Guest guest Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Namaste. This lineage of Shri Martand Bhatt alias Shri Amritesanandanatha starts from Adinatha, then Jagatguru Sankarabhagavatpada, then Padmapada Acharya. This sacred tradition of Srividya passed down from Padmapada to Bimbambika; then to Vagbhavanandanatha; then to Chidanandanatha. Handed down to Mukatamba and so on..till Prakasanandanatha. Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin received the Purnabhisheka from Prakasanandanatha. Shri Swayamprakasanandanatha Yogi received the Srividya from Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin; Shri Martanda Dikshit who was a great upasaka of Martanda Bhairava received Purna Diksha from Swayamprakasanandantha. The son of Shri Martand Bhatt (Dikshitar) was Shri Chidambara Dikshitar who was born with the Jnana kaLa of Chidambara Nataraja Swami, received the Purna Abhisheka from Shri Martanda Dikshit. From Shri Chidambara Diksht, Shri Ishwara Sastri Dikshit received the Purna Abhisheka Diksha. And the lineage is still continuing at Sholapur, Hyderabad, Rotegaon & Belgaum. Shri Amritesanandanatha was the diksha nama of Shri Martand Bhatt. Nagesha Bhatt's son was Shankar Bhatt. Shankar Batt's Son was Shri Tryambaka Bhatt. Shri Tryamabaka Bhatt's Son was Shri Martand Bhatt alias Shri Martand Dikshitar (Dikshitar was the name conferred by Shri Swayamprakasanandantha for successfully conducting & supervising Maha Somayaga at Morgod, Karnataka). Some of the wonderful Srividya Upasakas who received the instructions were Shri Rajarama Ji etc. whose 4th generation is at Rotegaon which is near Shirdi at Maharashtra. Shri Martand Bhatt and Shri Ananth Bhatt were the 2 favourite disciples of Shri Amritesanandanatha Yogi (the direct disciple of Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin). Before initiating Shri Martand Bhatt into Srividya, Shri Amritesanandanatha wanted to test the Guru Bhakti of the same. So, Shri Amrita Yogi invoked Leprosy disease on him and wanted the 2 disciples (Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt) to serve him. Both of them passed the litmus test by serving the guruji everyday by cleaning the dirt, pus, worms everyday. Highly pleased with the guru bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt, Shri Amritesanandantha with his yogic power cured himself and conferred purna diksha to both of them. The 5th generation of Shri Martand Bhatt Ji is currently in Hyderabad who are close friends of mine. This is an example to show that HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET INITIATION IN SRIVIDYA FROM A GOOD LINEAGE AND THAT TOO FROM A SIDDHA PURUSHA. Regs, Sriram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Sorry for the typos here ********* Shri Martand Bhatt and Shri Ananth Bhatt were the 2 favourite disciples of Shri Amritesanandanatha Yogi (the direct disciple of Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin). Before initiating Shri Martand Bhatt into Srividya, Shri Amritesanandanatha wanted to test the Guru Bhakti of the same. So, Shri Amrita Yogi invoked Leprosy disease on him and wanted the 2 disciples (Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt) to serve him. *********** The diksha nama of Shri Martand Bhatt was Shri Amritesanandanatha and his guru's was Shri Swayamprakasanandanatha. So, it was Shri Swayamprakasa Yogi who tested Shri Amritanandanatha (Shri Shri Martand Bhattji). Inconvenience is regretted. sriram , " Venkata Sriram " <sriram_sapthasathi wrote: > > Namaste. > > This lineage of Shri Martand Bhatt alias Shri Amritesanandanatha starts from Adinatha, then Jagatguru Sankarabhagavatpada, then Padmapada Acharya. This sacred tradition of Srividya passed down from Padmapada to Bimbambika; then to Vagbhavanandanatha; then to Chidanandanatha. Handed down to Mukatamba and so on..till Prakasanandanatha. Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin received the Purnabhisheka from Prakasanandanatha. Shri Swayamprakasanandanatha Yogi received the Srividya from Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin; Shri Martanda Dikshit who was a great upasaka of Martanda Bhairava received Purna Diksha from Swayamprakasanandantha. The son of Shri Martand Bhatt (Dikshitar) was Shri Chidambara Dikshitar who was born with the Jnana kaLa of Chidambara Nataraja Swami, received the Purna Abhisheka from Shri Martanda Dikshit. From Shri Chidambara Diksht, Shri Ishwara Sastri Dikshit received the Purna Abhisheka Diksha. And the lineage is still continuing at Sholapur, Hyderabad, Rotegaon & Belgaum. > > Shri Amritesanandanatha was the diksha nama of Shri Martand Bhatt. Nagesha Bhatt's son was Shankar Bhatt. Shankar Batt's Son was Shri Tryambaka Bhatt. Shri Tryamabaka Bhatt's Son was Shri Martand Bhatt alias Shri Martand Dikshitar (Dikshitar was the name conferred by Shri Swayamprakasanandantha for successfully conducting & supervising Maha Somayaga at Morgod, Karnataka). > > Some of the wonderful Srividya Upasakas who received the instructions were Shri Rajarama Ji etc. whose 4th generation is at Rotegaon which is near Shirdi at Maharashtra. > > Shri Martand Bhatt and Shri Ananth Bhatt were the 2 favourite disciples of Shri Amritesanandanatha Yogi (the direct disciple of Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin). Before initiating Shri Martand Bhatt into Srividya, Shri Amritesanandanatha wanted to test the Guru Bhakti of the same. So, Shri Amrita Yogi invoked Leprosy disease on him and wanted the 2 disciples (Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt) to serve him. Both of them passed the litmus test by serving the guruji everyday by cleaning the dirt, pus, worms everyday. Highly pleased with the guru bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt, Shri Amritesanandantha with his yogic power cured himself and conferred purna diksha to both of them. > > The 5th generation of Shri Martand Bhatt Ji is currently in Hyderabad who are close friends of mine. > > This is an example to show that HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET INITIATION IN SRIVIDYA FROM A GOOD LINEAGE AND THAT TOO FROM A SIDDHA PURUSHA. > > Regs, > Sriram > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 Dear Brother, I do not think Shri Martand Bhat would have gone to such a level of testing the disciples by invoking leprosy in him. A real guru confers his total divine self into the disciple and makes the disciple a " Guru " like himself and NOT SISHYAS. gurus have total compassion and therefore to me this action looks an impossibility, perhaps hearsay. It is also relevant to point out that when Shri Martand Bhat achieved the goal of human life - total mergence with the Divine beyond the stula and sukshma, he would have never thought of undergoing such a turmoil by inflicting himself with such a disease. Is it his Ego to show that He is great and can cause such diseases and cure them also. Is there any record to prove this other than hearsay. Is there any written record done by the decendents particularly. When a devotee approaches the Guru to become his disciple, the Guru knows very well the spiritual condition of the devotee and therefore there is no necessity to test them. If a Guru cannot bless a person by merely looking at him, He cannot bless the person by raising his hands. For heavens sake let us not try to show some one's greatness by bringing such instances to the attention of devotees, as that would bring a negative thinking in them that they are not fit for Srividhya. Great Gurus always shower their grace on everyone without caste, creed, distinction and colour. it is unfortunate that in Srividhya people try to build up stories, which depresses the would be devotee totally. Great Gurus are very simple in every aspect and do not show their superiority under any circumstances. They vibrate always peace, harmony, divine energy and they would never thinking of testing a disciple. I may be execused if i am abrupt in my thinking. Some Gurus insist that one should do 100000 avarthis of Ganapathy before giving the next mantra like Bala and perhaps such persons have not mastered even maha ganapathy, leve alone having the competency to initiate others in Bala, panchadasi or maha shodasi. S.SHANGARANARAYANAN sriram_sapthasathi Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:56:01 +0000 Guru Bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt Shri Martand Bhatt and Shri Ananth Bhatt were the 2 favourite disciples of Shri Amritesanandanatha Yogi (the direct disciple of Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin). Before initiating Shri Martand Bhatt into Srividya, Shri Amritesanandanatha wanted to test the Guru Bhakti of the same. So, Shri Amrita Yogi invoked Leprosy disease on him and wanted the 2 disciples (Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt) to serve him. Both of them