Thursday, June 25, 2020

Arunachala

Thiruvannamalai

There is a Puranic story about the origin of the hill. Once Vishnu and Brahma fell to disputing which of them was the greater. Their quarrel brought chaos on earth, so the Devas approached Siva and besought him to settle the dispute. Siva thereupon manifested himself as a column of light from which a voice issued declaring that whoever could find its upper or lower end was the greater. Vishnu took the form of a boar and burrowed down into the earth to find the base, while Brahma took the form of a swan and soared upwards to seek its summit. Vishnu failed to reach the base of the column but “beginning to see within himself the Supreme Light which dwells in the hearts of all, he became lost in meditation, oblivious to the physical body and even unaware of himself, the one who sought”. Brahma saw the flower of an alse plant falling through the air and, thinking to win by deception, returned with it and declared he had plucked it from the summit.

Vishnu admitted his failure and turned to the Lord in praise and prayer: “You are Self-knowledge. You are OM. You are the beginning and the middle and the end of everything. You are everything and illuminate everything.” He was pronounced great while Brahma was exposed and confessed his fault.
In this legend, Vishnu represents the intellect and Brahma the ego, while Siva is Atma, the spirit.
The story continues that, because the lingam or column of light was too dazzling to behold, Siva manifested himself instead as the Arunachala hill, declaring: “As the moon derives its light from the sun, so other holy places shall derive their sanctity from Arunachala. This is the only place where I have taken this form for the benefit of those who wish to worship me and obtain illumination. Arunachala is OM itself. I will appear on the summit of this hill every year at Kartigai in the form of a peace-giving beacon

Arunachala also known as Thiruvannamalai houses the temple of Arunachalesvarar.The temple houses the Jyothi lingam Arunchalesvara.
There is a Puranic story about the origin of the hill. Once Vishnu and Brahma fell to disputing which of them was the greater. Their quarrel brought chaos on earth, so the Devas approached Siva and besought him to settle the dispute. Siva thereupon manifested himself as a column of light from which a voice issued declaring that whoever could find its upper or lower end was the greater. Vishnu took the form of a boar and burrowed down into the earth to find the base, while Brahma took the form of a swan and soared upwards to seek its summit. Vishnu failed to reach the base of the column but “beginning to see within himself the Supreme Light which dwells in the hearts of all, he became lost in meditation, oblivious to the physical body and even unaware of himself, the one who sought”. Brahma saw the flower of an alse plant falling through the air and, thinking to win by deception, returned with it and declared he had plucked it from the summit.
Vishnu admitted his failure and turned to the Lord in praise and prayer: “You are Self-knowledge. You are OM. You are the beginning and the middle and the end of everything. You are everything and illuminate everything.” He was pronounced great while Brahma was exposed and confessed his fault.
In this legend, Vishnu represents the intellect and Brahma the ego, while Siva is Atma, the spirit.
The story continues that, because the lingam or column of light was too dazzling to behold, Siva manifested himself instead as the Arunachala hill, declaring: “As the moon derives its light from the sun, so other holy places shall derive their sanctity from Arunachala. This is the only place where I have taken this form for the benefit of those who wish to worship me and obtain illumination. Arunachala is OM itself. I will appear on the summit of this hill every year at Kartigai in the form of a peace-giving beacon

Monday, March 2, 2020

Hidden Indian History - Prithviraj Chauhan and the Prithvi missile.

Prithvi


The real History of India is hardly found in our History Books. I will take you back in time to 1999. Air India Flight was hijacked by Islamic extremists to Kandahar in Afganisthan.
The then Vajapai Government allowed a few journalists to Kandahar to cover the events on ground.

The Journalists who stayed in a Hotel in Kandahar, were exploring the places close by on foot.  In one of the streets they found a mound of earth and dirt, where they found strange happenings. They found local Afghans passing by spitting on the mound or urinating and they even found a couple Burka clad women beating the mound with a slipper.

The Journalists were wondering at what they saw and on return to the Hotel asked the Reception about what they had just witnessed. The Receptionist explained that the mound was the Samadhi of a Hindu king and the local Islamic population was taking out their anger on the final resting place of the Hindu King.

The Hindu King was none other than the Great Prithiviraj Chouhan .  Prithviraj Chouhan ascended the throne at the tender age of 11 and since everyone used to say he was beautiful, He slashed his face with a sword,saying a warrior should not be looking beautiful. 


Prithviraj's uncle Jaichandran  was ruling the neighboring country, and he hated Prithiviraj due to his popularity. For the Swayamvar of his daughter Samyuktha , he refused to invite Prithviraj though he knew pretty well that they both loved each other. Everyone knows that the valiant Prithviraj rode alone into the palace of his uncle and rode back with his sweet heart Samyuktha, the future queen of his Kingdom. This incidence irked His uncle and he was seething with vengeance. It was at this juncture Muhammad Gori invaded India and was defeated twice by the valiant Prithvi Raj Chauhan and had to retreat hastily.


