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3 Publishing-in-support-of, EDUCREATION PUBLISHING RZ 94, Sector - 6, Dwarka, New Delhi Shubham Vihar, Mangla, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Website: Copyright, 2018, B. Kamalakkannan All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of its writer. ISBN: Price: ` The opinions/ contents expressed in this book are solely of the author and do not represent the opinions/ standings/ thoughts of Educreation. Printed in India ii

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6 Foreword To Kamalakkannan s Book On Tirumandiram By Dr. Gurumurthy Kalyanaram February 21, 2018 Dr. Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, a doctoral alumnus from MIT, is a global academic who has served as Adviser, Professor and Dean. He is also a policy and management consultant. He makes New York his home. Tirumandiram produced by Tirumoolar in the fifth century AD or so is for most part a mystical, and in part an yogic, in part a poetic, and in part a philosophical composition in Tamil. This composition of over 3,000 short verses is also about sacredness and monistic theism. Most scholars and practitioners attribute the origin and development of Saiva Siddhanta of the twelfth century to Tirumandiram -- the intellectual moorings of Saiva Siddhanta, a thought whose central tenets are Saivism and Yogic Mysticism. Tirumoolar in this composition employs the imagery of Lord Natarajapathi as his instrument and theme in his verses. In this short book of commentary on select verses of Tirumandiram, Kamalakkannan is to the point, thoughtful and eclectic. His inferential but faithful English translation accomplishes two objectives simultaneously. One, it provides us -- the readers, astute and less informed -- a ready reference to the essentials of Tirumandiram. Two, it is faithful and eclectic -- a synergy that is challenging toaccomplish but one that is wholly v

7 necessary to be faithful to the generous impulses of Indian thought and tradition. Obviously, there are many commentaries on Tirumandiram too many -- but this short composition by Kamalakkannan is not as much a commentary as it is a platform for further thought. The mystical and the romantic, the mystical and the divine, the mystical and the yogic, the mystical and the philosophical are constant themes in Indian thought, always. But they have also been themes of other societies. For instance, Sufi saints/poets, Kabir Das, Rabindranath Tagore in India, and Khalil Gibran and Omar Khayyam in the Middle East, and W.B. Yeats in Europe have all employed the allegorical, the mystical and the divine instruments. In one of his poems in Gitanjali, Tagore sings: "Men going home glance at me and smile and fill me with shame. I sit like a beggar maid, drawing my skirt over my face, and when they ask me, what it is I want, I drop my eyes and answer them not." And in another song, Tagore has this to sing: I have had my invitation to this world's festival, and thus my life has been blessed. My eyes have seen and my ears have heard. It was my part at this feast to play upon my instrument, and I have done all I could. Now, I ask, has the time come at last when I may go in and see thy face and offer thee my silent salutation?" And in his introduction to Gitanjali, Yeats writes: "These lyrics---which are in the original, my Indians tell me, full of subtlety of rhythm, of untranslatable delicacies of colour, of metrical invention---display in their thought a world I have dreamed of all my live long. The work of a supreme culture, they yet appear as much the vi

8 growth of the common soil as the grass and the rushes. A tradition, where poetry and religion are the same thing, has passed through the centuries, gathering from learned and unlearned metaphor and emotion, and carried back again to the multitude the thought of the scholar and of the noble." Tirumandiram is different in that it inspires and evokes the yogic powers within a human being, and through imagery informs us how we may channel our yogic powers and become "immortal men and women" as Dr. Radhakrishan would say. Tirumandiram exhorts complete clarity of purpose, mind and intellect for the mystical and the spiritual to manifest itself in the self. Kamalakkannan has done justification to these central elements of Tirumandiram. Kamalakkannan weaves his pithy comments with occasional but productive references to other texts. Over all this composition is worthy of our attention and reading, precisely because it is simple, direct and not burdensome. I congratulate Kamalakkannan for producing this composition, and giving me an opportunity to review and reflect. *****. vii

9 Dr. S. K. Thirunavukkarasu; MBBS,DPM,MPhil(HospAdmn) FIPS JT.Director Health & Family Welfare Dept. T.N. Ur. H.P. Theynampet Chennai Cell: Date : Foreword In this life-changing book, Shri. B. Kamalakkanan delivers the powerful teaching of mystic saint Tirumoolar on the Pathways of Universal brotherhood. It helps the readers begin seizing the truth of God's word concerning their lives. This encouraging message will motivate you to press beyond limitations and start living according to the full potential God intended! The author with the divine blessings of almighty perceived through his preceptor, brought out this book of insight comprising the extract of 330 poems from Tirumandiram the main work of Tamil shaivite. The Mystic Tirumoolar, is considered one of the 18 siddhars. Tirumoolar, as a moral philosopher teaches the ethics of non-violence (ahimsa), abstinence from slaughtering, meat and alcohol. He condemns coveting another man's wife but declares that "love is God", proclaims the unity of mankind and God and stresses the acquisition of knowledge. The author like a humming bird extracts the nectar from the beautiful flower Tirumandiram and nourishes us as baby hummers with the sweet essence of universal brother hood in the transcribed 330 poems. In this open-minded book, starting from the praise of Omnipresent viii

