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
Entrance to the site of the radiant symbol (Jothi or orb of light) of OmniLight in the Sathiya Gnana Sabhai (1872), or Hall Of Truth-Knowledge, designed by Ramalingam.“Tamil: Origin (according to first appearance as script) – 300 BC – The earliest example of the language can be traced back to 300 BC, but its origin is believed to be during 2500 BC or so. In today’s world, around 78 million people in the world speak Tamil. It is this fact of contemporary utility that makes Tamil the longest surviving language in the world.” Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/oldest-languages-839038-2016-12-20
Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet:301
பகர்பரா சத்தியைப் பதியுமண் டங்களும்
அகமற வகுத்த வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!
Resplendent
Divine
Shakti
Or
Energy
Of
Utterance,
Speech,
Word,
And
Its
Worlds
Of
Operation,
Organized
Impeccably,
By
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
Notes:
The Tamil expression “பகர்பரா சத்தி” (Pagar para shakti) refers to the divine shakti or energy underlying utterance or speech. The Tamil word “பகர்” (Pagar) refers to that which is radiant or resplendent, but also connotes utterance or declaration (Tamil: பகர்தல் – Pagardal). Hence, the expression “பகர்பரா சத்தி” involves reference to utterance or speech.
This interpretation is supported by the fact that the context of this couplet is a reference to sound-waves (Tamil: சத்தம் or Sattam) and the Nada Brahman or transcendental sound-vibration (Tamil: நாத பிரமம் or Nada Biramam). It is apposite to consider, in the context of the preceding couplets on sound-waves and primordial sound-vibration, the shakti or energy underlying, impelling, and inspiring utterance or speech, the Word, sound-meaning.
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these couplets.
சத்திய ஞான சபை (Sathiya Gnana Sabhai) or The Great Hall of Truth-Knowledge, and place of special manifestation of OmniLight, designed by Ramalingam without any formal training in architecture. It was constructed in 1871 and opened to the public in January 1872. It has no anthropomorphic idols or images.
Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 300
நாதமாம் பிரமமும் நாதவண் டங்களை
ஆதரம் வகுத்த வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!
Nada
Brahman,
The
Transcendental
Sound-Vibration,
And
Its
Emanations
Of
Sound-Worlds,
Graciously
Designed,
Organized,
By
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
Notes:
Nada Brahman is the transcendental sound-vibration, an emanation of the supreme being, OmniLight. A string of sound-worlds is generated by this transcendental sound-vibration and designed and organized graciously by OmniLight.
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these couplets.
This couplet continues to address an essential aspect of the cosmos: sound and vibration.
The Tamil term “சத்ததலைவர்” at the start of this couplet refers to designer-governorsof sound-waves. These higher beings govern the generation, propagation, and regulation of sound-waves in the cosmos. There are also worlds constituted of sound-waves and vibrations.
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these couplets.
Entrance to the site of the radiant symbol (Jothi or orb of light) of OmniLight in the Sathiya Gnana Sabhai (1872), or Hall Of Truth-Knowledge, designed by Ramalingam.Om in Tamil LettersOm in Devanagari script
Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet:298
ஓங்கார சத்திக ளுற்றவண் டங்களை
ஆங்காக வமைத்த வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!
Energies
Of
Om,
The
Primordial
Divine
Sound,
And
Their
Adapted
Worlds,
Organized
Impeccably,
By
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
Notes:
The Tamil expression “ஓங்காரசத்திகள்” (Ongaara sattigal) refers to the divine energies of primordial sound Om (or Aum).
This couplet affirms that there are higher worlds of operation of these divine energies of Om.
In essence, Om is the divine energy of OmniLight in the form of pure, primordial, sound and vibration.
The previous couplet was on Vindu or the light-form of the divine energy of OmniLight. This couplet describes the divine energy of OmniLight manifested in the form of primordial sound and vibration.
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these couplets.
சத்திய ஞான சபை (Sathiya Gnana Sabhai) or The Great Hall of Truth-Knowledge, and place of special manifestation of OmniLight, designed by Ramalingam without any formal training in architecture. It was constructed in 1871 and opened to the public in January 1872. It has no anthropomorphic idols or images.Vindu (Sanskrit: बिंदु or Bindu) painting by “Neo-Tantric” Indian painter Biren De (1926–2011)
Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet:297
விந்துவாஞ் சத்தியை விந்தினண் டங்களை
அந்திறல் வகுத்த வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!
Vindu,
Luminous
Primordial
Creative
Divine
Energy,
And
Its
Pure,
Higher
Worlds
Of
Operation,
Manifested,
Organized,
Immaculately,
By
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
Notes:
The Tamil word “விந்து” (Vindu – Sanskrit: बिंदु or Bindu) , in the context of this couplet, refers to the luminous, primordial, creative, Divine Energy of Omnilight. It is essentially Divine Energy in the form of Pure Light. It is productive of wisdom and bliss.
