Arunagirinatha---from Godman's site

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

Having been transformed by the grace of the Lord from a life of

debauchery to a state of Self-knowledge, Arunagirinatha could speak

with authority on the redeeming power of grace, the necessity of

surrender, and the effectiveness of meditating on the name and form

of the Lord. As a result of his own experiences Arunagirinatha

clearly felt that the path of devotion and surrender was the easiest

and most direct route to God. He therefore discouraged his listeners

from engaging in other practices, deeming them to be either counter-

productive or futile. For example, in several of his verses, written

from the standpoint of a devotee, he makes very blunt and outspoken

remarks about the uselessness of traditional yoga practices. In

other places he is equally negative about pandits and philosophers

who get bogged down in intellectual disputes about religion.

 

 

 

The practice of yoga to make the body steady by controlling the

breath, …the awakening of the fire [kundalini] in the solar plexus

and the resulting preoccupation with such practices that cause

mental anxiety should be given up. I should strive to control the

five senses of the body by rooting out their mischief completely. I

should give up the sense of doership. I desire to attain the mauna

state where there is no feeling of insufficiency, the brahmic state

of non-differentiation and the house of moksha by surrendering at

the lotus feet of God Kumara [Murugan].

 

 

 

I have had enough of the company of those persons belonging to one

or the other of the six religious faiths, shouting, doubting,

disputing, asserting and debating with each other about the

superiority of the tenets of their respective faiths. Also [i have

had enough] of those who have only taught themselves for the purpose

of engaging in such controversies or for the sole purpose of

performing ritualistic worship. Enough also of those who spend their

times in mantras and calculations concerning yantras and chakras,

their layouts with angles and junctions as found in Siva Tantras and

Agamas. O Lord Murugan! Grant me moksha without my having to meander

by fruitless and circuitous routes.

 

 

 

O yogis, by concentrating your two eyes on the tip of your nose and

by controlling your breath from the muladhara to the head so that

not even a single breath goes out of your body, you are trying to

get moksha. You have forgotten to follow the easier and simpler way.

If you concentrate your mind on Vallinayaka's [Murugan's] feet, it

is easy to get moksha.

 

 

 

I do not want to be a foolish ..............ONS..Tony.

[Guest guest]

, "Tony OClery" <aoclery>

wrote:

 

<courtesy snip>

>

> I do not want to be a foolish ..............ONS..Tony.

 

but you are.

and persistently keep showing it.

 

yet "a fool keeping his mouth shut may be thought of as wise" as the

good book says.

 

so why don't you keep quiet for a change?