Guest guest Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Dear all,  Lord shiva is known as Smashaanavaasa or one who lives permanently in cemetery or Smashaanam. There is an interesting story behind His decision to live in Smashaanam.  Lord Shiva is Karunaakaran or kindness personified like Lord Vishnu and always wanted to bless people. But often He was disappointed because majority of people will not even seek His blessings.  First he tried to live in the hearts (or hrudaya guha) of people so that it would be easy for them to look inside (or at least that was what He thought) and seek His blessings. He was very near and He thought it would be easy to be dear to them and He could shower blessings on them. Unfortunately very few of them looked inside and those who did He showered blessings on them. He still lives in the heart of those who look inside. Others opened all their indriyaas or senses only outward. They acted as if they were unaware of His illuminating presence or the big cloud of materialism and desires covered the Lord shining like a bright Sun with in them.  So He decided to leave the hearts of those who look only outward and tried to go and sit in lot of temples. Actually situation was better because more people came to the temples because they could see the murthy or Deity with their outward eyes. A small percentage of the population took advantage of this and visited temples and seeked His blessings and He showered blessings on them profusely. Out of this small percentage of people who came to the temple, some did not really take time to look at Him and pray to Him, but they just came to socialize and to have fun. He was happy that at least they glanced at Him and He provided what ever He could in that split second. But still a very big percentage did not even visit temples..  He thought of several ways to attract the poor souls and tried going and sitting in His most favorite place, Kailasam in Himalaya. There also very few came to seriously seek Him and those who came and stayed never left Him. So He remained there also for their sake. Some people came there for mere site seeing, but fortunately they became great devotees by appreciating His illuminating presence and purity spread through out Himalyas. They could extrapolate that divinity and imagine it spreading the whole Universe. Even though they came back home after the trip, they always looked inside to see Him and pray to HIm. So Lord was very happy to live in their hearts. But some came, took photographs of his magnificent surroundings and left with an empty heart! He felt sorry for them and could not do anything to attract them.  Finally He found a solution, a permanent solution. He decided to live in the cemetery where everybody will come when the body falls after exhausting the karmaas for this janma. This was true for every single soul born on earth, irrespective of where one is born, one's profession, financial status, sex, whether humans, animals, insects, trees. Those who are born will perish. This is the Universal rule. Lord was very happy to be there because He could bless not only humans, He could bless all living things by being present at their cemetery. One more thing He noticed. Even before their own death, some people benefited by accompanying the dead body of their kith and kin to the cemetery. Seeing their dear one's body transforming into a handful of ashes, they experienced at least a temporary Vairagyam or detachment called Smashaana Vairagyam and that was a good opportunity for Him to enter and stay in their heart!  Can we imagine His kindness and how much trouble He really takes to bless us! This Lord only made Mahakavi Kumaaranaashan write the following verse:  കഷàµà´Ÿà´‚ à´¸àµà´¥à´¾à´¨à´µà´²à´¿à´ªàµà´ªà´®àµ‹ à´ªàµà´°à´àµà´¤à´¯àµ‹ സജàµà´œà´¾à´¤à´¿à´¯àµ‹ വംശമോ  പàµà´·àµà´Ÿà´¶àµà´°àµ€ തനàµà´§à´¾à´Ÿà´¿à´¯àµ‹Â ചെറàµà´¤àµâ€ŒÂ മിങàµà´™àµ‹à´°à´¿à´²àµà´²Â ഘോരാനലനàµâ€ à´¸àµà´ªà´·àµà´Ÿà´‚ മാനàµà´·Â à´—à´°àµâ€à´µà´®àµŠà´•àµà´•àµ† ഇവിടെ à´ªàµà´•àµà´•à´¸àµà´¤àµà´¤à´®à´¿à´•àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµÂ ഇങàµà´™àµÂ ഇഷàµà´Ÿà´¨àµà´®à´¾à´°àµâ€Â   പിരിയàµà´¨àµà´¨àµ ഹാ ഇവിടമാണàµÂ  അധàµà´¯à´¾à´¤àµà´® വിദàµà´¯à´¾à´²à´¯à´‚!  