Piece of gold for nation’s peace

When India and China had war after independence, Kanchimaha Periyawa asked people to offer a small piece of gold in any temples of their locality and pray.

Gold is the value for money of any country.

Gold is the symbol of self-awareness life energy.

The human life is precious than  this gold.

This birth has been given to us after several births of awareness. So it has to be used for higher purpose.

So Mahaswamigal made people to realize that the life of every soldier in the battle is precious than the godl which they have gained by their hard work.

When people gave up their gold their self-ego resisted and made them to self-connect that with the families who gave send their men to the battle. So people prayed with unity for the peace and that increased the energy.

So when people performed this ritual soon the war came to an end and peace prevailed.

At that time Mahaswamigal said that Baratha nation is being protected by Kamakya Devi is east, Thulaja Bhavani in west, Vaishnavi in north and Kamakshi in south. So he asked temple priests and people to increase the rituals and worship to enrich the energy of the militants.

Let us maintain the truth

Kanchipuram Shankara mut

Mahaswamigal was giving darshan to his devotees.

There came Mr. Shankaran [name has been changed]. He is a well-known instrumentalist.

He is a staunch follower of Sathguru.

Shankaran, ‘’Vandhanam to Mahaswamigal! Central government has rewarded me with a great award for my service to this nation through music. It is Guru’s blessings. I have to leave to Delhi to receive the award.’’

Guru, ‘’what is the difference between a title and award? What you are going to get?’’

Shankaran, ‘’they are giving me a title with Rs.10, 000 as cash award.’’

Guru, ‘’Are you sure that it is only Rs.10, 000?’’

Shankaran, ‘’Yes! That is enough for me. Even this cash amount is your blessings.’’

Guru, ‘’my blessings are always there, go and get back with the cash and title’’

***

Delhi, award giving ceremony.

President announces, ‘’from this year we have revised the cash amount to Rs.20, 000’’

When our Shankaran received this he was mesmerized with Guru’s words. It has 1000s of inner meanings.

***

Kanchi mut

Shankaran, ‘’Pranams to Guru Dev! The cash award has been revised to Rs.20, 000. This is your blessing. For me Rs.10, 000 is enough. I have to follow the truth and promise in my thoughts and words. Otherwise there is no meaning to follow you. Please accept this Rs.10, 000 as my donation to our mut.’’

Guru knew from the pattern of universal system what happens when and where. We must just follow his words.

Courtesy: Sri.Ganesh Sharmaji

Let us do everything meaningful.... Kanchi Mahaswamigal

1955

Navarathry festival at Kanchi Shankara Mut

Mahaswamigal is performing Lalitha Sahasranaama archana

No one can predict when it will end.

Swamigal says, ''Sahasra means infinite. It is not just 1000. We must totally involve in the names while chanting. That name must be rendered with understanding. Then our mind will focus in the ritual. When whole body and mind hands up with intelligence, the rituals will take you to the awareness level''

On that day Mahaswamigal did not offered the flowers to Deity for 40 minutes. People and mut workers were worried.

After 40 minutes Swamigal opened his eyes with tears of bliss and offered handful of flowers to the deity and says that the inner meaning of the name ''Shiva priya'' makes him to get into the real bhava bakthy and awareness and he could not come out of it.

So let us do any action with a good basic understanding and relish.

Thiruvalluvar also says, ''let us utter a word which has a meaning of good thought''

Courtesy – Sree.Ganeshsarmaji

He is a sincere devotee of Kanchi Mahaswamigal.

He was once in tears before Mahaswamigal at SreeMut in Mokshapuri Kanchipuram.

Sathguru just kept silence and stared at him

‘‘Why you are in tears?''

''Swamy I could not focus in prayers. My lips are chanting, hands are offering poojas, bt mind is wandering''

‘‘What can I do for that?''

''You are my Guru, you must tame my mind!''

Swamigal laughed and says, ''You are ignorant! How can I tame your mind?''

''A guru can do it, I trust in that, so I am here before you''

''What you have at pooja room?''

