This blog is devoted to the exposition and analysis of the post-religious and pure theistic path of wisdom and harmony (சமரச சுத்த சன்மார்க்கம்) envisioned by the Indian-Tamilian mystic, poet, and philosopher Chidambaram Ramalingam (1823 – 1874). Note: Jivakarunya Ozhukkam or "The Ethic Of Compassion For Sentient Beings", Arutperunjothi Agaval or "OmniLight Invocations", and the tetralogy of "Suddha Sanmarga Vinappams" or "The Petitions Of Suddha Sanmargam", constitute the authentic central writings of the later Ramalingam. In this blog, I will adhere to the principle that only the views expressed in these writings are representative of Ramalingam's Samarasa Suddha Sanmargam teachings. (C) All Rights Reserved By Blog Author: Thill Raghu, Ph.D. E-mail: traghu1874@gmail.com
Bacteriophages attack bacteria, and a new study shows that a sea of them may protect the human body. AMI IMAGES/SCIENCE SOURCET cells fighting cancer (Getty Images)
Couplet 366:
உடலுறு பிணியா லுயிருடல் கெடாவகை
அடலுறக் காத்தரு ளருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி
Endowing them with immunity,
Protect the body and the life in it,
From dread disease and its damage,
OmniLight of Supreme Compassion!
Note: The meditative recitation of these prayers helps to develop compassion for living beings.
Albert Bierstadt‘s “Giant Redwood Trees of California”, 1874 (Source: Wikipedia)Giant Sequoia Groves – Sequoia and King’s Canyon – https://www.nps.gov/seki/Source: Wikipedia
Couplet 365:
வேர்வுற வுதித்த மிகுமுயிர்த் திரள்களை
ஆர்வுறக் காத்தரு ளருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி
Numerous living beings
Growing from roots
To become trees and plants.
May they grow and flourish by the Supreme Compassion of the OmniLight!
Note: The meditative recitation of these prayers helps to develop compassion for living beings.
A pregnant cow with a “Moocall” sensor attached to its tail to monitor its birthing contractions.A pregnant elephant in the Saint Louis zoo.
Couplet 362:
தாய்கருப் பையினுட் டங்கிய வுயிர்களை
ஆய்வுறக் காத்தரு ளருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி
Living beings in their mothers’ wombs,
May the OmniLight of Supreme Compassion give them both its maternal protection and alleviate their suffering!
Note: This couplet, and others which follow, express Ramalingam’s heartfelt prayers or petitions to the OmniLight of Supreme Compassion, on behalf of the numerous varieties of living beings with their diverse modes of gestation or birth, sensory endowments, natures, and forms of living.
They appeal to and celebrate the self-determined and law-governed (the laws are determined by the OmniLightand consistent with its supreme compassion) protective functions of the OmniLight of Supreme Compassion. Not least, they underscore the importance of the ethic of compassion for living beings, and indicate its precepts.
The meditative recitation of these prayers helps to develop compassion for living beings.
Gouldian finch – a colorful singing perch bird native to Australia.Platypus or duck-billed platypus – it lives both on land and in water and is one of the five types of monotremes or unusual mammals which lay eggs instead of giving birth.The Axolotl or Mexican walking fish – a species of salamander unique to Mexico City’s Lake Xochimilco. It is an endangered species.
Couplet 351:
சித்திர விசித்திர சிருட்டிகள் பலபல
அத்தகை வகுத்த வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி
Exquisitely colorful,
Strange and astonishing,
Such creatures in their abundant variety,
All adaptively and elegantly designed by the OmniLight of Supreme Compassion!
Note: The reference to design does not imply ex nihilo designed creation or designed creation out of nothing. Rather, as available examples of intelligent design by humans and other creatures suggest, it is a case of design achieved by a process of development. Ramalingam’s use of the word “தெருட்டல்” (fine-tuning) in other couplets is suggestive of this form of intelligent design by fine-tuning or development.
All designed accordingly by the OmniLight of Supreme Compassion!
Note: This couplet alludes to the previous couplet on the types of senses of living beings. The reference to design does not imply ex nihilo designed creation or designed creation out of nothing. Rather, as available examples of intelligent design by humans and other creatures suggest, it is a case of design achieved by a process of development. Ramalingam’s use of the word “தெருட்டல்” (fine-tuning) in other couplets is suggestive of this form of intelligent design by fine-tuning or development.