Regards and prayers Savitri      Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Guruvayoorappa, Dear Devotee of the Lord, A nice story couched in very beautiful language with a great moral, bedecked at the end with a pure gem of unfathomable thought. Let Sampoojya Savithriji’s  treasure house of stories be like Panchali’s Akshaya Pathra, Oh! Guruvayoorappa. Padaravindame Saranam, Guruvayoorappa Saranam, mpr With Respectful Regards, Thank you, Have a great day, mprnair, guruvayur [guruvayur ] On Behalf Of Savitri Puram Friday, October 09, 2009 6:02 AM [Guruvayur] Namasthe- Cemetry dweller Dear all, Lord shiva is known as Smashaanavaasa or one who lives permanently in cemetery or Smashaanam. There is an interesting story behind His decision to live in Smashaanam. Lord Shiva is Karunaakaran or kindness personified like Lord Vishnu and always wanted to bless people. But often He was disappointed because majority of people will not even seek His blessings. First he tried to live in the hearts (or hrudaya guha) of people so that it would be easy for them to look inside (or at least that was what He thought) and seek His blessings. He was very near and He thought it would be easy to be dear to them and He could shower blessings on them. Unfortunately very few of them looked inside and those who did He showered blessings on them. He still lives in the heart of those who look inside. Others opened all their indriyaas or senses only outward. They acted as if they were unaware of His illuminating presence or the big cloud of materialism and desires covered the Lord shining like a bright Sun with in them. So He decided to leave the hearts of those who look only outward and tried to go and sit in lot of temples. Actually situation was better because more people came to the temples because they could see the murthy or Deity with their outward eyes. A small percentage of the population took advantage of this and visited temples and seeked His blessings and He showered blessings on them profusely. Out of this small percentage of people who came to the temple, some did not really take time to look at Him and pray to Him, but they just came to socialize and to have fun. He was happy that at least they glanced at Him and He provided what ever He could in that split second. But still a very big percentage did not even visit temples.. He thought of several ways to attract the poor souls and tried going and sitting in His most favorite place, Kailasam in Himalaya. There also very few came to seriously seek Him and those who came and stayed never left Him. So He remained there also for their sake. Some people came there for mere site seeing, but fortunately they became great devotees by appreciating His illuminating presence and purity spread through out Himalyas. They could extrapolate that divinity and imagine it spreading the whole Universe. Even though they came back home after the trip, they always looked inside to see Him and pray to HIm. So Lord was very happy to live in their hearts. But some came, took photographs of his magnificent surroundings and left with an empty heart! He felt sorry for them and could not do anything to attract them. Finally He found a solution, a permanent solution. He decided to live in the cemetery where everybody will come when the body falls after exhausting the karmaas for this janma. This was true for every single soul born on earth, irrespective of where one is born, one's profession, financial status, sex, whether humans, animals, insects, trees. Those who are born will perish. This is the Universal rule. Lord was very happy to be there because He could bless not only humans, He could bless all living things by being present at their cemetery. One more thing He noticed. Even before their own death, some people benefited by accompanying the dead body of their kith and kin to the