Saivam லேபிளுடன் இடுகைகளைக் காண்பிக்கிறது. அனைத்து இடுகைகளையும் காண்பி
Saivam லேபிளுடன் இடுகைகளைக் காண்பிக்கிறது. அனைத்து இடுகைகளையும் காண்பி

1 ஆக., 2011

Theological Foundation of Hindu Religion


1) Saivism and Saiva Sittantha
The devotional literature of the Bhakthi movement is known as 'Panniru Thirumurai' and the fourteen Sastras of the theological exposition are known as 'Saiva Sittanta Sastras'. Sivagnanapotham by Meykanta Tevar is regarded as the basic text of the Saiva Sittanta Sastras. The Saiva Sittanta Sastras are also known as the Meykanta Sastras.
Sivagnanapotham, the basic text of Saiva Sitthanta explains from the creation of man to salvation.
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Myths in Hindu Religion

After Christianity started developing in India, the doctrine of trinity was envisioned in different angles in myths. When the trinity was explained as Father, Holy Spirit and Son, some envisioned the Holy Spirit in a female form. According to this group, in a family, if there is a father and a son, naturally there would be a mother in between them. So, they envisioned the Holy Spirit as mother or Sakthi or Power and they explained the trinity as Appan (father), Ammai (mother-Sakthi) and Makan (Son). They also explained Siva (which means love), Sakthi and Kumarakkadavul (son of God) as Somaskanda. Somaskanda is a Sanskrit word (Sa+Uma+Skanda) which means God who is with Uma (Mother) and Skanda (Son). This is known as Saivism.
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14 ஜூன், 2011

Theological Foundation of Hindu Religion


1) Saivism and Saiva Sittantha
The devotional literature of the Bhakthi movement is known as 'Panniru Thirumurai' and the fourteen Sastras of the theological exposition are known as 'Saiva Sittanta Sastras'. Sivagnanapotham by Meykanta Tevar is regarded as the basic text of the Saiva Sittanta Sastras. The Saiva Sittanta Sastras are also known as the Meykanta Sastras.
Sivagnanapotham, the basic text of Saiva Sitthanta explains from the creation of man to salvation.
To quote a few examples from the first book of Saiva Sittanta Thiruvunthiar:
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Myths in Hindu Religion

After Christianity started developing in India, the doctrine of trinity was envisioned in different angles in myths. When the trinity was explained as Father, Holy Spirit and Son, some envisioned the Holy Spirit in a female form. According to this group, in a family, if there is a father and a son, naturally there would be a mother in between them. So, they envisioned the Holy Spirit as mother or Sakthi or Power and they explained the trinity as Appan (father), Ammai (mother-Sakthi) and Makan (Son). They also explained Siva (which means love), Sakthi and Kumarakkadavul (son of God) as Somaskanda. Somaskanda is a Sanskrit word (Sa+Uma+Skanda) which means God who is with Uma (Mother) and Skanda (Son). This is known as Saivism.


When the Holy Spirit was envisioned in female form by a school of thought, naturally there would be opposition and another school of thought emerged. According to it, since a virgin gave birth to a Son by the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit must be a male form, and it was envisioned in a male form. They explained all the three in the trinity in male forms. (Father in male form, Holy spirit in male form and Son in male form). This is developed as Mummoorthy in Vaishnavism.
While Saivism denoted Holy Spirit as Sakthi (female form); Vaishnavism denoted Holy Spirit as Vishnu (male form). The root word for Vishnu is Vinn. Vinn and Vaan to the sky or firmament. The word 'Vishnu' is the Sanskritised form of Vinn. Trinity is explained in Vaishnavism as Siva, Vishnu and Brahma that is Mummoorthy. This is known as Vaishnavism. Both the Saivite and Vaishnavite mythical explanations refer to God the father as one and the same person, Siva. God the Holy Spirit is in two forms, one is in female form that is Sakthi (Saivism) and the other is in male form that is Vishnu (Vaishnavism).
If the left half of Siva's body is portrayed in female form (Sakthi), it is known as 'Arthanarieswara' and if the same left half of Siva's body is portrayed in male form (Vishnu), it is known as 'Harihara'.
Since the left half of Siva's body is portrayed in male form as well as in female form, it clearly shows that the left half of Siva's (God the father) body is the metaphorism of Holy Spirit in two different angles.
The envisioning of the Holy Spirit in a female form has developed into Saivism and the envisioning of the Holy Spirit in a male form has developed into Vaishnavism.
The Son of God is envisioned in four angles in Saivism and Vaishnavism.
  1. The victory over Satan is explained in Kumarakkadavul (Son of God) concept;
  2. means SDeath and resurrection is explained in Ganapathi or Pillaiyar concept. (Pillaion of God, 'ar' is a respectable suffix);
  3. His power of creation is explained in Brahman (creator) concept.
  4. Seeing Son of God as the light of the world is explained in 'Aiyappa concept'. People visit Sabarimalai to see light (Mahara Jyothi) in the Aiyappa worship.
Though four names are mentioned, actually they all refer to one, that is Son of God in four views as explained above.

