[Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru] Siddha Medicine School/Clinic

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Hari OM! Dear Shri Ramji, Thanks for the great artcile in the name of Ambaal. Please enlighten us with an exclusive article about "Kayya Siddhi" I think it is in Thirumandiram, like the human body can be made like superman superpower charged with certain disciplines, what are the disciplines? and need to know deeply about it. Please if you can. I am writing another email to you describing the personal experience after started reciting the 25 names of Sri Rajarajeswari Ambaa. Jai Ambaa. With Love & OM! Krishna Prasadpara_anuloma <para_anuloma wrote: Dear Dan ji,There is one Yoga Siddha Research Centre

that I know of. I thourhgly enjoyed reading the two volumes by T.N.Ganapathy on the YOGA of BHOGAR SIDDHA.Address: "Rajkamal," 45 (21), IV Avenue, Ashok Nagar, Chennai - 600 083 Phone: 044-5202 9150 / 044- 2489 7396 " Email: tnganaThe Yoga Siddha Research Project has been sponsored jointly by Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas Inc., Canada and Yoga Research and Education Centre, Inc. California, USA since 2000. The aim of the project is to undertake on a grand scale to locate all the unpublished texts by the Tamil Yoga Siddhas and publish them with critical annotations. Till now no serious study has been made about the Tamil Siddhas in a systematic and scientific way. No serious attempt has been made to work on or translate the Tamil Siddha poems. The Tamil Yoga Siddha Research Project proposes to fill this long-felt gap. The purpose of this project is to identify and preserve in computer accessible

format all of the manuscripts of the Tamil Siddhas related to yoga in the various libraries and private collections. This project had its origins nearly 50 years ago, Kriya Babaji Nagaraj gave to Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah, the solemn task to gather the palm leaf mansucripts of the 18 Tamil Yoga Siddhas, and to preserve, transcribe and publish them. During the 1960's Yogi Ramaiah wandered all over Tamil Nadu collecting and carefully preserving them against white ants. In 1968 he published "Songs of the 18 Yoga Siddhas," a small anthology of these in their original Tamil language. From 1979 to 1982 he published the collected works of Babaji's guru, the Siddhar Boganathar, in their original Tamil, in three volumes, nearly 1,800 pages in length. In 1999, his student of 18 years, M. Govindan Satchidananda, the President of Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas, and sponsor of the Project developed a research plan in four parts:

Study number 1, "An Inventory and Preservation in Magnetic Format of the Manuscripts Associated with Yoga contained in Libraries and Private Collections of Tamil Nadu", has resulted in the copying onto electronic media, CD Roms, all of the the Siddha Manuscripts related to Yoga ( but not on medicine) from the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library (GOML), Chennai, the Adyar Library, Chennai, and the Kerala University Mansucripts Library, Tiruvanathapuram. The number of works copied so far from the GOML is 357, the number of folios: 11,212, the number of verses: approximately 45,000. In the case of Adyar Library we have gotten photocopies of 85 Siddha Yoga manuscripts including 1366 folios, and 7,000 verses approximately. In Kerala University photocopies of five Siddha Yoga manuscripts have been obtained. In Kerala University we are fortunate to have a mutilated manuscript on the history of the Siddhas called Jnana-bodagam.

The collection of works in the GOML started in the year 2000 with Dr. KR. Arumugam, who as a Research Associate copied the manuscripts in CD Roms,. He was ably assisted by Sri Senthil Vadivalagan, The manuscripts have subsequently been transcribed into modern Tamil by Sri G. Uthiradam, M.A., M.Phil, Dip. in Manuscriptology, and Dip. in Epigraphy, and the correctness of the transcription has been scrutinized by the well-known scholar Sri. P. Subramaniam, who is a Ph.D. in Manuscriptology, a rare scholarship indeed. The Centre is currently copying all of the manuscripts related to Yoga written by the Siddhas, at the Saraswati Mahal Library, in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It has one of the largest collections of such works, but until now, no researchers have been permitted to make copies of such works. More Siddha works in other collections, both private and institutional will be copied over the coming few years. With a

comprehensive collection of all of the Siddha manuscripts, we can assure not only their future preservation, study and translation, by future generations of scholars and yogis. Study number 2, "Translation into English with Commentary and Publication of Selected Manuscripts related to the Tamil Yoga Siddhas." This study has resulted in one of the publications today: "The Yoga of Siddha Avvai." Much more is expected from this study as we identify and select the "gems" among the manuscripts copied and transcribed in Study number 1. Study number 3, "Translation with Commentary of an Anthology of Selected Works of the 18 Siddhas," began in the year 2000, and with the collaboration of several scholars and yogis, it has been completed with the release of "The Yoga of the 18 Siddhas: An Anthology." Study number 4, "Translation with Commentary of Selected Poems on Yoga by Siddhar Boganathar," resulted in the

