OmniLight Invocations 365

சத்திய ஞான சபை (Sathiya Gnana Sabhai) or The Great Hall of Truth-Knowledge designed by Ramalingam without any formal training in architecture and constructed in 1871. It was opened to the public in January 1872. It is not a Hindu temple and ought not to be considered one. It has no idols of any kind.

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 556

சினமுதல் அனைத்தையும் தீர்த்து  எனை

நனவினும் கனவினும் பிரியாக் கருணை நற் றாயே!

Anger

And

All

Associates

Abolished,

In

The

Ageless

Association,

Anchoring

All

Waking

And

Dream

States,

Bestowed

By the OmniLight Aṉṉai Of Supreme Compassion!

Note:  The Tamil word “Aṉṉai” (அன்னை) denotes mother. The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these verses.

OmniLight Invocations 365

சத்திய ஞான சபை (Sathiya Gnana Sabhai) or The Great Hall of Truth-Knowledge designed by Ramalingam without any formal training in architecture and constructed in 1871. It was opened to the public in January 1872. It is not a Hindu temple and ought not to be considered one. It has no idols of any kind.

The Ancient of Days by William Blake (Wikipedia); “Ancient of Days” is a name of God in the Book of Daniel and denotes the eternity and perfection of the Divine Being.

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 558

துன்பெலாந் தவிர்த்துளே யன்பெலாம் நிரம்ப

இன்பெலா மளித்த வென்றனித் தந்தையே!

Emptied

Of

Suffering,

Overflowing

With

Love,

My

Inner

Being

Basks

In

Boundless

Bliss,

By The Supreme Compassion of OmniLight Father!

Note:  The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these verses.

OmniLight Invocations 365

சத்திய ஞான சபை (Sathiya Gnana Sabhai) or The Great Hall of Truth-Knowledge designed by Ramalingam without any formal training in architecture and constructed in 1871. It was opened to the public in January 1872. It is not a Hindu temple and ought not to be considered one. It has no idols of any kind.

Guardian Angel by Pietro da Cortona (Wikipedia)

Arutperunjothi Agaval: 588

இகத்தினும் பரத்தினும் எனக்கு இடர் சாராது

அகத்தினும் புறத்தினும் அமர்ந்தமெய்த் துணையே!

The

Approach

Of

Adversity,

Affliction,

Warded

Off,

In

The

Worldly

And

Other-Worldly

Arena,

Since

Abidance,

And

Accession,

In

My

Inmost

Being,

Or

Soul,

And

My

Outer

Being,

Or

Body,

By The Supreme OmniLight True Guardian!

Note:  The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these verses.

OmniLight Invocations 365

சத்திய ஞான சபை (Sathiya Gnana Sabhai) or The Great Hall of Truth-Knowledge designed by Ramalingam without any formal training in architecture and constructed in 1871. It was opened to the public in January 1872. It is not a Hindu temple and ought not to be considered one. It has no idols of any kind.

Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (WikiArt)

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 589

அயர்வற எனக்கே அருள் துணை ஆகிஎன்

உயிரினும் சிறந்த ஒருமைஎன் நட்பே!  

 

My

Weariness,

Dejection,

Dispelled

By

The

Wonderful

Divine

Guardian

Of

Supreme

Compassion,

Greater,

More

Precious,

Than

My

Very

Life,

The

Unity

With

The OmniLight True Friend!

Note:  The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these verses.

OmniLight Invocations 365

சத்திய ஞான சபை (Sathiya Gnana Sabhai) or The Great Hall of Truth-Knowledge designed by Ramalingam without any formal training in architecture and constructed in 1871. It was opened to the public in January 1872. It is not a Hindu temple and ought not to be considered one. It has no idols of any kind. In his first prose vinappam or petition, “The Short True Petition” (சுத்த சன்மார்க்க சத்தியச் சிறு விண்ணப்பம்) to Arutperunjothi or OmniLight, Ramalingam testifies that this Great Hall of Truth-Knowledge was built at the behest of Arutperunjothi or OmniLight as the locus and sign of its special manifestation and “Dance of Grace” (அருள் நடம்). This “Dance of Grace” expresses its five cosmic tasks of creation, protection, destruction or dissolution, obscuration or concealment, and illumination or revelation. The structure of this Great of Hall of Truth-Knowledge is a symbol of the nature-body-soul complex in which this “Dance of Grace” continues.

El Ángel de la Guarda (Guardian Angel) by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo  (1617–1682)

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet 583

பற்று அயர்ந் தஞ்சி பரிவு கண்டு அணைந்து எனைச்

சற்றும் அஞ்சேல் எனத் தாங்கிய துணையே!   

My

Debilitation,

Dread,

Dejection,

From

Desire

And

Its

Derivatives,

Dispelled,

Destroyed,

In

The

Embrace

Of

Empathy,

Enclasp

Of

Consolation,

Hold

Of

Helping

Hands,

Succor

Of

Support,

By OmniLight Guardian Of Supreme Compassion!

Note:  The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these verses.