passed the litmus test by serving the guruji everyday by cleaning the dirt, pus, worms everyday. Highly pleased with the guru bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt, Shri Amritesanandantha with his yogic power cured himself and conferred purna diksha to both of them. The 5th generation of Shri Martand Bhatt Ji is currently in Hyderabad who are close friends of mine. This is an example to show that HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET INITIATION IN SRIVIDYA FROM A GOOD LINEAGE AND THAT TOO FROM A SIDDHA PURUSHA. Regs, Sriram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Namaste Sankaranarayanji, With due respects to your age i comment here. It is really pity that most of the cyber gurus of srividya are not aware of certain sublime paramparas of srividya. They think that by mumbling some mantras like bala, panchadasi, shodasi, gurupaduka, they become srividya upasakas. Are you not aware of the Guru Charitra of Dattatreya where Vedadharma tests his disciple Deepaka how mature he is? Vedadharma invokes leprosy onto himself and tests the disciple Deepaka. Deepaka stood the test and afterward was initiated in Brahmavidya. You should know that my words are not from out of the blue but are taken from the the " Chidambara Dikshitar Vijay Granth " which is a parayana grantha for our parampara. Chidambara Dikshitar was the son of Shri Martand Bhatt whose diksha name is Purnanandanatha. Chidambara Dikshitar initiated Brahmavidya to the grandfather of Shri Gollapinni Mallikarjuna Sastry. We hailing from the parampara of Shri Gollapinni Mallikarjuna Sastry do the parayana of Chidambara Charitra, Chidambara Stotra, Chidambara Ashtottara Nama. My paramaguru wrote " Chidambara Dikshta Stavarajah " that details out his family tree, childhood lilas etc. My guruji translated Chidambara Sahasranama into Telugu. We have 250 abhangas in Marathi Language written by Shri Rajaram Maharaj who is the disciple of Shri Chidambara Dikshitar & Martand Bhatt ji. So, my words are not out of context. It is purely based on the parayana grantha that we do " Chidambara Vijay Granth " . regs, sriram , S Sangaranarayanan <sangarsai wrote: > > Dear Brother, > > I do not think Shri Martand Bhat would have gone to such a level of testing the disciples by invoking leprosy in him. A real guru confers his total divine self into the disciple and makes the disciple a " Guru " like himself and NOT SISHYAS. gurus have total compassion and therefore to me this action looks an impossibility, perhaps hearsay. It is also relevant to point out that when Shri Martand Bhat achieved the goal of human life - total mergence with the Divine beyond the stula and sukshma, he would have never thought of undergoing such a turmoil by inflicting himself with such a disease. Is it his Ego to show that He is great and can cause such diseases and cure them also. Is there any record to prove this other than hearsay. Is there any written record done by the decendents particularly. When a devotee approaches the Guru to become his disciple, the Guru knows very well the spiritual condition of the devotee and therefore there is no necessity to test them. If a Guru cannot bless a person by merely looking at him, He cannot bless the person by raising his hands. > > For heavens sake let us not try to show some one's greatness by bringing such instances to the attention of devotees, as that would bring a negative thinking in them that they are not fit for Srividhya. Great Gurus always shower their grace on everyone without caste, creed, distinction and colour. > > it is unfortunate that in Srividhya people try to build up stories, which depresses the would be devotee totally. Great Gurus are very simple in every aspect and do not show their superiority under any circumstances. They vibrate always peace, harmony, divine energy and they would never thinking of testing a disciple. > > I may be execused if i am abrupt in my thinking. Some Gurus insist that one should do 100000 avarthis of Ganapathy before giving the next mantra like Bala and perhaps such persons have not mastered even maha ganapathy, leve alone having the competency to initiate others in Bala, panchadasi or maha shodasi. > > S.SHANGARANARAYANAN > > > > > sriram_sapthasathi > Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:56:01 +0000 > Guru Bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt > > > Shri Martand Bhatt and Shri Ananth Bhatt were the 