FatherHoly Spirit  Son
SivaSakthiKumarakkadavul
Pillaiyar
VishnuBrahman
Aiyappan
Seven names are mentioned in the above chart. Siva is the father of four different names that refer to the Son of God. In the place of Holy Spirit, Sakthi and Vishnu are seen.
The four names mentioned above to explain the son of God refer to one and the same person in four different views and except Brahman, others developed as separate sects. Since, the Brahman concept was corrupted by the Aryans (Brahminism) there is no separate sect for Brahma. Out of the seven names mentioned above, six have developed as Six-Fold Religion and they are the denominations of Early Indian Christianity. The trinity concept in Saivism and Vaishnavism are explained in the following charts.
DOCTRINE OF TRINITY

JudaismGodSpiritWord
ChristianityFatherSonHoly Spirit
BuddhismDharma KayaSamboga KayaNirmana Kaya
SaivismFather*MotherSon
SakthamSivaSakthi*Son
GowmaramSivaSakthiSon (Murugan)*
KanapathyamSivaSakthiSon (Ganapathy)*
VaishnavismSivaVishnu*Son (Brahma)
SowramSivaVishnuSon (Ayyappan)*


Siva-Sasivism
Sakthi-Saktham
Murugan-Gowmaram
Ganapathy-Kanapathyam
Vishnu-Vaishnavism
Ayyappan-
Sowram
Trinity in Saivism:

FormlessSemiformWith Form
ParamParaparam  Aparam
Trinity in Vaishnavism:

FormlessSemiformWith Form
ParaAntaryamiVyuhaVibhava
Arcavatara

Para-Transcendent
Antaryami -Immanent
Vyuha-Manifestation
Vibhava   -Avatar
Arcavatara -Adorable form
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Hindu Religion Under Threat


Our Hindu religion is facing a dangerous situation. How?
It is said that the word Hinduism does not refer to religion. Also it has been said that it neither refers to a Hindu God, or worship, or Hindu philosophy, or literature, or Hindu temple. A question immediately rises in our minds, who has made statements like these?
These statements were judgements passed by the Supreme Court of India on Hinduism or Hindutva. It also passed a judgement that Hinduism does not refer to a religion but rather it refers to the Hindu way of life.
Hinduism is different from the Aryan political law
Why was this judgement passed? The court passed this judgement on the basis of Hindu law. In India, the Aryan political law is considered as the law for all Hindus. Under the guise of Hindu Law, the Law of Manu or Manudharmasasthra, the Aryan political law is maintained.

In Manudharmasasthra or the Laws of Manu, it is expounded that the Aryans who came to India for their sustenance are highcaste by birth and the Dravidians, the original inhabitants of India who gave the Aryans a livelihood became a low caste by birth. Thus Hinduism or Hindutva implies the way of life of caste discrimination established in society by the Aryans.
The Dravidians are thus degraded and Hinduism is threatened by the explanation given in the Aryan political law that Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life. This way of life results in the original inhabitants living as slaves and untouchables, Sudras and Panchamas, to the Aryans who came to India for their pabulum.
It is commonly stated that Hinduism is the political way of life devised by the Aryan Brahmins who came to India in many groups without any religion in various periods and cunningly and treacherously enslaved the Dravidians, the original inhabitants, their religion and their country.
Captured religion of the Brahmins
Many have a wrong ideology that Hinduism is of the Aryans. This kind of wrong thinking is there since Hinduism is in the control of the Brahmins, who are a part of the Aryans. Many have a wrong supposition that the term ‘Brahmins’ is the name of a community. This is also a wrong conjecture. Why?


