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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Upakarma

Upakarma is performed to re-purifying & Re-energizing the Poonal. The three threads stand for Lord Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Mukti Samadhi Moksha


Vyaghrapada
Vyaghrapada was the first to arrive in Tillai-Chidambaram. He was the son of the Muni Madhyandina. When his father asked him his greatest wish, his son asked him to tell him which tapas would free him from the effects of cause and effect and from rebirth and would give him complete happiness. Madhyandina instructs his son to go the Tillai forest as this is the only place among all the worlds that has the stability/strength to be the stage for Shiva’s Cosmic Dance.

Madhyandinas son travels across all of India to find the Tillai forest. This is a forest of mangrove trees, and must have been near the coast in those days. Once he arrived there he found a sacred lake full lotuses called Shivaganga. And a self-existing Linga on its southern bank at the place called Mulasthana, the Place of the Root. Madhyandina’s son settles in the forest and builds himself a hut nearby. He spends his days worshipping this Linga as Shiva’s abstract form.

After sincerely practicing his tapas for a while he became desperate that he was never early enough to gather flowers that had not been touched by bees or insects. After crying for help Shiva appeared to him and gave him the tiger feet and hands. With eyes in his hands and feet also in order to see clearly and find his way in the dark.

Vyaghrapada is depicted as a human being with tiger’s legs and hands. In his hands and feet eyes are shown.



Patanjali
Patanjali was the incarnation of Adi Shesha, Vishnu’s resting place or vehicle. Vishnu’s recounting of seeing and experiencing Shiva’s Ananda Tandava in the Daruvana forest Adi Shesha begged his Lord’s permission to go and see the Cosmic dance for himself. After performing strenuous tapas Shiva gave him the boon of being born a son to the sage Atri and his wife Anasuya . She dropped him from shock as he appeared in his half snake form in her hands. From there came his name Pata-anjali, Patanjali, Fallen from Folded Hands.

As Adhishesha was the King of Snakes Patanjali proceeded towards Tillai-Chidambaram through Patala, the Underworld. This is the world of the nagas or cobras. As he reached the sacred forest of Tillai-Chidambaram he was met by Vyaghrapada. Vyaghrapada, the Tiger Footed saint, shows Patanjali around. Lets him take his bath in the Shivaganga pond and directs Patanjali to offer his worship at the Mulasthana Linga. Patanjali also builds himself a small hut and erects a Linga to for his personal worship on the East bank of the lotus pond.

Patanjali has the lower body of a cobra and sometimes also a five-headed cobra as a hood behind his torso.

Together Vyaghrapada and Patanjali await the day Shiva will arrive to perform his Cosmic Dance, the Ananda Tandava, Dance of Bliss in Tillai-Chidambaram. While waiting they are joined by 3000 Munis. Although they had to wait long, they never slackened in their devotion.

Eventually their patience is rewarded. On the appointed day, in the Tamil month of Tai, on midday, on a Thursday, with the full moon in the lunar mansion Pushan, 





Shiva arrives in full glory and performs his Ananda Tandava in the Chit Sabha.  After witnessing the cosmic dance and doctrine from Lord Shiva 

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Patanjali and Vyaghrapada under guidance of Shiva traveled to all the nine temples of Lord Shiva 


in above order beginning from Chidambaram to Perumpuliyur to attain Mukti




before attaining self-Samadhi at Thiruppattur




followed by moksha at Srirangam 

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Self

 Yadu asked an Ava-dhûta how he could get that clear spiritual vision, by which he was able to give up all attachments, and roam like a child in perfect bliss.

The Ava-dhûta replied: —

I have many Gurus, O king — Earth, Air, Âkâsa, Water, Fire, the Moon, the Sun, the pigeon, the huge serpents, the ocean, the insect, the bee, the elephant, the collector of honey, the deer, the fish, Pingalâ, the osprey, the child, the maid, the maker of arrows, the serpent, the spider and the wasp. These are my twenty four Gurus.

Though oppressed by the elements, the Earth does not deviate from her path, as she knows that they are only guided by the divine law. This forbearance I have learned from the Earth. I have learned from the mountain (which is a part of the Earth) that all our desires should be for the good of others and that our very existence is for others and not for self. I have learned entire subordination to other's interests from the trees (also part of the Earth).

I have learned from the vital air, that one should be content only with such things as keep up the life and should not care about the objects of the senses. (The sage should keep up his life so that his mind be not put out of order and his mental acquisitions lost; but at the same time he should not be attached to the objects of the senses, so that his speech and mind be not disturbed.)

Though placed in the midst of the objects with different attributes, the Yogi should not be attached to them. This I have learned from the outside air. The soul enters the body and the bodily attributes seem its own, but it is not so. The air is charged with smell, but the smell is no attribute of air.

