Jnani has no ritual pollution

It was early 1910s or 1920s.  Sri Ramana Maharshi was still staying in Skandasramam,  up in the hills of holy Arunachala.

On a pournami day,  Bhagavan had just finished shaving his head with the help of a barber. 

Akhilandamma from desur had come that day.  Some devotee suggests to her to get divine upadesa from Bhagavan during that Pournami day.

Upon the same, Ahilandamma immediately approaches Bhagavan and gets divine upadesa from Sri Ramana. 

Akhilandamma from Desur village

Here few sastric points has to be noted.

Once one has had shaven his head,  he gets ritual pollution and hence he should bath before he can peform any puja.  Less to speak about giving other person Divine Upadesa.

But what happened in this scenario?  How come Maharshi gave his divine upadesa while remaining in ritually pollute state? 

Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi Abiding in Self

The answer is Bhagavan Sri Ramana was always in a state of Abidance in Atma,  in Sahaja state and that he is a Atiasrami.

He has transcended all modes of life, all rules of conduct and the impositions of what to do and what not to do.  Such was his exalted state which was same as that of Lord Dattatreya or Sage Sukha Brahmaa or of the four Sanatkumaras.

For such a person,  whatever he may be appearing to be doing, he is always the Atma not just by words but in every spirit of realization.

So whatever such a self realized sage speaks is upanishad and whatever he may appear to bluff about is nothing but upadesa.

And the close devotee Akhilandamma well aware of Maharshi's transcendental state had rightly approached him for upadesa.

So it is very important for every sadhaka to surrender to such a soul like Sri Ramana Maharshi either during their bodily existence or afterwards.

And the benefits & punyas accrued by worshipping and thinking of such great beings like Sri Ramana is immense.

One will get peace in this and the next world.

மகான் சேஷாத்ரி சுவாமிகள் திருவண்ணாமலை Series -- I

             மகான் சேஷாத்ரி சுவாமிகள் திவ்ய சம்பவங்கள் வரிசை 1 . 

(  மகான் சேஷாத்ரி ஸ்வாமிகள் சரித்ரம் என்ற மூல நூலில் இருந்து எடுக்கப்பட்டது )

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 வெங்கடராமன் என்ற 15 வயது பையன் ஒரு நாள் மாலையில் வீட்டில் சந்தயாவந்தனம் செய்து விட்டு விபூதி பூசி கும்குமம் தரித்து கொண்டு அம்மன் தர்சனதிர்க்கு கோவிலுக்கு புறபட்டான்.

இளையனார் கோவிலுக்கு எதிரில் நம் சுவாமி அவனை நிறுத்தி வைத்து எங்கு செல்கிறாய் என்று கேட்டார். பையன் அம்பாள் தர்ஷனதிர்காக என்றான். இங்கிருந்து உனக்கு அம்பாளை காண்பிக்கிறேன் பார்கிறாயா என்று சொல்லி எதிரில் நின்று அவன் கண்களை மூடி "நன்றாக பார்" என்றார். 

பையன் கோவிலுக்குள் விளங்கும் ஸ்ரீ அபீத குசாம்பிகையை எதிரில் கண்டான். ஆச்சர்யத்துடன் அவன் "இதோ பார்கிறேன்; நன்றா தோன்றுகிறாள்" என்றான்.

சுவாமி "இடுப்பில்  என்ன புடவை ? " என்றார்.  பையன்  " மஞ்சள் புடவை.
சுவாமி "கழுத்தில் என்ன மாலை?" பையன் "மல்லிகை பூ மாலை"  சுவாமி: "என்ன ஆபரணம் " பையன் :"தலையில்   கிரீடம் இடையில் ஒட்டியாணம் கால்களில் தண்டை" .

பிறகு சுவாமி கண்ணை திறந்து "போ உள்ளே போய் பார்" என்று சொல்லி பையனை அனுபிவிடார்.  அவன் பேரானந்தம் அடைந்து அம்பாள் கோவிலுக்கு சென்று தேவியை உற்று நோக்கி  சுவாமி காண்பித்த படியே எலாவற்றையும் பார்த்து சந்தோசம் தாங்க முடியாமல் உற்றார் உறவினர் தோழர் அனைவரிடமும் நடந்த வற்றை தெரிவித்தான் .

யாராக  இருந்தாலும் அம்பாள் இடத்தில சிறிது பக்தி இருந்தால் போதும் அவர்களிடத்தில் சுவாமி தன அன்பை இவ்வாறு    காண்பிப்பார். இதனாலும் ஸ்ரீ அம்பாளே நம் சுவாமி என்று தோன்றுகிறது. இருவரும் அபின்ன ஸ்வருபம் என்பது வ்யக்தம்

Quotes of Nisarghadatta Maharaj

Nisargadatta Maharaj

This body is only the food body for the consumption and the sustenance of the ‘I amness’. You have to remain in that Beingness
or Consciousness with firm faith while having no identification with the body or the personality, or with name and form. Always identify yourself with Consciousness, it will take a while for this conviction to root, but persist.

