SUREN IN BULGARIA

Surendaran Selvaratnam has brought along Agathiyar to all the cities and countries where he had to perform short stints during the course of his work. Currently he is in Bulgaria. He visited a local Memorial Church, the Alexander Novsky Patriarchal Cathedral.

Suren had earlier brought Agathiyar along to Azerbaijan, Bangkok, Bandung, and Lahore.

AVM Bhajan

MAYA

Saravanan Palanisamy posted a beautiful story on fb,

A nice story shared by the medicine man:

Master and his disciple were walking together to a destination, along the journey the disciple asked questions to his Master .... and thus he questioned to his Master,

"Master what is maayaa?"

The Master didn't answer him, and he just sat at one location, and told his disciple, "I can't take another step, get me some water."

The disciple then reached a small village. He then found a house and knocked its door. He saw a beautiful woman opened the door. He then asked for water. She gave him water and he drank it all since he was thirsty as well.

She then request him to rest a while at her house, and then she offered food. Sun started to set. She asked him to put a night at her house since its already dark.

The next morning, the disciple inquired the woman, about herself. She is living alone with her farm and cattle. Since she was alone, he volunteered to marry her. They then married.

Years passed. They had three children. The farm grew bigger and they built a bigger house. They were very wealthy and happy.

Suddenly one day, a huge flood came and destroyed the whole village. He lose his wife and children, plus his house and farm were destroyed too. He was in great sorrow. He kneel to the ground and cried in agony.

At a sudden, he felt someone holding his shoulder. He looked up. It was his Master. The Master smiled and asked his disciple...

"I asked you to fetch water for me, dear disciple."

A similar story is told by Dharmalinga Swamigal,

Listen to more stories from Dharmalinga Swamigal at http://kagapujandar.com/audioplayer/galleryaudio.php?album=speech

Ambalatharase Arumarunthe

Maname Kanamum

KRIYA YOGA CLASSES

LEARNING TO LET GO OFF DESIRES & ATTACHMENT

Srinath Raghavan remembered an incident that took place many years ago, as he was cleaning his stuff and found a Rudraksha bead. I share his post on fb here.

Many years ago, in pursuit of the Master's grace, I undertook a pilgrimage to all the sites associated with the Guru. Right from Narsobawadi to Akkalkot and beyond, I went and spent many blissful moments in each one of them. It was also an attempt to overcome the fear of traveling alone, as that was my very first time.

Those were the times, when spirituality and spiritual places were not yet commercialized, so I got to experience many things authentic, from emotions to experiences.

During the journey, I made many good fellow companions, with whom I shared my heart and space. One of them was a cranky old man, who wore a huge stack of Rudrakshas on him, literally covering his upper body like an Armour. Where ever he went people used to stare at him in respect or amusement, I knew not, but he sure gained many eye balls.

I was (guess still am!) of the less talking kind, so I spoke very little to anyone even then. But this man always pulled me into a conversation, as he would start to tell stories of his spiritual escapades with much gusto. He would talk of his experiences with Saints and Seers he had met in his long life and his detailed judgements on them. I would listen to his stories with rapt attention, as I was very much interested in the matters of the Spirit.

Slowly we formed a bond over time and I gathered enough courage to ask him one burning question, which was itching me for long, "Why do you wear so many Rudrakshas?"

He looked at me in amusement and said, "I love to wear them, so I wear it. I have earned much money in my life, of which I have spent in trading Gold. But the joy that comes from wearing these Rudrakshas is completely different believe me!"

He continued, "Rudrakshas instill in me a deep sense of detachment and renunciation, so I wear them to preserve it."

Hearing that statement, as if I had lost my mind and tongue, I blurted out unknowingly, "So to get detached from one, you got attached to another?"

The old man couldn't believe what he had heard, as I couldn't believe it either. He looked at me, as if he was going to kill me then and there, for he held those Rudrakshas very dear and he was ripe in stature too.

Unexpectedly and without any words exchanged, he began to remove them all one by one and placed it on a table, which began to take shape of a small hill. I kinda felt nervous by this sudden change of feeling and I said, "I am sorry for hurting you Sir, as I let out my words in haste."

He turned around and I could see his eyes moist and with much affection in his voice said, "Thank you kid!"

I guess he donated all the Rudrakshas to the temple and also gifted me with a nice bead, which I still treasure, as a fond memory from my past. Today when I was cleaning my stuff, I happened to spot it and hence this loving memoir.

