JNANA VASISHTA or YOGA VASISHTA
The Holy Sage Brahmarishi Vasishta the ‘Kula
Guru’ or the Spiritual-Master of the entire Ishwaku dynasty also known as the
‘Raghu Vamsa’ gave his Upadesa (Spiritual-initiation) to Lord Rama at this
exalted revered Holy place known as ‘Thittakudi’ and known as ‘Thiru
Vathittakudi’ in the ancient past after the Sage who in Tamil is known as
‘Vatthitar’. (like the Sage Agasthya in Tamil is known as ‘Agatthiyar’).
The young prince Lord Rama was greatly distressed and perturbed
after seeing much sorrow and suffering in the land and the Sage Vasishta
initiated him with deep insights in ‘Advaita tattva’ which is the
Oneness of God and there being nothing in existence apart from God. The
Yoga Vasishta has 32,000 slokas in 64,000 lines and one very
significant sloka tells that like the agitated waters of a pond reflect a
multitude forms of the moon, in a similar manner the One God is seen in
multitude forms when the mind is agitated.
The exalted Sage Vasishta
explains in detail the various techniques and nuances of Ashtanga-Yoga
(eight limbs of Yoga) and when Lord Rama hears that it is possible to
transcend space and time and attain immortality and to remain young
as long as one wishes known as ‘Saha kalai’ in Tamil and to welcome
death at the time one desires known as ‘iccha mrityu’ in Sanskrit, Lord
Rama asks how is this possible and whether he had met such a person. The Sage
Vasishta says: “ Yes! I have met such a person. He is known as ‘Kagabhujenda’
(Kagabhujendar in Tamil). He is said to be in the form of a ‘Andamkaka’
or a black-raven or crow, but it actually means he is the “one who
protects the universe”, ‘andam’ – universe; ‘kaka’ – protects. He lives
in a cave north-east of the Kailash mountain. He welcomed me in all his
youthfull,glorious golden radiant-form. He has witnessed 7500 ‘Pralayas’
or global-level destructions which take place at the end of every ‘Kalpa’
(eon) which is a period of 4.32 billion years being a day-time for the Creator
Lord Brahma. When I asked him how was it possible for him to live for such
a long period of time retaining his youthfull-form,he said: “ I live the
present moment to its full,I watch the intervening-gap between the
breathing-pattern of exhalation and inhalation which is eternity and is the
infinite-state of the Lord! “
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THE BENEFITS ATTAINED BY
CONSTRUCTING A SIVA TEMPLE
The
person who gets into the act of constructing a Holy-Temple is absolved of all
his sins acquired over a thousand of his previous births.
Even
if the idea of constructing a Holy-Temple dawns in a person’s mind he would be
absolved of sins acquired over a hundred births and he would be redeemed.
By
building a Holy-Temple for the Lord, a person is absolved of the ‘Brahmaheti’
sin (acquired by killing a Brahmin or a Cow). The gains acquired are even
greater than by performing karmas like performing Yaagas. The merits gained by
bathing in Divine-waters are acquired by building a Holy-Temple. The
Paradise-world attained by war-heroes who fight and expire on battle-fields for
the justice of Devas (Angels) are attained by persons who build
Holy-Temples even if they were not qualified by not having knowledge of the
Vedas and Shastras.
A
person attains the Paradise-world by building a Holy-Temple. By building three
Holy-Temples, he attains the ‘Brahma loka’ ( the realm of Lord Brahma the
Creator). By building five Holy-Temples, he goes to ‘Kailash’, the realm of
Lord Siva. By building eight Holy-Temples, he goes to ‘Vaikuntam’ the realm of
Lord Narayana. By constructing sixteen Holy-Temples the person attains all the
merits that are to be acquired and attains eternal salvation by not having been
to take birth again and acquires Divine-peace.
A
person who builds a big Holy-Temple acquires ‘mukti’ or liberation from the endless
cycle of birth and death. The one who builds an ordinary Temple attains the
Vaikunta loka. The person who builds a small Temple attains the heavenly-world.
There is no limit to the fame to be attained by a
person who constructs a Holy-Temple for Lord Vishnu, Lord Rudra and Lord Surya
(the Sun-God). Any amount of wealth gained by a person who does not satisfy his
dead forefathers, Brahmins, Devas or his near and dear ones would be of no use
to him. At least a part of his wealth earned by him should be utilized to
construct a Holy-Temple.
