, He vous le donnera. Wmalade, il vous prévient ? non. Donner ce que vous demandez tout en cachant son impact s’appelle Tirodanam (le pouvoir de dissimulation). Donner sans cacher l’impact est appelé ‘tiru-arul'(Réalisation). Notre niveau de conscience est tel que nous lui blâmons encore même quand Il donne ce que nous demandons.
Kanma malam – Karma
Tout comme une lettre envoyée par un à lui-même, l’atteint sans faute, les fruits de nos actions nous reviendront avec certitude. Toutes ces actions passées et présentes (positiveset négatives) sont des lettres que nous nous sommes envoyées. Nous ne nous souvenons tout simplement pas quand nous les avons envoyés.
Dieu s’assure que la lettre atteint la bonne personne. Ici, il est important de noter que, toutes nos actions accumulent Karma, même dans la vie actuelle. Tout comme les mauvaises actions se traduisent par le débit du compte karmique, les bonnes actions augmentent le solde karmique. Tant que votre compte karmic n’est pas nul, il y aura le cycle continu de la naissance et de la mort. Comment y parvenir? Nous en discuterons dans les prochains messages.
J’ai entendu une histoire drôle d’un hôtel avec une planche qui a affiché le message ” Dans notre hôtel, vous pouvez manger ce que vous voulez, et vous ne serez pas facturé. Nous obtiendrons le paiement de vos générations futures. » Un gars est entré et a eu son plein. Et alors qu’il était sur le point de partir, le serveur est venu et a placé une facture sur sa table.
Ce gars était livide et a dit : « Vous avez écrit en dehors que mes générations futures seront facturées, mais maintenant vous me demandez de payer ? “
Le serveur a répondu : « Monsieur, ce projet de loi est votre projet de loi grand-père. “
Relation entre Guru et Maya et karma
Maya et le karma nous ont été donnés par Dieu et l’ego est l’impureté que nous nous accrochons par nous-mêmes. Les Mayas doivent être émuspar nos propres actions et Dieun’interviendra pas. Il nous a donné les cinq sens et ce corps afin que nous puissions découvrir le monde et comprendre son transience. Notre connaissance et notre compréhension ont trois défauts. nous ne comprenons que par lesnations expla,par, des différences et à travers des expériences. Une fois que nous avons réussi à enlever le maya, Dieu enlèvera alors le karma et l’ego.
Pourquoi Dieu n’enlève pas mon Karma et mon ego ?
Tant que nous aurons des désirs et des désirs, nous renaîtreons. Quel est l’intérêt d’emmener quelqu’un au restaurant if s’il n’aime pas manger? De même, quand on n’a plus de désirs et de désirs quel est le point de renaissance pour lui. Tc’est là que Dieu intervient pour le sortir du cycle de la naissance et de la mort.
Donc, cela explique le fait que tant que vous avez des désirs et des désirs qui n’est pas une utilité en Dieu enlever votre Karma parce que vous serez toujours sous l’illusion de Maya et continuer à faire des actions qui ajoutent à votre karma. Mais il n’est pas nécessaire d’effacer votre compte karmique pour passer au niveau suivant. C’est l’endroit où un gourou entre en.
Tout comme une petite allumette peut brûler une forêt, la grâce d’un gourou peut vider votre compte karmique.
Un gourou n’est pas quelqu’un que vous allez chercher, mais quelqu’un qui apparaît quand vous êtes prêt. Même si la mer est énorme, on ne peut pas en boire.. Mais un nectar est une goutte par rapport à l’océan, mais sa douceur est hors de mesure.
Alors comment peut-on savoir si l’on est prêt pour un gourou ou non ? Does quelqu’un à l’extérieur recommander un gourou? Non, c’est pas du tout Seulcelui qui est assis dans votre cœur sait quand le fruit a mûri. Vous pouvez mentir aux autres, mais quand vous vous mentez, Celui en vous sourit sarcastiquement.
Lorsque l’élève est prêt, l’enseignant apparaît.