This incident reminds me too of the time I was at Kallar Ashram. They had just finished the Pornami Puja a couple of days earlier as I arrived at the Ashram for the very first time in 2005. Vimalan and Suresh from Thiruvannamalai had stayed back after the Puja. Suresh brought out a single piece of Rudraksham and showed it to Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal inquiring about its sacredness and if he could wear it. 

Tavayogi explained about the auspiciousness of the Rudraksham and permitted him to wear it provided he could adhere to certain strict conditions while adorning it. When Suresh left, Tavayogi turned around to me and said, "Namakku athu thevai illai, Magane", meaning, "We do not need this, son". This surprised me.

Later I read an episode where a well known musician visiting Ramana Ashram was invited to sing more and more by Ramana himself, who praised the greatness of music and its capabilities. On another occasion a devotee who wanted to start his life rendering musical performances was made to reconsider his option by Ramana. Later one of Ramana's followers questioned the great saint why he spoke differently about music to these two gentlemen. Ramana replied that the blessing he gave to the earlier musician was apt for him and the disapproval for the devotee was appropriate for him too.

Thirumular in his Thirumanthiram speaks about an advanced state where we need to shed all forms of desires and even our love for Shiva too. 

வாசியு மூசியும் பேசி வகையினால் 

பேசி யிருந்து பிதற்றிப் பயனில்லை 

ஆசையும் அன்பும் அறுமின் அறுத்தபின் 

ஈசன் இருந்த இடம் எளி தாமே  2613

ஆசை  யறுமின்கள் ஆசை  யறுமின்கள்

ஈசனோ டாயினும்  ஆசை  யறுமின்கள்

ஆசை படப்பட ஆய்வருந் துன்பங்கள் 

ஆசை விடவிட ஆனந்த மாமே  2615

SEEKING THE SIDDHAS

Sri Balachander and Srimathi Shanti Balachander together with their daughter Lalitha included a visit to the Kallar Ashram to participate in the Sarva Dosa Nivarana Maha Yagam, while in India recently. 

They managed to film a couple of videos exploring the life and times of Pambatti Siddhar and Velladai Sidhar, and another of the significance of Siddhar Kaadu.

18 SIDDHAS HEADING FOR KALLAR ASHRAM

The new Kallar Ashram is set to received the 18 Siddhas. The cost of creating these statues were borne by devotees all around the globe. These statues are currently in the making and will soon find their way to the Kallar Ashram, where they will be placed.

Here is a very first glimpse of these Siddha statues made available exclusively for AVM and Siddha Heartbeat. 

AGATHIYAR PUJA

PICS FROM KALLAR ASHRAM

A devotee wrote in after returning home witnessing the Sarva Dosa Nivarana Maha Yagam at the Kallar Ashram recently.

Sir, Back from Kallar Ashram where we were given immense love by Tavayogi Ji and Agathiar ji. We were fortunate enough to get a reading of Nadi too. This time Agathiar Ji chose to address me and my wife together. 

Sending you pics of me and my wife with Tavayogi Ji and Mataji. Also pics of Majestic Agathiar statue at Kallar. Rgds

A NOTE OF THANKS

My AVM family came out in full force to appreciate this blog, after reading my last post on my gratitude and appreciation to all these wonderful souls at AVM. Their comments shared in our Whatsapp group AVM brought tears of joy to me and my wife.

I share with joy their wonderful writings, with readers of this blog. 

After reading the last post 'The Many Talented Devotees at AVM' at http://agathiyarvanam.blogspot.my/2016/01/the-many-talented-devotees-at-avm.html Rakesh Krishna wrote the following:

அய்யா. வணக்கம். 

தங்களின் எண்ண பதிவை படித்த பிறகு..

என் சிந்தனை துளிகளை இங்கு சமர்பிக்கிறேன். 

அகத்தியர் இங்கே நம்மை அன்பால் ஈர்த்தார். 

ஈர்த்து விட்டால் போதுமா? 

ஆட்கொள்ள வேண்டும்.

ஆட்கொண்டாள்தான் நம் இன்னும் அவரோடு நெருக்கமாகி, உறவு கொள்ள முடியும்.

அவ்வாறு ஆட்கொண்ட உறவுகள் பற்றி என் எண்ண பதிவுகள். 

பிழை இருப்பின் பொறுத்து அருள்க.!

