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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| the Yantras and Mula-Mantras were revealed in meditation. The author has narrated an interesting incident in his book, as follows: "It was in the year 1956. An American, Mr. Edward James, was doing Devi Upasana and had some obstacles in his practices. He wrote from America to the revered Mudaliar to suggest some means to overcome the obstacles. In his reply, Sri Mudaliar hinted at the need for invoking Lord Ganesa's grace to overcome the obstacles and advised him to repeat the first verse of the Kanthar Anubhuthi (Aadumpari Vel ... ) together with its Mula-Mantra and Yantra. Mr. James acted accordingly and in about three months' time, he had a mysterious experience. He wrote: 'While I was thus meditating, an elderly person, clad in pure white clothes and with a Kamandalu in his hand, surrounded by elephants, appeared in my room, and poured from his Kamandalu a little holy water into my mouth and that of my wife who was also in meditation. Then everything disappeared into a mass of light. Since then I am totally transformed and I continue my Devi Upasana without any impediment.'" From the above incidents, we can imagine the immense benefits that could be derived from a systematic paaraayanam of the Kandar Anubhuti, daily. If a line in a verse or a single verse can do so much, what cannot be achieved by a recitation of the whole work? An unselfish, daily recitation of all the 51 verses without any expectation from the Lord, not only removes one's physical and psychological ills, and protects one from all dangers, but also bestows on one the higher blessings of pure love of God and Divine Wisdom as well, is my own conviction and experience. To my knowledge, there is no commentary on the Kandar Anubhuti available in English, though there are a few bare translations of the verses only. There are, of course, many commentaries available, in Tamil, on this great work and each one has a specific purpose or is characterised by certain predilections. Thus, there are commentaries purely for students, direct and simple, so as to enable them to understand the meaning even as they recite the verses; for the masses, delivered as a series of talks and subsequently edited and published; for scholars, with profuse quotations and cross references from the different Tamil works; for devotees, extolling the glory and greatness of the Lord by recounting His Divine Deeds with anecdotes and stories so as to instill faith in their hearts; and so on and so forth. There are again commentaries based on the Saiva Siddhanta philosophy as well as on the Vedanta philosophy. My effort is to interpret and explain the verses mainly from the viewpoint of a Sadhaka or a seeker of Truth, so as to be helpful to them in their practices, rather than to be literary or academic. Hence, much searching analysis in an attempt at finding the rationale behind the pithy phrases, words and declarations used in the verses has been made in order to create the needed conviction in the minds of seekers, which unshakable conviction is a great asset to Sadhakas to be steady in their practices and plod on till the goal is reached. Here I may mention that, to me, the Kandar Anubhuti is a treatise purely spiritual in nature and so it does not admit of any kind of low and whimsical interpretations, just to please the | ||
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