Pourquoi Dieu doit descendre à notre niveau pour nous aider
Prenons l’exemple d’une personne vivant au troisième ou quatrième étage d’une maison et un mendiant arrive à sa porte. la personne ne jettera pas ses clés et demandera au beggar de venirchez lui. Il descendra plutôt au rez-de-chaussée pour rencontrer le mendiant et l’aider. De même, Dieu dans sa compassion descend à notre niveau parce que nous ne pouvons bénéficier de Lui que lorsqu’Il est à notre niveau.
La spécialité de Saivam est qu’il existe deux types de grâce qui ne se trouve dans aucune autre religion. Il y a une autre spécialité, mais nous en parlerons plus tard. D’autres religions parlent du Salut comme de la seule grâce alors que Saivam parle non seulement de la réalisation, mais aussi de la mort comme d’une grâce. Aucune autre religion n’en parle ni ne le sait. C’est ce qu’on appelle le « tirodanam » Sakti ou le pouvoir de dissimulation.
Qué es Tirumandiram
Tirumandiram significa guirnalda sagrada de mandirams (himnos) escrito en tamizh por Tirumoolar. Es la décima parte de los Tirumurai (Tamizh Saiva Escritures). Cubre una vasta y deslumbrante variedad de temas compilados en 9 capítulos junto con un capítulo de prefacio.
Prefacio (En alabanza a Dios) trata de la grandeza de Vedas y agamas, Historia de tirumoolar, Concepto de Gurú, etc.
Tandiram Una se ocupa de la filosofía, el dharma, la ética, la naturaleza transitoria del físico, el cuerpo, la educación, el aprendizaje, etc.
Tandiram Dos trata de la gloria de Siva, Sus actos divinos, paciencia, etc.
Tandiram Tres se ocupa de Vasi yoga. (para notar que esto es diferente del Ashtanga yoga de Patanjali a pesar de que ambos eran contemporáneos)
Tandiram Cuatro se ocupa de los chakras, etc.
Tandiram cinco se ocupa de las diversas ramas de Saivam y los cuatro caminos de Saiva siddantam.
Tandiram seis se ocupa de la relación Gurú-discípulo, acciones, etc.
Tandiram siete tratos con la adoración de Siva linga, la grandeza de los hombres santos, rituales, etc.
Tandiram ocho se ocupa de los diferentes niveles de experiencias del alma
Tandiram nueve trata de santo ‘namasivaya’ mandiram, Siva’s danza cósmica, el estado de samadhi etc.
Es el magnum opus de los Saiva Agamas que son la parte de la tradición Saiva Siddhantham. Si los Vedas son la leche, entonces Tirumandiram es la leche condensada endulzada.
Tirumoolar nos ha dado la sabiduría divina que recibió del Señor Nandi (Guardián del Monte. Kailash donde residen Siva y Parvati) para el beneficio de toda la humanidad. Sekkizhar (uno de los 63 nayanmars – Santos tamizh Saivaite) dice que el veneno del nacimiento se ha filtrado en todos los seres vivos y para eliminar eso, la guirnalda sagrada de los mandirams ha sido escrita por Tirumoolar.
