Enlightening Discourse on Swami Abhedananda,Shivananda, Greatness of Chennai,Namakirtan about Kaliyuga - Part-3

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Radhe Krishna To all,

 

Discourse contd.....

 

Well! One may call himself a Siva Bhakta but should not Lord Siva accept him as

His Bhakta? Does not the real glory lie in Siva accepting him as His Bhakta? One

may claim to be a Bhakta or the whole world might declare so but if the Lord

does not accept it, the Bhakti goes in vain. Let the whole world be indifferent

to him or abuse or ignore him, but if the Lord accepts him then he is, indeed,

the fortunate, the blessed. The world accepting or rejecting you is irrelevant.

God should accept you. Many people lead a religious/spiritual life not for the

sake of the Lord but for earning the appreciation of the world. We should test

ourselves to know if we really possess Bhakti deep within

us.

 

You must have

all heard of the flower Oomattham-poo. The name is actually 'unmattham-poo'. In

Sanskrit 'unmattham' means madness. It is said that by eating the unripe fruit

of this tree one turns insane. Appayya Deekshitar, who had decided to test the

genuineness of his Bhakti, called his disciples and said to them, 'I am going to

grind the unripe fruit of this tree and eat. I would turn insane. Note down all

that I blabber in that state. Then, get the help of a doctor to cure me. Once I

regain my sense of balance I wish to know what I had blabbered in this state of

insanity.'

 

Appayya Deekshitar ate the unripe fruit of this tree and he became insane. The

disciples wrote down all that he uttered in that state of insanity. He was then

cured of this state through medicines. He regained his sense of balance. It was

found that in that state of insanity he had written wonderful stotras on Lord

Siva! Appayya Deekshitar had written many stotras earlier. The play of

words in these stotras is simply fascinating. The most surprising fact was that

the stotra that came out of him in his state of insanity was unique! It was much

more wonderful that those composed earlier, in his normal state.It was only

after this 'Atma pariksha' did he feel joyful. He was pleased that he had come

out successfully in this 'Atma pariksha'. This incident of ‘Atma pariksha’

of Appayya Deekshitar took place in the precincts of Lord Siva Temple inside the

Chennai I.I.T. campus. Thus, Chennai is a great Kshetra.

 

There is an area called Teynampet(tai) in Chennai. The original name for this

area was 'Devanaam priyan pettai'! Why was it known as 'Devanaam priyan pettai'?

The Poorva mimaamsa used to conduct Yaga-yajna for everything – be it to beget

a child or destroy an enemy or desire good health or much wealth. They did not

accept God or Atma or Moksha. Those who followed this philosophy were called

Poorva mimaamsas.

 

 

They always tried to please the Devas and did not accept God or the Atma or the

Upanishads. They were known in Tamizh as 'Devanaam priyan' (those who pleased

the Devas). The area where people who tried to please the Devas, for attaining

their desires, lived was known as 'Devanaam priyan pettai'. Over a period of

time it transformed into Teynaampet(tai).

 

!!! Will Continue !!!

 

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