Glory and need of a Guru - Sri Sri Muralidhara swamiji....
What is the Greatness of this land of ours India (Bharata Bhoomi)?
A long line of Seers and saints lineage has been coming down the ages. There has never been a break in this line of Seers and saints. It is not as if there was a Mahatma, in days gone by and none today.
What is the reason for this uninterrupted line of Mahatamas?
One loses faith in that not seen outright ('pratyaksha'). Tiruvalluvar, in Tirukural ( A 1330 couplet authored by Thiruvalluvar, a poet who is said to have lived anytime between 2nd century BCE and 5th century BCE) , describes a deer that was known as 'Kavariman' - 'mayirneekki uyirvazha kavariman'. Even if a single hair of this deer was pulled off its body it amounted to dishonour and it is said that the highly sensitive deer, unable to bear the pain of humiliation, committed suicide!
The poets of yesteryears have sung on such a kind of deer. The wafter used in Temples in days past was in fact made only out of the hair of these 'Kavariman'.
Similarly, there once was a bird called 'annapakshi'. If water was mixed with water, this bird had the ability to separate the milk from water and drink it up. But if to-day's children were to be told of the existence of such a deer or such a bird and their habits they refuse to believe it. They think that all these are not facts but a story spun by someone. The reason for the loss of faith is because it is not to be seen now.
Likewise, be it Adi Sankara or Govinda Bhagavatpada or Sage Vyasa or the innumerable other Sages, it is not enough if they declare that there is a state called 'Jivan Mukti'(Realized being) and that those who have attained that state realize the Atma (Self) to be different from the body. They are 'Muktas' (liberated) even while living in this world. It is not enough if the Sutra Bashyam or the Upanishads or the Gita declares this. But even today such great Mahans move about in this land of Bharata. Only on seeing them do we believe the words of the Shastras.
Great Saints such as Ramana Maharshi, Seshadri Swamigal, our Kanchi Swamigal have walked on the soil of this Bharata Bhoomi and a Jnana parampara(Lineage) is being carried on, in this Bhoomi of Bharata.
So the life history of Mahatmas carries such wonders. The life of Andavan Ptichhai was one such that contains great wonders. When we read the life history of a Saints we wonder if such happenings could have really taken place.
The Scriptures say that at the end of their lives the Brahma Rudram (Crown chakra) opens out for the Sanyasis and the life goes out because of 'Urdva rejas'. If this does not occur by itself then while burying the sanyasi in Samadhi, a coconut is broken on the head of the sanyasi and thus the Brahma Rudram is opened out. But it reads as a great wonder when we see the life of Andavan Pitchhai. We find that many a time She has had this experience and the blood gushed out like a fountain from her head!
I have said that death is only of the 'mind. The Advaita philoshophy terms 'mano nasam' (annihilation of thoughts), 'vasana kshyam' (destruction of vasanas) as Jivan Mukti state. Without annihilation of 'mind' any kind of intense Tapas would only take you to Moksha (in 'archiradi marga') but the state of Jivan Mukti state cannot be attained.
!!! More devotion through e-satsang to follow - Be blessed !!!
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Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
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( hari krishnamurthy K. HARIHARAN)"
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