cemetery. Seeing their dear one's body transforming into a handful of ashes, they experienced at least a temporary Vairagyam or detachment called Smashaana Vairagyam and that was a good opportunity for Him to enter and stay in their heart! Can we imagine His kindness and how much trouble He really takes to bless us! This Lord only made Mahakavi Kumaaranaashan write the following verse: à´•à´·àµà´Ÿà´‚ à´¸àµà´¥à´¾à´¨à´µà´²à´¿à´ªàµà´ªà´®àµ‹ à´ªàµà´°à´àµà´¤à´¯àµ‹ സജàµà´œà´¾à´¤à´¿à´¯àµ‹ വംശമോ à´ªàµà´·àµà´Ÿà´¶àµà´°àµ€ തനàµà´§à´¾à´Ÿà´¿à´¯àµ‹ ചെറàµà´¤àµâ€Œ മിങàµà´™àµ‹à´°à´¿à´²àµà´² ഘോരാനലനàµâ€ à´¸àµà´ªà´·àµà´Ÿà´‚ മാനàµà´· à´—à´°àµâ€à´µà´®àµŠà´•àµà´•àµ† ഇവിടെ à´ªàµà´•àµà´•à´¸àµà´¤àµà´¤à´®à´¿à´•àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ ഇങàµà´™àµ ഇഷàµà´Ÿà´¨àµà´®à´¾à´°àµâ€ പിരിയàµà´¨àµà´¨àµ ഹാ ഇവിടമാണൠഅധàµà´¯à´¾à´¤àµà´® വിദàµà´¯à´¾à´²à´¯à´‚! Regards and prayers Savitri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Dear and respected Nairji,  Thank you so much for your kind words. It means a lot to me because these words are coming from a great devotee and a person blessed with vinayam, vivekam and Jnaanam. Nairji' s words help me to reinforce my faith in the deep meaning of the proverb നിറകàµà´Ÿà´‚ തàµà´³àµà´¨àµà´ªà´¿à´²àµà´²àµà´¯Â  . Please accept my humble pramaanams at your feet.  respectful regards  Savitri  .. On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:02 AM, mprnair <nairradhakrishnan wrote:  Guruvayoorappa, Dear Devotee of the Lord, A nice story couched in very beautiful language with a great moral, bedecked at the end with a pure gem of unfathomable thought. Let Sampoojya Savithriji’s  treasure house of stories be like Panchali’s Akshaya Pathra, Oh! Guruvayoorappa. Padaravindame Saranam, Guruvayoorappa Saranam, mpr  With Respectful Regards, Thank you, Have a great day, mprnair,  guruvayur [guruvayur ] On Behalf Of Savitri Puram Friday, October 09, 2009 6:02 AM[Guruvayur] Namasthe- Cemetry dweller   Dear all,  Lord shiva is known as Smashaanavaasa or one who lives permanently in cemetery or Smashaanam. There is an interesting story behind His decision to live in Smashaanam.  Lord Shiva is Karunaakaran or kindness personified like Lord Vishnu and always wanted to bless people. But often He was disappointed because majority of people will not even seek His blessings.  First he tried to live in the hearts (or hrudaya guha) of people so that it would be easy for them to look inside (or at least that was what He thought) and seek His blessings. He was very near and He thought it would be easy to be dear to them and He could shower blessings on them. Unfortunately very few of them looked inside and those who did He showered blessings on them. He still lives in the heart of those who look inside. Others opened all their indriyaas or senses only outward. They acted as if they were unaware of His illuminating presence or the big cloud of materialism and desires covered the Lord shining like a bright Sun with in them.  So He decided to leave the hearts of those who look only outward and tried to go and sit in lot of temples. Actually situation was better because more people came to the temples because they could see the murthy or Deity with their outward eyes. A small percentage of the population took advantage of this and visited temples and seeked His blessings and He showered blessings on them profusely. Out of this small percentage of people who came to the temple, some did not really take time to look at Him and pray to Him, but they just came to socialize and to have fun. He was happy that at least they glanced at Him and He provided what ever He could in that split second. But still a very big percentage did not even visit temples..  