Books on Mahaperiyava

reproduced from
http://vandeguruparamparaam.blogspot.in/2014/03/some-tamil-books-on-kanchi-mahaperiyava.html

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1) மகா பெரியவாள் தரிசன அனுபவங்கள் (Part 1,2,3,4,5,6 & 7)

Author: Shri Kothandarama Sharma
Publisher: Vanathi Pathipagam


2) இந்து மதம் பதிலளிக்கிறது (Part 1,2 & 3)

Author: Shri S. Lakshmi Subramaniam
Publisher: Vanathi Pathipagam


3) மஹா பெரியவா-Maha Periyava

Author: Shri P.Swaminathan
Publisher: Kamadenu Publications


4) காஞ்சி மஹான் தரிசனம் -Kaanji Mahan Tharisanam

Author: Sri Madam Balu Swamigal
Publisher: Kamadeenu Publicatons


5) ஜெய ஜெய சங்கரா - Jeya Jeya Sankara

Author: Shri Jeyakanthan
Publisher: Meenatchi Puthaga Nillayam


6) கண்கண்ட தெய்வம் காஞ்சி மகான் - Kannkanda Deivam Kanchi Mahan

Author: Shri C.S. Devanathan
Publisher: Thirumagal Nilayam


7) காஞ்சி மகானின் கருணை நிழலில்- Kanchi Mahanin Karunai Nizhalil

Author: Shri Ra.Venkatasamy
Publisher: Vikatan Media Services


8) காமகோடி பெரியவா - Kamakoti Periyava

Author: Shri Charukesi
Publisher: Vikatan Media Services


9) காஞ்சி மகானின் கருணை உள்ளம் --- Kanchi Mahanin Karunai Ullam

Publisher: Thirumagal Nilayam


10) கருணை தெய்வம் காஞ்சி மாமுனிவர் - Karunai deivam Kanchi Mamunivar

Author: Shri S. Ganesa Sarma
Publisher: Vikatan Media Services


11) மகா பெரியவர்-Maha Periyavar

Author: Shri S. Ramani Anna
Publisher: Vikatan Media Services


12) சங்கீத சங்கரர் காஞ்சி மகா பெரியவர்-Sangeetha Sankarar Kaanji Mahaperiyavar


சங்கீத சங்கரர் காஞ்சி மகா பெரியவர்-Sangeetha Sankarar Kaanji Mahaperiyavar
Author: Shri S. Ganesa Sharma
Publisher: Vikatan Media Services


13) குரு உபதேசம் ( காஞ்சி பரமாச்சாரியார் ) --- Guru Upadesam (Kanchi Paramachariyar)

Author: Shri K.K. Ramalingam
Publisher: Narmadha Padhippagam


14) தெய்வத்தின் குரல் (Part 1,2,3,4,5,6 & 7)

Author: Shri Ra. Ganapathi
Publisher: Vanathi Pathipagam


15) காஞ்சி முனிவர் --- நினைவுக் கதம்பம்

Author: Shri Ra. Ganapathi
http://divyavidyatrust.org/page1.html


16) கருணைக்கடலில் சில அலைகள்

Author: Shri Ra. Ganapathi
http://divyavidyatrust.org/page1.html

17) கருணைக்காஞ்சி கனகதாரை

Author: Ra. Ganapathi
http://divyavidyatrust.org/page1.html

18) காமகோடி ராமகோடி

Author: Shri Ra. Ganapathi
http://divyavidyatrust.org/page1.html

19)  சொல்லின் செல்வர் --- ஸ்ரீ காஞ்சி முனிவர்

Author: Shri Ra. Ganapathi
http://divyavidyatrust.org/page1.html


20) அலகிலா விளையாட்டுடையான் Alagila Vilayattudaiyan

Author: Shri S. Ganesa Sarma

It is a compilation of the articles of Sri Ganesa Sarma in Kamakoti Journal featured over the years. Copies of it are available in branches of Giri Trading.


