Guest guest Posted February 4, 2003 Report Share Posted February 4, 2003 “SIR” CHIDDANANDA NATHA : The great mahaan attained kaivalya in the year sept,1957 on sashti during Sarada navaratri on the maha vajreshwari thithi nitya day. Precisely At that time the Kanchi Maha perival who was, doing the Chandra Moulieswara puja suddenly stopped the puja for a minute,and continued to do the puja. This unusual BREAK caused anxiety among the devotees who had organized the puja materials on that day ,as they thought that something was defective with the puja materials brought . (this incident happened at the madras Sanskrit college.) After the puja Maha Perival went to explain the reason for the stoppage of the puja and said at that precise moment he had witnessed a rare vision of a grand reception being given in MANIDWEEPA to a great Sri Vidya upasaka whom he knows. For the benefit of this AMBAA-L group who are not aware of this mahaan, I would like to give more information. In the holy land of India it is said that during every decade , there would be atleast a single Jivan muktha born to re establish the faith of the sanatana dharma and to re confirm the truth of the Vedas and other holy scriptures. True to this saying this Mahaan was born to re establish the supremacy of Devi upasana ,at a time when Sri vidya upasana was shunned particularly in south India by the the Vedic scholars, as some upasakas were using non-vaidic materials and doing non vaidic practices. The Mahaan was born to sri Narasaya and Smt Kamakshi on the first of Nov 1882 in the tamil year chitra banu and his birth star was moola ,as that of ambaal. The parents named this divine child as "SUBRAMANIAN". He came to madras in the year 1905 and was working as a teacher for his living , in the corporation MODEL SCHOOL and retired in 1937. He learnt art also which later helped him to draw his guru's picture. As per the wishes of his mother in the year 1911 , he took his mother to witness the Maha kumbamela at the holy city of Allahabad. At that time in the triveni sangam he met several sadhus,munies, avadhootas, yogies, spiritual giants from various sanyasi orders. He was particularly attracted to a avadhoota hailing from Trinelveli -- the MAHAAN pujya sri sri Guhanandanathar and pleaded before him to liberate him from the samsara sagara. The trikala darshi Guru knew the purpose of his birth and directed him to come after 2 days. With the Grace of the Guru in the year 1911 on an amavasya day- Monday-in the month of makara in the tamil year sadarana varsham,in the holy place of Allahabad guru gave him the Poorna maha shodashi diksha along with the initiation of Mahavakyas and Hamsa mantra with the Deeksha nama as "CHIDDANANDA NATHA".he further instructed him to do the upasana utmost confidentially for 12 years, which he did even with out the knowledge of his wife. He was at the holy feet of guru only for 27 days learning the sampradaya karmas of Srividya,guru parampara,the divine secrets of the srividya,the finer aspects of advaita and Vedanta sastras and the Subramanya tatava. When the guru prepared to move from that place, he could not reconcile to the separation . the guru blessed him that he would soon gain the Atma Sakshatkara.and consoling him said that he can witness the guru's sthoola sarira in Muruga vighraha during the vibhuti abhisheka ,in the great temple of Lord Subramanya at TIRUTHANI, on the Thai Amavasya (month of makara). This event happens to this day when the abhiskam is done by the sishyas of Sir on this particular day. Thereafter the spiritual progress of the mahaan was on the fast track and he came into contact with great people like rajanga swamygal,vallimali swamigal. The truth of the vedantas were getting clearer to him through these divine contacts. Though he was a gruastha , Sir was living a saint's life working very hard for the spirtual upliftment of the ordinary souls. He initiated the SriVidya Upasana to several thousands of devotees who flocked him like the bees in the honey comb. For the deserving devotees he gave the peetathikara (Right to initiate other people) . he initiated the women also, who were discouraged at that time to take to sri vidya upasana. He was known as " SIR " with respect and love from sishyas as he was a teacher. Among his shisyas were many very great Vedic scholars and sastries. For several decades for some reasons Sri vidya Navavarana Puja was not being done at the "Kaamakshi Temple " at Kanchipuram. As per the divine directions from Maha Perival of Kanchi, this puja commenced after a long break to be done by SIR. Even to day the sri vidya navavarana puja is continued to be done by Sir's sishyas. He founded a samithi which was known as SRI BRHAMA VIDYA VIMARSINI SABHA and the vaidic sastries and the other great learned persons regularly met to discuss and research the knowledge available to the humanity on Sri Vidya. As a result of this research several invaluable scriptures came to light for the guidance of future sadhaks. In the year 1955 he started a journal known as "SRI Vidya " to dissipate the