Cómo se encontró
El rey Raja Raja Chola 1 (985-1013 CE) había oído algunos versos del Tevaram (partes4,5 y 6 de los Tirumurai) y encargó a un sacerdote, NambiAndar Nambi que averiguara la fuente. NambiAndar Nambi encontró los manuscritos de hojas de palma medio comidos en una cámara en el Templo Thillai Nataraja, pero los sacerdotes del templo se opusieron a su remoción. Dijeron que los manuscritos sólo serán retirados por los venerados santos que vivieron hace muchos siglos. El rey Raja Raja Chola 1 consagró entonces las estatuas de los santos y las llevó en procesión al templo finalmente pudo recuperar los manuscritos. NambiAndar Nambi los organizó en una colección que llegó a ser llamada como Tirumurai. (A Colección de 12 volúmenes de himnos sagrados de tamizh Saiva siddantam)
Historia de Tirumoolar
Tirumoolar, cuyo nombre real era Sundaranathar, uno de los 8 sabios que recibieron la sabiduría divina directamente del Señor Nandi. Mientras bajaba del Monte Kailash para visitar al sabio Agasthiyar que vivía en las colinas de Podhigai en el sur, se dice que visitó varios lugares sagrados de la India. Además, es uno de los pocos santos que han visto la danza cósmica de Siva en la forma de Nataraja en Thillai (Chidambaram en sánscrito, un lugar en tamil nadu).. Tirumoolar entonces llega a Thiruavaduthurai (unlugar en South India) que era un pequeño remolco desconocidon. Moolan era un pastor de vacas que habíad muerto, y las vacas estaban dando vueltas y lamiéndolo tratando de despertarlo.. Tirumoolar transmuta en su cuerpo al ver la tristeza de las vacas y luego guiars a las vacas a su casas. Vuelve para descubrir que su cuerpo original ha desaparecido misteriosamente y entiende que es uno de los actos de Siva.’s acts. Tirumoolar luego escribe Tirumandiram del cuerpo de Moolan y de ahí el nombre Tirumoolar. Escribió una ronda de 3000 versos, uno cada año.
Es uno de los 18 venerados Siddar. Es uno de los Gurus del linaje Nandinatha que ahora se basa en la isla de Kauai en los Estados Unidos de América. Tirumoolar alcanzó la conciencia de Siva en el Templo Thillai Nataraja.
Los conceptos básicos
Pasu – Pati- Paasam
Pasu significa almas y se utiliza para referirse a todos los animales, incluidos los humanos.
Lord Siva es el Pati.
Paasam es el vínculo que une el alma al transitorio y lo oculta de darse cuenta de Siva.
Paasam tiene tres impurezas
Anava – Ego
Kanma – Karma
Maya – Matriz primordial
Ego
El ego es el “yo” que se piensa a sí mismo y lo sabe todo.
Karma
El resultado de acciones pasadas que deben ser equilibradas en esta vida o en la próxima vida dependiendo del equilibrio kármico acumulado.
Maya
La Matriz primordial por la cual el alma experimenta y entiende la naturaleza transitoria de esta vida.
Existencia de Dios y vida
¿Existe Dios o no ha sido debatido por diversas religiones y algunos han llegado a la conclusión de que la vida es una amalgama de los elementos y que no hay alma, que Dios no existe, y que la acumulación de riqueza y disfrute de los placeres son la única meta de la vida? Hay quienes aceptan no sólo lo anterior, sino que también creen en las almas.. Entoncesaquí están aquellos que no sólo creen en el mundo y en las almas, sino también en Dios. Así es como se pueden clasificar las creencias.
Aquellos que dicen que el mundo existe, pero Dios no, no pueden ver a Dios. Aquellos que dicen que tanto el mundo como Dios existe tampoco pueden ver a Dios. Sólo aquellos que dicen que el mundo no existe, pero Dios sí, pueden verlo. Esto ha sido hermoso en Tirumandiram.
Comprender a Dios
Los agamas exponen la relación entre Siva y el alma. ¿Por qué esta alma es incapaz de darse cuenta de Siva? Con la conciencia pura, debemos aceptar que we creemos en Dios porque se nos ha dicho desde una edad temprana que Dios te pinchará los ojos si dices o haces algo malo. Por lo tanto, la impresión se ha formado en nuestra mente de que Dios es alguien que va por ahí con un palo para pinchar los ojos cuando hacemos o decimos algo malo. Y esto ha instalado un temor de Dios como alguien que nos castiga.
Pero no está en Dios castigar a nadie porque no sabe cómo hacerlo. Un pastel no sabe cómo ser agrio. Si sabe agrio, entonces la culpa recae en la lengua y no en el pastel.. Entonces, si alguien dice que sabe agrio, entonces esa persona tiene algún problema.
Dios es el que tiene un corazón benevolente y no sabe castigar ni condenar. Entonces surge la pregunta: ¿por qué sufrimos?