10 God, the journey takes us through a divine pathway in which preface and chapters one to nine are positioned as direction boards for eternal bliss. The author emphasizes the greatness of Vedas as pointed out by the mystic that the virtuous path means not only knowing the subtle body and the Holy Spirit but to attain the eternal life through acceptable ways & means. I am sure that those who read this amazing book which is more spiritual than religious, will understand the concept who is the one that pervades everything; is he the one who is in me as well? To sum up, in short, the Pathways of Universal brotherhood shown by Tirumandiram is a work, which deals with how one may live a divine life in the midst of the worldly one Wish you all a delightful reading!! Sd.S.K.Thirunavukkarasu. ***** ix

11 Introduction Mystic Tirumoolar was one among the eighteen great Siddars who lived in India two thousand years ago. Numerous Siddars had left thousands of poems about their experiences in the path of wisdom and preparation of medicines etc. TIRUMANDIRAM 3000 is one of the ancient books brought out by the Mystic Tirumoolar and it is considered to be a treasure in the path of wisdom. It is a fact that all the Siddars have used code words in their poems, the real meaning of which cannot be understood without the guidance of a Preceptor related to the path of wisdom. By the grace of God and my Preceptor Mystic Arumugam Pillai of Pudukkottai, I had the opportunity to research over fifty thousand poems of various Siddars for the past fifty two years. As an output of my research I have published thirty books pertaining to spirituality, which includes a book in Tamil consisting of 330 poems from Tirumandiram. I feel that it is expedient to propagate the following doctrines of Tirumoolar among the people of the world: i. The mankind as a whole is a single tribe and there is a single God in the Universe ii. The Supreme Father has entered the head of all human beings through the gateway at the fontanelle and remains in the narrow path, which is a dark cave and shines as our soul (Holy x

12 Spirit). 411 iii. If you meditate day and night, the fontanelle will be reopened (as was in the childhood) and you will attain eternal life These doctrines are in consonance with the versions of Indian Vedas and with the practical experience of all the Siddars. It can be rightly said that attaining eternal life by a man is purely based on science. I have transcribed 330 poems of Tirumandiram from Tamil to English on the basis of the principles of path of wisdom. A careful reading of the poems will enlighten mankind regardless of caste, creed or nation and lead them towards attaining eternal life. I have established in this book that the doctrine of Tirumoolar is not confined only to Indian Vedas but also find a mention in the Bible and the Quaran. If the people of the world are made to realise that the unique God remains as the soul (Holy Spirit) of each and every man, the cruel deeds of assassination in the name of religion will come to an end. I would like to place on record that the doctrine of Tirumoolar was propagated by Mystic Ramalingam (Vallalar) of 19 th century A.D through 28 poems under chapter 6C of Tiruarutpa 31 Deathless Great Life. But, the people of his days strongly revolted against him and attempted to poison him (vide Tiruarutpa, 6B/11 Piriyen Enral, 5). Consequently, Vallalar informed the people that even though the Tamil population had revolted against his doctrine of Universal brotherhood, in future the people of Russia, America and other northern countries in the world will realise his doctrine and xi

13 preach to the people of the world including Tamil Nadu (vide. The Theosophist Monthly Journal vol3/10 No. 34, Bombay July 1882; page 244). I have furnished all the 28 poems of Vallalar in ANNEXURE I of this book. I pray to the almighty that the Universal Brotherhood as predicted by Vallalar should come into action, so that peace and tranquillity will remain in this world. I am grateful to Dr. Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, New York and Dr. S.K.Thirunavukkarasu, Chennai for kindly offering the Foreword. I invite comments from the readers 16, East Street Old saram, Pondicherry Ph: Cell: kamalakkannan1932@gmail.com youtube: bakamalakkannan B.Kamalakkannan Deputy Collector (Retired) ***** xii

14 Content List Sr. Contents Page 1. Tirumoolar Author of Tirumandiram 2. An Outline on Meditation And Eternal Life 3. The Path of Universal Brotherhood Shown by Tirumandiram 4. Glimpses of Eternal Life in Tirumandiram Annexure - I 98 Annexure - II 112 xiii

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16 B. Kamalakkannan Chapter 1 Tirumoolar Author Of Tirumandiram Tirumoolar is one of the eighteen prominent mystics in South India. He has recorded about himself in Tirumandiram as follows: 1) I came from heaven to the earth, took birth as a man and meditated concentrating on the Holy Spirit, which is the form of Lord Natarajapathi. He purified my Subtle body and eradicated all my sins. -Tirumandiram,113 2) Oh mystic Malanga! The purpose of my coming to the earth is to propagate in Tamil the glorious Vedic versions which were taught to me by Lord Natarajapathi in Sanskrit -Tirumandiram, 77 3) All of us meditated aiming at the Holy Spirit and hence we got the title of NATHAN from Lord Natarajapathi. He guided my meditation to attain eternal life. -Tirumandiram, 68 The great mystic Bhogar has recorded as follows about Tirumoolar in his book Bhogar 7000 poems : 1

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