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Holy Panchakshara-Part-1 The holy Panchakshara and oTher divine arTicles maTerialised by aasaan sadguru sri-la-sri Pandrimalai swamighal PART I i The holy Panchakshara and oTher divine arTicles maTerialised by aasaan sadguru sri-la-sri Pandrimalai swamighal PART I Sri-La-Sri Pandrimalai Swamighal ii iii conTenTs 21. The Truth I Know 81 22. Divine Grace - Man’s Birthright 84 23. The Guru and The Disciple 87 Preface 2016 Edition vi 24. The One Reality 90 Publisher's Note viii 25. Jeevan Mukti 93 1. The Sage of Pandrimalai (i) 1 26. Upadesa 97 2. The Sage of Pandrimalai (ii) 15 27. Panchakshari Vidya 100 3. Hymn on Swamiji 22 28. The Efficacy of Sri Rama Nama 103 4. Marchons 23 29. Lord Sri Krishna 108 5. The Holy Panchakshara 26 30. Kriya Yoga 115 6. Panchakshara: Its Five Limbs 31 31. Om Muruga 118 7. Sri Tatwa Daivam 35 32. The Guru 121 8. The Supreme Power 36 33. The Basic Tenets of Indian Culture 125 9. The Efficacy of Panchakshara Mantra 40 34. Atma Vidya (Self-Knowledge) 132 10. The Five Elements and Their colours 43 35. Pancha Kosha Viveka 135 11. The Five Elements and Their 36. Diwali and its Significance 139 Geometrical Forms 46 37. World Experience 145 12. 15 Vowels and 36 Consonants 50 38. Sri Venkateswara Vaibhava 148 13. 51 Letters: 5 Kinds of Numbers 53 39. Alaya Vijnana 154 14. Sarva Sakthi Chakra 56 40. Prapancha: The Universe 157 15. The Five Elements and 96 Tatwas 60 41. Samprasada Vidya 159 16. The 51 Sacred Letters and 6 Adharas 65 42. What is Bharatiya Vidya? 162 17. Siva Raja Yoga: Guru - Disciple Relationship 69 43. Vibhaga Yoga 166 18. The Way to God 72 44. Vinayaka: The Supreme Lord 169 19. The Ultimate Truth 75 45. Significance of Sri Ramavatara 178 20. The Eternal Bridegroom 79 46. Mahasivaratri: The Day of Deliverance 184 iv v Preface Tamil. Tiruvacagam says that the Divine is older than the oldest and newer than the newest. We can understand the diTion 2016 e truth in this statement, as the articles materialsed by Sri- La-Sri Sakthevadivel Swamighal are straight from the laser printer! Hinduism is always in the vanguard of progress and this is but one small example of that fact. Indian spiritual wisdom says that man's only purpose in life is to seek God in this birth. Millennia of experience In the series of books published under the generic title has honed this to practical methods whereby human beings Holy Panchakshara, we are happy to bring out not only the move in graded doses from Dharma, Artha and Kama to earlier volumes which had contained the articles materialsed Moksha. Moksha is the ultimate stage where the soul, as by Sri-La-Sri Pandrimalai Swamighal but also the current Jivatma merges with the Oversoul or Paramatma in Divine ones vouchsafed to Sri-La-Sri Sakthevadivel Swamighal. Bliss. Though we always think that only the soul is in search Needless to say, we are grateful to Mrs. Veena Muthanna of the Divine, the reverse also is true i.e, the Divine also who has made a contribution for the republication of this pines for union with the Jivatma and hence uses several book and also to the band of volunteers whose deep devotion stratagems towards this end. to the Guru is denoted by the painstaking proofreading One of the ways by which God tries to woo humans is to of the typescripts, and redesigning of these books. These manifest Himself as a human and elevate the ordinary to individuals, like the foundation pillars of a superb building the extraordinary. He manifests Himself in various forms, as have remained invisible. Our grateful thanks to them also. Avatars, Rishis, Mahans and Siddha Pursuhas. His Holiness May we all benefit intellectually and spiritually by reading Bhagawan Sri-La-Sri Pandrimalai Swamighal was one of these precious gems and assimilate the eternal truths them and the unique way by which He spread the message embedded in them. May the Grace of the two Gurus always of truth was to Divinely materialse typed articles on various abide by all of us. topics encompassing the essence of the four Vedas. Om Tat Sat. To reasssure the world that the physical body is only a temporary and ephemeral abode of the immortal soul, Sri-La-Sri Pandrimalai Swamighal continues His Divine V. D. Ramanathan Mission as Sri-La-Sri Sakthevadivel Swamighal. The Divinely 27 January 2016 materialised articles, a first in the spiritual history of the world, initially, when they were first vouchsafed to Sri-La- Sri Pandrimalai Swamighal were typed either in English or vi vii Publisher's noTe Swamigal extols the virtue of Siva Raja Yoga with the Holy Pranava Panchakshari Mantra OM NA MA SI VA YA as the holy path for God-realisation. Learnt from a realised Guru and practised with calmness this