''I have Devi's idol, Srichakram and photos given by you''

''This shows more of your ignorance''

The devotee was dejected and started weeping

Swamigal continued, ''You have an idol, yantra and photo, but you do not have the bhava of having Devi near you in all these forms. When you initiate the bhava it will make you to get connected with the universal truth and your mind will be tuned. Based on this energy pattern our Vedas has framed all these rituals through physical materials like idols etc. When you does not have that bhava of seeing the universal energy as your beloved Devi near you, that ignorance has made you to travel from Bangalore to Kanchipuram to see me...''

Mahaswamigal made this devotee to realize his mistake.

Courtesy – Sree.Ganeshsarmaji

Maha Swamigal and Kanaka dhaara sthuthi 1944 Kanchi Maha Swamigal came from his Kumbakonam tour to Kanchipuram to observe the activities taken for Kamakshi temple renovation. He went inside the temple and observed with silence and came back to Sarva theertha tank and just sat calmly. Everyone in mut was waiting for his words. There came the famous carnatic musician Maharajapram Viswanatha Iyer. He prostrated at his holy feet. Swamigal says, ''In 1392 Hampi king HariHara has smeared the sanctum tower with gold. In 1840 64th aacharya of our mut again smeared with gold. Now what to do? There is no money. Copper sheets covering the vimana tower is just looking bad and it conveys our poverty to the nation and history. He called few gold smiths and asked how much kilogram of gold it will take to smear and came to know that within a week it is not possible to collect. Then all left inside the Kaama koti mut and aacharya gave his regular darshan. Suddenly he asked the musician whether he can sing or recite Shankara's Kanaka dhaara sthuthi and he replied he was not thorough with that. Then aacharya himself slowly started reciting the kanaka dhaara sthuthi and many devotees also joined. After several times of recitation suddenly many women and men removed their gold ornaments and offered at the feet of Swamigal. Swamigal says, ''haa! Jagath Guru's words are still powerful. Please weigh this'' With that gold only he smeared the sanctum vimana with gold in 1944. He proved the effect of Kanaka dhaara sthuthi which increases the energy.

Padhuka and SAL ENERGY – A real experience Yesterday was Vaikasi Arushnam day. This is the birth star day of Kanchi Mahaswamigal. Yesterday through Periyawa's devotee [Ramanayanam Maama] I was blessed with a sacred wooden foot wear - padhuka of SriRama from Ayodhya. I considered and accepted them as great token of blessings for the work about St.Thyagaraja which I have written. But as SAL ENERGY struck my mind I wished to pay for that sacred padhuka to the person who brought them from mut. But the person refused and left. I was much thinking about guru's grace. Now Kanchi mut aacharyas are residing in Mylapore. Yesterday evening my friend went to see them. I gave a small amount as dakshinai for mut. Yesterday evening I performed Swamigal's jeyanthi and prayed that I am worried about the sacred padhuka and payment for that. Today morning when I went to school my friend gave me the prasad and said, ''Sir, there was no hundi to put your offering, suddenly a priest from mut came and received saying that the amount will be used for PADHUKA POOJA'' I just thanked the guru for accepting the prayers. This can be happened to anyone with any Guru, but just try to follow them....

10.4.2015

I got a message that my Trichy friend [above 45 years] is sick and admitted in Adyar Cancer Institute for treatment. I was much shocked and reviewed his good attitude to all and nice family. Immediately I rang up to him and he spoke with real spirit that he has accepted his disease as prasadham of previous birth’s actions.

My mind was just wandering with his thoughts. I met him 10 years back and we had a good pilgrimage in and around Trichy with few others. I cannot forget the way his family offered a grand traditional lunch.

On 12^th I came to Chennai and went to see him at Adyar hospital.

His wife invited me with thanks and spoke to me about their spiritual practices to undergo the mental trauma.

I was very particular in taking the maha prasadham of Kanchi peetam when I left. I was given with this by Bala Periyawa 2 weeks back.

When I handed over the prasadham the couple were in tears out of devotion and says.,

‘’Our family deity is Kamakshi and we worship Kanchi Maha Swamigal as our guru. We were just asking him to bless us for this treatment for past few weeks. Today he has sent the prasadham through you’’

This is the reflection of our truth within us to the cosmic truth called God.

I gave a small sathsang and came back thanking Periyawa that he has made me a tool to help them. Sure my friend will come out of the sickness and serves the world.