Sobre la cuestión del sufrimiento
¿Por qué sufrimos? ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre Saivam y Buddhism / Jainism? El budismo dice que el sufrimiento proviene del deseo. Es un buen conocimiento que ya ha sido expuesto en «Tirukural» por Thiruvalluvar.
Cualquier persona que proponga una solución sin analizar o comprender la causa raíz debe ser cuestionada. Si usted va a un médico con dolor de cabeza y si inmediatamente comienza a escribir una receta para su dolor de cabeza, su título necesita ser verificado. Un médico debe analizar las razones del dolorde cabeza antes de prescribir la medicinacorrecta. Cualquier dolencia tiene una causa intermedia y la causa raíz. La fiebre no es una enfermedad, sino un síntoma de una enfermedad. Este principio del análisis de la causa raíz se aplica en muchos dominios y es la raíz de la filosofía Saivam. Por lo tanto, el deseo es un síntoma intermedio y la causa raíz es ignorancia.
De la ignorancia proviene el deseo y del deseo viene el sufrimiento.
Una religión basada en los primeros principios
Saivam dice que uno debe eliminar la causa raíz que es la ignorancia en lugar de centrarse sólo en la causa intermedia que es el deseo. Otras religiones hablan de causas intermedias, mientras que Saivam habla de la causa raíz porque su Líder es el Supremo, el Ser principal y El Único Dios. Todas las religiones y sus creencias en algún momento encaja en Saivam como su subconjunto. Esto no es para sostener, justificar o publicitar simplemente porque caemos en el redil de Saivam, sino simplemente porque es la Verdad Suprema.
Saivam es la única religión que habla de Dios y de las almas conectadas al exponer los 36 tatuvams (Principios). Vainavam (Vaishnavam in Sanskrit) es el siguiente que expone 25 principios. De hecho, hay diferencias en Saivam sobre cómo realizar a Dios. Saivam difiere en la perspectiva, así como explica el concepto de El primer principio. Ninguna otra religión ni tiene esa perspectiva ni tal explicación. no basta con decir esto, sino que hay que demostrar lo mismo. El apoyo más fuerte proviene de nuestros thothirams(alabanzas) y sathirams(ciencia). La belleza de Tirumandiram proviene del hecho de que la alabanza a Dios y a la ciencia se entrelazan como una sola escritura. Su importancia no puede explicarse en una sola sesión o incluso en un solo año escolar. Sólo cuando uno experimenta continuamente su néctar comprende su profunda profundidad, la dicha de Siva y su realización definitiva de Siva.
Saivam es una religión científica que fomenta la investigación, mientras que otras religiones después de cierto punto dicen que es un insulto o un sacrilegio cuestionar a Dios.
La riqueza ilimitada que es Saivam
Saivam es llamado rey de las religiones porque tiene respuestas a todas las preguntas. Single libro y otras religiones están creando un alboroto con un solo libro. Pregúntales cualquier cosa, la respuesta es señalar a ese solo libro. Se centran en dar respuestas como darle un pez a un hombre hambriento. Lo que Saivam hace queenseña a un hombre a pescar para que nunca vuelva a pasar hambre. Y lo hace utilizando toda una biblioteca a su disposición. El problema, sin embargo, es queno aprenderá a pescar porque es más fácil cuando se le da un pez aldía. Pero el punto principal es que simplemente no sabemos la existencia de la biblioteca.
Es comprensible cuando es uno es pobre debido a varias circunstancias, pero es inimaginable cuando uno tiene tanta riqueza, pero no sabe de su existencia.
Realización de Siva en 4 pasos
Tirumandiram menciona el camino en el que el alma puede realizar Siva en 4 pasos. Explicación de estos 4 pasos, sus rasgos, cómo el alma debe subir y alcanzar cada paso se enumeran en Tirumandiram.
Sariyai (meditación), Kriyai (ritos sagrados), Gnanam (sabiduría) y yogam (unión) son los cuatro pasos.
