Guest guest Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Namaste, I am a new entrant, both to this group & also to the Silent One & his ways...I have been deeply influenced by Arthur Osborne & David Godman (particulary the 3 volumes of "Power of the Presence") & have made a couple of trips to Sri Ashramam... We have all read about the tree that Bhagavan saw on the Hill, under which Lord Siva Himself lives as the eternal Arunagiri Yogi. Arthur Osborne also writes that some of the devotees unsuccessfully attempted to climb up to the tree. On my first visit to the Ashram I innocently asked the staff where the tree could be viewed, and was told that it was visible only to Bhagavan... During a trip around a year ago, I was accosted on the Hill by a local resident who said there were 2 siddhas on the Hill, a lady who 'doesn't speak' and a man who 'speaks very occasionally'...I was curious, has anybody in this group come across true siddhAs in Tiruvannamalai? Do such people still show themselves to us in this age? Just curious, because I didn't know what to make of it... In His silence, Akhil Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger. http://messenger./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 Our dear friend Balachandran has visited the Siddha who was then (1994?) seated at the top of Arunachala hill. The siddha sat quietly unmoved with his head down. He did not look at or take the fruit offerings by Bala. A little while later monkeys took away the fruits. The Siddha's body was emaciated and finger nails were several inches in length. Someone had erected a plastic shelter in the place where he was seated to avoid scorching sun, but it appeared to Bala as if the Siddha was unmindful of the heat caused by sunlight or the stone beneath him. Finally when Bala indicated he was to take leave, the Siddha raised his hand a little in gesture of his blessings. Dear Bala, please correct this narration and add if I have left out anything. In Bhagavan's Grace, NagarajaAkhil Krishna <akhil_all_alone > wrote: Namaste, I am a new entrant, both to this group & also tothe Silent One & his ways...I have been deeplyinfluenced by Arthur Osborne & David Godman(particulary the 3 volumes of "Power of the Presence")& have made a couple of trips to Sri Ashramam... We have all read about the tree that Bhagavansaw on the Hill, under which Lord Siva Himself livesas the eternal Arunagiri Yogi. Arthur Osborne alsowrites that some of the devotees unsuccessfullyattempted to climb up to the tree. On my first visitto the Ashram I innocently asked the staff where thetree could be viewed, and was told that it was visibleonly to Bhagavan... During a trip around a year ago, I was accostedon the Hill by a local resident who said there were 2siddhas on the Hill, a lady who 'doesn't speak' and aman who 'speaks very occasionally'...I was curious,has anybody in this group come across true siddhAs inTiruvannamalai? Do such people still show themselvesto us in this age? Just curious, because I didn't know what to makeof it...In His silence,Akhil Do you ?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger.http://messenger./ Post message: RamanaMaharshi Subscribe: RamanaMaharshi- Un: RamanaMaharshi List owner: RamanaMaharshi-ownerShortcut URL to this page: http://www./community/RamanaMaharshi India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 Namaste, This is Satheesh kumar,i am a new entrant to this group.. I am a devotee of Bhagavan and by his Grace, been visiting the ashram for the past 11 years..Regarding the Siddhas, I just wanted to make a few observations.. There was a Siddha who stayed in Chennai in 1950s and 60s and He was a disciple of Sage Agasthya..He had told time and again that Arunachala is the Spiritual Center of the Siddhas..I happened to read some books on Him and He was called Idiyappa Siddhar(meaning without beginning and end),and he is supposed to have vanished in a Goddess temple in Chennai in 1965. His disciple (Sri Venkatrama Swami,who moved with this Siddha when he was around 8-15 years of age..) is still there and he has a ashram there in ThiruAnnamalai..They mainly advocate Devotion and Nishkamya Karma. Bhagavan used to say that all the siddhas are supposed to be there in Arunachala and ,they go around the Hill in invisible form..(Once when someone was going with Bhagavan in the night around the hill and he has heard the sound of some one walking with sandals and asked Bhagavan whether some siddhas are around ,and Bhagavan has said that was the case..) All the more, I would like to add that Bhagavan himself is a Great Siddha and the Power to grant Realization is the Highest of all Siddhis..So my feeling is that rather than searching for some other siddha, it will be more fuitful (by His Grace)to focus our attention on Bhagavan / His teachings.. Om,Satheesh Kumar --- Nagaraja Pani <swayanjata wrote: > Namaste Sri Akhil, > > Our dear friend Balachandran has visited the Siddha > who was then (1994?) seated at the top of Arunachala > hill. The siddha sat quietly unmoved with his head > down. He did not look at or take the fruit > offerings by Bala. A little while later monkeys > took away the fruits. The Siddha's body was > emaciated and finger nails were several inches in > length. Someone had erected a plastic shelter in > the place where he was seated to avoid scorching > sun, but it appeared to Bala as if the Siddha was > unmindful of the heat caused by sunlight or the > stone beneath him. Finally when Bala indicated he > was to take leave, the Siddha raised his hand a > little in gesture of his blessings. > > Dear Bala, please correct this narration and add if > I have left out anything. > > In Bhagavan's Grace, > Nagaraja > > Akhil Krishna <akhil_all_alone wrote: > > Namaste, > > I am a new entrant, both to this group & also > to > the Silent One & his ways...I have been deeply > influenced by Arthur Osborne & David Godman > (particulary the 3 volumes of "Power of the > Presence") > & have made a couple of trips to Sri Ashramam... > > We have all read about the tree that Bhagavan > saw on the Hill, under which Lord Siva Himself lives > as the eternal Arunagiri Yogi. Arthur Osborne also > writes that some of the devotees unsuccessfully > attempted to climb up to the tree. On my first visit > to the Ashram I innocently asked the staff where the > tree could be viewed, and was told that it was > visible > only to Bhagavan... > > During a trip around a year ago, I was accosted > on the Hill by a local resident who said there were > 2 > siddhas on the Hill, a lady who 'doesn't speak' and > a > man who 'speaks very occasionally'...I was curious, > has anybody in this group come across true siddhAs > in > Tiruvannamalai? Do such people still show themselves > to us in this age? > > Just curious, because I didn't know what to > make > of it... > > In His silence, > Akhil > > > > > > > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger. > http://messenger./ > > > > Post message: RamanaMaharshi > Subscribe: > RamanaMaharshi- > Un: > RamanaMaharshi > List owner: RamanaMaharshi-owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > > http://www./community/RamanaMaharshi > > > Sponsor > > > > Links > > > RamanaMaharshi/ > > > RamanaMaharshi > > Your use of is subject to the > > > > India Matrimony: Find your partner online. Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Messenger. http://messenger./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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