publication, in July 2003, of volume 1 of "The Yoga of Siddha Boganathar," and today, with the publication of volume 2. It is based upon entirely upon the mammoth work of Yogi Ramaiah, cited above, "Bogar Kanda Yoga." At a later date, we hope to publish Boganathar's poem of 7,000 verses, and other works by this Siddha, in subsequent volumes. See the article "Welcome Address from M. Govindan Satchidananda" and the article "Biography of Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah," in the "Articles" section of this website for further details on the purpose and history of the above cited undertakings. Inception of the Centre and future plans: With the completion of the above cited items, at a formal book launch on January 9, 2005, and the invitation by the Vice Chacellor of the University of Madras to become affiliated with the University, the sponsor and the Research director decided to establish "The Yoga Siddha Research Centre," with

a new budget, research plan, and advisory committee of scholars. The current plan for 2005 includes completion of the book, "The Yoga of Tirumular: Essays on the Tirumandiram," which will be published in 2005 by Babaji's Kriya Yoga and Publications, Inc. of Canada. Beginning in April 2005, the Centre is also undertaking a new translation of the "Tirumandiram," which is probably the most important work by a Yoga Siddha, written, in the 4th century A.D. This will be done by: Sri T.V. Venkatraman, former Chief Secretary of the Government of Tamil Nadu, Sri T.N. Ramachandran, Professor T.N. Ganapathy, and Dr. KR Arumugam, all scholars of this great work.The Chairman of our Advisory Committee is Professor R. Balasubramanian, Former Chairman, the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, former Director, the Dr. Radhakrishnan Institute for Advanced Study in Philosophy, University of Madras, Emeritus Professor of

the Sri Aurobindo School of Philosophy, Central University, Pondicherry. He is an outstanding scholar in the field of Vedanta.----------------------------If you are looking into th clinical/medical siddha hospitals....You can try this one.NAVODHAYA SIDDHA HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRENo.20, Arcot Road, Kodambakkam, Chennai - 600 024. Phone: 24810752 / 24727396E-mail: navodhaya2000You might also try Marmachikitsa of the Kerala Siddha Ayurvedam...Marma Chikitzalayam, Kochupally Road, Thoppumpday, Kochi 682005,India.Siddha medicine is the oldest medical system in the world. Siddha is a Tamil word derived from siddhi-one who has attained perfection in life or heavenly bliss. Practitioners of this system were called siddhars. Wise men who meditated, wrote poems and had healing powers, siddhars were originally devotees of Lord Shiva.

In ancient India, 18 important siddhars developed the system, which is why it's called Siddha medicine.The Siddha system is based on the principle that the macrocosm (the universe) and the microcosm (man) are similar. Man is made up of five fundamental elements: earth (solid matter), water (liquid matter), fire (energy), air (gaseous matter) and ethereal space between the other four elements. Reflecting this theory of cosmic oneness, the five senses of man are said to correspond with the five elements. Ether (akasam) is responsible for hearing; fire (theyu) for sight; air (vayu) for smell; water (appu) for taste; and earth (prithvi) for the sense of touch. Traditionally, Siddha has used oral treatment (including powders and herbal juices) and massage with medicated oils to cure ailments. Two ancient practices no longer in vogue are bloodletting and the use of heavy metals in medical concoctions. Recognizing the

inherent toxicity of some metals, the Siddha texts insisted on purifying such ingredients before use in medications. Siddha medicine was in vogue in South India much before the Aryan period, but gradually fell into disuse. Written on leaves, most Siddha works were either destroyed or lost over time due to ignorance and lack of proper care.With the advent of the East India Company, Indian chemical factories were closed down, ostensibly because the preparations were crude and dangerous. The real agenda, however, was to promote western medicine.The passing of the Poisons Act was the most lethal blow since the Siddha system dealt with medicines prepared from metals and metallic poisons.The system is slowly regaining some of its lost glory with certain medications said to be effective in controlling AIDS.Yours yogically,Shreeram BalijepalliRajarajeshwari_Kalpataru , "Dan"

<dhkerrmail wrote:>> Shreeram Balijepalli:> > I know from your posts that your in to the Siddhas.> I remember you mentioned one of the Siddha Medicinal clincs in one of> your posts. If I travel over there; I'd like to visit one. Do you> have a name and contact information for same?> > Thanks!> > dan> Krishna Prasad "Since past and future have never been without the present, to know the eternal Now is to know the Truth"

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