Significance of Tilak

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"Sesha M. D. Mantripragada" <maheswari

Wed Aug 25, 2004 4:54pm

Re: [saibabanews] Re: Swami with Tilak Dream

 

Kelly yoga,

 

Om Sai Ram!

Tilak is the red dot the Indians use on their forehead in between

the both eys. it also have the other regional names as 'Bindi"in

Hindi, "KumKum" in Sanskrit; "Bottu or Tilakam" in Telugu and so on.

I think it signifies inword spirituality, third eye, prosperity and

fertility, hilyness etc etc.. i also donot know what is the exact

significance of it . and already for a long time i am trying to know

the true meaning and its significance. but till now i couldn't get

the answer. . hope any one of the group members could clarify this

question.

 

Sai Ram

Sesha M.D.M.

 

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Kedar Chintapalli <mkchintapalli

Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:43pm

Re: [saibabanews] Re: Swami with Tilak Dream

 

Sai Ram,

Tilak has spiritual and cultural significance.

Culture is the distillate of human experience and the traditions

are an adaptation to that experience.

The Tilak is adorned in between the eye brows and just above the

bridge of the nose,; this is considered as the spiritual centre that

makes the man wise and is where the AAJNA chakra is. Saints millions

of years ago went within, searched and discovered this as the centre

for judgment and discrimination. I would like to give a scientific

explanation for this. To acknowledge that centre, Hindu tradition is

to ware the Tilak , boht Men and Women.

Now the PET scan studies done on the jail mates who had committed

crimes like murders, this area of teh brain does not show any

activity. On the contrary, Dr. H. Benson did pet scan studies on the

subjects who were doing mantra and regulated breathing exercise and

found that this centre lights up. This is called the ORBITO_

FRONTAL area of teh frontal lobe that has CINGULATE Gyrus, which is

very important for human Responses and not Reactions. As long as we

reflect on our opinions, thoughts, and respond, we are using this

portion of the brain. Angry people do not use this portion, but use

mor ethe brain stem or teh animal brain.That is why Swami is

emphasizing on Humans to live as Human.

The second point is tradition. It is red and every married woman

has to wear teh red Tilak. This corresponds to Prosperity and also

the color of teh menstrual flow. Widows do not wear Tilak. THis

meant for people seeing one with the powdered Sindoor or Tilak, the

woman i smarried and is capable of having children. They did not

wear this on the days that they were in their monthly

inconveniences. THIS IS TRADITION.

Most important thing is the integration of modern scinece taht is

embracing and teaching spirituality is very scientific.

Sai Ram,

Meena Chintapalli

 

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Kedar Chintapalli <mkchintapalli

Wed Aug 25, 2004 9:47pm

Re: [saibabanews] Re: Swami with Tilak Dream

 

Sai RAm,

I thought the question was in general about TILAK.

If it is Naamam or Tilak that is seen on the Gods forehead , either

as a vision or a dream that has a different significance. Swami

Swahaananda of Ramakrishna mission ha dwritten a nice book on Hindu

symbology.

Swami's discourses time and again had reiterated what the naamam

signifies.

The THREE horizontal lines adorned by the saivites is a

representation of , 3 gunas: tamasic, rajasisc and Saatwic

3 Times: Past, Present and Future

3 Aspects of the Deha or Body: The Gross, Subtle and Causal body

It is HE who is Beyond all these attributes.

The difference for Vaishnava Sampradaayam is to adorn the THREE

lines in a Vertical fashion. Symbology is the same. Lord Vishnu,

Krishna, Srinivasa adorn in a vertical fashion.

I hope my previous in GENERAL reply and thius SPECIFIC to GODS

clarifies some doubts for you.

Sai Ram

Meena Chintapalli

 

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saibabanews, KellyYoga <kellyyoga@c...> wrote:

> Sai Ram, What is tilak and what is spiritual significance? Sai

Ram