Just as death is certain,
destruction also is a certainity. The person who constructs a Holy-Temple or
one who had built a Holy-Statue for the Lord is never ever troubled by Lord
Yama (the God of death) and his orders to his messengers is never to convey
such persons to his world. Lord
Yama has further instructed his deputies to never even go near devotees who
constantly think of the Lord, those who constantly sing praises of the Lord and
those who daily perform archanas and offer flowers and perform abishekam
(consecration) to the Lord in Holy-Temples. Yama’s deputies are not to even go
near the off-spring and descendants of persons who had constructed
Holy-Temples! Such is the noble-merits acquired by building Holy-Temples!
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All the exalted Siddhars
(perfected beings) whom we cherish and worship themselves protect,praise and
worship Mother-Nature which is the subtle and powerful form of God and
continuously creates all forms of life. They having realized every aspect of
nature to be an Angelic and Divine-Form of God have organized varied ways to
worship them and taught me those intricate-nuances and mantras (powerful potent
words which help one to be protected as well as gain the blessings and Grace of
the Gods) to appease them. The Siddhars knowing very well that nature is none
other than the ‘Shakthi’ or power of God which permeates all forms of life,from
the ‘lowest’ form of life like the worm, grass, shrubs, birds and beasts to the
‘higher’ form of life like man, have always shown and showered their compassion
on them. The manifestation of this compassion is ‘Dharma’
(righteousness,universal or cosmic-order).
This
compassion alone is the form of worship of the Siddhars. Their ‘Jiva
Karunyam’ or compassion and love towards all forms of life to their full
magnitude manifests in them which results in the rise of the ‘Kundalini
Shakthi’ (the subtle and latent-form of the cosmic-energy that lies coiled
at the ‘muladhara-chakra’ at the base of the spinal-column). This cosmic-force
or energy which is the Power of God awakens the chakras which are whirlpools of
energy and ‘Wisdom-centers’ and let the Siddhars attain the ‘Attama’ or ‘Ashtanga
Siddhis’ which are the eight major supernatural powers as well as realize
all divine-secrets and gain the ‘Kayakalpa’ secrets which allows man to
conquer death and live as a youth as long as he pleases. This is the reason for
the Siddhars to claim ‘Anbe Sivam’ - God to be in the form of love and
compassion. Otherwise they could have claimed God to be in the form of Power or
material-products! Without realizing this, mankind hoardes unlimited amounts of
money,gold and properties without helping the poor and needy. How on earth
would Mother-Nature which is the power of God in any way help or assist
them? It is the foremost duty of every
human being to be of use and help all forms of life and when he shirks his
duty, all sorrows and misries descend on him. The only antidote to eradicate
mankind of his misries is to provide food to the poor and hungry to his
foremost capacity and in accordance to his income. This method is an easy but
powerful one and this alone is the ‘Taraka mantra’ or life’s goal of ‘Annai
Siddhar’ Thiru Rajakumar Swamigal!
”The
Powers of God duly follow the person who possesses love and compassion in his
heart” – Mathaji Radha
To
cross over safely across the treacherous sea that is life that comes in endless
cycles and attain salvation (which according to the Siddhars who are the
‘perfected-beings’ is to attain the state of not being born again) the
simplest and best remedy is to provide free food to at least a hundred
thousand poor and hungry people in one’s lifetime. And further it is
said that with love,kindness and compassion in one’s heart,inducing and
encouraging others to perform dharmam (performing noble charitable-acts
the noblest being feeding the poor and hungry) is the highest form of Dharma
(righteousness,universal-code or law) !
Hence by performing this
meritorious,kind,compassionate and noble act which is feeding the poor and
hungry,the benefits of performing Yogic-meditation,Jnana
(divine-wisdom),Siddhis (divine supernatural-powers gained by attaining
perfection) everything come on their own accord without undue effort.
What did you bring to the earth when you were born? What are you
going to take back after you die? Why these vanities and luxuries? Why are you
bringing worries and sorrows on yourself? Happiness,joy,ecstasy,wonders are all
your hidden-treasures to be unravelled! Discard yourself of your sins and
constantly perform meritorious-acts! Do not go in search of God! Be God! “ Anbe
Sivam” – “God is in the Form of Love”!
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