Guest guest Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 MURUGA SRANAM I appreciate this idea. Personal experiences with Lord Murugan of others are undoubtedly good inspirations for aspirants. I can say that all that I have gained as a person are due to His grace only. Only after involving myself in His devotion I find that I am getting better and better than what I was. I had become more mature and articulate who can communicate effectlively and convince others. I was not so before .. Even in my wildest imagination I did not think that I can become so and impress people in my career. Every new knowledge I gain, if I sit and think, I realise that it gets refined, only if I seek that knowledge after I take His blessings. In my best efforts, before doing anything and everything tell Him that I want to do this and I ask him guide me in achieving it. After this I have become less hasty. As long as I sincerely listen and follow His advise which He reveals through instincts, becomes an astounding success. It is no exaggeration that He makes the impossible as possible. He gives us the means and courage to train ourselves and elevate us in our capabilities to do things but not by myth. For sometime I use to think that I acquired these capabilities and thats why I was successful in a particular thing though I use to seek His blessings before doing it. But then I realised many times that I AM NOT SUCCESSFUL SOLELY DUE TO MY EFFORTS. Ofcourse we need those efforts but we gain the skills and our efforts become meaningful when we seek His blessings. He only gives us those skills. Even if I give a CV of my friend to someone I give it only after keeping it in front of Him and praying to Him that it should become successful by His blessings. Because sometimes one may be successful in getting a job but it may not be absolutely suitable for him or may not give enough income or may give numerous troubles in the job. But if His blessings are there, it can not only be successful but continue to serve our purpose for the time to come. But simply praying to Him and leaving the matter without any efforts does not produce any result at all. We end up only being lazy. He gives us the skills and we have to do it and get the result. We cant sit saying " Ellam Avan Seyal " . Results of actions are only by Karma. But that Karma has to be blessed by Him. But at sometime or the other I feel we should stop asking this and that to Him and purely concentrate on Devotion and Love towards Him alone. That alone can give guaranteed and permanent happiness. Shall be very glad if members share their devotional experiences with Lord Murugan. Later I shall share information on some incidents that took place during Patha yathirai (pilgrimage by foot) to Palani. MURUGA SARANAM With Best Regards Meyyappan S > An additional step would be to have group members > share their own personal experiences of Lord > Murugan. I'm sure every dedicated group member will > have had some experience or experiences in which > Murugan has touched them in their lives; where they > have felt that " this experience is truly Murugan's > doing; there's no other explanation for it!! " It > would be most interesting to learn members' stories > of Murugan Live in their lives. > > Interestingly, I got this idea when I was (some time > ago) trying to tell my little son a story at his > bedtime. I usually tell him stories from Hindu > mythology because they have moral values, and also > they educate him in a very understandable way about > what are the do's and don'ts in Hinduism. > > But this time, my son told me: " Ma, don't tell me > what happened 5000 years ago. Tell me some story of > God (or deva) which happened more recently " . I > admit I was dumbfounded, but it made me think. > > It would be a good exercise to contemplate on all > the past events in our lives and try to identify all > those events that are of divine intervention (given > the problems each and everyone has, some solutions > must truly have been of divine origin!!). _______________________________ Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 muruga saranam salutions to all the great devotees.i repeat the sayingsof nattukottai chettiars chetty kapplukku chenduran tunai.if u see the history of tmil devotees way back to 1600 ad we have records of lord murugas blessings selected persond.one such devotee is pattinathu adigal.lord muruga born to him as son and made him realise that money is nothing comparing to the blesssings of him.the other one kumaragurupara swamigal who was born dumb and mute nd got the blessings of lord muruga from thiruchendur nd composed many devotional padalgal. he later on become the astana pulavar at madurai during thirumalai naciker.he went to kashi and establised kumaragurupara madam.aother one ramalinga vallalar who was a regular visitor to chenna kandakottam near central station and got blessed by him. he composed many in cluding famous thiruarutpa.then there are vallimalai swamigal,pamban swamigal. ratnagiri balamuruganadimai is another one who was a DMK follower and was not having faith in god.lord muruga made him his devotee and gave him power of curing sickness ogf others.the place is close vellore. pardon m my english ay not be that good. and i dont know how to type tamil letters in computer irai arul irundhal ella varum avan thiruvadi onde taunaiMeyyappan S <meyyappan_s wrote: MURUGA SRANAMI appreciate this idea. Personal experiences with LordMurugan of others are undoubtedly good inspirationsfor aspirants. I can say that all that I have gainedas a person are due to His grace only. Only afterinvolving myself in His devotion I find that I amgetting better and better than what I was. I hadbecome more mature and articulate who can communicateeffectlively and convince others. I was not so before. Even in my wildest imagination I did not think thatI can become so and impress people in my career.Every new knowledge I gain, if I sit and think, Irealise that it gets refined, only if I seek thatknowledge after I take His blessings. In my bestefforts, before doing anything and everything tell Himthat I want to do this and I ask him guide me inachieving it. After this I have become less hasty. Aslong as I sincerely listen and follow His advise whichHe reveals through instincts, becomes an astoundingsuccess.It is no exaggeration that He makes the impossible aspossible. He gives