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Guru Vachaka Kovai Sri Muruganar GURU VACHAKA KOVAI The Light of Supreme Truth or THE COLLECTION OF GURU’S SAYINGS Translated from the Original Tamil by Sadhu Om and Michael James With an Introduction by David Godman Ramakrishna-Vedanta Study Circle Athens, Greece Source: www.davidgodman.org Copyright © Michael James This printout: November 4, 2004 Reprint: August 28, 2007 Formatted in Corel Ventura Publisher 8 Contents are hyperlinked Circulated as a service by: John Manetta Beles 28. (Koukaki) 117 41. Athens Phone: [+30] 210 923 4682 E-mail: [email protected] GURU VACHAKA KOVAI 3 Contents Prefatory Verses Obeisance to the Guru....................................................................13 1 The Name and Origin of this Work..............................................13 2 The Benefit or Fruit of this Work .................................................14 3 The Submission to the Assembly................................................15 4 Dedication ...................................................................................15 5 The Author ..................................................................................15 PART ONE AN ANALYSIS OF THE TRUTH Benedictory Verses.........................................................................16 1 The Truth or Reality of the World................................................17 2 The Unreality of the World ..........................................................24 3 The Allurement of the World .......................................................25 4 The Aridity of the World ..............................................................26 5 Playing One’s Role in the World .................................................27 6 Vivartha Siddhanta (The Doctrine of Simultaneous Creation).......................27 7 The Doctrine of ‘Ajata’.................................................................32 8 The Purpose behind the Diverse Theories of Creation...............32 9 The Part Played by God..............................................................33 10 The Three Prime Entities [God, World and Soul]......................35 11 Veiling .......................................................................................37 12 Individuality ...............................................................................37 13 Association with the Unreal.......................................................39 14 The Pandit.................................................................................41 15 The Poet ...................................................................................43 16 The Vanity of Learning..............................................................43 17 The Greatness of Vedanta........................................................45 18 The Workings of Prarabdha ......................................................46 19 The Power of Prarabdha...........................................................46 20 The Nature of the Ego and of Self ............................................47 21 The power of Vasanas ..............................................................47 22 The Ego-Knot............................................................................47 23 The Might of the Ego.................................................................48 24 The Ego’s Play..........................................................................51 25 Treason Against Self.................................................................53 26 Heaven and Hell .......................................................................53 27 The Terror of Hell......................................................................55 28 The Conquest of Hell (Naraka) .................................................55 28 The greatness of Aham-mukha (Self-Attention)........................56 30 The Kingdom of God.................................................................58 31 Siva (The Supreme)..................................................................59 32 The Oneness of Hara and Hari (Shiva and Vishnu).................60 33 Shiva and Shakti .......................................................................60 34 Shiva Puja (Worshipping Shiva) ...............................................60 35 The Truth of Namaskaram ........................................................61 36 Idol Worship ..............................................................................62 37 Vibhuti (Holy Ash) .....................................................................62 4 Sri Muruganar 38 Shiva’s Divine Bull ....................................................................63 39 Shakti and Shanti (Power and Peace) ......................................63 40 Mahat and Anu (The Greatest and the Smallest) .....................64 41 Desire for Siddhis......................................................................65 42 Immortality ................................................................................67 43 Kaya and Kalpa.........................................................................68 44 The Attainment of Bodily Immortality ........................................68 45 Vairagya (Dispassion)...............................................................69 46 Jnana and Vairagya ..................................................................71 47 The Nature of Chittam...............................................................71 48 Chitta Suddhi (Purity of Mind) ...................................................72 49 Death ........................................................................................72 50 The Jiva’s Dwelling Place .........................................................72 51 The Heart ..................................................................................74 52 The Guru...................................................................................77 53 The Guru’s Grace .....................................................................80 54 Some Assurances.....................................................................85 55 The Guru’s Uchishtam ..............................................................88 56 Guru Puja (Worshipping the Guru) ...........................................89 57 The Greatness of the Guru .......................................................94 58 Association with Sadhus ...........................................................95 59 The Greatness of the Devotees ................................................96 60 Brahma Vidya ...........................................................................97 61 The Truth In All Religions..........................................................97 62 The Vision of Limitlessness ......................................................98 63 The Loss of Individuality .........................................................100 64 The Pure ‘I’ (Suddhahankara).................................................102 65 The Shining Forth of Self ........................................................103 66 Getting Rid of Miseries............................................................104 67 Desirelessness (Nirasa)..........................................................105 68 Bondage and Freedom ...........................................................106 69 Self-enquiry.............................................................................107 70 The True Tapas ......................................................................113 71 A Research on True Knowledge .............................................116 72 Nirvana....................................................................................121 73 The Attainment of Self ............................................................122 74 ‘The Conclusive Knowledge to be Obtained’ or ‘The Well-established Knowledge’....................123 75 The Experience of Happiness.................................................126 76 Sleep.......................................................................................127 77 The Real Thing .......................................................................129 78 The Loss of Doership..............................................................130 79 The Attainment of Actionlessness...........................................133 80 Self-Surrender.........................................................................134 81 The Attitude Towards Enemies...............................................136 82 The Simplicity of Life...............................................................137 83 Chapter Concerning the Crime of Excess...............................138 84 Humility ...................................................................................138 85 What is Worthy to be Done .....................................................140 PART TWO THE PRACTICE OF THE TRUTH GURU VACHAKA KOVAI 5 1 Chapter Concerning the Greatness of Instruction......................141 2 Chapter Concerning the Mahavakyas........................................142 3 Chapter Concerning the Greatness of the Upanishads .............143 4 Chapter Concerning Upasana ...................................................143 5 Chapter Concerning Upasana through Silence .........................146 6 Chapter Concerning the Delusion of Arguments .......................147 7 Chapter Concerning the Uselessness of Measurements...........148 8 Chapter Concerning Indirect Knowledge ...................................148 9 Chapter Concerning the Oneness of Jiva ..................................150
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