Achyuta Gurukul] Saiva schools and sects

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[sJC: Achyuta Gurukul] Re: Saiva schools and sects

Dear Alexandra, Veera Saivam is another famous Saiva school (or religion)

which is against the concept of varna/caste and many other beliefs of

traditional hinduism. However, in practise I learnt that this religion is

considered as a caste in India and followed only in tradition and not in spirit

(like most other religions, I might add!).There is another major religion called

Suddha sanmargam which originated from Tamil Saiva Siddhanta, but it does not

worship Shiva or any other form of God. The major exponent of this religion is

the famous Saint Ramalinga Adigalar (www.vallalar.org). I am giving below the

salient features of Sanmargam as I understand it. The goal of Sanmargam is to

attain immortality with the human body itself and it asserts that real moksha

is attainment of immortality with a deathless body. Ramalinga Adigalar attained

immortality It also declares that the concept of idol worship and varna are

just symbolisms and need not be followed. While Sanmargam holds vedas, purans,

Saiva Siddhanta literature etc to be true, it also accuses

vedas/puranas/scriptures of hiding the real truth behind mythical locks and

asserts that all other religious paths including vedanta are just stepping

stones to Sanmargam. As a result, Ramalinga Adigalar asks his disciples to stop

spending time in trying to break the "locks" of vedas and puranic literature

(like Mahabharatha, Ramayana, etc) but to follow Sanmargam. A fundamental

philosophy of this path is that there is only one god who permeates everything

and is to be seen in the form of divine grace light. True compassion towards

all jeevas (plants and animals) and sincere bhakthi is necessary to bring in

grace of God by which deathlessness can be attained. A person that attains

deathless body dissolves into ether/space. They will NOT leave their body

behind. From Agastya, Thirumoolar, Bogar, Babaji (paramguru of Yogananda),

Madhavacharya, Adi Shankara, nayanmars of Saiva Siddhanta tradition, to

Ramalinga Adigalar, many have attained such deathlessness (they never left

their physical body dead - they just disappeared). The classic Thiruarutpa

narrates each stage in attaining deathlessness and the first stage is

attainment of suddha deham (or pure body). It says such a body will not cast

its shadow on earth. Indeed, many saints never left their shadow and neither

can be photographed (Modern examples: Lahiri Mahasaya - Paramguru of

Paramahansa Yogananda, Ramalinga Adigalar, etc.) In final stages, the physical

body cannot be seen by ordinary eyes, and the person disappears! Sanmargam

declares that those saints that leave a dead body will be born again but in

higher lokhas and havent attained final moksha.There are also other forms of

Saiva Siddhanta which are referred to in centuries old classical texts in

Tamil. However, I am not aware of those and they dont have any mass following

currently.-Siva.-- In , "Alexandra Kafka"

<alexandra.kafka@a...> wrote:> I am in search for information about Saiva

schools and sects. I know about the great tradition of Kashmir Saivaism with

many schools and sub-schools, and about the Saiva > Siddhanta tradition of

South India. > Are there other Saiva schools or sects?> > Kind regards,>

Alexandra[Om Kleem Krishnaaya Jagannathaaya namah]Send a blank mailTo

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