Âtmâ is all pervading and it is not affected by the body and bodily attributes. This I have learned from Akâsa which, though all pervading, seems to be conditioned by clouds and other objects.

Transparency, agreeability and sweetness, I have learned from water. The sage purifies others like water.

Powerful in knowledge and glowing with asceticism, the sage receiving all things does not take their impurities even as fire.

Fire eats the sacrificial ghee when offered to it and consumes the sins of the offerer. The sage eats the food offered to him by others but he burns up their past and future impurities.

Fire is one though it enters fuels of various sorts.

One Âtmâ pervades all beings, however different they may appear by the action of Avidyâ.

Birth, death, and other affections are states of the body, not of Âtmâ. The moon looks full, diminished and gone, though it is the same in all these states.

The sun draws water by its rays and gives it all away in time. The sage takes in order to give, and not in order to add to his own possessions.

The sun reflected on different surfaces appears to the ignorant as many and various. The Âtmâ in different bodies, even appears as such.

Too much attachment is bad. This I have learned from a pair of pigeons. They lived in a forest. One day they left their young ones in the nest and went about in search of food for them. When they returned they found the young ones netted by a hunter. The mother had too much affection for the young ones. She fell into the net of her own accord. The father also followed suit and the hunter was pleased to have them all without any exertion of his own.

The huge Ajagara serpent remains where he is and is content with whatever food comes to him.

The sage is calm and deep, not to be fathomed or measured. He is limitless (as the unconditioned self is manifested in him). He is not to be disturbed even like the tranquil ocean. The ocean may receive volumes of water from the rivers at times or may receive no water at other times. But it remains the same, even as the sage at all times.

He who is tempted by woman is destroyed like an insect falling into fire.

The bee takes a little from every flower. The Sanyâsî should take only a little from each Grihasthâ, so that the Grihasthâ may not suffer.

The bee extracts honey from all flowers big or small. The Sage should extract wisdom from all Sâstras big or small. Do not store anything for the evening or for the morrow. Have only so much for your bhikshâ (alms given to a Sanyâsî) as may suffice for one meal. The bee is killed for his storing.

The Bhikshu shall not touch a woman though made of wood, even with his feet. The elephant is shewn a female and is drawn into a trap. The woman is the death of the sage. He should never approach her. The elephant seeking a female is killed by stronger elephants.

The miser neither gives nor enjoys his riches. What ever he collects with difficulty is carried away by some one else. The collector of honey carries away the honey collected by others. He does not make it by his own effort. The Sanyâsî without any effort of his own gets food from the Grihasthâs, as it is their duty to feed him.

Do not hear vulgar songs. The deer is attracted by songs and is entrapped.

The love of taste is to be conquered above all, for it is most difficult to conquer. When the sense of taste is controlled, all other senses are controlled. The fish is killed when tempted by the bait.

Pinglâ, a courtesan of Videha waited the whole day for some lover who might come and make presents to her, with breathless expectation. The night approached and she grew restless She then thought within herself: — "For what a trifle, am I so uneasy. Why not seek Íshvara, the eternal giver of all pleasures and all desires." She gave up all hopes and expectations that troubled her ere long and became happy. She had good sleep in the night. It is hope that gives us trouble. Without hope we are happy.

When the bird kurara (osprey) gets some flesh to eat, the stronger birds kill him. He is happy when he renounces the flesh. Renunciation of dear objects is good for the sage.

The child has no sense of honor or dis-honor. It has not the thoughts of a man of the world. It is self content and it plays with self. I roam about like the child. The child is however ignorant, but the sage crosses the limits of the Gunas.

Some people came to select a bride. The maid was alone in the house. She received the men who came. She went to a solilary place to beat off the impurities of the rice for their meal. She had shell-made bracelets on her wrists. These made a great noise. She felt disgust and broke the bracelets one by one, till only one remained on each hand. When there are two or more at one place, they cause a jarring sound, and they quarrel. I have therefore earned solitariness from the maid.

I have learned concentration of mind from the maker of arrows.

The serpent has no home. It roams in solitude. So do I.

Nârâyana draws in the whole creation at the end of the Kalpa and becomes one, the resort of all.

By Kâla Śakti, the thread, Mahat, first comes out and the universe is again brought into manifestation. The spider brings the thread out of himself, spreads out the web and devours it himself.

(There is a kind of wasp, which catches a particular insect and carries it into a hole. It is supposed that the insect assumes the form of the wasp through fear.) When either through affection, hatred, or fear, a man throws his whole heart upon some object and the mind holds it fast, he attains the form of that object. I have learned this from the wasp.