Those who worship Siva as their God are Saivites.

Those who worship Vishnu are Vaishnavites and 

Those who worship Brahman as their God are Brahmins.

The term ‘Brahmin’ refers to the followers of a religion (worshippers of Brahman) and not a community. The Aryan Purohits who performed the religious rituals of the Aryans, who worshipped fire, treacherously captured the name Brahmins, a name given to the followers of Brahman.
As a first step they vermiculated the name ‘Brahman’ as ‘Brahmam’ and also contorted the meaning of the term ‘Brahmins’ as those who possess Brahmam, instead of those who have ‘Brahman’ as their God. Then they claimed that they alone have possessed ‘Brahmam’, hence they alone can be called as ‘Brahmins’. Thus they have distorted the worship of Brahman, one of the Trinity in the Godhead (Mummoorthies) and they have deceived others and snared the name ‘Brahmins’ for themselves. Hence others have described that Brahman is a prevaricator and deceiver. Another stage was developed that there is no religion for Brahman. Amongst Saivism, Vaishnavism and the Brahman religion which were formed on the basis of the Trinitarian Gods, the Brahman religion was deceptively apprehended by the Aryan Purohits. These things were done by Adisankara.
Enslavement of Saivism and Vaishnavism :
After apprehending the Brahman religion, the Aryan Purohits who worship fire till date have enslaved Saivism and Vaishnavism which have the doctrine of Supreme God and brought them under their control and formed a state that Saivism and Vaishnavism are a part of the Brahmin religion.
Since Saivism and Vaishnavism were enslaved by the Aryan Purohits and only those two are known as ‘Hinduism’, it is misconceived that Hinduism is of the religion of the Aryan Brahmins.
Saivism and Vaishnavism alone constitute Hindu religion
A question may arise whether Hindu religion refers to Saivism and Vaishnavism alone.
Eventhough the term Hindu religion refers to all the religions that originated in India, the captions such as,
‘Hindus converted to Buddhists’
‘Split between Hindus and Sikhs in Punjab’
‘Conflict between Hindus and Jains in Gujarat’
that occur in the newspapers and magazines convey that amongst the Indian religions, apart from the three religions mentioned above, Hinduism refers to Saivism and Vaishnavism alone which are in the fold of the Aryan Brahmins.
Hinduism is of the Dravidians
Saivism and Vaishnavism are Dravidian religions and not Aryan religions. The Aryans are worshippers of fire and they do not have any developed religion. Even though they control the temples of the developed religions of Saivism and Vaishnavism, and are their priests, they give importance to fire alone in their special family occasions. Hence a question arises here, what are the worshippers of fire doing in the temples of Saivism and Vaishnavism which worship the Supreme God as priests?
The Aryans have nothing to do with spiritualism. They have correlation with the politics alone.
By keeping the rulers in their hands they incarcerated the Dravidians, their religion and their temples.
We have seen that the term Hinduism refers to Saivism and Vaishnavism apart from Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism, though the term is apt when it refers to all the religions that originated in India.
Religion of the Tamils is Hinduism
All the 63 Saivite Nayanmars and the 12 Alwars belong to Tamil Nadu. The 12 Thirumurais of Saivism and Nalayira Divya Prabandham of Vaishnavism are all in Tamil. In India, out of 270 Saivite temples (approximately) more than 230 temples are all in Tamil Nadu. Likewise out of 108 Vaishnavite shrines more than 96 are in Tamil Nadu.
Hindu philosophies such as Advaita, Visishtadvaita and Saiva Siddhantha have originated from Tamil Nadu and have spread to North India. Six significant temples (arupadai veedu) of Karthikeyan (Kumarakkadavul) are all in Tamil Nadu. Most of the Sakthi (amman) temples are all in Tamil Nadu. Similarly most of the Ganapathy (Pillaiyar) temples are also in Tamil Nadu. The Panchalinka temples that is for the basic five elements such as earth, water, fire, air and space are all in Tamil Nadu.
Amongst the spoken languages of the common people of India (which has a long history and is ancient) Tamil alone is the spoken language of the common people till date.
Hence, Hinduism such as Saivism and Vaishnavism are the religions of the Tamil. The word Tamil had been mutilated and twisted as Dravidar (Tamilar - Thramilar - Thramidar - Thravidar - Draavidar). Dravidian India is the nation of the Dravidians . Hence, the name the religion of the Tamilars or the religion of the Dravidar or Hindu religion refers to one religion that is our religion.
Sanskrit the language of the Dravidians
The religion of the Tamilians or the Dravidians which emerged because of the bhakthi movement had spread to India and became Hinduism.
The Tamilians or the Dravidians written the books on the religion of the Tamilians or the Dravidians in Sanskrit in order to proclaim the said religion to the other people who do not know Tamil. Sanskrit is the language of the Tamilians or the Dravidians.
Veda Vyasa, who gave written form to the worship songs in Sanskrit which were in various languages and divided them as four parts such as Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharvana and formed Vedas was a Dravidian. Valmiki, who primarily wrote Ramayana in Sanskrit was also a Dravidian. Kalidasa who wrote many literature in Sanskrit was a Dravidian. Mahabharatha was also written by Veda Vyasa, a Dravidian in Sanskrit.
Adi Sankara, Ramanuja and Madhva were the interpretors who wrote interpretation to the Upanishads, compiled by Veda Vyasa in Sanskrit, to the Brahma Sutra and to the Bhagavad Gita, a part of Mahabharatha written by Veda Vyasa in Sanskrit. (Adi Sankara wrote interpretation inorder to incarcerate the Dravidians).
Hence, the religion of the Tamilians or the Dravidians or Hindu religion, whatever we say it is of the Dravidians and it is the historical fact.
Responsibilities of the Dravidians
Let us understand the conspiracies of the Aryan Brahmins who machinated again to capture the Indian political power forever through the name Hindutva by degrading our Hinduism and by enslaving the Hindu religion of the Dravidians to the political law of the Aryan Brahmins. It is the responsibility of each Tamilian or the Dravidian to liberate the religion of the Tamils or the Dravidians or Hinduism from these Aryan politicians. We like to remind that the population of the Dravidians (so called Sudras and Panchamas) in the Indian population is 88% .
Politics in the guise of religion
Sankara Mutts are the head quarters of the political conspiracy of the Aryans. And they are enslaving the Indians through the ages by establishing casteism according to the Aryan Manudharma in the guise of religion.. The historical facts mentioned above were sent to these five Sankara Mutts of India on 14.10.’96 in the form of questions under the title ‘108 quetions to Sankara Mutt’ and asking them to give answers historically. Since they are historical facts Sankara Mutts could not refute and are keeping quiet. Those who are interested to know the historical facts can contact the Sankara Mutts and us.
Liberation struggle
Our agitation with the Sankara Mutts is on going inorder to bring love, harmony and brotherhood in the society by liberating the Hinduism or the Dravidian religion and the Indians or the Dravidians from the clutches of the Aryan political power.
If more details are needed to know about Hinduism they can attend the classes on Dravidian religion and can read the magazine ‘Dravidian Religion’ and can read the research books regarding this research. Those who have interest can help in spreading these ideologies and those who are interested in the liberation of Hinduism and Indians can join with us to involve in the struggles that are in the spiritual method.
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Bhakti from North or South?


