ARUTPERUNJOTHI AGAVAL.
SWAMI SARAVANAANANDA.
106. Caste, religion and sect are not true.
சாதியும் மதமும் சமயமும் பொய்.
211. Saathiyum madhamum samayamum poyyena
212. Aathiyil unarthiya arutperunjothi
211. சாதியும் மதமும் சமயமும் பொய்யென
212. ஆதியில் உணர்த்திய அருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி
Ex.
In the 58th couplet, it is emphasised that these castes, religions and sects were ignorant of the permanent stature of Arutperunjothi. Yes, god and its eternal natural existing state are beyond the conception of man: so how he could bring out and manage all the truth of god by word and other symbols ! No, he cannot describe it. Hence these castes etc. are not true indeed. So this couplet put up here gives out some more information.
Even in his early days our Ramalingar (ராமலிங்கர்) had no attraction towards all these castes, religions and sects. From the beginning he was internally informed not to believe in those false conceptions. The grace of god was always guiding him in the right path as he was in his childhood and it was preventing him from going in wrong ways. Now at this stage he is feeling all the good actions of god throughout his life and praises him for them.
On different parts of the earth people are living in groups and societies in villages, towns and cities. By nature people of different claims are of varied colours and forms. The food habits, dressings, languages and the manners of living are not the same throughout the world. The customs and caste systems were thought to ease the social life of nations. The religious and sects were created by men of some divine knowledge from different points of intuition and imaginations. The religious instructions and the ways of divine worshipping manners and special restrictions made the sectarian people chauvinistic. This sectarian fanaticism split the one humanity into many parts and created different opinions in the societies ending in hatred and hostilities. These are man-made barriers and can be removed by himself.
Till now the divine truth was not understood by the public humanity which was blindly following all these sectarian and caste systems. These were great hindrances for the establishment of divine social one-world community. So all these should be completely erased from mankind.
Omnigracious supreme god is one: there is none but that one. That god is Omnipresent and Omniscient. His grace is working out in the universe for its self introduction which is its nature. Just as heat is the nature of fire, god's self expression is the nature of His Omnigrace. As that self expression is due to come out in the practical experience of man all the universal work is progressing from the beginning to the end through all material, physical, vital, mental and spiritual stages. From the mental and spiritual stages the final stage of grace is viewed with the aid of that grace itself. So far as we were in the mental or spiritual plane, the higher gracious one was speculative or imaginative only. Such were the results due to castes, religions and sects. By these results, no permanent good to humanity can be expected.
The self expressing gracious god is now exposing out from the very gracious plane, from where itself this truth is understood by us. So we are really nowhere but in oneness of Himself. In the lower planes there existed only our reflex, which, in delusion, we were taking as our real 'self'. From that deluded stage we were in need of all such religious sects and caste etc. At present we have arrived at the truth on the gracious plane, where we are making a new life of grace and eternal Bliss. All the ignorance is cleared and so the false land useless sects and religious systems are condemned.
Still there are some religious and sectarian fanatics who are holding fast all those unwanted suppositions. It is rather curious indeed, the so called religious heads are vigorously reviving those things in many parts of the world, inspite of strong protests and opposition from the public. When the truth comes out fully well all the falsehood will pass away leaving not even its shadow. In the near future, gracious god will come to rule the whole world. Then the blessed life of Bliss will prosper everywhere. In the new life of divine Bliss, all the places of worship will be the centres of propagating the divine grace and all the deities will have the symbols of Omnigrace.
107. God given sound mind and sound body
மனத் தெளிவும் திடமும்
213. Mayarndhideal sirithum manandhalarn dhanjeal
214. Ayarndhideal endrarul arutperunjothi
213. மயர்ந்திடேல் சிறிதும் மனந்தளர்ந் தஞ்சேல்
214. அயர்ந்திடேல் என்றருள் அருட்பெருஞ்ஜோதி
Ex.
We know the proverb, ‘a sound mind is a sound body'. It is thought body and mind have some affinity; it is said, in a weak body there cannot be a strong mind; the mind of a sickly person will be very weak. To get a strong and steady mind one is to keep his body well built and strong. To keep up the body one is to take good and balanced diet and to be active with physical exercise. These are all worldly people's suggestion and advice. A philosophical man of wisdom requires his mind and body pure in order to obtain the grace of god by serving kindly all the fellow beings especially the mankind.
'Eat to live, but not live to eat' is also a dictum. Preferably we may take this with a little change; i.e. eat to serve the humanity. Yes, by serving the fellow people we will get the grace of god by that grace alone we can live long and happily. To live in grace of god, our mind and body should be filled with divine thought and human service. When the mind is lit up with god's grace we won't like to take any animal food; only vegetarian diet will do and that too will decrease as the inner divine gracious feeling increases. At the full gracious experience the whole body will be filled and transformed into the body of divine grace. The man of non vegetarianism won't be able to know and obtain the Omnigrace, which only, brings him a blessed blissful life for ever. These are all not mere conjectures but authorised statements of our Vallalar (வள்ளலார்) after his practical experience.