2 favourite disciples of Shri Amritesanandanatha Yogi (the direct disciple of Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin). Before initiating Shri Martand Bhatt into Srividya, Shri Amritesanandanatha wanted to test the Guru Bhakti of the same. So, Shri Amrita Yogi invoked Leprosy disease on him and wanted the 2 disciples (Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt) to serve him. Both of them passed the litmus test by serving the guruji everyday by cleaning the dirt, pus, worms everyday. Highly pleased with the guru bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt, Shri Amritesanandantha with his yogic power cured himself and conferred purna diksha to both of them. > > The 5th generation of Shri Martand Bhatt Ji is currently in Hyderabad who are close friends of mine. > > This is an example to show that HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET INITIATION IN SRIVIDYA FROM A GOOD LINEAGE AND THAT TOO FROM A SIDDHA PURUSHA. > > Regs, > Sriram > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 Namaste. A guru never charge money for " energising " sphatika merus, lingas. Also, a guru never advertises himself for ........ regs sriram , S Sangaranarayanan <sangarsai wrote: > > Dear Brother, > > I do not think Shri Martand Bhat would have gone to such a level of testing the disciples by invoking leprosy in him. A real guru confers his total divine self into the disciple and makes the disciple a " Guru " like himself and NOT SISHYAS. gurus have total compassion and therefore to me this action looks an impossibility, perhaps hearsay. It is also relevant to point out that when Shri Martand Bhat achieved the goal of human life - total mergence with the Divine beyond the stula and sukshma, he would have never thought of undergoing such a turmoil by inflicting himself with such a disease. Is it his Ego to show that He is great and can cause such diseases and cure them also. Is there any record to prove this other than hearsay. Is there any written record done by the decendents particularly. When a devotee approaches the Guru to become his disciple, the Guru knows very well the spiritual condition of the devotee and therefore there is no necessity to test them. If a Guru cannot bless a person by merely looking at him, He cannot bless the person by raising his hands. > > For heavens sake let us not try to show some one's greatness by bringing such instances to the attention of devotees, as that would bring a negative thinking in them that they are not fit for Srividhya. Great Gurus always shower their grace on everyone without caste, creed, distinction and colour. > > it is unfortunate that in Srividhya people try to build up stories, which depresses the would be devotee totally. Great Gurus are very simple in every aspect and do not show their superiority under any circumstances. They vibrate always peace, harmony, divine energy and they would never thinking of testing a disciple. > > I may be execused if i am abrupt in my thinking. Some Gurus insist that one should do 100000 avarthis of Ganapathy before giving the next mantra like Bala and perhaps such persons have not mastered even maha ganapathy, leve alone having the competency to initiate others in Bala, panchadasi or maha shodasi. > > S.SHANGARANARAYANAN > > > > > sriram_sapthasathi > Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:56:01 +0000 > Guru Bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt > > > Shri Martand Bhatt and Shri Ananth Bhatt were the 2 favourite disciples of Shri Amritesanandanatha Yogi (the direct disciple of Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin). Before initiating Shri Martand Bhatt into Srividya, Shri Amritesanandanatha wanted to test the Guru Bhakti of the same. So, Shri Amrita Yogi invoked Leprosy disease on him and wanted the 2 disciples (Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt) to serve him. Both of them passed the litmus test by serving the guruji everyday by cleaning the dirt, pus, worms everyday. Highly pleased with the guru bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt, Shri Amritesanandantha with his yogic power cured himself and conferred purna diksha to both of them. > > The 5th generation of Shri Martand Bhatt Ji is currently in Hyderabad who are close friends of mine. > > This is an example to show that HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET INITIATION IN SRIVIDYA FROM A GOOD LINEAGE