THE UNION OF SHIVA & SHAKTI IN THE AMRITANUBHAVA OF JNANESHWARJI

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THE UNION OF SHIVA & SHAKTI IN THE AMRITANUBHAVA OF JNANESHWARJI

RE: ANDROGYNOUS ARDHANARISHWAR'S AMRITA OF ADVAITA (NON-SEPARATION)

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This is my favorite Tantric poem of them all. It is the first of the

ten chapters of The Amritanubhava of Jnaneshwar, entitled " The Union

of Shiva and Shakti " . We have also included some short commentaries

about Jnaneshwar from saibaba.us. We hope this effort will help the

people of the world to resolve the problems which now threaten their

very survival.

 

Jnaneshwar, a young 13th century yogi from Maharashtra, India,

became revered at a young age. His largest work is " Jnaneshwari " -

his commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita. The " Amritanubhava " means:

" (Re)born of Amrit or the Water of Life " , implying the words of

Jesus: " Ye must be Born Again (Nubhava) of Water (Amrit) and Spirit

(Kundalini Shakti) " . This is how " Prana (bioplasma) in Shushumna "

(Androgyny), raises Kundalini to the higher chakras for Inner Sight

and Sound.

 

Tantra resembles fornication, in that Sexual Union leads to a birth -

in this (Tantric) case, a Rebirth of the Dwij or Twice-Born, as

found in the Biblical " washing of Regeneration " . This method of Rasa

Tantra Sadhana and its result of health, longevity and bliss, has

been totally forgotten, even in India - a disasterous absence,

rendering all religions false! One can only theorize how it might

have been under religions which really Saved us from suffering.

 

Man's ignorance is against the Biblical " Marriage Supper of the Lamb

of God " and the resultant " Resurrection of the body " from

degeneration to Regeneration, symbolized in the Biblical Book of

Revelations as the " dead coming forth from the grave " . But fools

have exchanged the allegorical truth for the literally impossible!

They toss out the literal flesh and blood of Christ Within, and

substitute bread and wine in its place. Symbolic Rituals can't Save!

 

Fools, in reading scriptures, now believe in foolish literal

interpretations, such as " the dead will literally come out of their

tombs " , while, at the same time, the fools struggle against the

simple, easy Truth that the body is simply rejuvenated, which re-

Conception activates the siddhis of Kundalini Shakti or the " Gifts

of the Holy Spirit " , as found in I Corinthians 12, in the Holy

Bible. Jai Om. - Sw. Tantrasangha

 

PREFACE

http://www.saibaba.us/texts/jnaneshwari/preface.html

 

Shri Jnaneshwar was a great poet-saint of Maharashtra, who lived in

the 13th Century. He was born at Alandi, a town near Poona, in 1271

A.D. and took Sanjivant Samadhi when he was only twenty-two years

old. As the sun sheds his light before he rises, he attained self-

realisation in his young age. As stated by him, his intelligence

matured as a result of the austerity of truthfulness practised by

him in his former births. He wrote such excellent works as

Jnaneshwari, Amritanubhava, Changdeva-Pasashti and devotional songs

(abhangas). His commentary Bhavarthadipika, popularly known as

Jnaneshwari is a precious gem of the Marathi language. In this work

he has explained an abstruse subject like the Vedanta in lucid words

by the use of appropriate similes, metaphors and illustrations. But

many changes have taken place in the vocabulary and the style of

Marathi language since then, as a result of which this work has

become unintelligible to even the Marathi speaking people. An

attempt has been made to translate it in prose, which is easy to

understand, without disturbing its character as a dialogue. A

translation of Gita in Marathi in the same metre has been given so

that those who do not know Sanskrit will also understand the

doctrine and yoga of the Gita.

 

The Lord says: 'They ascribe to Me caste though I am casteless and

feet, hands. ears, eyes, lineage and habitation, though I do not

possess any of these. Although I am self-existent, they make an idol

of Me and consecrate it and although I pervade everything they

invoke Me and dismiss Me. Thus making an idol of Me, they worship it

and when it breaks they throw it away. In fact they ascribe to Me

all the human qualities of Such is their false knowledge which comes

in the way of true knowledge (Ovis 155- 170) " .

 

Natha Cult

 

Shri Jnaneshwar has mentioned briefly his cult (Sampradaya) at the

end of Jnaneshwari (18.1750-61): In very ancient times, Shri

Shankara, the slayer of demon Tripura, whispered in the ears of

goddess Parvati the secret knowledge on the shore of the Milky Sea.

Vishnu who was in the stomach of a fish heard it and attained

knowledge and as Matsyendranath he imparted it to Goraksanath, who

in turn bestowed it upon Gahininath and that knowledge came down

from Gahininath to Nivrittinath and from Nivrittinath to me,

fulfilling our desires " . When this Natha cult arose, there were many

Tantra cults such as Shakta, Kapalika. Bauddha Tantra. etc. All

these cults arose out of the Shaiva scriptures (agamas) and claimed

their origin from Lord Shiva, the Primal Guru (Adinatha). Massyendra-

natha was the first human Guru of the Natha tradition and was a

prophet of the Kaula sect. It is not possible to explain fully the

nature of the philosophy of the Shaiva scriptures, what changes were

wrought in it by the Kaula sect, and how the Natha Sampradaya

originated from the latter. But we must take into account the

permanent impressions, which the Natha sect left on the mind of Shri

Jnaneshwar.

