Shuddhananda Melarnavam, 72 Mela Kartha RagasThe light of affection to Shuddha Shakti! I am always delighted by your blessing! With devotion, to have success, the Melarnava mala in the world gives us the thala raga attraction. My life has passed with meditation, songs, loneliness and delight since the age of five. Knowing this, Poornananda Bharati heard my songs and inspired me. He is brother to my maternal grandfather. He went to the Himalayas at a young age and attained Atmic status.His mentor, a great sage called Jnana Siddha, trained me in Shuddha equi-yogic practices. I meditated at the feet of Swami Siddharoodar, Shirdi Say Baba, Bhagwan Ramana Maharshi and Pooranayogi Aurobindo and developed the equi-yoga power. This power gave the inner inspiration and called me to sing. I made the songs as the practice of worship. What I learnt, heard and knew; everything is the blessing of Shuddha Shakti Paramatman. Message from Shuddhananda Bharati.These 72 Melagartams are sung by great Pandit Dr.Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna, a great Indian Carnatic vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer and actor. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour, for his contribution towards Indian art. He was made Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 2005. We can find these beautiful 72 Melagartams on five CDs by Editions ASSA in L'Auberson.Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
The Magic Weapon of ShivaThis Tamil drama, The Magic Weapon of Shiva, while having as its central theme the penance of Arjuna, also explores the philosophies of Saiva and Vaishnava groups. Divinity, devilry, the greatness of sages, the discipline of mankind, the expertise of warriors, kindness of God Krishna, the path for meditation and penance, detachment, the glories of prayer of Shiva, the mercy of God and the virtues of Nama Shivaya The Panchakshari - all these subjects are explained in this drama. Tamil Land has great sacred virtues. Here the first prayer goes to the sages; they were the ones who guided us by disciplining the social life, with wise books, arts and good conduct. They guarded the society, established duties, and created brave warriors. When these scholarly, selfless sages lived among us, doing their penance and guiding the society, India attained a glorious state. During that time education, industry, art, trade, politics, good conduct and bravery reached to great heights. The famous texts written in this golden age still guide us. Great people exuded greatness; they guided those who sought their help to realise God; they trained the kings in administration, control of senses and divinity. They elevated the social life to higher levels. Behind the renaissance of our land, we see the hand of these great men. The inner power of Ramadasa inspired Shivaji to do great things. Vivekananda became a universally respected philosopher, because of the influence of sage Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. With his divine power, guru Gobind roused the religious sentiments of his disciples. Those who do penance are doing their duty. Penance not only helps to build up inner strength, but also helps to succeed in politics. Arjuna, by getting the advice of sage Vyasa did penance in the Himalayas and acquired the divine weapon from God Shiva, demolished the army of Kauravas in the battle of Bharath, and established justice. This drama was written by keeping the Vana Parva of Mahabharata of Vyasa, the Tamil Mahabharata, Kirathrjunia of Bharavi, Bhagavad Gita, and Shiva Jnana Bodam as basic sources. A warm thank you to Daye Craddock for her help in careful editing of this book, and to Dr.Balamuralikrishna, a great Carnatic vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, for his preface. He is also acclaimed as a poet, composer and respected by all Indian classical musicians for his knowledge of Carnatic music. We arranged for him a tour of Indian Carnatic music and dance in Switzerland in 1992.It is a real pleasure for me to present The Magic Weapon of Shiva to you. Thank you, Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati for having transmitted The Magic Weapon of Shiva to us. With the blessing of Aum Shuddha Shakti Aum and the blessing of Shiva. Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Sadasiva Brahma and Saiva SiddhantaIn part one, the saint that created a beautiful presence was Sadasiva Brahman. Sadasiva was a perfect yogi of self-knowledge, perfectly free and pure and elevated in blissful trance. He lived in the Vedantic Truth.In part two, Saiva Siddhanta; knowledge about the twelve sutras of the Sivajnana Bodham. Let the pure almighty Grace lead us from light, love to love and bliss to bliss. Let Siva grant victory to our efforts. An introduction to Saiva Siddhanta by Kavi Yogi Shuddhananda Bharati. Collected lectures on Saiva Siddhanta, 1946 - 1954.Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Adi Shankara BhagavanAdi Shankara (788 CE - 820 CE), also known as Sankara Bhagavatpadacarya and Adi Ankaracarya, was an Indian philosopher who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta, a sub-school of Vedanta. His teachings are based on the unity of the soul and Brahman, in which Brahman is viewed as without attributes. In the Smarta tradition, Adi Shankara is regarded as an incarnation of Shiva. Shankara travelled across India to propagate his philosophy through discourses and debates with other thinkers. He founded four mathas (monasteries), which helped in the historical development, revival and spread of post-Buddhist Hinduism and Advaita Vedanta. Adi Shankara is believed to be the founder of the Dashanami monastic order and the Shanmata tradition of worship. His works in Sanskrit, all of which are extant today, concern themselves with establishing the doctrine of Advaita (Nondualism). Adi Shankara quotes extensively from the Upanishads and other Hindu scriptures in support of his philosophy. Also, his works contain arguments against opposing schools of thought like Samkhya and Buddhism.The religion of Bharat is Vedanta. The preceptor of Vedanta was Adi Sankara, whose fame had spread all around the world. The yoeman service that he had done to the field of education within a short span of thirty-two years is remarkable. His work is eternal. Sankara's words are accepted by the entire world. Sankara's entire life can be termed as sacrifice for the cause of knowledge.This book has been written to enable the young in our country to know something about the wonderful life that Sankara led and his teachings. The life of Sankara would enrich the minds of our young people and thus make our future India bright. It was with this intention that this book was written. Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
The Arrival of Buddha, Buddha VijayamAuthor: Dr. Shuddhananda BharatiA treasure never loses value, but improves with age! The Arrival of Buddha is one of those treasures, a rare gem offered by the wise Shuddhananda Bharati. The gentleness and compassion of the Buddha takes us through the book!Golden teachings of Lord Buddha, Light of the worldThe beautiful light spreading its grace everywhere, Acquainting affectionately, all living beings on earth,Rich happiness seen wonderfully in nature, To the worshipping sages, a wonder appeared.The sacred life of Lord Buddha has an unsatiating sweetness. Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Preface, Fasting and Divinity, The master artist on dramaThe day when we get back to the ancient worship of delight and beauty will be the day of our salvation. The ancient Indian critics dignified the essence of poetry as Rasa and by that word they meant a concentrated taste, a spiritual essence of emotion, an essential aesthetic, the soul's pleasure in the pure and perfect sources of feeling. The essential and decisive step of the future art of poetry will perhaps be to discover that it is not the form which either fixes or reveals the spirit, but the spirit which makes out of itself the form and the word. The spirit creates perfectly because it creates directly out of self and is spontaneously, supra-intellectually all-conscious.A spiritual change must equally come over the intention and form of the drama when the age has determined its tendencies. The drama of the future will differ from the romantic play and tragedy because the thing, that which dramatic speech will represent, will be something more internal than the life-soul and its brilliant pageant of passion and character. The external web of events and action, whether sparing or abundant, strongly marked or slight in incidence, will only be outward threads and indices and the movement that will throughout occupy the mind will be the procession of the soul phases or the turns of soul action. The personage of the play will be the spirit in man diversified or multitudinous in many human beings, whose inner spiritual, much more than external, life relations will determine the development, and the culminations will be steps of solution of those spiritual problems of our existence which after all are the root of and include and inform all the others. It will not be limited either by any old or new convention, but transmute the old moulds and invent others and arrange according to the truth of its vision, its acts and the evolution of its dramatic process or the refrain of its lyrical or the march of its epic motive. This clue at least is the largest and the most suggestive for a new and living future creation in the form of drama.Sri Aurobindo