1008 bananas to Guruvaayur Appan on Vishu [exchange of SAL Energy]

 

It was SriRama Navami time. [1980s...]

Maha Swamigal at Kanchi suddenly called one of his official service man at mut and asked to count the number of bananas in a bunch offered by a farmer at his sacred feet.

Counting was over, the number was told.

Swamigal, ''Have you seen plantain which can yield 1008 fruits?''

Official person, ''If Guru shows we can see''

Swamigal, ''Please go to ***** village near Kumbakonam. There is a Mari amman temple. Have darshan and search for that fruit''

Few days later the official person left to that village, had darsan and enquired about 1008 bananas.

The priest showed a farm and asked to approach the owner.

The mut official also went and requested to show the fruits. He saw 1008 bananas in one bunch and requested the farmer to sell that for mut. He too agreed.

Next day, 1008 bananas were placed upon a cloth before Maha Swamigal.

He says, ''Please offer this to Lord Guruvaayur Appan on Vishnu day''

The fruits were taken after 10 days and nothing happened to them. On Vishu day Kanchi mut offered 1008 bananas to Guruvaayur Appan and rendered the prayers.

Swamigal says, ''This year the rain is going to be very heavy and more plantain loss will happen to this state. So we have exchanged the 1008 fruit energy to Lord''

 

That year the loss was very less. Swamigal also made the fruits to come from the area where the loss must have been heavy. Guru also focused on Maari Amman - the deity for rain.

