Guest guest Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Om Namah Sivaya Chellappaswami Kadaitswami sits near a Jaffna temple (in Sri Lanka) chariot with his sun-protecting umbrella. His reclusive disciple, Chellappaswami, abides in his hut, with the Nallur Murugan temple festival icons above. Siva is present as Ardhanarishvara and the trishula. Kadaitswami was a dynamic satguru who revived Saivism in Catholic-dominated Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in the 1800s. Chellappaswami (1840-1915) was an ardent sage, ablaze with God consciousness, immersed in divine soliloquy. Kadaitswami was a powerful Siddha, standing two meters tall, whose fiery marketplace talks converted thousands back to Saivism. It is said he was a high court judge who refused to confer the death penalty and renounced his career at middle age to become a sannyasin. Directed by his satguru to be a worker of miracles, he performed siddhis that are talked about to this day--turning iron to gold, drinking molten wax, disappearing and appearing elsewhere. Chellappaswami, initiated at age nineteen, lived alone in the teradi at Nallur temple. Absorbed in the inner Self, recognizing no duality, he uttered advaitic axioms in constant refrain: "There is no intrinsic evil. It was all finished long ago. All that is, is Truth. We know not!" Chellappaswami spoke of God only in the first person, oblivious of duality, never admitting that there was "another." He would puzzle passersby by asking questions like "Did you know that I am the King of kings?Did anyone tell you that all the money in all the banks in the world is mine?" Sivaya Namah Sent from Mail. A Smarter Email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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