OmniLight Invocations 365

சத்திய ஞான சபை (Sathiya Gnana Sabhai) or The Great Hall of Truth-Knowledge designed by Ramalingam without any formal training in architecture and constructed in 1871. It was opened to the public in January 1872. It is not a Hindu temple and ought not to be considered one. It has no idols of any kind. In his first prose vinappam or petition, “The Short True Petition” (சுத்த சன்மார்க்க சத்தியச் சிறு விண்ணப்பம்) to Arutperunjothi or OmniLight, Ramalingam testifies that this Great Hall of Truth-Knowledge was built at the behest of Arutperunjothi or OmniLight as the locus and sign of its special manifestation and “Dance of Grace” (அருள் நடம்). This “Dance of Grace” expresses its five cosmic tasks of creation, protection, destruction or dissolution, obscuration or concealment, and illumination or revelation. The structure of this Great of Hall of Truth-Knowledge is a symbol of the nature-body-soul complex in which this “Dance of Grace” continues.

Vigilance by Henry Wyatt

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 586

எங்குறு தீமையும் எனைத்தொட ராவகை

கங்குலும் பகலும்மெய்க் காவல்செய் துணையே!

Harm,

Evil,

In

Any

Form,

At

Any

Place,

Or

Time,

Warded

Off,

In

Consummate

Watchfulness,

Day

And

Night,

By The OmniLight True Guardian Of Supreme Compassion!

Note:  The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these verses.

OmniLight Invocations 365

“Siddhi Valaagam” or “Abode of Adepthood”, Metukuppam, near Vadalur, Tamilnadu, South India, with the bicolored (Yellow and White) flag of Suddha Sanmargam hoisted in front of the house.  He was residing in this house when he raised the bicolored flag of Suddha Sanmargam on October 21, 1873, signaling both his own “Siddhi” or attainment of adepthood and the dawn of the epoch of Suddha Sanmargam marked by, among other things, the global attenuation and eventual dissolution of divisions based on caste, tribe, race, nationality, class, gender, and religion.

Painting by Vietnamese painter Le Pho (1907 – 2001) modeled after classic paintings of “Madonna nursing her baby” by Leonardo Da Vinci and others.

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 538

ஆன்றசன் மார்க்கம் அணிபெற எனைத்தான்

ஈன்றமு தளித்த இனிய நற் றாயே!  

I

Was

Engendered,

Embodied,

In

This

World,

Nourished

By

Divine

Nectar,

Empowering

Elixir,

To

Adorn,

Bedazzle,

Like

A

Diamond,

The

Crown

Of

Suddha

Sanmargam,

By the OmniLight Sweet and Good Mother!

Note:  The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these verses.

OmniLight Invocations 365

A reconstruction of Ramalingam’s appearance based on descriptions by those who knew him. The Tamil words below the image express his sincere wish: May All Beings Attain Bliss and Flourish!

Madonna of the Rocks by Leonardo Da Vinci

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 545

கலக்கமும் அச்சமும் கடிந்தென துளத்தே

அலக்கணும் தவிர்த்தருள் அன்புடைத் தாயே!        

My

Dread

Destroyed,

Disquiet

Dispelled,

Confusion

Ceased,

And

Misery

Of

Mind

Subdued,

Expelled,

By the OmniLight Mère of Supreme Compassion!

Note:  “Mère” Is the French word for “mother”. The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these verses. 

OmniLight Invocations 365

A reconstruction of Ramalingam’s appearance based on descriptions by those who knew him. The Tamil words below the image express his sincere wish: May All Beings Attain Bliss and Flourish!

Self-portrait with Her Daughter by Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun (Wikipedia)

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 555

தெரியா வகையால் சிறியேன் தளர்ந்திடத்

தரியாது அணைத்த தயவுடைத் தாயே!

I

Was

A

Mere

Kid

On

The

Cosmic

Block,

Unmoored

By

Blindness

Of

Ignorance,

Without

Discernment

Of

Proper

Means,

And

Method,

Without

A

Map

Of

The

Way

Out

Of

The

Mundane-Maze,

The

Fly-bottle

Of

World-Weariness,

Lowly,

Yet,

Enlightened,

Empowered,

Exalted,

Embraced

Eternally

By OmniLight Mère Of Supreme Compassion!

Note:  “Mère” Is the French word for “mother”. The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these verses.

OmniLight Invocations 365

A reconstructed portrait of Chidambaram Ramalingam

Parable of the Wheat and the Tares (1624) by Abraham Bloemaert: “In this parable from the Gospel of Matthew, the devil, identified by his horns and tail, sows weeds (or tares) in the field where wheat has been planted, while the lazy peasants are sleeping. Christians considered sloth one of the Seven Deadly Sins to which mankind was subject as a result of the Original Sin of Adam and Eve, to whom the two naked sleepers allude. The dovecote (a birdhouse to attract doves or pigeons that can be trapped for food without the bother of raising them) was associated with the morally lazy who take the easy way. The goat, known for its lust, alludes to self-indulgence, and the peacock, to pride. Bloemaert was gifted in depicting natural detail, but he never painted pure landscapes, preferring pictures with a lesson. He was one of the leading artists of Utrecht and trained many major artists of the next generation.” (Wikipedia)

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 557

தூக்கமுஞ் சோம்புமென் றுன்பமு மச்சமும்

ஏக்கமு நீக்கிய வென்றனித் தாயே!

My

Mire

Of

Sloth,

Sleep,

Sorrow,

Fear,

Yearning,

Slough of Despond,

Obliterated

By the Supreme OmniLight Mère!

Note:  “Mère” Is the French word for “mother”. The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these verses.