Note de l'éditeurL'avènement du BouddhaAvec le temps, la valeur des trésors ne diminue pas, elle augmente! L'avènement du Bouddha, joyau littéraire et spirituel du sage Shuddhananda Bharati, est un véritable trésor. Que la bienveillance et la compassion du Bouddha accompagnent la lecture de ce livre!Un chaleureux merci à Mme Johanne Lebel Calame pour sa traduction minutieuse et son aide à l'édition.C'est pour moi un vrai plaisir et un grand honneur de vous présenter ce texte. Merci, Shuddhananda Bharati, de nous avoir transmis L'avènement du Bouddha, avec la bénédiction Aum Shuddha Shakti Aum.Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Explication of the Gita, Path revealed by Githai, Geetai Kattum PathaiAuthor: Dr. Shuddhananda BharatiThe great messageThe teaching of the Gita is yoga, spiritual truth applied to external life and action; it may be any action and not necessarily an action resembling that of the Gita. It is the principle of the spiritual consciousness applied to action that has to be kept. By turning (from the present world-consciousness) to the Divine and entering into the Divine consciousness one can possess through the world also the Eternal. The language of the Gita sometimes admits two apparently opposite truths and turns to reconcile them. It admits the ideal of departure from Samsara into the Brahman as one possibility; also it offers the possibility of living free in the Divine (in me, it says) and acting in the world as the Jivan Mukta. It is the latter kind of solution on which it lays the greatest emphasis. The full truth lies in the supramental consciousness and the power to unite from there life and matter. One has first to conquer the lower nature, deliver the self involved in the lower movement by means of the higher self which rises into the divine nature; at the same time one offers all one's actions including the inner action of the yoga as a sacrifice to the Purushottama, the transcendent and the immanent Divine. When one has risen into the higher-self, has the knowledge and is free, one makes the complete surrender to the Divine, abandoning all other Dharmas living only in the Divine consciousness, the Divine will and force, the Divine Ananda.Sri AurobindoEditions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Editor's NotesThe world recognizes and salutes Kavi Yogi Maharishi Dr.Shuddhananda Bharati. He is a noble soul who is continuously engaged in mediation on Godhead and in composing devotional songs. Thanks to the divine grace of Madurai Meenakshi Amman, his association with many spiritually enlightened people and his deep knowledge of multiple languages, he has expounded on the essence of the Vedas and the Agamas in the form of verses and musical compositions. The second edition of his epic creation Bharata Shakti has been published in a detailed version. His musical compositions have been published in several volumes. Kavi Yogi's Yoga Samajam is an abode of peace where he is engaged in solitary meditation. The strength of his penance motivates his pen. We often visit the Yoga Samajam to imbibe the divine spirit pervading the place and obtain mental peace. Divine worship is performed there both in the mornings and evenings. This collective worship includes name chanting, chanting of Keerthanas, practice of Sama Yoga, chanting of mantras, universal songs, folk songs and discourses on philosophy. These are rare songs which serve to heighten one's awareness of divinity's presence in the midst of mankind and lead to enhanced quality of life in this world.Swamiji is a great self-realised soul, a pure hearted sage who has experienced many religions. He teaches us the way to infuse this life with Shiva's divinity. In the mornings, he performs worship and meditation along with name chanting. In the evening gatherings, he performs Jyoti worship with flowers and gives discourses from his wisdom acquired due to God's grace.1.To make everyone lead a life infused with God consciousness.2.To make everyone lead a life full of love with the realization of one world, one God and one spirit.3.To make everyone of us understand our divine religion.4.To make us lead happy lives by showing the way to religious amity.5.To purify mankind by means of meditation, worship, name chanting and prayers.6.To make our bodies, mind and soul strong and glowing with health. 