-அகத்தியர் ஆட்கொண்ட உறவுகள் -

• பால சந்திரன் குணசேகரன் - தூரிகையின் துணைவன்..ஒவ்வொன்றும் அழகு.

• த்யாளேன் முனியாண்டி - வண்ணப்படங்களின் வித்தகர்

• கௌரி ஆர்.வரதன் - கிரியா ஊக்கி

• மஹிந்திரன்-பாடல்களின் ஓவியன்

• மூன்று மழலைகள் மற்றும் பிரபா,விமலா - இசை தூண்கள்

• சரவணன் பழனிச்சாமி - அருள் ஞான கவிதையார் மற்றும் வரைகலை வித்தகர்

• சங்க மாணிக்கம் - கதை சொல்லி,பயண கதையாளர்

• ஸ்ரீ பாலசந்தர் & ஸ்ரீமதி சாந்தி பாலசந்தர் - நாவுக்கரசர்கள்

• ஸ்டாலின் - பூசை வரைபட வித்தகர்.

வேறு யாரேனும் விடு பட்டிருந்தால் என்னை மன்னிக்கவும்.

நம் குழுவில் இருந்து, செய்திகளை படித்து பின்பற்றினாலே...

நம்மை நம் அப்பா ஆட்கொள்ளுவார்.

ஓம் அகத்தீசாய நம 

அவர் அருளாலே அவர் தாள் வணங்கி..

அந்த ஒற்றை பதிவு ஓராயிரம் செய்திகள்

ஒவ்வொன்றும் ஒரு விதம்

இயல் இசை நாடகம் யோகம் என பற்பல பிரம்மாக்கள்

இவை அனைத்தும் அகத்தியர் அன்பால்

சத்தியமே அகத்தியம் அகத்தியமே சத்தியம் 

இந்த பதிவு சொல்வது

அன்பே அகத்தியம் 

அன்பே சத்தியம்

அகத்தியர் வனமே அகத்தியம்.

சமைத்த சண்முகம் ஆவடையப்பா 

அய்யாவிற்கு நன்றிகள்.

தம் சொந்த வேலையின் ஊடே..வந்த வேலையை செய்து, பற்பல உயிர்கள் உய்ய பாடுபடும் அருமை உறவாம் சண்முகம் ஆவடையப்பா மற்றும் அவர் தம் அன்பு குடும்பத்தை வணங்கி, வாழ்த்தி மகிழ்கிறேன். நன்றி அய்யா.

ஓம் அகத்தியர் திருவடிகள் போற்றி.போற்றி.

Rakesh had seen the post from a different perspective, something I did not realize until he wrote the above.

Bala Chandran Gunasekaran wrote:

உங்கள் எழுத்துகளைப் படித்தவர்களில் பலர் இன்று அகத்தீசனின் திருவடியைப் பிடித்திருக்கிறார்கள் .

கருத்துகளை , நிகழ்வுகளை , அனுபவங்களைக் கோர்வையாக எழுதுவதில் நீங்கள் திறமை வாய்ந்தவர் அண்ணா .

பலர் தெளிவடைய , உங்கள் எழுத்துகள் , உங்கள் கருத்துகள் , உங்கள் அணுகுமுறைகள் உதவி புரிந்திருக்கிறது . 

அவர்களில் நானும் ஒருவன் . 

அகத்தீசன் உங்கள் எழுத்துகளில் மலர்ந்திருப்பதைப் பல இடங்களில் கண்டோம் .

அகத்தியர் வனம் மலேசியா -

இங்கு வந்து பல ஆத்மாகள் சித்த மார்கத்தைத் தெரிந்துக் கொண்டோம் , 

அகத்தியனின் அருளைப் பெற்றோம் , 

அகத்தியனின் ஆற்றலை உணர்ந்தோம் , 

அகத்தியனின் அன்பு மழையில் நனைந்தோம் , 

கர்மாவின் தாக்கத்தைக் குறைத்துக் கொண்டோம் , 

வாழ்க்கையின் தேவையை தெரிந்து கொண்டோம் , 

உண்மை கண்டோம் .

இவை அனைத்தும் எங்களுக்கு , அகத்தீசன் உங்கள் மூலம் கொடுத்தார் .

அனைவரின் சார்பில், உங்களுக்கும் உங்களின் சக்தியாக இருக்கும் மகேஸ் அம்மாவுக்கும் கோடான கோடி நன்றிகளையும் வணக்கங்களையும் தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறோம் . 