Vindu is usually represented as a point of white light.
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these couplets.
Symbol of OmniLight in the சத்திய ஞான சபை (Sathiya Gnana Sabhai) or The Great Hall of Truth-Knowledge, a place of special manifestation of OmniLight.The eclipsed Sun emerging from the obscuration of the Moon.
Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet:296
தெளிவுசெய் தலைவரைத் திகழுமண் டங்களை
அளிபெற வகுத்த வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!
Revealer-Governors
And
Their
Resplendent
Worlds,
Graciously
Designed,
Organized,
Computed,
By
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
The Tamil expression “தெளிவுசெய்தலைவர்” refers to intelligentrevealers or illuminers who are also governors or supervisors of agents and processes of revelation or illumination in the cosmos.The development of knowledge is a function of revelation or illumination of a hitherto concealed process, aspect, factor, fact, or truth.
These earlier couplets in the Agaval also express the revelations of OmniLight to Ramalingam on the five types of primordial designer-governors. These higher beings and their worlds are inaccessible to humans and extraterrestrials in our universe.Therefore, the revelations of OmniLight to Ramalingam, as expressed in these couplets, are the only sources of our conceptions of their existence.
I should point out that there are five basic powers of consciousness: creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment, and revelation or illumination. Any function or task of consciousness, and any event or process in the cosmos, falls into one or the other of these five basic categories: creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment, and revelation or illumination.
The five types of primordial cosmic designer-governors are themselves subject to the supreme powers of creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment or obscuration, and revelation or illumination, of the OmniLight.
It is noteworthy that these couplets extend the notion of design beyond creation (not ex nihilo creation or “creation out of nothing”, but creation by a process of fine-tuning or development) to protection, regulation, concealment, and revelation. In other words, there is not only developmental creation, but also protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment or obscuration, and revelation or illumination, by design on the part of these cosmic designer-governors.
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these couplets.
Entrance to the site of the radiant symbol (Jothi or orb of light) of OmniLight in the Sathiya Gnana Sabhai (1872), or Hall Of Truth-Knowledge, designed by Ramalingam.The Sun obscured by the Moon – Total Solar Eclipse in 2019
Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 295
மறைத்திடு தலைவரை மற்றுமண் டங்களை
அறத்தொடு வகுத்த வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!
Obscuring-Governors
And
Their
Worlds,
Wisely
Designed,
Organized,
Computed,
By
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
The Tamil expression “மறைத்திடுதலைவர்” refers to intelligentconcealers or obscurers who are also governors or supervisors of agents and processes of obscuration or concealment in the cosmos.
Obscuration or concealment of aspects, factors, processes, phenomena, entities, etc., in the cosmos is a requirement of development of knowledge. If everything was revealed at the outset, there would be no development of knowledge.It is also a requirement of order in the cosmos.
These earlier couplets in the Agaval also express the revelations of OmniLight to Ramalingam on the five types of primordial designer-governors. These higher beings and their worlds are inaccessible to humans and extraterrestrials in our universe.Therefore, the revelations of OmniLight to Ramalingam, as expressed in these couplets, are the only sources of our conceptions of their existence.
I should point out that there are five basic powers of consciousness: creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment, and revelation or illumination. Any function or task of consciousness, and any event or process in the cosmos, falls into one or the other of these five basic categories: creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment, and revelation or illumination.
The five types of primordial cosmic designer-governors are themselves subject to the supreme powers of creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment or obscuration, and revelation or illumination, of the OmniLight.
It is noteworthy that these couplets extend the notion of design beyond creation (not ex nihilo creation or “creation out of nothing”, but creation by a process of fine-tuning or development) to protection, regulation, concealment, and revelation. In other words, there is not only developmental creation, but also protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment or obscuration, and revelation or illumination, by design on the part of these cosmic designer-governors.
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these couplets.
சத்திய ஞான சபை (Sathiya Gnana Sabhai) or The Great Hall of Truth-Knowledge, and place of special manifestation of OmniLight, designed by Ramalingam without any formal training in architecture. It was constructed in 1871 and opened to the public in January 1872. It has no anthropomorphic idols or images.The apparent destruction of a star: “The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured images of an exploding star 70 million light-years away. The event was recorded as part of an ongoing program to measure the expansion rate of the universe in order to better understand its age. For a moment, the explosion outshined its entire host galaxy and the resulting energy was ‘equal to the radiance of 5 billion Suns.'” Source: https://www.dpreview.com/news/3337060032/hubble-captures-supernova-70m-light-years-away-as-it-briefly-outshines-its-host-galaxy
Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet:294
அழித்தல்செய் தலைவரை யவரண் டங்களை
அழுக்கற வமைத்த வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!