El alma está lista para la dicha y Siva está lista para dar lo mismo, pero hay algo en el medio que bloquea esta transferencia. Tirumandiram muestra cómo eliminar lo que está bloqueando esta transferencia. Esto no se puede quitar de una sola vez, pero toma medidas. El objetivo del alma es superar este obstáculo y alcanzar la unión definitiva con The One. El alma tiene el derecho, la capacidad y la capacidad de alcanzar lo mismo.
No se puede descomponer esa barrera de una sola vez se necesitan los 4 pasos para atravesar esas barreras.
El concepto de’Urai’o prefacio
La primera canción en Tirumandiram es en alabanza a Dios. Esta canción se llama payiram(prefacio/prólogo) y esto precede a los 9 Tandirams.. Es importante que el autor explique los conceptos básicos en el prefacio, ya que muestra la comprensión y el dominio del lenguaje a los autores. Cuando se le preguntó a George Bernard Shaw por qué escribió el prólogo, explicó que el eword wcomo paralos usuarios técnicos y el resto era para otros. Tél paraeword es como una gota dew en una hoja de hierba porque se ve pequeño desde lejos, pero cuando uno mira más cerca el mundo entero está dentro.
Sobre la gracia de Siva
Mucha gente tiene miedo de venir a los templos de Sivan porque sienten que Él nos dará gracia. Como si Grace fuera fácilmente alcanzable y simplemente lo está repartiendo como dulces en Halloween. Vamosa él por la riqueza, pero no por la gracia. Supongamos que una reunión está escuchando un discurso de oradores de renombre y Siva se acerca y pregunta ¿quién quiere la gracia? La mayoría de la voluntad dirá que tenemos trabajo en casa u otras excusas cojas y señala al orador en el escenario diciendo que él era el que hablaba de gracia, así que deberías llevarlo primero. terminaremos nuestros trabajos en casa y volveremos más tarde.
¿Cuál es la diferencia entre nos y Gnanis (santa)? WIr a los templos para pedir más, pero vienen a dar gracias a Dios por todo lo que ha dado.
Dios no repartirá la gracia tan fácilmente simplemente porque da eso lo que es útil para ti y para mí y no lo que es inútil en el nivel actual deconciencia. Dar gracia a nosotros es como dar una pluma bañada en oro paraun niño.. El niño no sabrá su valor.
Tirodanam – Poder de ocultación
¿Qué es tirodanam?? ¿Por qué lo necesitamos? En nuestra vida cotidiana estamos inmersos por nuestros problemas y es normal que vayamos a Dios pidiendo oluciones a nuestros problemas temporales.. s ¿nos da lo que le pedimos? Sí. Puede que no lo dé inmediatamente simplemente porque usted no está listo para lo.
Cuando Appar (Uno de los 63 santos llamados nayanmars) pidió la liberación, Siva le pidió que viniera a Tirunallur (un lugar en tamil nadu). Appar estaba consternado y su primer verso muestra que estaba superado por el dolor de estar separado de Siva.. Cuando llegó al lugar, Siva lo estaba esperando allí y le dio liberación. Entonces Unppar canta el segundo versículo donde entiende que no estaba listo para recibir la adivinación de Siva antes. Siva siendo benevolencia misma, había eliminado todos los obstáculos del camino de Appar antes de llegar a Tirunallur para que la copa de Appar estuviera vacía para recibir la gracia de su Señor.
Lo que sea que pidas, bueno o malo, He te lo dará. ¿Quéte advirtió? No. Dar lo que pides mientras ocultas su impacto se llama Tirodanam (el poder de la ocultación). Dar sin ocultar el impacto se llama ‘tiru-arul'(Realización). Nuestro nivel de conciencia es tal que todavía lo culpamos incluso cuando da lo que pedimos.
Kanma malam – Karma
Así como una carta enviada por uno a sí mismo, llega a él sin falta, los frutos de nuestras acciones volverán a nosotros con certeza. Todas estas acciones pasadas y presentes(positivas y negativas) son cartas que nos hemos enviado a nosotros mismos. Simplemente no recordamos cuando los enviamos.
