Padapooja Blog - The Teaching of Jagadguru Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi Tiruvadikal

Whenever you think of establishing dharma, install dharma as an idol into temple.The body is your temple.In Gita it is said that “idam shareeram kaunteya kshetramityaabhidheeyate” The statement of Bhagavan Krishna that the kshetra(temple) itself is body is true.“Kshathat trayateithi kshetra”  Whichever maybe the medium which protects life force from pain is called kshethra.The body is the kshethra.Thus all we see are kshetras because god(kshetrajna,life force) in its form is residing everywhere. In that concept Install dharma in your body or mind.Normally we want flowers to offer for the idol. Think all your thoughts are flowers that is offered to the idol(dharma).All of your words are mantras for the idol (dharma) to get it strengthened.All our deeds are Naivedhya which makes the idol(dharma) active, luminous and powerful.If you do all the actions with this concept that action will become dharmic and all actions will be changed into puja.

Hinduism is also considered to be a material science.The reason for calling it material science is  because without life or Jeeva  there cannot be a science and this thought process was first introduced by our great Hindu Acharyas and later carried forward  by our ancestors.Our Acharyas were the greatest scientists. On one hand we have  material science where matter can be split into electron ,positron,neutron econ,energy and on the other hand we have meta physical science ( Adhyatmika) which is related to Jeeva or life. Until the advent of Max Plank, scientists were of the opinion that if we give the same instruments to all scientists across the world and conduct the same scientific experiments, the results would be same.From  Max Plank( who had discovered Quantum Theory) onwards  the interpretation changed. Max Plank said "I regard consciousness as fundamental and matter as a derivative of it"  Hindus should be proud of this statement because this is what our Vedas have

Cow Sacrifice in Hinduism was the result of misinterpretation of the Vedic Texts by westerners.Not sure this misinterpretation  was done willfully or not but has caused great damage to the community by entering into academic curriculum also.Pasu was translated as cow by westerners and same meaning was carried forward by others but Pasu has several other meanings.Other meanings of Pasu are Jeevan,Kundalini,jnanam,ajnanam,Meaning suitable to the context has to be taken.For eg Pasupathinathan is not a bulls owner but pathi of all Jeevas which is Lord Shiva.Tantra Text  Rudra yamalam  26th Chapter Uttarakhandam has given the meaning of Pasu.  പുണ്യാപുണ്യപശൂൻ  ഹത്വാ ജ്ഞാനഖഡ്ഗേന യോഗവിത്‌ Punnyapunnyapasoon Hathwa Jnanaghadgaena Yogavith Here Pasu stands for the 2 egos.One which is endowed with punnyam and the other with apunyam.One which is formed out  of ignorance thinking that one is a sinner and the other one being the arrogance in assuming that one is pious. Both this  igno

Sundara has got several meanings.The word Sundara has different meanings Handsome,Beautiful,Pretty,Fair ,Lovely,Homely,Elegant,Good Looking etc.These are the equivalent words or synonyms that can be used as the meaning of Sundara.But in a Indian context the word has a deeper meaning. It is not merely materialistic or mundane .It has more sacred ,divine, altruistic  or spiritual meaning.They are related to different situations of life.For example the situation created and explained to get word the handsome is related to a male principle or a male person. The male principle is the masculine cause of creation where from the nature is created or originated. According to Indian philosophy there are 2 aspects of function ,one is the stagnating function which is always tranquil it has no motion but the other is full of motions and here in our society we normally use the phrase  "a handsome young man" not "a handsome young lady". Only a beautiful young lady  and not  ha

Shiva Lingam is the most widely misunderstood concept in Hinduism.As per Manusmruti there are 16 different meanings for Lingam. Meaning suitable to the context has to be taken while explaing the concept. Limah Gamayiteeti Linga (That which originates from the condition of absorption is Lingam) Lim Gamayiteeti Linga (That which reaches the condition of absorption is Lingam) Lim means absorbed condition of knowledge or consciousness. Matter orginates from consciousness and finally gets absorbed back into consciousness.The nature comes into existence ,exists and is later absorbed.This process is repeated in a cyclic manner in nature. Since from the Leena (absorbed) condition it is going forward (Gamikkuka) so the name Lingam. Linga sound indicates the principle ,which is the cause of creation,sustenance and absorption. All the meaning of Linga sound are related to the condition of absorption.For example tree comes into existence from absorption and finally once decayed the

Modern science has been used to understand the importance of Temple culture and its impact on the society irrespective of religion, caste, creed or color. It is well known that all objects reflect light rays 360 degrees around the object and this phenomenon permits us to visualise objects around us as these rays fall on our retina. The rays emanating from the consecrated idols can be analyzed using Kirlian cameras. Kirlian cameras take photo of light and energy (shakti). Studies have shown that before consecration the idol's photo is black and white and after consecration, an aura of brightness forms around the idols. Photos of each ray emanating from the idol has the full form of the idol on anlaysis. For example , each ray coming from an Idol of Sree Krishna has the full photo of Sree Krishna. The rays coming from the consecrated idol's have the power to kill harmful germs. So when a person prays standing in front of the idol he gets the full benefit of these very powerful