 

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THE UNION OF SHIVA & SHAKTI IN THE AMRITANUBHAVA OF JNANESHWARJI

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This is the Tantric love poem I promised to post. Although urine is

not specifically mentioned, it is clearly implied. Unlike the west,

the east has had many Tantric Siddhas, of which Jnaneshwar (a Hindu

of the 15th century) and Padmasambhava (a Mahayani of the 8th

century) are perhaps my favorites. Of course the west had my very

favorite Tantric Siddha, Jesus.

 

Perhaps the only other such notable person in the west, was the Count

of St. Germain, who had to be very careful in the psychotic west. We

have some record of them persecuting him. Before a trip to Japan

admitted things happened more reasonably in the east, where he

periodically returned, probably for a Tantric " Recharge " .

 

I took the liberty of placing pertinent passages in

caps. " Amritanubhava " means " Born of Holy Water " . Sooner or later,

you must admit that the world has been rejecting the True Revealed

Gospel and persecuting its messengers. By the time they are done

indoctrinating you with slanderous propaganda about the True Message

and its Messengers, you will be facing the end of your world, no

thanks to the American World Hegemony and its false religions.

 

It is not by chance, serendipity, or happenstance, that we face a

painful retribution. It is the individual mind and heart which gives

rise to the events of world history, which, I hope I don't need to

tell you, is very " screwed up " . Many people have knowingly worked

against the Global Advent of the Inner God of Health, Youth, and

Bliss. Those with a past history of such betrayals, are a constant

menace and danger. Thsoe who try to help you, know you will probably

not return the favor. How ominous! Repent! Jai Om. - Sw. Tantrasangha

 

Amrita-anubhava

 

The following is an english rendering of Jnaneshwar's AMRITANUBHAVA.

A brief biography of this saint is available at Biographies.

Amritanubhava consist of ten chapters of verse. I have presented only

the first six chapters here. (the original editor)

 

Chapter I - The Union of Shiva and Shakti

 

1. Thus have I paid homage to the God and Godess who are the

limitless primal parents of the universe.

 

2. On the charming spot, the Lover Himself, out of overflowing love,

becomes the Beloved, who is made up of the same flesh, and who eats

the same food.

 

3. Out of deep longing THEY SWALLOW EACH OTHER, and again emit each

other because they like to be two.

 

4. They are neither completely identical nor completely different. We

do not know their real nature.

 

5. How strong is their desire to enjoy themselves! THEY BECOME ONE

through it and never allow their unity to be disturbed even in jest.

 

6. They are so afraid of their separation that although they have

given birth to the child in the form of the universe their duality is

not disturbed.

 

7. Even though they perceive the animate and inanimate nature

emananting from them, they do not allow any third object to touch

them.

 

8. They are seated on the same ground and they wear the same ornament

of light. From time immemorial they dwell happily in UNION.

 

9. The difference itself that tried to discover duality for enjoying

it, was abashed to see their intimacy MERGED itself in their sweet

UNION.

 

10. It is through God that the other is Goddess, and without Her the

Lord is nowhere. As a matter of fact THEIR EXISTENCE IS DUE TO EACH

OTHER.

 

11. Oh! How sweet is their UNION! The great world is too small for

them to live in, while they live happily even in the smallest

particle.

 

12. They treat each other as their very life, and they do not create

even a blade of grass without MUTUAL HELP.

 

13. These are the only two inmates in the home of the universe. When

the Lord goes to sleep, the mistress remains awake and plays herself

the part of both.

 

14. If either of them happens to wake up, the whole house is

swallowed up and nothing is left behind.

 

15. Each became a half part of the whole for the process of

diversity. Both are trying to MELT THEIR FORMS INTO ONE.

 

16. Both of them are objects to each other. Both are subjects to each

other. Both are happy in each other's company.

 

17. Shiva alone lives happily in the nominally different forms of the

MALE AND FEMALE. The whole universe is due to the COUPLING of the

half part of each.

 

18. Two lutes produce one musical note. The flowers are TWO but the

fragrance is ONE. Though the lamps are TWO the light is ONE.

 

19. Two lips utter but one word and two eyes give but one vision. In

the same way the TWO (Siva and Shakti) create ONE world.

 

20. So the ETERNAL COUPLE manifesting duality is enjoying the DISH of

the SAME flavor.

 

21. The chaste and well devoted Sakti cannot live without her Lord.

Without Her the all doer has no existence.

 

22. The two cannot be distingushed because the appearance of her Lord

is due to her while her existence is due to him.

 

23. We cannot distinguish sugar and sweetness, camphor and fragrance.

 

24. While trying to gather the rays we get hold of the flame itself.

We get Siva while trying to catch hold of her essence.

 

25. The sun shines on account of his lustre, but the essence of it is

nothing but the sun. So the One Supreme Beauty shines, SWALLOWING ALL

THE DIFFERENCE.

