OmniLight Invocations 365

An old photo of Siddhi Valaagam (சித்தி வளாகம்) or “Abode of Adepthood”, Mettukuppam, Vadalur, Tamilnadu, India. It was Ramalingam’s final residence and venue of his last talk in October 1873.

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet 15

சுத்தசன் மார்க்க சுகத்தனி வெளியெனும்     

அத்தகைச் சிற்சபை யருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!

OmniLight Invocations 365

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: 14

திருநிலைத் தனிவெளி சிவவெளி யெனுமோர்

அருள்வெளிப் பதிவள ரருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!

OmniLight Invocations 365

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: 13

ஔவிய மாதியோ ராறுந் தவிர்த்தபேர்

அவ்வியல் வழுத்து மருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!

Those

Who

Have

Purged

Themselves

Of

The

Six

Ancient

Defilements

Of

Envy,

Anger,

Greed,

Lust,

Arrogance,

And

Egoism,

Are

Extolled

And

Blessed

By

OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!

Notes:

This couplet affirms the stringent requirement of purging and transcending the six ancient and habitual defilements or impurities of envy, anger, greed, lust, arrogance, and egoism, for the reception of the OmniLight of Supreme Compassion whose essential nature is not tainted by these defilements.

This couplet assumes that these adverse qualities are not intrinsic to, or constitutive of, the soul or conscious being. If they were intrinsic to, or constitutive of, the soul or conscious being, they cannot be eliminated or transcended. It would make no sense to affirm the stringent requirement of purging them from one’s nature.

Indeed, liberation (a prerequisite to Adepthood) on the path of Suddha Sanmargam (The Pure and True path of Wisdom and Harmony) consists of purging one’s nature of these six ancient and habitual defilements.

Further, rather than address these defilements piecemeal, an effective approach goes to their very root, namely, egoism and its self-aggrandizing presumptions. If this root is pulled out, then the whole tree of defilement with its many branches collapses.

Therefore, self-inquiry which probes this egoism and its self-aggrandizing presumptions is required. It must be accompanied by a growing submission or surrender to the OmniLight and its ways.

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.

OmniLight Invocations 365

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: 12

ஓதா துணர்ந்திட வொளியளித் தெனக்கே

ஆதார மாகிய வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!

OmniLight Invocations 365

An old photo of Sathiya Dharuma Saalai (The Home of True Charity) in Vadalur, Tamilnadu, South India – It was opened by Ramalingam on May 23, 1867, and has fed the poor and hungry to this day.

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 11

ஒன்றென விரண்டென வொன்றிரண்டென விவை

யன்றென விளங்கிய வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!

OmniLight Invocations 365

An old photo of Siddhi Valaagam (சித்தி வளாகம்) or “Abode of Adepthood”, Mettukuppam, Vadalur, Tamilnadu, India. It was Ramalingam’s final residence and venue of his last talk in October 1873.

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 10

ஐயமுந் திரிபு மறுத்தென துடம்பினுள்

ஐயமு நீக்கிய வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!

OmniLight Invocations 365

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: 9

ஏறா நிலைமிசை யேற்றியென் றனக்கே   

ஆறாறு காட்டிய வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!

OmniLight Invocations 365

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: 8

எல்லையில் பிறப்பெனு மிருங்கடல் கடத்தியென்

அல்லலை நீக்கிய வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!

Helping

Me

To

Cross

The

Immense

Dark

Ocean

Of

Endless

Waves

Of

Birth

And

Death,

And

Terminating

My

Travail,

OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!

Notes:

This couplet clearly affirms reincarnation and the agency which liberates one from the self-created travail of undergoing the cycles of reincarnation, the 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.

OmniLight Invocations 365

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: 7

ஊக்கமு முணர்ச்சியு மொளிதரு மாக்கையும்

ஆக்கமு மருளிய வருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!

Radiant

Body,

Zeal

And

Zest,

Powers

Of

Perception,

Apperception,

Affect,

Action,

And

Accomplishment,

Graciously

Conferred

By

OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!

Notes:

This couplet affirms Ramalingam’s attainment of a luminous or radiant body by the supreme compassion of 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.

OmniLight Invocations 365

An old photo of Sathiya Dharuma Saalai (The Home of True Charity) in Vadalur, Tamilnadu, South India – It was opened by Ramalingam on May 23, 1867, and has fed the poor and hungry to this day.

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 6

உரைமனங் கடந்த வொருபெரு வெளிமேல்

அரைசுசெய் தோங்கு மருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!