Destroyer-Governors
And
Their
Worlds,
Immaculately
Designed,
Organized,
By
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
Notes:
The Tamil expression “அழித்தல்செய் தலைவர்” refers to intelligentdestroyers who are also governors or supervisors of agents and processes of destruction in the cosmos.Destruction is part of the process of regulation and elimination of deficiencies which manifest in the impure stuff of our universe.
These earlier couplets in the Agaval also express the revelations of OmniLight to Ramalingam on the five types of primordial designer-governors. These higher beings and their worlds are inaccessible to humans and extraterrestrials in our universe.Therefore, the revelations of OmniLight to Ramalingam, as expressed in these couplets, are the only sources of our conceptions of their existence.
I should point out that there are five basic powers of consciousness: creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment, and revelation or illumination. Any function or task of consciousness, and any event or process in the cosmos, falls into one or the other of these five basic categories: creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment, and revelation or illumination.
The five types of primordial cosmic designer-governors are themselves subject to the supreme powers of creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment or obscuration, and revelation or illumination, of the OmniLight.
It is noteworthy that these couplets extend the notion of design beyond creation (not ex nihilo creation or “creation out of nothing”, but creation by a process of fine-tuning or development) to protection, regulation, concealment, and revelation. In other words, there is not only developmental creation, but also protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment or obscuration, and revelation or illumination, by design on the part of these cosmic designer-governors.
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these couplets.
Symbol of OmniLight in the சத்திய ஞான சபை (Sathiya Gnana Sabhai) or The Great Hall of Truth-Knowledge, a place of special manifestation of OmniLight.
Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet:293
காவல்செய் தலைவரைக் காவலண் டங்களை
ஆவகை யமைத்த வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!
Protector-Governors
And
Their
Worlds,
In
Their
Varieties,
Created,
Designed,
Organized,
Superlatively,
By
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
Notes:
The Tamil term “காவல்செய் தலைவர்” refers to intelligent protectors who are also governors or supervisors of agents and processes of protection or preservation in the cosmos.
These earlier couplets in the Agaval also express the revelations of OmniLight to Ramalingam on the five types of primordial designer-governors. These higher beings and their worlds are inaccessible to humans and extraterrestrials in our universe.Therefore, the revelations of OmniLight to Ramalingam, as expressed in these couplets, are the only sources of our conceptions of their existence.
I should point out that there are five basic powers of consciousness: creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment, and revelation or illumination. Any function or task of consciousness, and any event or process in the cosmos, falls into one or the other of these five basic categories: creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment, and revelation or illumination.
The five types of primordial cosmic designer-governors are themselves subject to the supreme powers of creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment or obscuration, and revelation or illumination, of the OmniLight.
It is noteworthy that these couplets extend the notion of design beyond creation (not ex nihilo creation or “creation out of nothing”, but creation by a process of fine-tuning or development) to protection, regulation, concealment, and revelation. In other words, there is not only developmental creation, but also protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment or obscuration, and revelation or illumination, by design on the part of these cosmic designer-governors.
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these couplets.
Entrance to the site of the radiant symbol (Jothi or orb of light) of OmniLight in the Sathiya Gnana Sabhai (1872), or Hall Of Truth-Knowledge, designed by Ramalingam.
Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet:292
சிருட்டித் தலைவரைச் சிருட்டியண் டங்களை
அருட்டிறல் வகுத்த வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!
Creator-Governors
And
Their
Worlds,
Computed
And
Organized
Graciously,
By
OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!
Notes:
The Tamil expression “சிருட்டித் தலைவர்” refers to intelligent creators who are also governors or supervisors of agents and processes of creation in the cosmos.
These earlier couplets in the Agaval also express the revelations of OmniLight to Ramalingam on the five types of primordial designer-governors. These higher beings and their worlds are inaccessible to humans and extraterrestrials in our universe.Therefore, the revelations of OmniLight to Ramalingam, as expressed in these couplets, are the only sources of our conceptions of their existence.
I should point out that there are five basic powers of consciousness: creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment, and revelation or illumination. Any function or task of consciousness, and any event or process in the cosmos, falls into one or the other of these five basic categories: creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment, and revelation or illumination.
The five types of primordial cosmic designer-governors are themselves subject to the supreme powers of creation, protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment or obscuration, and revelation or illumination, of the OmniLight.
It is noteworthy that these couplets extend the notion of design beyond creation (not ex nihilo creation or “creation out of nothing”, but creation by a process of fine-tuning or development) to protection, regulation, concealment, and revelation. In other words, there is not only developmental creation, but also protection, regulation (inclusive of apparent destruction), concealment or obscuration, and revelation or illumination, by design on the part of these cosmic designer-governors.
The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872. In later posts, I will offer commentaries on these couplets.