7.To teach everyone to practice hygiene and sanitation so that diseases are eradicated.8.To do service for the sake of world peace.9.To undertake the practice of yoga in a place brimming with natural beauty.10.To spread knowledge by publishing books with the help of friends. Kavi Yogi Shuddhananda is traveling all over the world and doing noble service to carry out these 10 tasks in a proper way and he is also conducting these camps in Sri Lanka. Let us all salute the divine sage and accept his teachings whole-heartedly and reap the benefits.A warm thank you to Savitri for his translation from Tamil to English. It's a choice of the Editor to keep the words in their Tamil forms, like Kaali (Kali), naadha (nada).Editons ASSA, Christian Piaget
Bhagavad Gita in proseThe essence of Vedas are Upanishads. The Bagavath Gita is an essence of Upanishads. The Gita given by Krishna is the light of the Indian life. This is a common book for all mankind. The common book of India is Gita. There is no book which states clearly the path of winning the battle of life and attaining greater happiness. Many in the world have read the Bible in various languages and do a lot of charitable work. Likewise, people should read Gita in their own language. We should attain the joy of living as dutiful people as their life is soaked in Gita, and unite with the inner soul.In that intention Yogi Shuddhananda Bharati is presenting this translation. Those who wish to have the original text and explanation may refer The Secret of Karma Yoga (Gita Yogam). Every day, on an appointed time, assemble in peace and read at least one chapter diligently and meditate for fifteen minutes about the inner eternal being. You may receive the benefits of Gita.Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
Le Secret des Upanishads, la connaissance de BrahmaneLes Upanishads sont la « mine de connaissances » de Bharat (Terre de l'Inde). Toutes les religions qui ont vu le jour en Inde sont basées sur les Upanishads ; les écoles de l'Advaitha, de la Dvaitha et de la Visishtadvaita, toutes les trois, chantent les Upanishads.Dans les Upanishads, sont contenus la vie humaine et les secrets de l'âme qui brille avec la divinité. En filtrant tout cela, le Yogi Shudhdhananda Bharati les décrit parfaitement dans ce livre. Il nous transmet des explications ligne par ligne pour les quatre Upanishads Isha, Kena, Katha et Prasna.L'Upanishad est l'un des meilleurs préceptes divins du monde. C'est en effet le couronnement de la connaissance des Védas, la source mère des philosophies du Vedanta. La Bhagavad Gìtâ est en réalité le Kamadhenu (la vache divine qui accomplit tout ce que nous souhaitons) appelé Upanishad. Le Seigneur Krishna la trayait et nourrissait le veau de son lait. Ainsi, l'Upanishad est la connaissance du Brahmane. Brahma vidhaapnotiparam (seulement celui qui a la connaissance de Brahman peut atteindre la grandeur) en est l'explication. Ce n'est qu'en transformant la connaissance de Brahman en aphorismes précis et minutieux que Vyasa Bhagavan nous les a présentés sous le nom de Brahma Sutras.Tout le savoir des sages du pays de Bharat (Inde) brille sous la forme de l'Upanishad. La société de Bharat elle-même a l'Upanishad comme racine et son expérience comme fruit. L'Upanishad est vraiment le Gange de la connaissance, il surgit du coeur des sages, ces grands hommes à la sagesse spirituelle, alors qu'ils étaient dans un état stable et paisible, dans la solitude, dans un état de méditation accompagnée de concentration et de contemplation et dans un état où le parfum de bon augure s'épanouit. Ce Gange de la connaissance circulera aussi longtemps que le monde existera. Au départ, il s'agissait des Védas non écrits ; il apparut en se transmettant de coeur à coeur et en passant dans la tradition du « maître-disciple. » Plus tard, il apparut inscrit sur les feuilles de palmier. Aujourd'hui, il est imprimé et répandu dans le monde entier, dans différentes langues. Le monde entier sait que l'Inde signifie le pays de l'Upanishad. Toute la grandeur de ce pays s'étend comme le Gange de la connaissance. Tous les coeurs de ceux qui le recueillent et le boivent deviennent des sources de sagesse.Que tout le travail fourni dans cet ouvrage, depuis son écriture à sa conception actuelle, remplisse la Terre de l'énergie bienfaisante de Bharat. Aum Shuddha Shakti Aum.Éditions ASSA / Christian Piaget
