“I will be born to save the humanity, whenever the sacred law of Justice (Dharma) is at stake”, the great seers are born in this world in order to save the individuals souls, immersed in the ocean of sorrow of incessant births and deaths. Whenever the sacred justice is at stake and the unrighteous on their ascendancy, in order to save the devotees from the sufferings of this world and make them obtain the highest state of bliss, with grace, God, the Absolute is born in these world in human forms and explained clearly the efficacy of the spiritual path and spiritual ideals. “Aganda Paripoorana Sachidananda Sarguru Swamigal” who is one among them, was born in the form of “Sargurunathan” as a boon to TamilNadu and graced the people with his preaching of spiritual ideals.
Sarguru travelled the length and breadth of India to save the people by his preaching. He explained to the people, the four principle objectives, worthy of human pursuit, namely, “Righteous Conduct, Wealth, Love and Salvation”. He taught them with his grace the experimental wisdom “Satchithanand only is the God”. “The Conscious Soul is the Supreme God”, “Making individual soul attain the state of the Supreme (God) Soul is the compassion for all living beings”.
Sarguru traveled from Kanyakumari, in the South to Rishikesh, the North, upto Haridwar, from Kolkatta in the East, to Mumbai in the West, and explained to the people clearly, according to their level of non-duality, monism and spiritual doctrines and taught them clearly the philosophy that “God is One”, and “The Conscious Soul is the Supreme God”. And he further explained to them: “Self-realisation is the penance”, “One, who sees the seer, is the learned”. There are sixty four yogas. (“Yoga is a system of emancipation of the self of union of the self with the Eternal self; a system of gradual conquest of the activities of the mind and the body and the power of will so as to be free from the misery and pains of life. This they consider as yoga; The firm holding back of the senses. Then one becomes uninstructed. Yoga, truly, is the origin and the end (Katha Upanisad, VI: 11). Those who followed after meditation and abstraction (Yoga) saw the self power of God (Deva) hidden in his own qualities (SwetasvatraUpanisad, 1:3).
Restraint of the breath, withdrawal if the senses, meditation, concentration, contemplation, absorption. Such is said to be six fold Yoga (MaitriUpanisad VI:18).. He whose self is harmonized by Yoga sees the self abiding.“Dedication to learning wisdom (Gnana Yoga) is the best among them. This“Gnana Yoga” can be accomplished with the grace of Sarguru. There is no other way better than this”, thus explained Sarguru. Wherever he went he hadexplained not only the Spiritual Doctrines, but also how to live the worldly life –living life, pure life, and simple life, properly with propriety by living a Divine Life and attain the everlasting state of the highest bliss. The holy body of Sarguru in its graceful form captivated one and all. With his grace and compassion, he had the ability to make the lowest people of the mundane world, and those who were like beasts, come to him for salvation. On his way back to the south after his pilgrimage to the North, he performed some miracles for the people. Without having desire for the things of others, he came to Vaitheeswarankovil in Tamil Nadu on foot and was there for two years observing the vow of silence. Acclaiming his excellence, the local Chief of Saiva Mutt and the Head of the Monastery served him devotedly during his stay there.
There he came to Chennai after visiting Chidambaram and Seerkali. When he was in Chennai he taught the spiritual knowledge, “Consciousness in Spiritual Knowledge” and “Wisdom in Spiritual Knowledge”. Then he went to Rameswaram and Dhanuskodi in the South East directionand then to Colombo, Kandi and Kathirkamam in Sri Lanka and taught the people there the spiritual truths. “Satchidanandh only is the God and making the individual soul attain the state of the Supreme God is the compassion for all the human beings. Then he reached Nagapatinam harbor by ship and after visiting manyplaces in Tamil Nadu including Vadalur, Mohanur, Kattuputhur, Vellore, Velayuthampalayam, Karur, Tiruchirapalli; he reached Thiruvaanaikovil and showed the devotees his performance of miracles. He reached Thiruvaiyaru in 1935 and staying there in Thirukailayam; he taught the devotees the virtues of spiritual knowledge. While he was staying in Thiruvaiyaru, everyday a lamb came there for grazing.
One day, while grazing, it was bitten by a snake and it swooned. Seeing this, the compassionate sage pats it. Immediately it started jumping about. Seeing this,’ he miracle the devotees began to have love and devotion for the saint”. While performing miracles lie this, one day some devotees, who thought that there was no lamp in the ashram, brought one. Seeing that he said, “Not necessary! The sage has lamp”. The devotees, who saw a light coming towards the ashram at that time, became rapturous and started worshipping him. After the incident, the saint cleared the doubts of the people thereby explaining the Vedas and explained his experience and went to Palani in MaduraiDistrict. After staying at Palani for some days in 1935, the sage came to Kanakkanpatti, a village five miles away from Palani and stayed there at a temple.
Kanakkanpatti and Pottampatti are the two parts of a big village, having more than one thousand houses. While he was staying at Kanakkanpatti, heperformed miracles according to their state of mind. Experiencing the grace of Sarguru and getting his knowledge through realization, many people came to him, worshipped him and served him. Sensing their love, the sage taught them the spiritual truths. While staying in Pottampatti, the sage went to a garden to take bath in the well. A boy from that garden, without knowing who HE was, threatened him by saying “Who are you? Why have you come here? Get out”! and struck lightly at his body with the dried stalk of a millet. All of a sudden he became stupefied and was afraid, for he felt his hands and legs had lost sensation. His father, who cameto know of this, came to the sage and asked him for his pardon. After some days both of them donated a part of their garden land for constructing a building for Sachidananda Sabai. (When the sage was in Dindigul after this incident i.e., in1938, “Aganda Paripoorana Sachidananda Sabai” was established in the someplace and the portrait of Gurunathar was installed. From then onwards, every Tamil month, on Third Thursday, Gurupooja has been performed.) The sage established ‘Sachidananda Sabai’ in Pensioner street, Dindigul.