AND THAT TOO FROM A SIDDHA PURUSHA. > > Regs, > Sriram > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Dear Divine, It is unfortunate that you want to write something tic for tact. No real Guru will want to put his disciple into any trouble however minimal it may be. Guru always blesses for salvation and Lakshmi kataksham, as He always has a policy of " Empty stomach cannot realise god " . What is wrong in giving to people energised spatika sriyantra and maha meru. Don't you think that in this mundane world one need money for everything including taking care of the family, serving the guru and what not. Will not a srividhya guru energise the sriyantra and give it to disciple. if it is not energised it is just a junk and perhaps the Guru has no divine energy to give. If a Guru never advertises himself, in what spehere he does not advertise himself. The mere fact that his divine energy spreads all over the universe in itself an advertisement inviting the fellow human beings to come to him to enjoy the bliss. Please do not try to make politics out of a mite into a mould. This is bad. How do you say that the guru never charges any money for energising. Do you have any proof. Then why pay Guru dakshina and why you want to browbeat about the guru parampara. Is it not advertisement. Whether he advertises by himself or through some one like us, it is still advertisement. Please do not try to thrust your bookish knowledge and this forum is for free exchange of ideas, so that all of us will come up together. Please execuse me if I am wrong, eventhough you may be an youngster than me 77 years age. The antecedents or capacity of any Guru is never questioned and it is for the disciple to understand. Several recent episodes of the leelas of various gurus are evident how the present day gurus behave. Regards, S.SHANGARANARAYANAN sriram_sapthasathi Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:00:37 +0000 Re: Guru Bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt Namaste. A guru never charge money for " energising " sphatika merus, lingas. Also, a guru never advertises himself for ........ regs sriram , S Sangaranarayanan <sangarsai wrote: > > Dear Brother, > > I do not think Shri Martand Bhat would have gone to such a level of testing the disciples by invoking leprosy in him. A real guru confers his total divine self into the disciple and makes the disciple a " Guru " like himself and NOT SISHYAS. gurus have total compassion and therefore to me this action looks an impossibility, perhaps hearsay. It is also relevant to point out that when Shri Martand Bhat achieved the goal of human life - total mergence with the Divine beyond the stula and sukshma, he would have never thought of undergoing such a turmoil by inflicting himself with such a disease. Is it his Ego to show that He is great and can cause such diseases and cure them also. Is there any record to prove this other than hearsay. Is there any written record done by the decendents particularly. When a devotee approaches the Guru to become his disciple, the Guru knows very well the spiritual condition of the devotee and therefore there is no necessity to test them. If a Guru cannot bless a person by merely looking at him, He cannot bless the person by raising his hands. > > For heavens sake let us not try to show some one's greatness by bringing such instances to the attention of devotees, as that would bring a negative thinking in them that they are not fit for Srividhya. Great Gurus always shower their grace on everyone without caste, creed, distinction and colour. > > it is unfortunate that in Srividhya people try to build up stories, which depresses the would be devotee totally. Great Gurus are very simple in every aspect and do not show their superiority under any circumstances. They vibrate always peace, harmony, divine energy and they would never thinking of testing a disciple. > > I may be execused if i am abrupt in my thinking. Some Gurus insist that one should do 100000 avarthis of Ganapathy before giving the next mantra like Bala and perhaps such persons have not mastered even maha ganapathy, leve alone having the competency to initiate others in Bala, panchadasi or maha shodasi. > > S.SHANGARANARAYANAN > > > > > sriram_sapthasathi > Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:56:01 +0000 > Guru Bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt > > > Shri Martand Bhatt and Shri Ananth Bhatt were the 