The Darshan of the Hugging Saint Ammachi

Matha Amritanandamayi or Ammachi is called the Hugging saint as she is famous for Hugging while giving darshan.

Well,  for past one year or so,  I have been curious time to time to meet her once.

I could not go to ArmitaPuri and also she was in international trip in the year 2012.

In 2013, I heard she started Bharata Yatra.

She was in Bangalore on Jan 30 and 31 2013 but due to workload I could not go to her Banglaore ashram on working days.  

Also this thoguht was also there --that I am moving away from Arunachala Ramana to other saints.  I pondered over this again and again,  finally made a prayer to Arunachala to give me some solace and grant Her Darshan.  I recollected how S S Cohen,  Ganapati Muni and ohters went to see Shri Aurobindo and Mother as a one time darshan.  I also re-collected how Kunju Swammi went to some math for a darshan and how he narrated his exp to Bhagavan (like he did not prostrate etc.)

I re-collected how Chalam and Souris,  Talyerkahn had darshan of Ananadamayi ma after Bhagavan's maha nirvana.  I re-collected how V Ganesan got darshan of Krishna Bhai and Nisarghadatta maharaj.


I convinced myself that there is nothing wrong in getting darshan of great Mahatmas living in one's time period and this did not clash with following Ramana Maharirhsee in anyway.

I prayed strongly to Aruanachala Raman to grant me darshan of this Hugging saint.



                                                 

                     
I heard that Ammachi is in Mysore on Feb 2 and Feb 3rd the weekend.

I slept with huge confusion and mild fever on Feb 1st Friday night wondering if it is proper for me to 
go there to Mysore camp and get her darshan.

On Feb 2nd morning 4 AM when I woke up,  mind was very clear and very auspicious omen started within me to urge me to go there.  At the same time I was a bit tired and so decided to start only by 9 AM.

Praying to Aruanchala photo,  I immediately called taxi and booked at 8:45 AM to rush to Mysore to 
avoid any waste of time in bus journey.

The tax arrvied at my house in Bangalroe at 8:45 AM sharply.  I offered prayers to Arunachala Ramana and Saradamma and started reading Eka Sloki of Bhagavan during the taxi journey.

I reached the Mysore Ashram at Bogadi at around 12:45 PM.

I enquired at the helpdesk and was kindly directed towards cloak room to keep my bags.  Meanwhile Amma had already arrived and conducting bhajan at the tented hall.  I had a distant darshan first and went to unload my buggage in claok room.

I received the darshan token and then slowly made my way into the tented bhajan hall and found a seat 15 row of charis behind her stage.

Ammachi did wonderful bhajan,  sometimes laughed and cried.   Then she did manasa puja and asked all to participae thinking of their favourite deity during the pooja.


I visualized that I do manasa puja to my Guru during the manasa puja instructions from  her.   
Later Grand Arathi was performed to her by nine ladies in traditional sareers with flowers.

Ammachi threw the flowers back at the ladies and was all the time smiling peculiarly during Arathi 
performance.

It is already 2 PM now and the hugging darshan started,  It started with A1 to A5, B1 to B5 tokens 
etc.

Mine is Z4.  I asked the volunteers and they told it will be around 11 PM in the night.  It was going to be a long wait.

As hugging started,  they played various bhajans and few dance performances of Mahishashura Mardhini in the stage.

Later,  they played various bhajans and tours of Ammachi in the big digital screens.  The hugging 
continued all the time.

I had one privilege from 3 PM.  Many crowds dispersed and  the front row seats are now vacant.

I went to the second row and occupied a seat very close to the stage where the hugging is going on.   I could see Ammachi directly and also close view in digital screen.  But the queue is arranged in such a way that I could not go for hugging until my token is displayed.


After spending some time,  I purchased few books so that I read about Her in the remaining waiting 
time.

I quote few chapters I read about Her.

Her biography is wonderful.  


Born to poor,low caste fishermen,  Ammachi did not cry immediately after birth but smiled warmly.
Parents had many visions in dreams before her Birth.

She has gone through so many harassments,  many busy household chores from morning to night,  the burden to take care of younger brothers,  the burden to take grass to cattle etc. etc. etc.

From monring to night,  no time left for her.  Yet her lips always chanted her beloved God Krishna.

She faced deep harassment from her own elder brother Subhagan and even from her parents sometimes.

Their attempts to get her married were failures and one astrologer severly late warned them of the 
consequences when she is given in marriage.

Ammachi started consoling people from all walks of life from the age of 16.

She engaged them in Krishna bhakthi and whenever Bhagavtam is recited,  her own body turned dark blue colour and she verily became Krishna.

Like alost every saint,  even she had a death experience or nirvikalpa samadhi experience.

Once her father totally dejected by her daughter's madness of devotion wanted the spirit from her body to leave at once.   He approached her daughter ammachi herself and prayed for the same.

Hid idea is that her daughter is merely possessed by some mad spirit.

Moments later,  the heart beat stopped,  and Ammachi's body became paralyzed.