When he was there, Gurupooja prayer were conducted at Kanakkanpatti with the singing of “Gurusthothra songs”. The children danced round clapping hands rhythmically, and moved round striking short coloured sticks to the rhythm of songs. The children thus sang and danced with happiness. Devotees carried every month after the Gurupooja the portrait of Sarguruin a possession with singing advaita songs and dancing in order to get his grace. Once on such occasion, some atheists of the village, who didn’t have faith in Sarguru, asked the devotees why they had made a fuss about him (Sarguru), when he was at Dindigul. They asked: “ Can the portrait of your Gurunathar speak? If at all, let him speak. So, that we can also hear him”. ‘Gurunathar showed these ignorant persons a wonderful miracle and made them his ardentdevotees. When thousands of people gathered there to take part in theprocession, a loud noise was heard from the portrait of Sarguru, which enthralled everyone with over whelming emotion. In order to make the doubtful atheists feel, a warning came from the portrait,” Leave your arrogance! Head will be split! Be careful!”. It was followed by a loud noise as if there exploded a bomb.
The fear-stricken atheists, who understood the greatness of Sarguru, became hisdevotees and started singing in praise of him. From that day onwards manypeople, who understood the greatness and glory of Sarguru, became hisdevotees. They have been serving in the Sachidananda Sabai since then.When Sarguru was at Pensioner street Sabai at Dindigul, a person afflicted with leprosy and could not even walk, came there every day to have his glimpse. Seeking his ardent devotion, with his grace, he cured him of his illness. Another person, who was suffering from an incurable disease (with a bad smell emanating from his body) took refuge in the sage with devotion and love, and had his glimpse every day. He was cured of his disease. He has been praying inSarguru in his mind.,
since then. A clerk, working in the District court, started losing his eye sight and could not work. He had the graceful glimpse of Sarguru. He got back his eye sight. From then onwards he has been serving in the Sabai. A Christian lady who had been made for a long time, came to her senses, when she had the glimpse of the sage. She fell at his feet. From then onwards, the lady who had been completely cured of her madness, started serving the usage.A camp clerk of the Governor of Tamil Nadu was suffering from an incurable stomach ache. When he heard the glory of Sarguru, came to have his glimpse at Dindigul performed gurupooja and took the sacred offering of the sage. Thismade him get cured.
Overwhelmed with his feelings, he devoted himself to the service to the sage.After his stay at Dindigul he came to Chatirapatti in 1939 and established Sachidananda Sabai, East of Chatirapatti village, by the side of Dindigul-PalaniHighway Gurupoojas were performed on first Thursday of every Tamil month.Children sang Gurusthothra songs and danced round clapping handsrhythmically, and moved round striking short coloured sticks to the rhytim of songs. The devotees ceremoniously recited the sacred songs and texts of Gurunathar.Four years after establishing the Sabai at Chatirapatti, the AnnualGurupooja was performed for three days. The poor were fed on these threedays. All the devotees connected with the Sabai were present at this Gurupooja.Sarguru graced these devotees with his sacred teachings, which they had never heard of. The sage stayed there for a long time, performed many miracles andgraced many devotees.
Then he left Chatirapatti in 1942 and stayed for sometime as Kodaikeelpatti, Kallakonarpatti, Tiruchirapalli, Thanjavur, Cudalore and Mathur. In 1946, when he was at Mathur Thotti, he registered the Sabai in the name of “Sri Aganda Paripoorana Sachidananda Sabai” and nominated members of the Boardfor the Sabai.Sarguru’s close devotees became ascetics and did spiritual service as well as service to him. They worked for the growth and development of the Sabai. Wherever he was with his self-realising grace and compassion, bestowed on his devotees his grace, according to their state of mind, to lead to pure worldly and at the same time develop their spiritual attainments. Sarguru Sachidananda Swamiji attained “Vidheha Mukthi” (release from the bonds of the world) on 19.11.1946 at Government Estate, Chennai. His mortalbody was interned at Gurushetram on Thursday November 21, 1946 in thepresence of ascetics and devotees of the Sabai. Five days after his departure from life, the devotees, saw the coming of anundivided flaming light from the North-East direction, shining above the“Samadhi” (Holy grave) and becoming one with it.
Seeing this unusual sight, the devotees started praying and performing poojas with devotion. As bestowed his grace on devotees before his departure from life, he has been bestowing his grace on all who come to his “Samadhi” for prayer and to those who pray to him in their minds. He bestows upon them, peace of mind and his grace. There is no doubt that the Vedantic philosophical and graceful sayings of Sarguru will ever lead the people of this world in the spiritual path. This ashram is situated at Tambaram Velacherry main road in Chennai. After Sarguru’s Samadhi this place is called as GURUSHETRAM. This will be reached from Tambaram about 4 kilo meters. There are 20 branches and lot of devotees come and attended the pujas and other activities. There is a regular weekly Thursday prayers, every Sunday prayer, every Tamil month first weekThursday prayer, poornima prayer, Tamil New Year prayer and English New Year prayer performed very grand manner.
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