path leads to the realisation The excellent reception to the publication “The Holy of the Supreme Light (Jyoti) within. This path of Sivaraja Panchakshara” - Part I, has encouraged us to bring out the Yoga to be learnt at the feet of the Sadguru, has been put present third edition (reprint), to meet the needs of the forward by His Holiness Swamigal in a simple, lucid manner large number of devotees of Aasaan Sadguru Sri-La-Sri in his article “Holy Panchakshara” for all the aspirants Pandrimalai Swamigal. endowed with faith and devotion. Sadguru Swamigal is a living God – a realised Soul. A unique Aasaan Sadguru Swamigals’ teachings have been appearing feature about him is that he is a grihasthasrami and he has from time to time in the form of articles in the renowned demonstrated to the world the saying that a house holder’s “Bhavan’s Journal”. For the benefit of the innumerable life is not an impediment to those seeking Self-realisation. and far-flung devotees of Swamigal and seekers of truth, Sat-Purushas of the highest order, who are incarnations or the articles included in the “Holy Panchak shara” - Part I, Amsas of God, have at their very birth identifiable divine have been reprinted now. We are grateful to the “Bhavan’s marks on their body signifying the Holiness in them. Such Journal” and also Shri A. V. Ramachandran of Bombay, a is the case with our beloved Aasaan, who has on his palms devoted disciple of His Holiness who initially published and feet the divine marks of Conch, Chakra, Shatkonam and the “first and second editions” for bringing out the current Banner of Lord Muruga, symbols of the divinity in him. third edition. Sri Swamigal, a Siddha purusha of the highest order Instant materialisation by Swamigal, of typewritten articles performs miracles to prove that there is the Lord Almighty in English on all spiritual matters of great significance and who guides the destinies of man and to create faith in Him importance to gratify the request of his devotees, is very in the minds of men. well-known. These divine articles are vouchsafed to Aasaan Sadguru Sri-La-Sri Pandrimalai Swamigal by Lord Muruga. The quintessence of Swamigal’s teachings is that it is the duty The “Holy Panchakshara” Part - I, contains such materialised of man, with the special faculty of discrimination bestowed on articles, the first one being “The Efficacy of Sri Rama Nama” him, to realise God-head to experience ever lasting bliss. For with other materialised articles succeeding it. The earlier this, undivided devotion to the Guru and unflinching control articles on “The Holy Panchakshara” and a few others have of the senses are only the sure means. Swamigal declares as been written by His Holiness Swamigal. do the scriptures, that every soul is potentially divine and immortality is the birthright of everyone. May the Grace of Aasaan Sadguru Swamigal who exudes viii ix divinity with child-like simplicity and charm with solicitude 1 for the welfare of people-irrespective of caste, creed, status he age f andrimalai i and religion-descend on all of us and may his teachings T s o P ( ) ennoble us in every way! A Short Biography Publisher Pandrimalai Swamighal Ashram Birth of His Holiness Pandrimalai Swamighal “Om Namasivaya” Pandrimalai village situated on the slopes of a hill in New No. 9 (Old No. 5) Village Road, Kodaikanal Range in Madurai District of Tamil Nadu, has Nungambakkam, Chennai 600034 been mentioned in Tiruvilaiyadal Puranam as the holy place where Lord Siva out of mercy appeared as a nursing mother to motherless piglings and raised them This beautiful village has also been indicated as the Sacred abode of Rishis and Siddhas who have attained Self-Realisation. Most of the people of this village, cradling amidst peaceful, serene and green grandeur of nature with a salubrious climate, are tillers of the soil. In this sylvan village stands the hospitable and affluent house of Thiru Arumugam Pillai. He was an ardent Saivite and a devotee of Lord Sri Dhandayuthapani (Lord Sri Muruga) of Palani. He was also a Siddha Doctor and a Master of mystical powers. He and his life partner Thirumathi Angammal were the embodiments of the virtues described in the Scriptures for Grahastasramam or family life. The pregnant mother Angammal was taken to her parent home at Balasamudram in the close proximity of the Palani Hill - the Sacred abode of Lord Sri Muruga. One day Angammal’s mother informed her daughter that x 1 a pious Sadhu Kasilingam saw her. He told her that her daughter was indeed very fortunate as a child like Sri Rama would be born to her in the month of “Chitra” under the auspicious star “Bharani” with all divine attributes.
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