It is important to be cognizant of the fact that whether the Six-fold religion of the family of Siva, which developed from the Sivalinka worship, started from the North and spread to the South or it was from the South to the North.
Today, amongst the existing Indian spoken languages, only in the Tamil language can one get literature completely for the Six-fold religion.
It is in Tamilnadu that there are many temples for the Six-fold religion of the family of Siva. Apart from Tamilnadu, we can not see such a large number of temples in any other state of India. All over India the temples of the Six-fold religion are scattered here and there. The Six main temples for Kumarakkadavul are in Tamilnadu alone.
We cannot see Pillaiyar or Ganapathi worship which is given great importance in Tamilnadu, anywhere else in India.
The Aiyappan worship is given much importance in Kerala, which was a part of Tamilnadu. In Tamilnadu alone we can see the Sakthi (or) Amman temples in all the villages and towns.
Temples of Vishnu in three postures such as standing, sitting and lying are in Tamilnadu alone. If we say temple, it refers to 'Chidambaram' only for Saivities and 'Thiruvarangam' alone for Vaishnavites and they are both in Tamilnadu..
The four Saivite preceptors (Appar, Sampantar, Sundarar and Manicka Vacagar) who were the root cause for the development of Saivism, belonged to Tamilnadu, and the 63 Saivite Nayanmaras, belonged to Tamilnadu.