Mahakavi Kalidasa's Devi dasa shloki

1. சேடி பவன்னகில கேடீ கதம்ப வனவாடீஷு நாக படலீ

கோடீர சாருதர கோடீ மணீ கிரண கோடீக ரஞ்ஜித பதா

பாடீர கந்தி குச ஷாடீ கவித்வ பரிபாடீ மகாதி பசுதாம்

கோடீ குலாத திக தாடீ முதாரமுக வீடீர சேனத நுதாம்

2. த்வை பாயன ப்ரப்ருதி ஷாபாயுத த்ரிதவ சோபான தூளி சரணா

பாபாப ஹ்ரஸ்து மனு ஜாபனுலீன ஜன தாபாப நோத நிபுணா

நீபாலயா சுரபி தூபாலகா துரித கூபாது தஞ்ச யதுமாம்

ரூபாதிகா ஷிகரி பூபால வம்ஷ மணி தீபாயிதா பகவதி

3. யாளீ பிராத்த தனுராளீ லஸத்ப்ரிய கபாளீஷு கேலதி பவா

சூளீன குல்ய சித சூளீ பரா சரண தூளீ லஸன் முனிகணா

யாளீ ப்ருதிஸ்ரவ சிதாளீ தளம் வஹதி யாளீகஷோபி திலகா

சாளீ கரோது மம காளீ மனஸ் ஸ்வபத நாளீக ஸேவன விதெள

4. பாலாம்ரு தாம்ஷு நிப பாலாமனா கருண சேலா நிதம்ப பலகே

கோலாஹல க்ஷபித காலாமரா குஷல கீலால ஷோ ஷன ரவிஹி

ஸ்தூலாகுசே ஜலத நீலாகசே கலித லீலா கதம்ப விபினே

சூலாயுத ப்ரணுதி ஷைலா விதாத்ரு ஹ்ருதி ஷைலாதி ராஜ தனயா

5. கம்பாவதீ வஸ விடம்பாகணேன நவ தும்பாங்க வீண சவிதா

பிம்பாதரா வினத ஷம்பாயுதாதி நிகுரும்பா கதம்ப விபினே

அம்பா குரங்க மத ஜம்பாள ரோசி ரஹ லம்பாளகா திஷது மே

ஷம்பா ஹீளேய சசி பிம்பாபிராம முகி சம்பாதிதஸ்தன பரா

6. நயங்காகரேவபுஷி கங்காள ரக்த புஷி கங்காதி பக்ஷி விஷயே

த்வங்காம நாமயஸி கிங்காரணம் ஹ்ருதய பங்காரி மேஹி கிரிஜாம்

ஷங்காஷிலா நிஷித தங்காயமான பத சங்காஸமான சுமனோ

ஜங்காரி ப்ருங்காதி மங்கானுபேத ஷஷி சங்காஸ வக்த்ர கமலாம்

7. தாஸாயமான ஸீம ஹாஸா கதம்பவன வாஸாகுஸும்ப சுமதோ

வாஸாவிபஞ்சி க்ருத ராஸாவிதூய மதுமாஸாரவிந்த மதுரா

காஸார ஸூன ததி பாஷாபிராம தனுராஸார ஷீத கருணா

நாஸாமணி ப்ரவர வாஸா ஷிவாதிமிர மாஸாதயேது பரதிம்

8. ஜம்பாரி கும்பி ப்ருது கும்பாபஹாஸி குச சம்பாவ்ய

ரம்பாகரீந்த்ர கர டிம்பாபஹோரு கதி திம்பானு ரஞ்சித பதா

ஷம்பாவுதார பரிகும்பாங்குரத் புளக டம்பானுராகபிஸீனா

கம்பாஸீராபரண கும்பாஸதாதிஷது ஷம்பாஸீர ப்ரஹரணா

9. தாஷாயனீ தனுஜ ஷிக்ஷா விதெள விதத தீக்ஷா மனோஹர குணா

பிக்ஷாளினோ நடன வீக்ஷா வினோதமுகி தக்ஷா த்வர ப்ரஹரணா

வீக்ஷாம் விதேஹி மயி தக்ஷா ஸ்வகீய ஜன பக்ஷா விபக்ஷ விமுகீ

யக்ஷேஷ ஸேவித நிராக்ஷேப ஷக்தி ஜயலக்ஷ்ம்யா வதான கலனா

10. வந்தாரு லோகவர சந்தாயனீ விமல குந்தாவ தாத ரதனா

வ்ருந்தார வ்ருந்த மணி வ்ருந்தார விந்த  மகரந்தாபிஷிக்த

மந்தா நிலா கலித மந்தார தாமபிர மந்தார தாம முகுடா

மந்தாகினீ ஜவன விந்தான வாஜ அரவிந்தாஸனா திஷதுமோ

11. யத்ர அஷயோ லகதி தத்ர அகஜ வஸது குத்ர அபி நிஸ்துல ஷுகா

சுத்ராம கால முக சத்ராஸக ப்ரகார ஸீத்ரான காரி சரணா

சத்ர அனில அதி ரய பத்ர அபிராம குண மித்ர அமரி சம வதூ

குத்ராஸ ஹீனமணி சித்ராக்ருதி ஸ்புரித் புத்ராதி தான நிபுணா

12. கூலா அதி காமி பய தூலா வலி ஜ்வலன கீலா நிஜ ஸ்துதி விதா

கோலாஹல க்ஷபித காலா அமரி குஷல கீலால போஷன நபா

ஸ்தூலா குசே ஜலத நீலா கசே கலித லீலா கதம்ப விபினே

சூலாயுத ப்ரணதி ஷீலாவிபாது ஹ்ருதி ஷைலா அதிராஜ தனயா

We thank Ms.Buvana Mahadevan [Hindhi teacher, Vruksha Montessori School - Mds] who has transliterated this great shloka on 22.6.2015

Once Thyagarajar was suffering from severe viral infection.

He accepted as the result of various unwanted actions and trying to avoid medication to correct his life style.

He was keeping on chanting the Rama nama.

Days passed....his health condition became very bad

But he did not give up his practice.

***

Every day evening Kamalamba [wife] will have a special visit to Thiruvaiyaaru Shiva temple. Especially she offers Lalitha Sahasramam to Devi Darmasamvardhini and offer oil for lighting lamps out of her severe poverty.

She rendered her prayers to Devi and continued her daily life.

It was evening.

A woman came and met Kamalamba.

She said that she is the sister of Ramudu [Thyagarajar's student] and gave a herbal medication and left.

Thyagarajar finally took and became well.

He asked one day Ramudu to introduce his younger sister.

Ramudu was surprised and says, ''Sir! I am the only son. I do not have any sibling''

Thyagarajar and his wife immediately left to temple and he sang the famous krithi 

''Amma! Darmasamvardhini! yaadhu kovamma! ma!

im mahini ne sari yevaramma Shivuniki gomma maa!''

 

Selfless prayers for anyone will be answered just by increasing the SAL ENERGY.