A Hindu's Gospel... தெய்வத்தின் குரல்.

A Hindu's Gospel 

The problem is every other Religion has its Holy Book to go to. Alas!  Where can a Hindu turn to? 

Is there a dearth? 

No. 

The problem is problem of plenty. 

We have 

Veda

Upanishads 

Bhagavad Gita 

Thirumurai 

Divyaprabandam

Plus Maha Epics 

Ramayana 

Mahabharata 

And etc.,  etc. 

Which one in particular out of above will you single out and say this is my Gospel? 

With all reverence to myriads of all spiritual,  divine literatures all on the Religion Hindu,  Hindu philosophy,  innumerable Deities, I'm afraid even if a Hindu can't turn every single leaf of all Hindu scripts,  texts, surely there always is  தெய்வத்தின் குரல்   -Divine Voice of Maha Periyava. The compilation by Shri Ra. Ganapathy. Wow! His meticulous compiling is superb.  Maha Periyavar's  தெய்வத்தின் குரல் Title is in 7 volumes. His Title has been running into multiple editions. Evidence that people are finding their Gospel. Don't reserve it for your read-list - post retirement. It has everyday life lesson. It's not a page turner. To be taken like you consume honey. You just take a spoonful. A few pages,  a few paragraphs, a few lines. It may take quite long to complete one volume. Don't worry. 

Just having completed reading of volume 2, felt like sharing a few profound lines. About invoking the blessings of Lord Hanuman.  Before that a bit of context. 

Many would have gone to Rameswaram. 

The first you do after settling down is your visit to the sea to have and start your ஸ்னான் bath.   The 22  தீர்த்தம் ஸ்நானம் is after the sea bath only. 

You wouldn't have missed the Sankara Math on the sea front. There has been a small shrine for Lord Hanuman in the entry point to the Math,  with Lord Hanuman facing the ocean. This shrine has been there even before Maha Periyava established the Math in 1963.

Well,

let's move over to the last paragraph in Volume 2 and be showered with Lord Hanuman's blessings :

ஆஞ்சநேய ஸ்வாமியின் தூக்கிய கைக்குக் கட்டுப்பட்டு ஸமுத்ரம் அடங்கி நிற்கிறது. நாம் ஸம்ஸார ஸமுத்ரத்தில் தவிக்கிறவர்கள். நம் மனஸ் அலையடங்காமல் ஓயாமல் அடித்துக் கொண்டேயிருக்கிறது. ஆஞ்சநேய ஸ்வாமிதான் மனோஜயம் பண்ணினவர்; இந்திரியங்களை ஜயித்தவர். “ஜிதேந்த்ரியம் புத்திமதாம் வரிஷ்டம்” என்று சொல்லியிருக்கிறது. தூக்கிய கையோடு அவர் நிற்பதை தரிசனமும், தியானமும் பண்ணினோமானால் அவர் நமக்கு அபயம் தருவதோடு இந்த ஸம்ஸார ஸமுத்ரத்தை, மனஸின் அலை கொந்தளிப்பை அடக்கி ஸெளக்யமும் சாந்தியும் தருவார்.

May God bless. 

The Path to Stillness….

 

The Path to Stillness….

Conscious, deliberate effort is needed

To attain that effortless

State of STILLNESS.

 

-          Bhagavan Shri Ramana Maharshi

-          Day by Day – 11/01/1946

Yes.

 

The way has to be conscious.

Does it mean you have got to push yourself?

No.

No Effort of Herculean sort is required.

 

Gentle shift suffices.

What holds you back from that gentle shift?

 

Maha Periyava reasons it out and attributes the same to the past birth – purva janma.

Those accumulations – purva karma  weigh you down.

How will you undo the past misdeeds?

 

By doing good – punya- deeds in this current birth and eschewing any misdeed now.

How do we do?

 

The God shows the way.

To engage in doing good karma, duty now;

To observe prayer and follow the way of devotion- i.e., the Bhakthi Marga.

 

What is punya karma?

The swadharma, the nature of a bee is to collect honey from flowers.  No other creature can do it. It’s unique to Bees.  The same way, Vedas prescribe a particular way of living to everyone.

 

As Mahatma points out there is everything for one’s need but not for greed.

 

Indulgence in greed steers one away from the path of righteousness and the indulgent one keeps adding to accumulation of hate, sorrow and fear.  Even when one engages in one’s own duty to make his own living, still he has a duty to mind the welfare and good of others as well. The bee does not gather honey and keep all for itself. Neither the river flows for itself nor the Sun rises for itself.   It’s here the volunteering for good public causes, helping others play a vital role.  Such engaging keeps the mind pristine pure and leads one to the God Consciousness.

 

Mere cajoling, commanding one to pray, sing in praise of Lord would not work. That’s why there are rituals, prayers, namas in religions.  Involving in this marga, the Godward journey happens.

 

Once born, all are subject to constraints, struggles, obstacles etc.  Only to feel it, there is a           tradition in Tamil community following Tamil calendar from Chitrai to Panguni that at the      beginning of the new year on first day of Chitrai, the neem flower is cooked and consumed      and on first day of the month Thai, sweet pongal is cooked and consumed along with juicy          sugar     cane. This is to indicate what begins with bitterness would end in sweetness.

Maha Periyava blesses:

 

“May everyone follow one’s dharmic – the righteous way in all fairness and be in eternal bliss”.