God Arutperunjothi (அருட்பெருஞ்ஜோதி) deigned to our Saint thus: "Mayarndhidel siridhum mananthalarndhu anjel" (மயர்ந்திடேல் சிறிதும் மனந்தளர்ந்து அஞ்சேல்) meaning "Do not be confused, do not be afraid of by any amount of mental weakness". Besides, the divine grace encourages him by the word "Ayarndhidel" (அயர்ந்திடேல்) meaning you won't be tired or physically weakened. Thus the Indweller has fully deigned him with all powers to live in Bliss and serve to bless all coming to him But in those days, there was none to hear his words and receive his blessings for the higher life. Hence he stopped his teaching and preaching and closed his office of grace at soul. But he is ever awaiting to enlighten anybody who comes to him at the soul temple. If we, with pure aspiration, get at the gate of our soul-abode, he is ready to invite us cordially and in time he will bless us with a blissful life. Then we will be living and serving endlessly.
108. Divine way of Economy
திருநெறிப் பொருளியல்
215.Theasurath thikaltharu thirunerip poruliyal
216. Aasurath theritha arutperunjothi
215. தேசுறத் திகழ்தரு திருநெறிப் பொருளியல்
216. ஆசுறத் தெரித்த அருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி
Ex.
The divine way of economy in this universal work is graciously to make a blissful life in mankind. His Infinite gracious light is an eternally all powerful treasure which is very wisely utilised in the performance of universal work. One Omnigrace has evolved into all the basic elements of matter and energies. By that grace all the creation, preservation, destruction, inner development and final emanicipation are performed economically. In all the works in everything, in every action, in every development nothing is lost or wasted but the resultant gain is everlasting blissful life to god-man.
'Thiruneri' (திருநெறி) or divine way, is god's natural process of action to bring out His final truth of grace-experience.. This is termed as (Sath + margam = Sanmargam (சத் + மார்க்கம் – சன்மார்க்கம்) 'Divine way'. By this way the whole universe is being implemented economically. Our divine Thamizh (தமிழ்) is well established on this Thiruneri (திருநெறி) of God. Hence we can easily understand the truth of this god's way through the Thamizh (தமிழ்) . This way is in itself explaining the divinity by the prefix Thiru (திரு). The word Thiru (திரு) has got some meaning like, gold, beauty, goddess Lakshmi (லஷ்மி) , female and attractiveness by a perceiver. The true meaning of inner experience is this: the word 'Thiru (திரு) ' can be split up into (தி – த் + இ) Th + i and (ரு = ர் + உ) r + u; in these Th (த்)- is representing Omnipresent god, holding His seat in the inner ethereal space on our medulla oblongata, i-is the trinity power of god to create, preserve and destroy the outer body: r- is the eight form of that god - as a soul particle and u - is the fifth vowel to represent five stages for the divine experience. Thus, 'Thiru' (திரு) is god's representation in the form of our soul light particle in the mid-head, from where we are to lead a life of grace with this body of fifth stage of Bliss. The gracious wakeful state (Jakrathitha - ஜாக்கிராதீதம்) is the fifth god Arutperunjothi is ruling from this stage and so we are to make a life living in oneness of Him. God has made out this stage for our experience, with which we must live a life of gracious economy. All this truth was clearly, without any defect revealed to our Vallalar by Arutperunjothi. This meaning is ascertained by the words 'Asara theriththa (ஆசறத் தெரித்த).
The divine way was not only revealed to him without any defect, but he had been granted the eternal divine body for living upon this planet and elsewhere. Therefore this divine way has really and profitably brought out the eternal life of bliss in the form of Arutprakasa Vallalar (அருட்பிரகாச வள்ளலார்).
In Thamizh (தமிழ்) tradition there is already a path, named 'Thiruneriyath Thamizh திருநெறியத் தமிழ்). By this name the hymns of 'Devaram' (தேவாரம்) are denoted. This "devaram"(தேவாரம்) is a book of devotional songs by three saiva (சைவம்) saints - Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar(சம்பந்தர், அப்பர் & சுந்தரர்) . This Devaram (தேவாரம்) was taken to be Thiruneriyath tamil (திருநெறியத் தமிழ்) (meaning the Tamil path way to Divine) by which one could attain the experience of god Siva Through this path the devotee was enabled to merge and lose himself in Siva Jothi (ஜோதி) - that was the end. But our present 'Thirunerip Porulial' (திரு நெறிப் பொருளியல்) awards us Immortal blissful life to every soul of man anywhere.
109.World, the work of Grace.
உலகம் கருணைச் சித்திச் செயல்
217. Kattiyal ulagelaam karunaiyaal sithiyin
218. Aattiyal puriyum arutperunjothi
217. காட்டியல் உலகெலாம் கருணையால் சித்தியின்
218. ஆட்டியல் புரியும் அருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி
Ex.