He thought of several ways to attract the poor souls and tried going and sitting in His most favorite place, Kailasam in Himalaya. There also very few came to seriously seek Him and those who came and stayed never left Him. So He remained there also for their sake. Some people came there for mere site seeing, but fortunately they became great devotees by appreciating His illuminating presence and purity spread through out Himalyas. They could extrapolate that divinity and imagine it spreading the whole Universe. Even though they came back home after the trip, they always looked inside to see Him and pray to HIm. So Lord was very happy to live in their hearts. But some came, took photographs of his magnificent surroundings and left with an empty heart! He felt sorry for them and could not do anything to attract them.  Finally He found a solution, a permanent solution. He decided to live in the cemetery where everybody will come when the body falls after exhausting the karmaas for this janma. This was true for every single soul born on earth, irrespective of where one is born, one's profession, financial status, sex, whether humans, animals, insects, trees. Those who are born will perish. This is the Universal rule. Lord was very happy to be there because He could bless not only humans, He could bless all living things by being present at their cemetery. One more thing He noticed. Even before their own death, some people benefited by accompanying the dead body of their kith and kin to the cemetery. Seeing their dear one's body transforming into a handful of ashes, they experienced at least a temporary Vairagyam or detachment called Smashaana Vairagyam and that was a good opportunity for Him to enter and stay in their heart!  Can we imagine His kindness and how much trouble He really takes to bless us! This Lord only made Mahakavi Kumaaranaashan write the following verse:  കഷàµà´Ÿà´‚ à´¸àµà´¥à´¾à´¨à´µà´²à´¿à´ªàµà´ªà´®àµ‹ à´ªàµà´°à´àµà´¤à´¯àµ‹ സജàµà´œà´¾à´¤à´¿à´¯àµ‹ വംശമോ  പàµà´·àµà´Ÿà´¶àµà´°àµ€ തനàµà´§à´¾à´Ÿà´¿à´¯àµ‹Â ചെറàµà´¤àµâ€ŒÂ മിങàµà´™àµ‹à´°à´¿à´²àµà´²Â ഘോരാനലനàµâ€ à´¸àµà´ªà´·àµà´Ÿà´‚ മാനàµà´·Â à´—à´°àµâ€à´µà´®àµŠà´•àµà´•àµ† ഇവിടെ à´ªàµà´•àµà´•à´¸àµà´¤àµà´¤à´®à´¿à´•àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµÂ ഇങàµà´™àµÂ ഇഷàµà´Ÿà´¨àµà´®à´¾à´°àµâ€Â   പിരിയàµà´¨àµà´¨àµ ഹാ ഇവിടമാണàµÂ  അധàµà´¯à´¾à´¤àµà´® വിദàµà´¯à´¾à´²à´¯à´‚!  Regards and prayers Savitri      Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Gurvayoorappa, Sampoojya Savithriji, While thanking you profoundly for your good and kind words, I think I am not eligible for the attributes of ‘vinayam, vivekam and jnaanam’, as you said, although I humbly and earnestly often pledge myself in my heart of heart that I will try to acquire those trios in any one of my janmas, if available, with the Grace of God. May Lord Guruvayoorappan Shower His Blessings on you and your family, Padaravindame Saranam, Guruvayoorappa Saranam, mpr Regards, Thank you, Have a great day, mprnair, guruvayur [guruvayur ] On Behalf Of Savitri Puram Saturday, October 10, 2009 7:48 AM guruvayur Re: [Guruvayur] Namasthe- Cemetry dweller Dear and respected Nairji, Thank you so much for your kind words. It means a lot to me because these words are coming from a great devotee and a person blessed with vinayam, vivekam and Jnaanam. Nairji' s words help me to reinforce my faith in the deep meaning of the proverb നിറകàµà´Ÿà´‚ à´¤àµà´³àµà´¨àµà´ªà´¿à´²àµà´²àµà´¯ . Please accept my humble pramaanams at your feet. respectful regards Savitri .. On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:02 AM, mprnair <nairradhakrishnan wrote: Guruvayoorappa, Dear Devotee of the Lord, A nice story couched in very beautiful language with a great moral, bedecked at the end with a pure gem of unfathomable thought. Let Sampoojya Savithriji’s treasure house of stories be like Panchali’s Akshaya Pathra, Oh! Guruvayoorappa. Padaravindame Saranam, Guruvayoorappa Saranam, mpr With Respectful Regards, Thank you, Have a great day, mprnair, guruvayur [guruvayur ] On Behalf Of Savitri Puram Friday, October 09, 2009 6:02 AM [Guruvayur] Namasthe- Cemetry dweller Dear all, Lord shiva is known as Smashaanavaasa or one who lives permanently in cemetery or Smashaanam. There is an interesting story behind His decision to live in Smashaanam. Lord Shiva is Karunaakaran or kindness