By Brahmasri Peruvemba RAMASAMY
INTRODUCTION:
Siddha Vidya was introduced for the first time by His Holiness Swamiji Sivananda Paramahamsa, the divine preceptor of preceptors. He is a native of North Malabar. This Vidya by itself is nothing new and Swamiji vouches that it had been practiced by our old forefathers while doing tapas in the forests and mountains of our blessed Motherland. By the passing away of those divine Rishis and Munis of old the Vidya had perhaps been gradually forgotten or mispractised in some form or other. The blessed Guru, Swamiji Sivananda Paramahamsa, the Founder of Siddha samaj, who discovered the shortest and easiest way to self-realization, Kaivalya, Nirvikalpa Samadhi or moksha, has traveled all through India from Cape Comorin to Afghanistan, through forests and mountains, where, even at the present day, Rishis and Munis and other sadhus still do tapas. He has by constant practice experienced himself what all has been said in his philosophical book called “SIDDHA VEDAM”.
As the old saying goes, the more we advance towards Self-realization the less selfish we become. Having himself enjoyed the Supreme Bliss through his own efforts, our Swamiji wanted to promote and benefit the worldly people. Through his teachings he shows to the public where the Lords of Lords “DAKSHINA MURTHY” have his place of abode in us and also the easiest way to have a Darsan (Vision) of Him.
He makes no distinction of sex, caste or creed for his teachings to be followed and in order that the world may take advantage of his teachings and instructions he wrote a book called “SIDDHA VEDAM” in the year 1922 naming his vedam as the 5th vedam of the universe.
Swamiji established 5 asramams in South India, Four Kerala (Badagara, Kayanna, Iyyoor and Mannurkara in Trivandrum) and one in Tamilnadu (Athur, Salem Dist).
The Swamiji has a large number of followers who are scattered here and there throughout the whole of India, may even out of India. These followers are not eager to bring the general public within their fold; but to such of those who have full confidence in the above vidya and if they think that they would be disciples are quite sincere and worthy enough, the divine vidya is then unfolded to them. Until such time as those anxious volunteer themselves, the followers of the Swamiji are not eager to add to their number. They are not for a moment eager for any preceptor ship for themselves, because in their own vedam it is said that there is no such thing as preceptorship. Preceptorship, in this thesis, only aids one to gain an easy idea over this psychic theory and therefore exists only in name. It should be clearly understood that one’s own mind or rather conscience is considered as the real Guru. So far for the introduction, Now coming to the subject, the followings are in a utshell a few features of the blessed vedam.
“I” submerged in “Brahman”:
By the word Brahman we have to acknowledge some thing unknowable and unperceivable “(like a barren woman’s child)”. People of different sects and creeds fight against one another for the scriptures and their deities’ i.e. God, khoda, Brahma, Hari and Hara and so on and so forth. But the whole of mankind may even the beasts and birds do not doubt about the existence of self and feel “I exist”. If there be any disputant to deny his existence by declaring “I do not exist”, his own conception of negation and the term he uses to prove that negation clearly establish the existence of his self. If there is any undoubted and undisputed truth common to all living entities in this Universe, which does not require any proof to demonstration, it is the conception “I exist” which innate in all.
“God” in us: The existence of “GOD” is a universally acknowledged fact. He is everywhere; but he has neither name nor form. Because He is present everywhere, He is in us too.
Just as a corpse cannot either see, hear, or know anything due to the absence of a Divine Power in it, in the same way we will not be conscious of anything unless we have the same divine power present in us. Even the present state of affairs we won’t have. It is because of the Divine Power in us that we are able to see, hear and know things. And as such, we ought to realize that it is the Divine Power otherwise God in us who is conscious of each and everything. Thus “I” the self is the God in all of us. (“I” means the little self, the ego. But “I” denotes the absolute self, the state of selfless)
Now a question arises. Where is this God or Divine Power in us? He rests in the center between the two eyebrows where our three important veins viz Ida, Pingala and Sushumna have their meeting place.