us the means and courage to trainourselves and elevate us in our capabilities to dothings but not by myth. For sometime I use to thinkthat I acquired these capabilities and thats why I wassuccessful in a particular thing though I use to seekHis blessings before doing it. But then I realisedmany times that I AM NOT SUCCESSFUL SOLELY DUE TO MYEFFORTS. Ofcourse we need those efforts but we gainthe skills and our efforts become meaningful when weseek His blessings. He only gives us those skills.Even if I give a CV of my friend to someone I give itonly after keeping it in front of Him and praying toHim that it should become successful by His blessings.Because sometimes one may be successful in getting ajob but it may not be absolutely suitable for him ormay not give enough income or may give numeroustroubles in the job. But if His blessings are there,it can not only be successful but continue to serveour purpose for the time to come. But simply prayingto Him and leaving the matter without any efforts doesnot produce any result at all. We end up only beinglazy. He gives us the skills and we have to do it andget the result. We cant sit saying "Ellam Avan Seyal".Results of actions are only by Karma. But that Karmahas to be blessed by Him.But at sometime or the other I feel we should stopasking this and that to Him and purely concentrate onDevotion and Love towards Him alone. That alone cangive guaranteed and permanent happiness.Shall be very glad if members share their devotionalexperiences with Lord Murugan. Later I shall shareinformation on some incidents that took place duringPatha yathirai (pilgrimage by foot) to Palani.MURUGA SARANAMWith Best RegardsMeyyappan S> An additional step would be to have group members> share their own personal experiences of Lord> Murugan. I'm sure every dedicated group member will> have had some experience or experiences in which> Murugan has touched them in their lives; where they> have felt that "this experience is truly Murugan's> doing; there's no other explanation for it!!" It> would be most interesting to learn members' stories> of Murugan Live in their lives.> > Interestingly, I got this idea when I was (some time> ago) trying to tell my little son a story at his> bedtime. I usually tell him stories from Hindu> mythology because they have moral values, and also> they educate him in a very understandable way about> what are the do's and don'ts in Hinduism. > > But this time, my son told me: "Ma, don't tell me> what happened 5000 years ago. Tell me some story of> God (or deva) which happened more recently". I> admit I was dumbfounded, but it made me think. > > It would be a good exercise to contemplate on all> the past events in our lives and try to identify all> those events that are of divine intervention (given> the problems each and everyone has, some solutions> must truly have been of divine origin!!). _______________________________Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 MURUGA SARANAM When we talk about Kumaragurupara swamigal, I am also reminded of Thevaraya Swamigal who composed the six Kavasams of Kanda Shashti. The Kanda Shashti Kavasam posted in to our files section by a member who was kind enough to do so, is actually the popular one that belongs to Thiruchendur. The six kavasams that belongs to the six abodes of Lord Muruga are as follows 1. Tiruparankundram - Starting with Thiruparankundurai theerane guhane 2. Thiruchendur - Sahshtiyai nokka Saravana Bhavanar 3. Thiru Avinankudi (Palani) - Thiruaavinankudi sirakkum Muruga 4. Thiru Erakam (Swami Malai) - Om enum Pranavam unraithida sivanar 5. Kundru thoraadum Kumaran (as all the hill shrines are Murugan's dwelling places) - Ganapathy thunaiva Gangatharan Puthalva 6. Pazamuthir Solai Kizhavon - Sangaran Maganay Saravana Bhavanay In addition to the popular one (Tiruchendur) I could get the audio cassetes of Kavasam that belongs to only Palani one only when I had been to Palani. These Kavasams were composed by Thevaraya Swamigal (S/o Veerasamy Pillai) who settled as a businessman in Bangalore (period unknown) and learned Tamil literature from a renowned Tamil Scholar. When he once got a serious stomach ache (like what Thirunavukkarasar and Pakazhi kuthar got), He came to Thiruchendil on the first day of shashti and immediately his uncurable stomach ache started subsiding. He could not control his tears of joy when he felt the grace of Lord Murugan and started composing the six Kavasams one each day in His sannidhanam in Thiruchendur. the above facts are written in the preface of the Kavasam book (printed in 1972) containing the six kavasams. Thiruchendur seems to be more effective with curing physical ills I believe. The words in all the six kavsams seem not to be good Tamil literature alone but seem to be divine words. The description of Lord Murugan in the verses of these Kavasams represent the Supreme deity of all the universes and The Eternal master. MURUGA SARANAM WitH best Regards Meyyappan S dhandapani , prkrishnan1942` krishnan <prkrishnan1942> wrote: > muruga saranam > salutions to all the great devotees.i repeat the sayingsof nattukottai chettiars chetty kapplukku chenduran tunai.if u see the history of tmil devotees way back to 1600 ad we have records of lord murugas blessings selected persond.one such devotee is pattinathu adigal.lord muruga born to him as son and made him realise that money is nothing comparing to the blesssings of him.the other one kumaragurupara swamigal who was born dumb and mute nd got the blessings of lord muruga from thiruchendur nd composed many devotional padalgal. he later on become the astana pulavar at madurai during thirumalai naciker.he went to kashi and establised kumaragurupara madam.aother one ramalinga vallalar who was a regular visitor to chenna kandakottam near central station and got blessed by him. he composed many in cluding famous thiruarutpa.then there are vallimalai swamigal,pamban swamigal. ratnagiri balamuruganadimai is another one who was a DMK follower and was not having faith in god.lord muruga > made him his devotee and gave him power of curing sickness ogf others.the place is close vellore. pardon m my english ay not be that good. and i dont know how to type tamil letters in computer > irai arul irundhal ella varum > avan thiruvadi onde taunai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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