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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| give the needed instruction/guidance to the seeker, or reveal his inner condition/experience, or invoke the Lord's grace to overcome the obstacle, etc., as would be appropriate to the stage in which the seeker is at the particular verse. The order of the verses is designed to give out the desired expression to the condition of the seeker at every stage, through the particular verse. As he goes on chanting the verses day after day, continuing his spiritual practice, he would feel at different verses and at different times: "Oh, Arunagiri has given this verse for me," or "This verse precisely portrays my pitiable condition," or "My meditation-experience exactly tallies with this verse," etc., etc. In fact the Kandar Anubhuti is like a spiritual barometer to find one's growth or level of advancement in his Sadhana, to know where he stands according to which verse touches his heart! In the Tiruppugazh and his other works, Arunagiri has said everything everywhere. As a result of reciting his Tiruppugazh and other works, a distaste for worldly pursuits and an aspiration to attain God might arise in a person, and he would like to practise some Sadhana to attain God, but would be at a loss to know what to do, where to start and how to proceed. The Lord seems to have prompted Arunagiri to give a treatise on the attainment of God-Experience (Anubhuti) which would be of help to such seekers, and the Kandar Anubhuti is the outcome, as commanded by the Lord at Tirut-thurutti. Thus we may regard the Kandar Anubhuti as the crowning glory of Saint Arunagiri's works, though every work of his has a purpose, speciality and charm of its own. All the works of Arunagiri put together may be regarded as the 'Arunagiri-Veda' of which the Kandar Anubhuti would form the 'Anubhuti-Upanishad'. It is the culminating and the wisdom-portion of his works. The Upanishads are the secret teachings imparted to qualified students, as the Mantras cannot be understood by unprepared minds. The verses of the Kandar Anubhuti are verily Mantras, like the Upanishadic Mantras, - so concise, so pithy and so brevity-filled, with many secret clues to higher meditation and experience. In fact the work contains all the Mahavakyas which we will see in the course of the explanation of the verses. We can say without the least hesitation that the treatise fulfils the purpose of an Upanishad, remarkably. Truly it is a Mantra Sastra. Perhaps that is the reason why Saint Thayumaanavar has singled out the Kandar Anubhuti when he wanted to pay his tribute to Saint Arunagirinathar. Now, why should the instructions be esoteric or hidden? Why should the Saint not have explicitly given them in the verses, may be a doubt. This is the general practice, with a reason, of course. Spiritual truths are kept as secrets, because, if they are given to unprepared minds, they are likely to be misunderstood, misinterpreted and misrepresented. They are always kept hidden; they have to be obtained with great effort and it demands certain prerequisites. As the work is likely to go into the hands of anyone and everyone, the esoteric meanings are hidden far beyond the ordinary reach. And here is the need for the poems to be in prayer or praise form, and in the first person. When | ||
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