2 favourite disciples of Shri Amritesanandanatha Yogi (the direct disciple of Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin). Before initiating Shri Martand Bhatt into Srividya, Shri Amritesanandanatha wanted to test the Guru Bhakti of the same. So, Shri Amrita Yogi invoked Leprosy disease on him and wanted the 2 disciples (Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt) to serve him. Both of them passed the litmus test by serving the guruji everyday by cleaning the dirt, pus, worms everyday. Highly pleased with the guru bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt, Shri Amritesanandantha with his yogic power cured himself and conferred purna diksha to both of them. > > The 5th generation of Shri Martand Bhatt Ji is currently in Hyderabad who are close friends of mine. > > This is an example to show that HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET INITIATION IN SRIVIDYA FROM A GOOD LINEAGE AND THAT TOO FROM A SIDDHA PURUSHA. > > Regs, > Sriram > _______________ Green cities and the melting world http://green.in.msn.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Dear Sriramji, Thanks a lot. Age is no criterior for achievement or experience of the divine. I still hold the view that if a Guru wants to make one a disciple then perhaps he has the ego to test him. On the other hand if the Guru wants to make the disciple into himself, then there is no testing and the only qualification for the disciple is to surrender totally to the Guru. What is the fun in telling stories about what one did to the other. Take for instance Viswamitra cursing Harichandra. People think that Viswamitra is bad in temple. This is not. He had acquired so much power doing penance for more than 3000 years at a time, he wanted to get out of the " power grossness " . He could find none to take his powers and finally he had to choose Harichandra and cursed him but at the same time gave him all the powers he had acquired to Harichandra, to enable Harichandra to overcome all the hurdles. That is the Guru. Please do not be under the misconceived notion that I am trying to question any guru parampara however big or small it may be. My intention is to understand the qualities of a true Guru who can make the sishya become HIMSELF in just one look, with no tests. What fun is there for any guru to test the devotee, when finally he wants to make the devotee his disciple. Hashe no capacity to make the devotee fit for His grace merely on one glance. If He is really capable, he would have removed all the grossness, impurities, impressions etc., of the disciple in one stroke. If He does not want to do that and give some test, it clearly means that He is epitome of Grossness of divine energy and ego. Again I want to make it clear my notes are never meant to hurt anyone, but my whole agony is that people are trying to build stories without having any capacity to transmit the divine energy to everyone or enjoying the bliss. You will also note that I have not questioned your ways and means and you are the sole judge to decide which is best for you. I do not interfere in any means and methods of any guru parampara and it is for the disciples and devotees to follow whatever they want. Regards, S.SHANGARANARAYANAN sriram_sapthasathi Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:55:52 +0000 Re: Guru Bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt Namaste Sankaranarayanji, With due respects to your age i comment here. It is really pity that most of the cyber gurus of srividya are not aware of certain sublime paramparas of srividya. They think that by mumbling some mantras like bala, panchadasi, shodasi, gurupaduka, they become srividya upasakas. Are you not aware of the Guru Charitra of Dattatreya where Vedadharma tests his disciple Deepaka how mature he is? Vedadharma invokes leprosy onto himself and tests the disciple Deepaka. Deepaka stood the test and afterward was initiated in Brahmavidya. You should know that my words are not from out of the blue but are taken from the the " Chidambara Dikshitar Vijay Granth " which is a parayana grantha for our parampara. Chidambara Dikshitar was the son of Shri Martand Bhatt whose diksha name is Purnanandanatha. Chidambara Dikshitar initiated Brahmavidya to the grandfather of Shri Gollapinni Mallikarjuna Sastry. We hailing from the parampara of Shri Gollapinni Mallikarjuna Sastry do the parayana of Chidambara Charitra, Chidambara