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INTRODUCTION:
Siddha Vidya was introduced for the first time by His Holiness Swamiji Sivananda Paramahamsa, the divine preceptor of preceptors. He is a native of North Malabar. This Vidya by itself is nothing new and Swamiji vouches that it had been practiced by our old forefathers while doing tapas in the forests and mountains of our blessed Motherland. By the passing away of those divine Rishis and Munis of old the Vidya had perhaps been gradually forgotten or mispractised in some form or other. The blessed Guru, Swamiji Sivananda Paramahamsa, the Founder of Siddha samaj, who discovered the shortest and easiest way to self-realization, Kaivalya, Nirvikalpa Samadhi or moksha, has traveled all through India from Cape Comorin to Afghanistan, through forests and mountains, where, even at the present day, Rishis and Munis and other sadhus still do tapas. He has by constant practice experienced himself what all has been said in his philosophical book called “SIDDHA VEDAM”.
As the old saying goes, the more we advance towards Self-realization the less selfish we become. Having himself enjoyed the Supreme Bliss through his own efforts, our Swamiji wanted to promote and benefit the worldly people. Through his teachings he shows to the public where the Lords of Lords “DAKSHINA MURTHY” have his place of abode in us and also the easiest way to have a Darsan (Vision) of Him.
He makes no distinction of sex, caste or creed for his teachings to be followed and in order that the world may take advantage of his teachings and instructions he wrote a book called “SIDDHA VEDAM” in the year 1922 naming his vedam as the 5th vedam of the universe.
Swamiji established 5 asramams in South India, Four Kerala (Badagara, Kayanna, Iyyoor and Mannurkara in Trivandrum) and one in Tamilnadu (Athur, Salem Dist).
The Swamiji has a large number of followers who are scattered here and there throughout the whole of India, may even out of India. These followers are not eager to bring the general public within their fold; but to such of those who have full confidence in the above vidya and if they think that they would be disciples are quite sincere and worthy enough, the divine vidya is then unfolded to them. Until such time as those anxious volunteer themselves, the followers of the Swamiji are not eager to add to their number. They are not for a moment eager for any preceptor ship for themselves, because in their own vedam it is said that there is no such thing as preceptorship. Preceptorship, in this thesis, only aids one to gain an easy idea over this psychic theory and therefore exists only in name. It should be clearly understood that one’s own mind or rather conscience is considered as the real Guru. So far for the introduction, Now coming to the subject, the followings are in a utshell a few features of the blessed vedam.
“I” submerged in “Brahman”:
By the word Brahman we have to acknowledge some thing unknowable and unperceivable “(like a barren woman’s child)”. People of different sects and creeds fight against one another for the scriptures and their deities’ i.e. God, khoda, Brahma, Hari and Hara and so on and so forth. But the whole of mankind may even the beasts and birds do not doubt about the existence of self and feel “I exist”. If there be any disputant to deny his existence by declaring “I do not exist”, his own conception of negation and the term he uses to prove that negation clearly establish the existence of his self. If there is any undoubted and undisputed truth common to all living entities in this Universe, which does not require any proof to demonstration, it is the conception “I exist” which innate in all.
“God” in us: The existence of “GOD” is a universally acknowledged fact. He is everywhere; but he has neither name nor form. Because He is present everywhere, He is in us too.
Just as a corpse cannot either see, hear, or know anything due to the absence of a Divine Power in it, in the same way we will not be conscious of anything unless we have the same divine power present in us. Even the present state of affairs we won’t have. It is because of the Divine Power in us that we are able to see, hear and know things. And as such, we ought to realize that it is the Divine Power otherwise God in us who is conscious of each and everything. Thus “I” the self is the God in all of us. (“I” means the little self, the ego. But “I” denotes the absolute self, the state of selfless)
Now a question arises. Where is this God or Divine Power in us? He rests in the center between the two eyebrows where our three important veins viz Ida, Pingala and Sushumna have their meeting place.
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ReplyDeleteThank u very much for creating a blog. By the by have u ever heard about Anandhas (Disciples conferred ) by His Holiness Swami Sivananda Paramahamsa. I belong to Sankarashram of five Falls in Courtallam Tenkasi. We have not heard anything about Swami Sankarananda regarding his lineage and hoe he came into contact with Swami Sivananda Paramahamsa.
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