The whole universe is meant by 'ulagelam' (உலகெலாம்). There are many heavenly bodies in the limitless space of the universe. our earth and many like this are mainly called worlds. We, the man of world have been endowed with knowledge to know something about this world and lives existing in these world. All the universe and its multifarious creations and forces acting everywhere are works of His Infinite grace That grace itself has become our eye of knowledge and through this eye, we are able to perceive all the worlds and their existence. By no other means one can know or see all these worlds.
Man is brought up in this world, by that Divine grace in order to know the truth of god and obtain His full grace for living along with Him. But the man, immensely indulged in sensuous life, is unable to know the truth of god and the great power of His Omnigrace. Natural scenes of the universe, regular movements of the heavenly bodies are not impressive to ordinary public. On the other hand, the deceiving works of Jugglers and magicians are very much admired by them. There are some big men of psychic power who are doing some extraordinary miraculous wonders which attract big crowds around them. And they are venerated and praised by worldly people. If we know the real glories of divine power we won't have any glamour for those so called great men and their delusive wonders. Our Almight god has given us this valuable human life for knowing the truth of grace and obtaining it for a divine life of bliss. If we do not work as per His will and demand earnestly anything else He may award the same that will be of no use in the end. By great grace, unselfish man becomes an eternal medium to god for performing the work of suddha sanmarga, (சுத்த சன்மார்க்கம்) while the selfish man out of pride advertised himself and of his capability as having been acquired by his own efforts and thus he ends himself in wretchedness.
The Omnigrace of Arutperunjothi showed our Arutprakasar (அருட்பிரகாசர்) all the worlds in the whole universe. By egoless unselfish life he gave way to Almighty for performing all divine deeds through himself. God Arutperunjothi's universal dance of work is eternally proceeding but it is now coming out through Arutprakasa Vallalar (அருட்பிரகாச வள்ளலார்) . The world may take it is the work of the former i.e. god and this will continue for ever.
110. Family relation and blood relation are only bodily
குலமும் இனமும் உருவின் தோற்றம்.
219. Engulam emminam enpathon nootraaru
220. Angulam endrarul arutperunjothi
219. எங்குலம் எம்மினம் என்பதொண் ணூற்றாறு
220. அங்குலம் என்றருள் அருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி
Ex.
Close relatives are related to one another by birth or by the matrimonial connection. Father, mother, brother, sister are known as close blood relations. Husband-wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law and each other relations are family relatives. There may be some near and distant relationship to a person, but all these are only based upon ones bodily forms. Above this relationship there are caste, class, sects and nation-wise relationship and there are some society and government and spiritual group-based relationship. And there may be literacy, scientific and art concerned relationship too. On the whole these relationships are external and are leading to sensuous life of diversity.
But we are to find out a divine unity in the life of diversity. To find this unity we have to use divine soul knowledge In the god's creation our human race only is contained with full divinity to come out in the ripe stage. To the soul of man, the development of knowledge is always on the increase till the final stage is reached. Inside the soul is complete divine grace while outside it is the whole universal form. Both the inner power and outer universe have conjoined in this human being. So we have to realise the Divine truth for our blessed life.
In the diverse appearance of humanity a divine unity is running through. That divine unity is "Om (ஓம்)", which when unfolded into A.U.M. (அ, உ, ம்): the A assumes the body of eight span, U - becomes the life breathing of two kinds and m- shines as the divine soul light of sixth knowledge: On the whole the product of these three ( 8x 2 x 6 = 96) ninety six becomes the basic Thatva(தத்துவம்) or truth. This unity is universally applicable to all the diverse forms of men whoever or wherever they may be. According to this unity, every man's body is found to be 96 angulis (அங்குலம்) or finger-breadth. Here we must know, twelve finger-breadth (Viral kadai-விரல் கடை) is equal to one span. And therefore our body of eight span is said to be 96 angulis ( from this anguli, the angula is derived). The angula (அங்குலம்) is now taken as 'inch' (இஞ்ச்) in the English measuremet. When we say our body is ninety six angulam (அங்குலம்) , we mean it is ninety six finger breadth only, not exactly ninety six inches.
This knowledge of unity in diversity of humanity must be harboured in our kind to make a new life of grace into the world. One god of Omnigrace is evolved in each of the human form for the purpose of making a blissful eternal life: Therefore we must not give too much weight to any kind of relationship but at the same time we must love and serve one and all as the circumstances allow or else we cannot make out a gracious life. If we do not understand the divine unity and the grace governing the whole humanity, we will be deluded in the worldly life of relations and non-relations. The theory of universal brotherhood cannot be comprehended clearly unless we know this divine unity in diversity. our suddha sanmargam only has just now opened a new vista in the universal brotherhood of man. Henceforth it will spread to the practical experience of all.
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