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 is not a Hindu temple and ought not to be considered one. It has no anthropomorphic idols or images.

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 457

கூட்டுறு சித்திகள் கோடிபல் கோடியும்

ஆட்டுற விளங்கு மரும்பெரும் பொருளே!

Powers

Of

Fusion,

Aggregation,

Computation,

Classification,

Completion,

Synthesis,

Enumeration,

Explanation,

Expression,

In

Their

Clusters,

Classes,

And

Innumerable

Varieties.

Manifested,

Illuminated,

In

Blissful

Sport

Of

Consciousness,

By

Vast OmniLight Supreme Reality!

Note: This couplet refers to a wide range of another type of power or capacity of consciousness manifested and illuminated by OmniLight in its blissful playfulness or sport of boundless creativity.

The key Tamil word ” கூட்டு” (Kootu) at the start of this couplet has many layers of meaning, including aggregation, combination, and union. The verb “கூட்டுதல்” (Kootudhal) also refers to forms of instruction.

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

Symbol of Divine Light 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: 456

ஆடுறு சித்திக ளறுபத்து நான்கெழு

கோடியும் விளங்கக் குலவுமெய்ப் பொருளே!

Powers

Of

Performance,

Execution,

Action,

In

Plenitude,

Manifested,

Illuminated,

In

Delight,

By

OmniLight Divine Reality!

Note: This couplet refers to a vast range of a type of power or capacity of consciousness manifested and illuminated by OmniLight in its resplendent dance of boundless creativity.

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

Symbol of Divine Light 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: 454

அலகிலாச் சித்தா யதுநிலை யதுவாய்

உலகெலாம் விளங்கு மொரு தனிப் பொருளே!

Immeasurable

Consciousness

And

Intelligence,

Constituting

All

States

And

Conditions,

Pervading

And

Illuminating

The

Cosmos,

OmniLight Incomparable Reality!

Note: 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

Symbol of Divine Light 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: 452

இயல்பினு ளியல்பா யியல்பே யியல்பா

உயலுற விளங்கு மொருதனிப் பொருளே!

The

Inherent

Nature

Of

Things,

And

The

Essential

Nature

Within

The

Inherent

Nature

Of

Things,

Indivisible

Illuminating

Suchness,

OmniLight Supreme Reality!

Note: 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 is not a Hindu temple and ought not to be considered one. It has no anthropomorphic idols or images.

The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda) by Spanish painter Luis Egidio Meléndez (1716–1780) – The OmniLight is the inner (essence) and outer (form) reality of these ordinary objects.

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 451

அதுவினு ளதுவா யதுவே யதுவாய்ப்

பொதுவினுள் நடிக்கும் பூரணப் பொருளே!

That

Indwelling

In

that

Denoted

By

“that”,

That

Itself

Denoted

By

“that”,

That

Which

Poses,

Presents

Itself

As

Ordinary,

Common

Reality,

That

Which

Dances

In

The

Universal

Theater

Of

Consciousness,

OmniLight Complete Reality!

Note: This couplet is a brilliant play on the Tamil word “அது” or That, alluding to the famous declaration “That Thou Art” (Sanskrit: Tat Tvam Asi) in the Chandogya Upaniṣad. In this Upaniṣadic declaration, “That” refers to ultimate reality, and the import is that the individual self is in its essence identical to the Atman or Universal Self.

The import of this Agaval couplet is that the OmniLight is the indwelling referent (inner essence) and the manifested referent (outer form) of anything picked out by the term “that”.

The Tamil word “பொது” (Podhu) denotes the ordinary, common, and public reality, but it also traditionally alludes to the “Hall of Consciousness-Space” in the great temple of Siva at Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India.

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

Symbol of Divine Light 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: 450

தானொரு தானாய்த் தானே தானாய்

ஊனுயிர் விளக்கு மொருதனிப் பொருளே!

One

Sole

Unique

Undivided

Being

In

Itself,

In

All,

As

All,

Activating,

Illuminating,

All

Bodies

And

Souls,

OmniLight Supreme Reality!

Note: 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 is not a Hindu temple and ought not to be considered one. It has no anthropomorphic idols or images.

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 441

களங்கநீத் துலகங் களிப்புற மெய்ந்நெறி

விளங்கவென் னுள்ளே விளங்குமெய்ப் பொருளே!

To

Eliminate

Errors,

Distortions,

Deformations,

And

Deficiencies

From

The

World,

And

To

Enable

Delight,

Or

Joy,

The

True

Path

Is

Illuminated

By

The

Indwelling,

Resplendent

OmniLight Supreme Reality!

Note: This true path is the path of Samarasa Suddha Sanmargam, the path of wisdom and harmony based on the realization of Arul or the Light of Divine Compassion. The practice of compassion for living beings, with emphasis on compassion for other human beings, is central to this true path.

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

Symbol of Divine Light 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: 440

ஒன்றினி லொன்றுள வொன்றினி லொன்றில

ஒன்றற வொன்றிய வொன்றெனு மொன்றே!

It

Is

The

Oneness

Of

The

One,

And

Other

Than

This

Oneness,

This

Complete,

Indivisible,

Oneness,

Of

The

One

Described

As

“One”,

This Divine OmniLight Reality!

Note: The Divine OmniLight Reality constitutes oneness and unity, and also duality and plurality. And yet it remains the Indivisible One. The One has manifested the Many, but it remains the One which constitutes the essential Oneness of the Many.

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

Symbol of Divine Light 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: 438

ஒன்றதி ரண்டது வொன்றினி ரண்டது

ஒன்றினு ளொன்றது வொன்றெனு மொன்றே!

It

Is

One.

It

Is

Two.

It

Is

Two-In-One.

It

Is

The

Incomparable

One

Truth

And

Source

Of

Emancipation,

This

One

Described

As

“One”,

The Divine OmniLight Reality!

Note: The OmniLight is “two” in the sense that it manifests as duality and plurality, e.g., Being and Becoming or Process, Being and Energy, OmniLight and individual soul, OmniLight and diverse entities, etc. It is “two-in-one” in the sense that its manifestations of duality do not abrogate its oneness and only serve to express it. It is the One underlying manifested oneness and duality.

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 is not a Hindu temple and ought not to be considered one. It has no anthropomorphic idols or images.

A reconstructed portrait of Chidambaram Ramalingam

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 509

அருணிலை பெற்றனை யருள்வடி வுற்றனை

அருளர சியற்றுகென் றருளிய சிவமே!

“You

Have

Attained

The

Eternal

Life

Illuminated

By

Arul,

The

Light

Of

Divine

Compassion.

You

Have

Obtained

The

Immortal

Body

Suffused

With

Arul,

The

Light

Of

Divine

Compassion.

Govern,

Henceforth,

The

Reign

Of

Divine

Compassion!”

Graciously

Blessed

Omnibenevolent OmniLight Intelligence!

Note: In this final couplet of this series of verses on Arul or the Light of Divine Compassion, Ramalingam reports that the OmniLight blessed his enlightenment and empowered him to direct the Reign Of Divine Compassion. The emergence and development of the values and practices of the path of Samarasa Suddha Sanmargam (The True and Pure Path of Wisdom and Harmony) is a cardinal aspect of the Reign of Divine Compassion as it pertains to human existence and development.

The Light of Divine Compassion, with its supreme force, is present in all the four levels of existence: inmost (soul), inner (mind), outer (body), and outermost (world). But one must consciously realize and express it in thought, speech, and action.

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.