personified like Lord Vishnu and always wanted to bless people. But often He was disappointed because majority of people will not even seek His blessings. First he tried to live in the hearts (or hrudaya guha) of people so that it would be easy for them to look inside (or at least that was what He thought) and seek His blessings. He was very near and He thought it would be easy to be dear to them and He could shower blessings on them. Unfortunately very few of them looked inside and those who did He showered blessings on them. He still lives in the heart of those who look inside. Others opened all their indriyaas or senses only outward. They acted as if they were unaware of His illuminating presence or the big cloud of materialism and desires covered the Lord shining like a bright Sun with in them. So He decided to leave the hearts of those who look only outward and tried to go and sit in lot of temples. Actually situation was better because more people came to the temples because they could see the murthy or Deity with their outward eyes. A small percentage of the population took advantage of this and visited temples and seeked His blessings and He showered blessings on them profusely. Out of this small percentage of people who came to the temple, some did not really take time to look at Him and pray to Him, but they just came to socialize and to have fun. He was happy that at least they glanced at Him and He provided what ever He could in that split second. But still a very big percentage did not even visit temples.. He thought of several ways to attract the poor souls and tried going and sitting in His most favorite place, Kailasam in Himalaya. There also very few came to seriously seek Him and those who came and stayed never left Him. So He remained there also for their sake. Some people came there for mere site seeing, but fortunately they became great devotees by appreciating His illuminating presence and purity spread through out Himalyas. They could extrapolate that divinity and imagine it spreading the whole Universe. Even though they came back home after the trip, they always looked inside to see Him and pray to HIm. So Lord was very happy to live in their hearts. But some came, took photographs of his magnificent surroundings and left with an empty heart! He felt sorry for them and could not do anything to attract them. Finally He found a solution, a permanent solution. He decided to live in the cemetery where everybody will come when the body falls after exhausting the karmaas for this janma. This was true for every single soul born on earth, irrespective of where one is born, one's profession, financial status, sex, whether humans, animals, insects, trees. Those who are born will perish. This is the Universal rule. Lord was very happy to be there because He could bless not only humans, He could bless all living things by being present at their cemetery. One more thing He noticed. Even before their own death, some people benefited by accompanying the dead body of their kith and kin to the cemetery. Seeing their dear one's body transforming into a handful of ashes, they experienced at least a temporary Vairagyam or detachment called Smashaana Vairagyam and that was a good opportunity for Him to enter and stay in their heart! Can we imagine His kindness and how much trouble He really takes to bless us! This Lord only made Mahakavi Kumaaranaashan write the following verse: à´•à´·àµà´Ÿà´‚ à´¸àµà´¥à´¾à´¨à´µà´²à´¿à´ªàµà´ªà´®àµ‹ à´ªàµà´°à´àµà´¤à´¯àµ‹ സജàµà´œà´¾à´¤à´¿à´¯àµ‹ വംശമോ à´ªàµà´·àµà´Ÿà´¶àµà´°àµ€ തനàµà´§à´¾à´Ÿà´¿à´¯àµ‹ ചെറàµà´¤àµâ€Œ മിങàµà´™àµ‹à´°à´¿à´²àµà´² ഘോരാനലനàµâ€ à´¸àµà´ªà´·àµà´Ÿà´‚ മാനàµà´· à´—à´°àµâ€à´µà´®àµŠà´•àµà´•àµ† ഇവിടെ à´ªàµà´•àµà´•à´¸àµà´¤àµà´¤à´®à´¿à´•àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ ഇങàµà´™àµ ഇഷàµà´Ÿà´¨àµà´®à´¾à´°àµâ€ പിരിയàµà´¨àµà´¨àµ ഹാ ഇവിടമാണൠഅധàµà´¯à´¾à´¤àµà´® വിദàµà´¯à´¾à´²à´¯à´‚! Regards and prayers Savitri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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