Stotra, Chidambara Ashtottara Nama. My paramaguru wrote " Chidambara Dikshta Stavarajah " that details out his family tree, childhood lilas etc. My guruji translated Chidambara Sahasranama into Telugu. We have 250 abhangas in Marathi Language written by Shri Rajaram Maharaj who is the disciple of Shri Chidambara Dikshitar & Martand Bhatt ji. So, my words are not out of context. It is purely based on the parayana grantha that we do " Chidambara Vijay Granth " . regs, sriram , S Sangaranarayanan <sangarsai wrote: > > Dear Brother, > > I do not think Shri Martand Bhat would have gone to such a level of testing the disciples by invoking leprosy in him. A real guru confers his total divine self into the disciple and makes the disciple a " Guru " like himself and NOT SISHYAS. gurus have total compassion and therefore to me this action looks an impossibility, perhaps hearsay. It is also relevant to point out that when Shri Martand Bhat achieved the goal of human life - total mergence with the Divine beyond the stula and sukshma, he would have never thought of undergoing such a turmoil by inflicting himself with such a disease. Is it his Ego to show that He is great and can cause such diseases and cure them also. Is there any record to prove this other than hearsay. Is there any written record done by the decendents particularly. When a devotee approaches the Guru to become his disciple, the Guru knows very well the spiritual condition of the devotee and therefore there is no necessity to test them. If a Guru cannot bless a person by merely looking at him, He cannot bless the person by raising his hands. > > For heavens sake let us not try to show some one's greatness by bringing such instances to the attention of devotees, as that would bring a negative thinking in them that they are not fit for Srividhya. Great Gurus always shower their grace on everyone without caste, creed, distinction and colour. > > it is unfortunate that in Srividhya people try to build up stories, which depresses the would be devotee totally. Great Gurus are very simple in every aspect and do not show their superiority under any circumstances. They vibrate always peace, harmony, divine energy and they would never thinking of testing a disciple. > > I may be execused if i am abrupt in my thinking. Some Gurus insist that one should do 100000 avarthis of Ganapathy before giving the next mantra like Bala and perhaps such persons have not mastered even maha ganapathy, leve alone having the competency to initiate others in Bala, panchadasi or maha shodasi. > > S.SHANGARANARAYANAN > > > > > sriram_sapthasathi > Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:56:01 +0000 > Guru Bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt > > > Shri Martand Bhatt and Shri Ananth Bhatt were the 2 favourite disciples of Shri Amritesanandanatha Yogi (the direct disciple of Shri Bhaskararaya Makhin). Before initiating Shri Martand Bhatt into Srividya, Shri Amritesanandanatha wanted to test the Guru Bhakti of the same. So, Shri Amrita Yogi invoked Leprosy disease on him and wanted the 2 disciples (Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt) to serve him. Both of them passed the litmus test by serving the guruji everyday by cleaning the dirt, pus, worms everyday. Highly pleased with the guru bhakti of Shri Martand Bhatt & Shri Anantha Bhatt, Shri Amritesanandantha with his yogic power cured himself and conferred purna diksha to both of them. > > The 5th generation of Shri Martand Bhatt Ji is currently in Hyderabad who are close friends of mine. > > This is an example to show that HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET INITIATION IN SRIVIDYA FROM A GOOD LINEAGE AND THAT TOO FROM A SIDDHA PURUSHA. > > Regs, > Sriram > _______________ The latest songs, trailers and more http://video.in.msn.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 They say that gurus are of two types Siddhas and Vidvans. A combination of the two in one is rare. If you are graced by one such then it is worth the trouble. But if you have to make a choice between one who is only a Siddha and one who is only a Vidvan one must choose the later. A Vidvan can given you the complete Agamashastra that a Siddha might not be able to to give. Shastra Gyan is more important in the bigger picture than the charisma of a Siddha. Cheers, RR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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