THE ESOTERIC
KANDAR ANUBHUTI
THE SECRET TEACHING ON
GOD-EXPERIENCE
(A Treatise on Adwaitic Realization)
OF
SAINT ARUNAGIRINATHAR
| THE ESOTERIC KANDAR ANUBHUTI THE SECRET TEACHING ON GOD-EXPERIENCE (A Treatise on Adwaitic Realization) OF SAINT ARUNAGIRINATHAR | |
 | by N.V. Karthikeyan |  |
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PREFACE Prostrations, Adorations and Salutations to the Supreme Being, the Almighty Lord Skanda, Sadgurudev Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj and Saint Arunagirinathar. This treatise is offered at their Holy Feet as a humble service of love and gratitude for all the inspiration they have been giving me always. But for their guidance from within, this work would not have been possible at all. All glory to them! May their blessings guide us to reach the Goal in this birth itself, is my prayer.Lord Skanda shines in a Self-absorbed state, in the small temple dedicated to Him in the Bhajan Hall of the Sivananda Ashram. Pilgrims and devotees, seekers and aspirants, poets and philosophers, saints and sages, Indians and foreigners constantly visit this holy Ashram of Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, for various purposes --- for simple Darshana, for spiritual solace, for learning Yoga and Vedanta, to study Indian culture and religion, etc. When they visit the Bhajan Hall and see the idol of Lord Skanda, they become curious to know who this Lord is. In one of his Thiruppugazh songs, Saint Arunagirinathar says in one line, "Koorum Adiyaargal Vinai Thiirkkum Mugam Onru" --- "One of the (six) faces (of Lord Skanda or Shanmukha) destroys the Karmas of those devotees who sing His praises." An idea, therefore, came to my mind that I should write about the glory of Skanda. The Divine Life Society runs an English monthly entitled, "The Divine Life." The best way to fulfill the above purpose, I thought, would be to contribute some articles about Lord Skanda in that journal. But where is the material! I have been and am doing daily Parayanam (devout recitation) of the Tamil work Kandar Anubhuti of Saint Arunagirinathar since some years, though without knowing the meaning of the verses fully. Yet the hidden power of the work is such that it gave and continues to give me inner solace. It is a treatise of 51 verses. During the course of the recitation of the Kandar Anubhuti, I found that the verses contain deep spiritual import, much more than what apparently appears on their surface. During those years (Nineteen sixties and seventies), I and other resident Sadhakas, Sannyasins, and visitors had the rare privilege of listening to the highly illuminating, thoroughly rational and searching expositions of Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj on Vedantic scriptures such as the Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, etc. Listening to his lectures and the daily recitation of the Kandar Anubhuti revealed to me the fact that the verses of the Kandar Anubhuti contain the deep secrets of the Upanishads and other scriptures which were so impressively expounded by the Swamiji. I, therefore, thought that the best and easy way in which I can sing the glory of Lord Skanda is to try to write a commentary on Saint Arunagirinathar's "Kandar Anubhuti" in which I can bring out the Upanishadic teachings which it contains and at the same time expound | ||
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