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Om Namah Sivaya Sirappuli Nayanar

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Origin="L" Index="0"> Sirappuli Nayanar Sirappuli Nayanar lived in

Tiruvakur in South India. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Siva and His

Bhaktas. He used to worship them and serve them sincerely. He would repeat the

Panchakshara Mantra, with Bhav and sincerity, throughout the day and night. He

also performed the Vedic sacrifices in honour of Lord Siva. All these earned

for him the Supreme Grace of Siva. A

special spiritual practice of this Nayanar seems to have been the ceaseless

repetition of the Panchakshara Mantra (Om Namah Sivaya). This extremely simple

practice is capable of bestowing incalculable benefit on man: and yet, ignorant

man, full of delusion, refuses to resort to it. The continuous repetition of the

Mantra will change the very mind-substance. It contains a divine vibration.

Modern science has reached a stage when it no longer believes in mass and

quantity. Even the gross and impure intellect of a scientist has come to

recognise the superior power in the subtle atom or cell. Great indeed is the

foolishness of man if he still refuses to believe that the sound-vibrations

(even the subtler thought-vibrations) can bring about a radical change within

himself and heal him physically, vitally, mentally, psychically and

spiritually.

Roman">Panchakshara is a Mahamantra which is composed of five letters,

Namassivaya. A Mantra is that which removes all obstacles and miseries of one

who reflects on it and bestows eternal bliss and immortality. Panchakshara is

the best among seven crores of Mantras. There are seven Skandhas in Yajurveda.

There is Rudradhyayi in the centre of the middle Skandha. In this Rudradhyayi

there are one thousand Rudra Mantras. Namassivaya or the Siva Panchakshara

Mantra shines in the centre of these one thousand Rudra Mantras. Yajurveda

is the head of Paramesvara, who is the Veda Purusha. Rudram which is in the

middle is the face, Panchakshara is His eye, Siva which is in the centre of the

‘Namassivaya’ is the apple of the eye. He who does Japa of this Panchakshara is

freed from births and deaths and attains eternal bliss. This is the emphatic

declaration of the Vedas. This Panchakshara is the body of Lord Nataraja. This

is the abode of Lord Siva. If you add ‘Om’ to the ‘Namassivaya’ in the

beginning, then it becomes Shadakshara or six-lettered Mantra. ‘Om Namo

Mahadevaya’ is the eight-lettered Mantra or Ashtakshara. Panchakshara is of

six kinds, viz., Sthula Panchakshara (Namassivaya), Sukshma Panchakshara

(Sivaya Namah), Karana Panchakshara (Sivaya Siva), Mahakarana Panchakshara

(Sivaya), Mahamanu or Mukti Panchakshara (Si). ‘Namah’ means ‘Prostration’.

‘Sivaya Namah’ means ‘Prostration unto Lord Siva’. The Jiva is the servant of

Lord Siva from the Deha-Drishti. ‘Namah’ represents Jivatman. ‘Siva’ represents

Paramatman. ‘Aya’

denotes ‘Aikyam’ or identity of Jivatman and Paramatman. Hence ‘Sivaya Namah’ is

a Mahavakya, like ‘Tat Tvam Asi’ which signifies the identity between the

individual and the Supreme Soul. Pranava denotes the external form (husk) of

the Lord (paddy) and Panchakshara, the internal Svarupa (rice). Pranava and

Panchakshara are one. The five letters denote the five actions or Pancha

Krityas of the Lord, viz., Srishti (creation), Sthiti (preservation), Samhara

(destruction), Tirodhana (veiling) and Anugraha (blessing). They also denote

the five elements and all creations through the combination of the five

elements. ‘Na’ represents Tirodhana; ‘Ma’, the Mala or impurity; ‘Si’, Lord

Siva; ‘Va’, the Arul Sakti;

and ‘Ya’, the individual soul. Take bath or wash your face, hands and feet.

Wear Bhasma and Rudraksha Mala. Sit on Padmasana or Sukhasana, facing East or

North, in a quiet place or room. Repeat silently the Panchakshara and meditate

on the form of Lord Siva. Keep the image in the heart or space between the

eyebrows. If you practise meditation regularly, your heart will be purified.

All Samskaras and sins will be burnt in toto. You will attain Siva-Yoga-Nishtha

or Nirvikalpa Samadhi. You will attain the glorious Siva-Pada or Siva-Gati and

become one with Lord Siva. You will enjoy the eternal bliss of Sivanandam and

become immortal.

yes"> This is the highest Yoga: to remember God always and constantly to repeat

His Name. Tirumantiram by Rishi Tirumular (verse 996) Chant Om Na Ma Si Va

Ya Chanting Mantra "Na" to begin and "Ya" to end--Na Ma Si Va Ya,And prefixing

Mantra that has "A" and "U"--"OM"Those who meditate thusWill see the Primal

Lord inside their head. (verse 976) Chant Om Na Ma Si Va Letters "Na" and

"Ma" to commence,Letter "Si" in center,Letter "Va" intoned in breath

regulated,Together with "OM" at beginning of all,If you even once chant

thus,The Lord of "Ma" (Maya)Will in your heart be. (verse 977) The Five

Letters Can Control the Five Senses Five the elephants (senses)In the

body-forest roam,The Five Letters become the goadsFor the five elephants,Only

they who can containThe five (senses) together,Can, unafraid, reach Primal

Lord. (verse 980) Five Letters are the Refuge Realize truth of blissful

letters Five,The Para Para fills your heart;Truth this is;And immortal you will

be;Letters Five is your Refuge;None other, I emphatic say. Sivaya Namah

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