Greatness of India –Mahans-Rama Nama --- By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji – Part-1

[Ravishankar.G]

Radhe Krishna To all,

“ Our Bharata Desa (Country of India) is very pure in all ways. We find love for the Nation and Love for God in all the Mahatmas (Saints) who have been born in this Country. They have not been able to treat the nation and God as separate entities.

From the life of our Bhagavãn Yogiramsuratkumar, Papa Ramdas, Aurobindo we learn the deep patriotism that they possessed for the nation. While looking at the great glory of this nation we find the Holiest of Holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Narmada, Saraswati, Sindhu, Cauvery, all running across the length and breadth of this great nation. The Seven Holy Places (‘Sapta Mokshapuri’) are found in this country.

It is only in this country that all the Incarnations of the Lord have taken place. All the three and thirty crore Devas desire to be born in this Bharata Desa!.

Further, though materially, financially, scientifically or in military power other nations are far advanced than our country, we find that to satiate their spiritual thirst people from there come to our Bharata Desa. In fact, in most of the ashrams in our country we find more number of people from other nations doing japa and dhyana than our own countrymen! This goes to show that to earn peace (‘shanti’) one has to come to our country. We find that from days past till date it is our country that stands foremost in spirituality.

In our country and in our Religion, we find a continuous lineage of Saints. It is not as if a great Maharishi like Adi Sankara or a Vasishta or a Viswamitra or a Agastya lived only in days gone by. Even today we can show such great Maharishis. Yogiramsuratkumar has lived in this period. We can say that we have seen such great Maharishis! We can show such Maharishis! This continuous lineage of Jnanis is a great fortune of this nation.

We find that each soil is fit for the growth of some type of crop only. In Southern parts, the soil is more fit for the growth of rice while in Northern parts it is fit for the growth of wheat. Thus, I feel that this soil of India is one that grows Mahans (Saints) ! Innumerable Mahans are being continuously produced on this soil.

This land is indeed such a pure one. Moreover, the existence of innumerable Holy Places (Ksehtras) is another pride of the Nation. This Holy Place of Tiruvannamalai is one of the ‘pancha bhoota Kshetras’ (Five Holy places of Lord Siva that represent the five elements viz.
Water, earth, fire, space and wind).

Tiruvannamalai is ‘agni Kshetra’ (represents fire). What is the evidence for this? This Holy Mountain is verily the form of fire . Midnight of Sivaratri is called ‘Lingotbhava Kala’. This Holy Mountain that came into existence on ‘Lingotbhava Kala’ remains as the very form of Lord Siva. Even today many people undertake pilgrimage to Kailash. They face lot of difficulties in undertaking this Holy trip.

What I say is that pilgrimage to Tiruvannamalai is indeed greater than the pilgrimage to Kailash. What is the reason for saying so? Kailash is only the residence of Lord Siva while this Tiru Annamalai (Tiruvannamalai) is verily Bhagavan (God)! So, which is greater - to
visit the residence of Parameswara (Lord Siva) or seeing the Lord Himself?

Since performance of ‘archana’, abhishekha, offering of clothes / ornaments to this huge Mountain is difficult, a Linga has been installed in a temple for whom all these are performed. The fact is that it is verily this huge Mountain Arunachala that is the real Linga here. It is this Mountain that is verily Lord Arunachaleswara. There is lots of evidence to show that this is verily ‘Agni Kshetra’. Generally in most villages of Tamizh Nadu, a festival called ‘thee midhi utsav’ (walking on hot burning charcoal) is performed in Mariamman or in temples of other village deities.

!!! Will Continue !!!

Regards
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
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