All devotees who came for satsang started crying and 8 hours passed this way.  Finally  after her 
father's repeated apology and his vow to give her daughter to Divine scheme of things,  heart beat 
revived.

Ammachi had eaten COW Dung,tea leaves broken glass pieces and rolled off in sands crying 'Krishna Krishna' during her sadhana days.

Her divine madness is incomparable.

Like this the story goes.  

One should read her story to learn what is pure bhakthi and surrender.

So I spent hours and hours sitting very close to her and reading the books,  meditating and hearing the bhajan .



                                                 

I wondered that people from all walks of life,  poor, rich,  handicap,  untouchables,  orthodox , 
unorthodox etc. everyone lined up for her hugging.
Handicaps were given immediate darshan and  hugging without waiting in token queue.

Ammachi never even stood up from her seat and continued hugging from 2 PM till 1 AM next day.

My turn came on 11 PM that day.  I was in the queue ,  by this time very tired in body and mind.

When I went to her,  i told in tammil to this effect, 'Amma I am sorry,  give me siva bhakthi'

She accepted my sorry by nodding her head.  Later she hugged me keeping my heard under her chest and whisphered a phrase three times in Malayalam. 

She is famous for giving mantra diksha during hugging. But I did not know the meaning of that phrase.  

Later I asked two people who knew malayalam and found that it is not a mantra,  it meant 'my darling pearl like son'

I bowed once again and booked another taxi and came back to Bangalore.

There were huge arrangements for free food, paid tiffins,  sleeping dormitories,  toilets,  mobile 
medical camps,  paid fresh fruit juices,  trasnport arrangement for poor villagers from rural areas to 
the mysore ashram,  information on free hospitals and other charitable activities etc.

Ammachi's social service activities and initiatives were magnificient and in large scale.

To give hugging for around 15 hours a day without a break and to work without any tiredness,  I feel one should have got the inner command from Ishwara.  

ஸ்ரீ நிஸர்கதத்த மகாராஜ்.

இவர் மராட்டிய தேசத்தில் வாழ்ந்தவர். இயற் பெயர் மாருதி.   1897 ஆம் ஆண்டு பிறந்து 1981 ஆண்டு மகா சமாதி அடைந்த அத்வைத குரு.  இவர் ஒரு பீடி மற்றும் பெட்டி கடை வைத்துருந்த சாதாரண பாம்பே வாசி. 

ஒரு நாள் தன் நண்பருடன் சித்தராமேஷ்வர்  மகாராஜ் என்பவரை சந்திக்க சோலாப்பூர் சென்றார்.  

                                                   ஸ்ரீ நிஸர்கதத்த மகாராஜ் (above picture).

Siddharameswhara Maharaj

 

அங்கு சித்தராமேஷ்வர் மகாராஜ் இவரிடம் " நீ இந்த உடலோ மனமோ இல்லை.  எல்லாவற்றையும் புறம் தள்ளி "நான்" என்ற உள் உணர்வில் ,  நாம் இருக்கிறோம் என்ற உள் உணர்வில் உன் மனதை செலுத்து.  அதுவே உனக்கு ஞானம் அடையும் கதவுகளை திறக்கும்.

என்று உபதேசம் செய்தார்.

                                                          ஸ்ரீ நிஸர்கதத்த மகாராஜ்.




அதை கேட்டு விட்டு பாம்பே திரும்பிய மாருதி தன் வேலை சமயம் போக மீதம் எல்லா நேரமும் நான் என்ற ,  தான் இருக்கிறோம் என்ற மூல உணர்வில் லயித்து மற்றதை எல்லாம் புறம் தள்ளினார்.  

கண், காது, கை போன்றவை போனாலும் நான் இருக்கிறேன் என்ற உணர்வில் மாற்றம் இல்லை.  எனக்கு ஒன்றும் தெரியாது என்றோ இல்லை நான் இறந்து விடுவேன் என்றோ சொல்லும் போது கூட நான் என்ற ஒரு மூல உணர்வு நம்மை விட்டு விலகுவது இல்லை.  இதையே கட்டியாக பிடித்து கொண்டு தியானம் செய்தார் மாருதி.  

அவருக்கு பல ஆன்மிக அனுபவங்கள் இறை தர்சினங்கள் வந்தது.  அப்போது கூட இந்த அனுபவம் எல்லாம் யாருக்கு வருகிறது என்று கேட்டார் மாருதி. தனக்கு தான் வருகிறது என்ற பதில் சொல்லி கொண்டார்.  இந்த "தான்"  என்னும் மூலம் தான் எல்லா அனுபவமும் பெறுகின்றது.  அதனால் இந்த உள் உணர்வில் மனதை செலுத்தி ஆன்மிக காட்சிகளையும் இறை காட்சிகளையும் கூட ஒதுக்கி ஆழ்ந்த தினத்தில் ஈடுபட்டார். பிறகு தன் குரு சம்ப்ரதாயமாகிய  தத்தாத்ரேய  நவநாத சம்பிரதாயத்தில் ஸ்ரீ ஸ்ரீ நிசர்க தத்தர் என்ற சன்யாச  நாமம் பெற்றார்.