knowledge. In the year 1920 on may 20th at 3 am in the early morning, he had a very personal dharshan of the MAHAAN SESHDRI Swamigal at TIRUVANNAMALI who reflected the spiritual progress of Sir and directed him to protect and propagate the secret knowledge of Sri Vidya. He used to frequently visit Bagawan Ramana and discuss with him the subtle aspects of the vedanata and the Upanishads. Sir had also installed Sri Chakra or Mahameru in various adhishtanas of sidda purusha and mahaans. SOME OF SIR'S RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS on Sri Vidya are as under SRI VIDYA SAPARYA PADDATHI : this book explains the procedures for doing the sri vidya navavarana puja. This has been compiled from various tantra sastras and to day it is an authoritative manual based on which several publications have come out. In all the Sankara Mutts this krama is being followed. SRI VIDYA SAPARYA VASANA : this book explains at each stage the adyatma philosophy of Srividya Navavarana Puja and Sir Through his own personal experience explains clearly, how this puja helps the aspirant to bring the advaitic experience into practice. this book was published both in English and tamil. GURU TATVA VIMARSHAM : this book is based on the Vedas and Guru gita and explains the importance of guru, beejakshra mantras in the guru paduka mantras and its importance to a sadhak. SRI NAGARA VIMARSHAM : Deals with the scripture "lalitha stavaratnam" based on the work of DURVASA MAHA RISHI " and contains rare secret interpretations of the scripture. SHAKTI MAHIMNA STOTRAM : tamil translation of the work of Bhaskara raya's Bhasyam. SRI VIDYA NITYANIKAM : deals with the duties of a daily routine of an upasaka concerning karmas,japas.dhyana and parayanas. Sri lalithopakyaana vimarsham ; Book based on the Brahmanda puranam. AJAPA KALPAM : a guide to Ajapa Japam. MANEESHA PANCHAKAM : Tamil translation of the work of ADI SANKARA. SRI LALITHA THRISHATI BHASYAM : Tamil translation of the work of ADI Sankara on the subject. SRI SUBRAMANYA TATVAM : Explains the secrets of Tatvas on the subject as explained by his guru. KAMA KALA VILASAM : this scripture which was from Kashmir in Sanskrit was translated in tamil which explains the subtle aspects and secrets of Sri Vidya upasana based on " HATHI VIDYA ". At the time of the release of this book Maha Perival of Kanchi conferred him the prestigious title "ABHINAVA BHASKARA" and simultaneously from the SRINGERI PEETAM came the award as "NAVA BHASKARA ". SRI VIDYA GITA : this book was based on TRI PURA RAHASYAM KAMALBIKA MAHATMEEYAM : explains the meaning of Devi Saptha Sathi from a different dimension on the Kamalambika Devi at Tiruvaroor with cross references to Navavarana Kirthana composed by SRI Muthuswamy dikshatar. The other countless publications were,Kamalalaya kshetra tatvam,sri panchanatha kshetra tatva.chidambara rahasya tatva,mooka panchasathi's arya sthaka meaning,many many poems in Tamil and Sanskrit etc etc .He had given lectures based on the Baskara raya's Bhasyam on the Lalitha sahasranama. SIR's BHAKTI to Devi is unparallel when one learns from his life that he even sold his house to finance his publications on SRI VIDYA for the benefit of humanity. "JAI MATHAJI " I thank Sri HARSHA RAMURTHY for asking the question on SIR which has enabled me to concentrate on the life history of this Mahaan at least for sometime while writing this mail. GANAPATHY = = = VIJAYALAKSHMI Ravi <miinalochanii wrote: --- Harsha Ramamurthy <harsha.ramamurthy wrote: > PLEASE HELP ME! > Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:17:18 +0530 > "Harsha Ramamurthy" <harsha.ramamurthy > > > Sir, > I am a Shishya of Brahmashri Chidanandanatha (Subrahmanya Iyer) of > Guhanandamandali. Will you please do a great favor to me by letting > me > know the exact date (at least the year) in which this great person > attained Ambal's feet. > > > > Thanks and warm regards, > > > Harsha Ramamurthy. > > Bangalore > 080-6646954 > 98452 01869 > > > > **************************Disclaimer********************************************\ ****** > > > Information contained in this E-MAIL being proprietary to Wipro > Limited is 'privileged' > and 'confidential' and intended for use only by the individual or > entity to which it is > addressed. You are notified that any use, copying or dissemination of > the information > contained in the E-MAIL in any manner whatsoever is strictly > prohibited. > > ********************************************************************************\ ******** > > > > Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus. 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Guest guest Posted February 4, 2003 Report Share Posted February 4, 2003 My namaskaram-s to shrii Vijaya-Ganapathy dampati: Thank you for this wonderful post. Can you tell us where one can buy the books you have listed. Thanks again for your kind help. Ravi , ganapathy vijaya <srividya101> wrote: > > > "SIR" CHIDDANANDA NATHA : > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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