 

26. An object is the cause of its reflection. The reflection is the

cause of the inference of the object. (The one appears as an object

and its reflection). In the same way ONE Reality shines as TWO.

 

27. The essence of all void became Purusha through her, while the

Sakti got her peculiar existence through the Lord.

 

28. Siva Himself formed His beloved without whom Siva loses His own

personality.

 

29. Her form is the cause of God and His glory manifested in the

process of the world. But Her form itself is created by Him out of

Himself.

 

30. Blushing at her formless husband and her own graceful form, she

adorned him with the ornament and names and forms as great as the

universe.

 

31. There was scarcity even of UNITY. But she, the fortunate one,

playfully presented the rich manifold of the world.

 

32. She manifested the glory of her Lord by MELTING HER BODY, while

by

belittling himself he made her well-known.

 

33. He assumes the form of a seer through his love to see her. If he

fails to see her, he throws himself away.

 

34. He assumes the form of the UNIVERSE through her importunities and

he is left NAKED WITHOUT HER.

 

35. He is so subtle that he is not visible though manifest. He

assumed the form of the universe (soul travel) through her grace.

 

36. The Siva awakened by her, is satisfied when he EATS the dishes in

the form of the objects that are perceived as well as ONE who serves

him.

 

37. When her husband is asleep, she gives BIRTH to all the things

living and non-living. When she takes rest, the husband himself

vanishes.

 

38. When the husband hides himself, he is NOT DISCOVERED WITHOUT HER.

Both of them are like MIRRORS TO EACH OTHER.

 

39. Siva enjoys his own bliss by embracing her. Though he is all

enjoyer he enjoys nothing without her.

 

40. She is his form, while HER BEAUTY IS DUE TO HIM, who is her

lover. They are enjoying the feast by INTERMINGLING with each other.

 

41. Siva and Sakti make up ONE WHOLE just like air and its motion,

gold and its lustre.

 

42. Sakti is INSEPARABLE from Siva, just like the musk and its

fragrance, fire and its heat.

 

43. If night and day would go to the abode of the sun, both of them

would vanish. In the same way their DUALITY WOULD VANISH in their

real essence.

 

44. As a matter of fact, Siva and Sakti (because of their duality)

are antagonistic to the state from which the SPROUT OF PRANAVA (Om)

springs.

 

45. Jnanadeva says, " I show my respect to the couple of Siva and

Sakti who by SWALLOWING the sweet dish of name and form, enlighten

the underlying essence. "

 

46. By embracing each other both of them MERGE INTO ONE UNITY, just

as the darkness of night is transformed into LIGHT at the break of

day.

 

47. Para with Vaikhari remains silent in the process of discovering

their real nature, just as the ocean MERGES along with the GANGES

into the WATERS OF PRALAYA.

 

48. The air with its motion MERGED in the sky. The sun with its

lustre is MERGED in the LIGHT of Pralaya times.

 

49. In the same way while trying to see them, the seer and his sight

vanish. I pay homage to the inmates of the universe again and again.

 

50. Both of them are like a STREAM where not only the knower cannot

DRINK ITS WATER in the form of the known but also throws himself

away.

 

51. Under these circumstances, if I remain separate to pay my homage,

it would be a meaningless verbal separation.

 

52. But my salutation is like that of an ornament which is not

different from gold and yet worships it.

 

53. Where the word 'tongue' is uttered by the tongue, is there any

difference between the word and the object meant by it?

 

54. The Ocean and the Ganges INTERMINGLE, and though their names are

different, WOULD THERE BE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THEIR WATERS?

 

55. The Sun shows in himself the object as well as the subject of

illumination, yet he does not lose his SINGLENESS.

 

56. If MOONLIGHT brightens the surface of the MOON, or if a lamp is

enmeshed in its rays, is there any degradation? (Moon is Soma.)

 

57. When the lustre of a pearl plays upon it, its beauty and purity

are enhanced.

 

58. IS PRANAVA DIVIDED into different parts because it containd three

components? Or is the letter 'N' divided into three parts because it

is formed of three lines? ( " N. " means water or Om in the most ancient

shastra of India & Egypt.)

 

59. If the capital of UNITY is not lessened and the advantage of

gracefullness is obtained, why should not WATER smell the buds of

flowers in the form of its own ripples.

 

60. Therefore, WITHOUT DIFFERENTIATION Siva and Sakti, I proceed to

bow to them in this manner.

 

61. By giving up the MIRROR, the image MERGES in its object. A ripple

vanishes when the air is still.

 

62. A man comes to his own as soon as he wakes from his sleep. In the

same way I have bowed to the GOD AND GODDESS by giving up my ego.

 

63. The salt giving up itself becomes the ocean, so giving up my ego

I am UNITED WITH SIVA AND SAKTI.

 

64. I have paid my homage to Siva and Sakti by UNITING with them just

as the inner empty space of the plantain tree is UNITES with the

outward one.

 

Editor's note: By uniting male and female, one's perception is a

uniting of subject and object, via soul travel or OOBE's (out-of-

body-experience.)

 

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