El Dio se asegura de que la carta llegue a la persona correcta. Aquí es importante notar que.todas nuestras acciones acumulan Karma incluso en la vida actual. Así como las malas acciones resultan en el débito de la cuenta kármica, las buenas acciones aumentan el equilibrio kármico. Mientras tu cuenta de karmic no sea cero, habrá un ciclo continuo de nacimiento y muerte. ¿Cómo se logra esto? Discutiremos esto en los próximos posts.
Escuché una historia divertida sobre un hotel con una tabla que mostraba el mensaje «En nuestro hotel, puedes comer lo que quieras, y no se te facturará. billed Recibiremos el pago de sus generaciones futuras. » Un tipo entró y se llenó. Y mientras estaba a punto de irse, el camarero vino y puso una factura en su mesa.
Este tipo estaba lívido y dijo: “¿Hasescrito fuera que se le cobrará amis generaciones futuras, pero ahora me estás pidiendo que pague? “
El camarero respondió: “Señor, esta factura es su abuelo.”
Relación entre el Gurú y el Maya y el karma
Maya y el karma nos han sido dados por Dios y el ego es la impureza a la que nos estamos aferrando. Los mayas deben ser removidos por nuestras propias acciones y Dios no interferirá. Nos ha dado los cinco sentidos y este cuerpo para que podamos experimentar el mundo y entender su transience. Nuestro conocimiento y comprensión tiene tres defectos. sólo entendemos a través delas naciones expla,, a través de las diferencias y a través de las experiencias. differences Una vez que hayamos logrado eliminar la maya, Dios eliminará el karma y el ego.
¿Por qué Dios no quita mi Karma y mi ego?
Mientras tengamos deseos y deseos, renaceremos. ¿Qué sentido tiene llevar a alguien a un restaurante si no le gusta comer? Del mismo modo, cuando uno no tiene más deseos y desea cuál es el punto de renacimiento para él.. Elsuyo es donde Dios interviene para sacarlo del ciclo de nacimiento y muerte.
Así que esto explica el hecho de que mientras tengas deseos y deseos que no sea útil en Dios quitando tu Karma porque todavía estarás bajo la ilusión de Maya y seguirás haciendo uncts que se suman a tu karma. Pero no es necesario borrar su cuenta kármica para ir al siguiente nivel. suyo es donde un gurú entra.
Así como un pequeño fósforo puede incendiar unbosque, la gracia de un gurú puede vaciar su cuenta kármica.
Un gurú no es alguien a quien buscas, sino alguien que aparece cuando estás listo. A pesar de que el mar es enorme, uno no puede beber de él.. Pero un néctar es una gota en comparación con el océano, pero su dulzura está fuera de toda medida.
Entonces, ¿cómo se sabe si uno está listo para un Gurú o no? ¿Alguienen el exterior recomienda a un gurú? No, no. Sólo elque se sienta en tu corazón sabe cuándo ha madurado el fruto. Puedes mentira a los demás, pero cuando te mientes a ti mismo, El dentro de ti sonríe sarcásticamente.
Cuando el alumno está listo, aparece el profesor.
Por qué Dios debe bajar a nuestro nivel para ayudarnos
Tomemos un ejemplo de una persona que vive en el tercer o cuarto piso de una casa y un mendigo llega a su puerta. la persona no tirará sus llaves y le pediráa la beggaa rque suba a su casa. Más bien bajará a la planta baja para encontrarse con el mendigo y ayudarlo. Del mismo modo, Dios en su compasión baja a nuestro nivel porque podemos beneficiarnos de El sólo cuando He está a nuestro nivel.
La especialidad de Saivam es que hay dos tipos de gracia que no se encuentran en ninguna otra religión. Hay otra especialidad, pero hablaremos de ello más tarde. Otras religiones hablan de la salvación como la única gracia, mientras que Saivam habla no sólo de la realización, sino también de la muerte como una gracia. Ninguna otra religión habla de esto ni sabe de esto. Esto se llama ‘tirodanam’ Sakti o poder de ocultación.
