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 !!! If any of our members interested to watch this video of the discourse....... Pl click the link below...http://www.namadwaar.org/videos/internal/abhedananda.phpRegards & Chant The Maha mantra:Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare HareSource: http://namadwaar.org/home.php