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Excerpt from Skandha Guru Kavacham with English translation: (கந்தகுரு கவசம் கந்தனை ஞானத்தை அருளும் குருவாக பாவித்து இயற்றபட்ட ஒரு நூல். திருமூலர் 'அன்பே சிவம்' என்றது போல 'அன்பே கந்தன்' என்று சொல்கிறது இந்த எளிமையான பாடல்.) அருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதியே அன்பெனக் கருள்வாயே படர்ந்த அன்பினை நீ பரப்பிரம்மம் என்றனையே உலகெங்கும் உள்ளது ஒருபொருள் அன்பேதான் உள்ளுயிராகி இருப்பதும் அன்பென்பாய் அன்பே குமரன் அன்பே கந்தன் ...... 80 அன்பே ஓம் என்னும் அருள்மந்திரம் என்றாய் அன்பை உள்ளத்திலே அசையாது அமர்த்திடுமோர் சக்தியைத் தந்து தடுத்தாட் கொண்டிடவும் வருவாய் அன்பனாய் வந்தருள் கந்தகுரோ ............................ ஞான தண்ட பாணியே என்னை ஞான பண்டிதனக்கிடுவாய் அகந்தையெல்லாம் அழித்து அன்பினை ஊட்டிடுவாய் அன்பு மயமாக்கி ஆட்கொள்ளு வையப்பா அன்பை என் உள்ளத்தில் அசைவின்றி நிறுத்திவிடு அன்பையே கண்ணாக ஆக்கிக் காத்திடுவாய் ...... 265 உள்ளும் புறமும் உன்னருளாம் அன்பையே உறுதியாக நானும் பற்றிட உவந்திடுவாய் எல்லை இல்லாத அன்பே இறைவெளி என்றாய் நீ அங்கிங்கெனாதபடி எங்கும் அன்பென்றாய் அன்பே சிவமும் அன்பே சக்தியும் ...... 270 அன்பே ஹரியும் அன்பே பிரமனும் அன்பே தேவரும் அன்பே மனிதரும் அன்பே நீயும் அன்பே நானும் அன்பே சத்தியம் அன்பே நித்தியம் அன்பே சாந்தம் அன்பே ஆனந்தம் ...... 275 அன்பே மெளனம் அன்பே மோட்சம் அன்பே பிரம்மமும் அன்பே அனைத்தும் என்றாய் அன்பிலாத இடம் அங்குமிங்கு மில்லை என்றாய் எங்கும் நிறைந்த அன்பே என் குருநாதனப்பா அன்பில் உறையும் அருட்குரு நாதரே தான் - Meaning: (Skandha Guru Kavacham is a text written in simple Tamil and sung as a part of worship. This text sees Skandha as a satguru who gives liberation. Just like Tirumular who said Love is Shiva, this text says Love is Skandha) Great light of grace! give me love; You said that all pervading love is the absolute; Love is the only thing which has pervaded as multiple things in the world; You also said that love is the Self which resides inside each being. Love is Kumara, Love is Skanda! Love is the mantra OM To make that love unshakeable in my heart, come and grace as a lover! ............................... Let me get hold of your love which exists inside and outside! You said that the infinite love is the space of the divine! Love is Shiva; Love is Shakthi; Love is Hari;Love is Brahma; Love is devas and human beings; Love is you; love is me; Love is the truth; Love is permanent; Love is silence; Love is moksha (liberation); There is no place where there is no love; All pervading love is my guru; Dear graceful Guru who resides in love!
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Shanmugam replied to Shanmugam's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Knowing yourself is knowing myself; knowing myself is knowing yourself.. -
Shanmugam replied to Shanmugam's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
@Solace @who chit @LeakyBliss @Shadowraix Thank you I have made a detailed post here about it: https://nellaishanmugam.wordpress.com/2018/11/13/love-is-god-says-lord-muruga-as-the-divine-teacher/ -
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Shanmugam replied to Aaron p's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Use these terms in Google search, you will find related sites: spiritual enlightenment, spiritual awakening, self -realization, nonduality -
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Shanmugam replied to Tony 845's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
One you are enlightened you are everywhere; you experience yourself as all pervading; you deny nothing in life and you don't need a reason to do anything. Everything is fun! You just play the game of life while respecting ethics and humanity. -
Your DNA is sculpted by nature… You as an individual is then sculpted by the nurture of the society and the environment. The sculpture is continuously being sculpted at your every step. When you allow yourself to be sculpted without any resistance and fully surrender to the reality, one day there will be nothing left to be sculpted! Then you will realize that the sculptor, the sculpting and the sculpture are one! The Truth is one, without two… But wise people call it by many names! – Shanmugam P
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Tripura Rahasya, an old text of Advaita talks about what we call today as ‘Hedonic treadmill’. Human beings are miserable not because they are not happy; but because their happiness is limited and they crave for more! One keeps chasing for happiness in the objective outcomes of life. But his happiness always remains limited, leaving him in discontent. If that limited happiness recedes, misery creeps in. The text deals with the path to moksha (liberation), that puts an end to this misery. Tripura Rahasya was an ancient text that Ramana Maharshi recommended seekers to read. Parashurama, an ancient sage, is said to have got the essence of this text as a upadesa (teaching) from Dattatreya, in Gandhamadhana mountains situated in Pamban islands, Tamil Nadu, India. Parashurama then attained Atma Jnana (Self-realization or spiritual enlightenment) and then moved to Pothigai hills near Papanasam in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. (The hills are just one hour travel from my place!)
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Shanmugam replied to Shanmugam's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
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Shanmugam replied to Shanmugam's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
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Shanmugam replied to Shanmugam's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
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Shanmugam replied to Shanmugam's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
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Shanmugam replied to Shanmugam's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
An English translation of Tripura Rahasya has been translated by Ramana Maharshi's ashram and is available for free online: https://ia802701.us.archive.org/23/items/TripuraRahasyaEnglishTranslation/Tripura Rahasya - English Translation.pdf Ramana Maharshi once regretted that this book was not available in English. That is why his followers translated the book and currently to my knowledge, this is the only English translation available. This book is quite different from other ancient texts. It is free of dogma and explores many aspects of spiritual seeking and spiritual enlightenment. So, I recommend people to add this book to their reading list. This book can also give some introduction to the Indian culture. -
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