அகத்தியர் வனம் மலேசியா - 

நமக்கு ஆத்மா பந்தங்களைக் கொடுத்திருக்கிறது.

அகத்தியனின் வனத்தில் நம் அனைவரும் 

ஆத்மா பூக்களாக பூத்துக் குலுங்குகிறோம்.

இப்படிக்கு , 

கு. பாலசந்திரன் .

Mahin created a poster with the following words:

அறியாத பயணம் தொடர்ந்தோம் 

நெறிகள் தெளிந்த வழிகள் கண்டோம் 

வலிகள் யாவும் கடந்தோம் 

உகந்த முடிவாய் ஆசி பெற்றோம் 

பூக்கலாய் கோர்க பட்டோம் 

நறுமணமாய் வீச கண்டோம் 

அகத்தியர் பாதம் சேர்ந்தோம் 

உங்கள் இருவருக்கும் எங்களின் நன்றிகள்

THE MANY TALENTED DEVOTEES AT AVM

It is amazing that Agathiyar has brought together many talented souls at AVM. Agathiyar is fully making use of the latest technologies too to propagate his teachings.

Bala Chandran Gunasekaran is a talented artist. He has presented his numerous art pieces to Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal at Kallar Ashram and has had acclamation from Agathiyar for his work in his Nadi reading. 

Just like the western TV show, Have Gun Will Travel, Dyalen Muniandi travels with his camera. He has contributed an extensive collection of photos for Siddha Heartbeat (SH).

Gowri R. Varadhan is an excellent teacher of Kriya Yoga, having studied under the tutelage of Jan Durga Ahlund, wife of Marshall Govindan. Master Gowri now holds weekly classes exclusively for AVM members.

Mahindran is a talented lyricists having come up with many beautiful pieces of poem on Agathiyar.

The 3 kids of Sri and Srimathi Rajah have orchestrated many divine melodies during the many prayers at AVM.

The kids joined up with Mahendran to sing a fast moving Thirupugal song.

My daughters Praba and Vimala too have built up their talent in rendering many melodious numbers.

Saravanan Palanisamy another multi talented devotee of Agathiyar has contributed poems on Agathiyar for SH.

See his blog Arul Gnana Jyothi at
http://arulgnanajyothi.blogspot.my/2016/01/sitthar-poosai-prayers-to-siddha.html,
http://arulgnanajyothi.blogspot.my/2015/09/removal-of-karma.html,
http://arulgnanajyothi.blogspot.my/2015/08/masters-path.html,
http://arulgnanajyothi.blogspot.my/2015/06/agathiyar-vana-poosai.html.

He is also the resident artist for Sri Velayudham Karthikeyan's Sitthan Arul blog.

Sanga Manikam has a talent in telling stories, narrating his travels in an interesting and comical way and makes a good entertainer.

Sri Balachander and Srimathi Santhi Balachander are excellent hosts with Srimathi Santhi Balachander cooking up many delicious authentic South Indian dishes. Both my wife and Srimathi Malathi Rajah too dish out savory dishes during our events.

Stalin too has dished out many wonderful posters announcing the regular prayers at AVM.

Surendaran Selvaratnam is an excellent interviewer and videographer who manages to bring out the stories from numerous personalities.

Srimathi Vinthaamaray Santosh has an excellent voice that my daughters say is that of a Goddess. She had sang an Arutpa at AVM earlier and sang Thannai Arindhu Inbamura Vennilaave during the puja recently at the Shirdi Sai Home.

Srimathi Kalaiselvi Kalaichelvam too has a beautiful voice that is mesmerizing.

Yuvarani sings wonderfully too.

Uva is an exponent of several martial arts including Varma Kalai. He holds regular classes. He is a well traveled seeker of the mystics. 

Harikrishnan is excellent in playing a traditional Indian musical instrument known as Manjira.

Jegan is the latest star to join AVM. Jegan and Harikrishnan belt out a wonderful number.

Roshaan, a very knowledgeable spiritual person, with his knowledge of Audio Visual and stage arrangements for performances is an asset to AVM.

The many members of Thondu Seivom, have contributed extensively in hosting annadhanams and several other activities.

AVM and Siddha Heartbeat takes pride in associating with all these wonderful people. With such a a lovely team of talented devotees at AVM we are straddled to go far in the coming years.

This post is dedicated to all these good souls. Thank you very much.

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