Now you will find the tragedy of Indian  lack of unity repeating itself.  Jayachandran ,the uncle of Prithviraj helped Mohammad Ghori and when PrithviRaj was sleeping in tiredness after a hunt , Jayachandran helped Mohammad Gori capture Prithvi Raj.  Mohammad Gori the cowardly invader in his insecurity blinded immediately Prithviraj and started taking him to his country. 

It was on the way they rested in Kandhahar in Afganisthan. It was then the poet friend of Prithviraj hatched a plan and told Gori that Prithviraj was such a good archer he could shoot arrows on target blindfolded.  Gori needing some entertainment wanted to test it out. There was no need to blindfold Prithviraj as he was already blinded. The targets were set and Gori's soldiers made noise near the target and Prithviraj shot the target correctly. Mohammad gori was impressed and shouted, "Sabash!".
This was just the moment Prithviraj was waiting for and he shot an arrow at Mohammad Ghori and he succumbed to it on the spot.  The infuriated Muslim army killed Prithviraj and his friend on the spot. This mound was the very spot this happened and the local Afghans were venting their anger on the valiant Hindu King by spitting on the mound.

The then Vajpai Government named the first Atomic misiile Rocket as Prithvi to commemorate the Valiant Hindu King who fought against the invaders of His Motherland.



The previous Governments will not Disclose such valiant Heroes but would glorify Mohammad Gori as a persistent soul like King Bruce who repeated His Invasion time and again to plunder Barath. Until such boot licking mentality exists India will keep facing Foreign onslaughts.
Jain Hind!!

Krishnamachari Santhanam

Sunday, December 22, 2019

Know your Week!





It is funny how the whole world believes that the 7 day week is a western concept! 7 day week is not a concept borrowed from Romans as it is generally believed. The 7 day week is not really based on western calendar. Firstly, lets look at how classic predictions (Jyothisha Shastra ) of the Vedas for answers to these questions: Why do we have only 7 days in a week? Why can't we have 8 or 9? � What is an hour? � Why do we have only 24 hours in a day? Why can't we have 30 or 40 units & call it an hour?

 Ancient Indians were so well versed that they often used 4 to 5 different units of time. If you ask your Indian grand mother, she might have told you that during her days, people measured time in a weird unit called ghati/ghadiya (1 ghati = 24 minutes). 1 day is the time lapsed between two sunrises. Sandhi in sanskrit means knot or junction & hence the junction points are named as pratah sandhya(Early morning) & saayam sandhya (Evening) which divide the standard day into two halves i.e from sunrise to sunset & sunset to the next sunrise. Since there are 12 zodiac constellations, each constellation is assigned a part of the half a day unit and hence 12 parts in half a day each, together 12+12 = 24 units. This is the concept of hora or HOUR. (Yes, hora is the standard hour. English unit of time & Sanskrit unit of time named similarly. Strange coincidence, don't you think so?)

 Just as there are constellations associated with each hora, each graha is assigned rulership of individial hora. The order of the planetary rulership of horas is as follows. 1) Surya (Sun/SUN-DAY) followed by 2) Shukra (Venus/FRI-DAY) followed by 3) Budha (Mercury/WEDNES-DAY) followed by 4) Soma (Moon/MON-DAY) followed by 5) Shani (Saturn/SATUR-DAY) followed by 6) Guru (Jupiter/THURS-DAY) followed by 7) Mangala (Mars/TUES-DAY). In Indian Prediction science (jyothish shastra), the rising sign at the time of sunrise is noted down & is considered very important to make any astronomical / astrological calculations regarding a chart, esp. to find out the janma lagna (Birth time), it is is very essential. So, the rising sign is very important. Likewise, the planetary rulership of the hora during the time of sunrise is noted down.

The planet that rules the hora at the time of sun rise is assigned the rulership of the whole day. And hence, The day Ravi-vara (or Sun-day) is named after Ravi/Sun who is assigned lordship of the day because he rules the hora at the time of sunrise of that day. Now, following Sun, the next hour after sunrise is ruled by Shukra followed by the rest. In the above mentioned order of rulership of horas, calculate the next ruling planet that comes after 24 horas, i.e 1st hour by Ravi, 2nd hour by Shukra, 3rd hour by Budha, 4th hour by Soma, 5th hour by Shani, 6th hour by Guru, 7th hour by Mangala, 8th hour by Ravi, 9th hour by Shukra, 10th hour by Budha, 11th hour by Soma, 12th hour by Shani, 13th hour by Guru, 14thth hour by Mangala, 15th hour by Ravi, 16th hour by Shukra, 17th hour by Budh, 18th hour by Soma, 19th hour by Shani, 20th hour by Guru, 21st hour by Mangala, 22nd hour by Ravi, 23rd hour by Shukra, 24th hour by Budha ****End of a day****** 25th hour by Soma(moon/Monday) As you see it turns out that Soma is the ruler of the next day's sun rise. And hence, the next day Soma-vara (or Mon-day) is named after Chandra/Moon who is assigned lordship of the day because he rules the hora at the time of that day's sunrise. In the same order, Mangala-vara (Tuesday) for Mangala/Mars being the hora ruler at sunrise, Budha-vara (Wednesday) for Budha/Mercury being the hora ruler at sunrise, Guru-vara (Thursday) for Deva Guru Brihaspathi/Jupiter being the hora ruler at sunrise, Shukra-vara (Friday) for Shukra/Venus being the hora ruler at sunrise, Shani-var (Satur-day) for Shani/Saturn being the hora ruler at sunrise, Now after Saturday, the cycle reverts to 1) with Surya being the ruler of the hora at the time of next day's sunrise. This is the reason why there are only 7 days in a week based on these calculations of hora and their planetary rulership as mentioned in the vedic texts.


