[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] TEMPLE - AN ALLEGORY ?

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What Dr. Harikrishna has suggested in the subject as 'Temple an allegory' set me

thinking and I present my thoughts that occurred to me to the best of my

knowledge.

Temple is the sarira inside which is situated the sanctum sanctoram of the

Lord who is the innerself. To reach him you have to discard sense of possessions

signified by leaving your footwear helmet etc outside and enter in and by

breaking coconut we demolish our ego and offer fruits of our actions offering

them to the Lord. The pushkarini signifies the viraja nadhi of vaikunta where by

dipping into you are transformed into a different being with no other thought

than that of the Lord. by burning the camphor we burn our vasanas and what is

left is the quest of the truth which is indicated by the circumambulation of the

prakaras. Finally you are in front of the Lord and if you have done it all with

real devotion you do not think of anything else., do not pray for this and that

but get totally lost in the darsan, which is tantamount to

brahmasaakshaathkara.T hat one moment you are face to face with the supreme

reality but unfortunately when we come out and wear our slippers we gather all

or vasanas left behind and go home back to get immersed in the samsara!

Saroja Ramanujam

 

Hari Ramakrishnan <hari_082005 wrote:

Respected Members,

 

I was thinking about the message sent by Sree Sree Balagopal Ramakrishnanji.

After reading it, I was thinking about it for some time. Then I remember a

discourse I heard during my youger age. I like to share it here with all group

members.

 

" While learning swimming in village pond / tank, the normal practice is like

this: There will be always trees near ponds. A rope will be hunging from the

tree which will be very nearly touching the top of the water in the pond / tank.

During the initial stages of learnng swimming, the teacher / instructor will

hold the learner. After few days, he will ask the student to hold the rope and

will ask hime to move his legs and hand. He will tell the student to leave the

rope slowly in due course, so that he can start swimming. But, as far as as you

are holding the rope, you can't learn swimming. The rope is only a support. But

it will not teach you swimming. If one wants to learn swimming, he should leave

the rope. Similarly, by looking at the car " Ther " one will not get any

salvation. One shoudl know the real meaning and then should accordingly move

ahead, as Balagopalji explained about the Poori " Car " .

 

Dr. Hari Krishna

Om Santhi Om Santhi Om Santhi

 

 

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Dr. Saroja Ramanujam, M.A., Ph.D, Siromani in sanskrit.

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