Thus I have learned from my Gurus, My own body is also my Guru. I have learned from it dispassion and discrimination. The body is born only to die. Constant misery is its lot. I know the truths, by a discriminative study of the body. Still I regard it as not mine and so I feel no attachment for it (The body belongs to the dogs and jackals who devour it after death. Śridhara.)

What does not a man do for the enjoyment of the body — but it comes to an end after all, having created the germs of another body.

The possessor of the body is now drawn away by this sense, now by that sense, now by this action now by that action. The senses suck his very life blood, even as the many wives of one husband.

The Lord created vegetable and animal bodies. But he was not satisfied with them. For the human body only has the power to perceive Brahmân.

Therefore after many births, when the human body is once attained, one should strive promptly for his supreme bliss.

Yadu heard these words of wisdom, and he gave up all attachments.


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Saturday, June 17, 2023

Kashyapa

Kashyapa avatar of  Brahma cursed

  1. Vishnu as Narasimha who liberated Hiranyakshipu the Son of Diti and Kashyapa to be consumed by Nigas
  2. Shiva who killed and later revived Sun the Son of ADiti and Kashyapa to killed and later revive Ganesha

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Monday, February 6, 2023

Astra

Astra
Deity
Effect
Bhargavastra
Lord Vishnu
Parashurama (an avatara of Lord Vishnu) gave this astra to Karna. It caused great damage to Pandavas army. This astra possesses Parashurama's skill in archery. Infallible. It brings a shower of much more powerful weapons than the Indrastra and could cause total destruction of a planet if not retracted
Mohini
Dispel any form of maya or sorcery in the vicinity.
Brahma, the Creator
Would destroy entire hosts at once. Could also counter most other astras. Mythical equivalent( that some believe to be real and even in this modern age, Attainable).[1] of modern biological missiles to the modern nuclear weapon.
Brahma, the Creator
Capable of killing devas. Was used by Ashwatthama on Parikshit. It is thought that the Brahmashira is the evolution of the Brahmastra, 4 times stronger than Brahmastra.
Brahma, the Creator
A defensive weapon . Capable of repelling the Brahmastra. Used by Vashishtaagainst Vishwamitra.
Vishnu, the Preserver
Would create showers of arrows and discs. The astra's power would increase with the resistance offered to it. This weapon had to be obtained from Vishnu directly, and could be used only once. If the user were to attempt invoking it a second time, it would rebound on him, and possibly, his troops.
Vishnu, the Preserver
Would destroy target completely, irrespective of target's nature. Infallible. This weapon had to be obtained from Vishnu directly.
Vishnu, the Preserver
Divine mace of Vishnu. Would destroy whole armies. Infallible and without parallel. Lord Krishna slayed Demon Dantavakra with it.
Vishnu, the Preserver
The legendary discus of Lord Vishnu,infallible . Flies at the command of only Lord Vishnu. Cannot be stopped by anyone, except Lord Vishnu himself.It is considered to be the most powerful of all weapons. [2] When it pursued sage Durvasa, even Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva failed to stop it. It was used prominently by Krishna in the Mahabharata.
Vishnu, the Preserver
The bow of Lord Vishnu, also called as Vaishnav Dhanush. Was given by Vishnu to Parshuram, by Lord Vishnu.
Vishnu, the Preserver
The sacred sword of Vishnu. It had a blade which was indestructible. Was used by Lord Krishna to kill countless demons.
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The Trident of Lord Shiva. infallible. Said to be the one of the most powerful weapons. The head of Ganesha and Lord Brahma were severed by Lord Shiva using the Trishul.
Shiva,the Destroyer
Also called as Shiva Dhanush, was the bow of Lord Shiva, which he used to kill countless Asuras in battle (The city of Tripura was destroyed by Lord Shiva using the Pinaka). Was given to Parshuram By Lord Shiva, which was passed down to King Janaka, the father of Devi Sita, and was broken by Lord Ram in her swayamvara.
Maheshwarastra
Shiva, the Destroyer
Contains the power of Shiva's third eye. Shoots a really fast fiery beam which can turn even celestial beings to complete ashes. Infallible, though can be nullified only by any Astra of Lord Shiva and by an Astra of Lord Vishnu.
Shiva, the Destroyer
Would destroy target completely, irrespective of target's nature. When released, the weapon summons several monsters and a huge spirit which personifies the weapon. Sometimes it can cause a catastrophic explosion similar to a hydrogen bomb. Each time the weapon is summoned, its head is never the same This weapon had to be obtained from Shiva directly. Infallible, though can be nullified only by any other Astra of Lord Shiva or by an Astra of Lord Vishnu.
  1. Released from Hand
  2. Not Released from Hand



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