 One may be a Christian, Muslim, Sikh or Jew, knowingly or unknowingly they follow the methods of the ancient Indian Rishis. This is the reason why Hindu dharma is called Ancient Indian Civilisation Principles-ie called as Sanatana dharma (i.e eternal & expansive in its very nature). It is funny how the whole world believes that the 7 day week is a western concept!

Monday, March 4, 2019

Atari Border Post

Atari - Indian Side of the Border Name
Wagah - Pakistan side  name.
The Flag lowering ceremony is held at the Atari border?

How often have you heard the word ATARI?
Hardly ever. The Media with its extra national loyalties, has always called it the Wagah border. Our politicians of the yore also took pride in calling it 'The Wagah border' Well! They had their own reasons.
But today we don't have to toe the lies.

The place where the border check post is built was called Atari in honour of the great

*Sardar Shyam Singh Atari*,

who was a chief in the great Sikh Army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The history is filled with the stories of bravery of these brave and fearless Sardars who had defeated the coward Army of the marauders attacking India in the name of their religion from the west.

All offices of the Govt, like the immigration, customs etc are are located in Atari.
The Pakistani administration, however, had named their side of the border as Wagah. Our appeasing politicians, (and you see them parroting similar lines even today), chose to refer to this place as the Wagah border there by denying the honour to the great Sardar Shyam Singh.

Next time, when we wish to visit, or wish to refer to that Great place, let's talk about it correctly and honour the name of our brave legend "ATARI".

Jai Hind

Sunday, March 3, 2019

Shraddanjali

As per Hindu Dharma, if a father dies in war killed by his enemies the son should observe grief for 12 days and wearing Balck/Blue dress takes a holy bath and on the 13th day slaughters his father's killers and does Shraddanjali.

Pulwama attack on Feb 14 and Bombarding the terrorist camp on February 26th the thirteenth Day.
The Prime Minister performed his duty as a dutiful son for the slain soldiers. This was not an attack on Pakistan but a valiant attack on the terrorists breeding fear and terror among innocents in both Pakistan and India.


Rest is history.

Krishnamachari Santhanam

Polarisation of the Guru


One way to magnetize a bar of steel is to place it in proximity to another magnet. The reason ordinary steel is not magnetized is not that it doesn’t have that magnetism potentially inside it.

Rather, it is because every molecule cancels out the north-south polarity of the others. When you can get all the molecules pointing in one direction, then the bar of steel becomes a magnet.

Human beings also have a divine power locked within them, but every desire, every impulse, every conflicting tendency that we have cancels out the flow of our inner magnetism. Lacking in magnetism, we don’t have the power to succeed in anything, much less the spiritual quest.

You will notice that there are some people who are extremely magnetic. You don’t know how to define their magnetism, and yet you know it’s there.

In the true guru-disciple relationship, the guru helps the disciple to bring out his own spiritual magnetism. There are so-called gurus who have set the bad example of trying to dominate their disciples. A true guru would never try to do that, because his purpose is to bring out your own inner freedom and to develop your own inner magnetism to release your highest potential.

Krishnamachari Santhanam

Sunday, August 26, 2018

A man with a Dual mind is really Blind

A Man with Dual Mind is Really Blind 




In a village there lived a farmer who used to drive his cattle for grazing to the forest nearby. A very rich land-lord living in that village had his cattle driven to the same forest for grazing. This land-lord by virtue of his property and affluence wielded great influence over the entire village and was almost a dictator. One day the farmer's bull and the land-lord's bull entered into a scuffle and the land-lord's bull was fatally wounded. The farmer was terribly scared and felt nervous to report the matter to the land-lord. He hurried to the mansion of the land-lord and said: "Master, today an unusual incident occurred in the forest". "What is it, come on, tell me", said the land-lord. The farmer said: "My lord, your bull and my bull entered into a scuffle". "Oh, is that so? There is nothing unusual about it. Even sensible men are quarreling with each other", replied the land-lord. "My lord, continued the farmer, your bull killed my bull". "Oh, is that so? What is unusual about it, every creature that is born has to die some day or the other" said the land-lord. The farmer realised suddenly that in his nervousness he had reported the matter wrongly. He said: "My Lord, pardon me for the slip of my tongue. It is my bull that killed your bull". "What?," roared the land-lord. How dare you come and report the matter to me in such a way? What were you doing when your bull was wounding my bull? You must be punished suitably". He called the servant and ordered him to give the farmer twenty hard stripes on his back.

The feeling of mine and thine blinds our judgment and degrades our nature. Blessed is the person who identifies himself with others and their sufferings as well as in their joy.

#Sai in #Chinnakatha