The twelve Alvars who were the root cause for the development of Vaishnavism, belonged to Tamilnadu only.
The Saivite and Vaishnavite philosophies that developed after 8th C.A.D. were from South India, from and around Tamilnadu only. The philosophies such as Advaita was from Kaladi, which was a part of Tamilnadu, Visishtadvaita and Saiva Sittanta were from Tamilnadu, and Dvaita was from Karnataka, where the Dravidian language was spoken. Most of the literature and philosophies for the Six-fold religion of the family of Siva were originated in South and spread to North.

In order to spread and propagate the Six-fold religious themes, that are in Tamil, to the Northern most part of India, Sanskrit was utilized by the Dravidians as a link language for the Dravidians of India. Sanskrit was never spoken by the Indians anywhere and it is not a language of the common people. Dravidians formed Sanskrit as a link language, so that the valuable thoughts could be understood by all the Indians.
It should be keenly noted that Valmiki and Veda Vyasa who wrote the epics Ramayana and Mahabharatha respectively, were Dravidians, and the great Sanskrit scholar Kalidasa was also a Dravidian. It is Veda Vyasa, a Dravidian, who compiled the nomadic sacrificial songs and classified them as the four Vedas, and compiled the Upanisads, and wrote Mahabharata which contains the Bhagavad Gita.
Thus we can conclude from the facts mentioned above that it was the Tamilians who were the root cause for the development of the Six-fold religion of the family of Siva. Also it was by the Dravidians that the bhakti movement of the Six-fold religion which originated in South spread to North.
However, when we study the sculptures, the development of iconography in the temples of the Six-fold religion, can be seen from North. This development started from Taxila and spread to the South. The Gandhara art that originated from Taxila spread all over India. A historical analysis reveals that the Yavanas (Greeks, Romans, Jews and Syrians) and their culture are the root cause for the development of the Gandharian art.
The historical analysis also reveals that the development of iconography started from Taxila, the northern most part of India and spread towards South, and the development of the Bhakthi Movement started from Tamilnadu, the southern most part of India, and spread to the North. Hence, Taxila which is in the North and Tamilnadu which is in the south, have played a significant role in the development of Six-fold religion in India.
A keen examination of these two places would reveal that the Bactrian rulers (Pahlavas) who ruled in the 1st c.A.D, had Taxila as their capital, from which the Gandhara art developed. The Pallavas who ruled Tamilnadu and had Kanchi as their capital, were the root cause for the development of the Six-fold religion of the family of Siva are from the same stock or community. Also the scholars are of the opinion that the Pahlavas and the Pallavas are the same people.
"It is to be noted that to Taxila, which was ruled by Gondophares, a Pahlava, the apostle St. Thomas is said to have brought India's first knowledge of Christianity . And it was in Mylapore, in Tamilnadu, which was ruled by Pallavas, St. Thomas, was martyred while doing his ministry".1
It is to be observed that the Six-fold religious leaders wear neither a white dress, that is considered to be of the Jains, nor a yellow dress which is considered to be of the Buddhists, but wear a saffron colour robe. It can be compared with an ideology that
'those who washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb'2
Because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ who shed blood and redeemed the world, the robe which was dipped in his blood and washed which can be compared with the saffron dress.
There is no connection between the Aryans and the saffron robe. It is to be pointed out that in our National Flag, the saffron colour which is on the top of the three colours, denotes sacrifice.
Also the name 'Thyagaraja' (king of Sacrifice) for the head of the family of Siva is to be remembered here.
An in-depth study should be done on St. Thomas, and on the evidences and the symbols (saffron robes, sacred ash and Thiruman, etc.) of the Six-fold religion. The correlation between Pahlava and the Pallava and St. Thomas is to be deeply analysed.
References:
  1. A.L.Basham, The Wonder that was India, P.61
  2. Revelation 7:14
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