21) கருணைக் கடலே  Karunai Kadale

Author: Shri Bharanidharan



22) சிவ சாகரத்தில் சில அலைகள் --- Siva Sagarathil Sila Alaigal

Author: Sivan Sir


23) ஏணிப்படிகளில் சில மாந்தர்கள்  --- Enippadigal sila manithargal

Author: Sivan Sir


24) தாயுமான மஹான் --- Thayumana Mahan Parts 1 and 2 

Narrated by Brahmasri E S Vedapuri Shastrigal
Author: Smt Revathi Kumar (she may be contacted at 9789082269 for the book)


25) பெரியவா எனக்கு மட்டும்தான் --- Periyava enakku mattum dhaan

Author: Shri Bharani Mani (he may be contacted at numbers 044 23652017 or 9940053464 for the book)


26) அர்த்தமுள்ள இந்து மதம் --- Arthamulla Indu Madham

Author: Shri Kannadasan


27) அன்பே அருளே ---  Anbe Arule 

Author: Shri Bharnidharan


28) ஸ்ரீ பரமாச்சார்யாளின் பாதையிலே ---  Shri Paramacharyal Padhaiyile Parts 1 and 2

Author: Smr R. Ponnammal


29) அமிருத மொழிகள் --- Amrutha Mozhigal

Author: HH Sringeri Jagadguru Shri Chandrashekara Bharathi Mahaswamigal's teachings


30) ஸ்ரீ குருகிருபா விலாஸம் --- Shri Gurukrupa VilasamAuthor: HH Sringeri Jagadguru Shri Chandrashekara Bharathi Mahaswamigal's teachings



31) ஸ்ரீ மகா ஸ்வாமிகள் அருளுரை --- Shri Mahaswamigal Arulurai

Kalaimagal Publications


32) தந்தது உன் தன்னை, கொண்டது என் தன்னை --- Thanthathu un thannai, kondathu en thannai

Book on Shri Pradosham Mama

Author: Smt Akila Karthikeyan

Copies can be obtained by contacting Sudarsan Graphics at 91-44-24344038 or please visit Pradosham Mama's home in Kanchi near Collector's office and they will bless you with this book.


33) மஹா பெரியவா மகிமை --- Mahaperiyava Mahimai

Author: Smt V. Rajalakshmi


34) காஞ்சி பெரியவரின் அருட்பார்வை --- Kanchi Periyavarin Arutparvai

Author: Shri Ra. Venkataswamy


35) பூஜ்யஸ்ரீ மஹா ஸ்வாமிகள் வரலாறு --- Pujyasri Mahaswamigal Varalaru
Parts 1 and 2

Authors: Shri Sambamurthy Sastrigal, Shri Kuppuswamy Iyer, Shri 'Sollin Selvan' P.N. Parasuraman

Alliance Publication

phone: 2464 1314
alliancebook.com
email: srinivasan@alliancebook.com


36) காஞ்சியின் கவின்மிகு கோயில்கள் --- Kanchiyin Kavinmigu Koilgal

Author: Shri T.V.R. Chariyar



Most of these books can be obtained from Giri Trading, Bharathiya Vidya Bhava, Kanchi Sankara Matams and online too at http://www.nammabooks.com/.
37) ஸ்ரீ காஞ்சி மாமுனிவர் அந்தாதி Sri Kanchi Mamunivar Anthadi

Savitri Foundation recently released Sri Kanchi Mamunivar Anthadi, a slim volume of 

verses tracing the highlights in the life of the sage. In Anthadi, the last word of a verse 

becomes the opening phrase of the next. It is a hymn, where the thought process continues 

in seamless fashion.

The composer, Karur L. Subramanian, was inspired by a book released in connection with 

Paramacharya’s 60th birthday. He wanted his tribute to be in the Anthadi format. It so 

happened the sage attained samadi when the poem was completed, on Anusham, the star 

on  which He was born. The Anthadi now got a whole new significance. It was circulated as 

a pamphlet, among the devotees, who visited the Kanchi Math, until it reached the hands of 

J. Bala- subramaniam, auditor and founder, Savitri Foundation. He decided to not only 

release the poem as a handy booklet but also get it sung by a musician and the choice fell on 

Dr. R. Ganesh.

Both book and CD were recently released in the city by HH Sri Jayendra Saraswati 

Swamigal and HH Sri Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal. Dr. Ganesh has rendered the verses 

in 25 ragas, staying true to the syntax. This enables the listener to get the outline as the 

musical journey hits the highlights. 



The book has additional poems composed by various poets as tribute. For details contact 

24616439 and 9176671177..

38) The God that Speaks, Pesum Deivam

Author: Shri JK Sivan.

Please check this link for more details about this book:

https://vandeguruparamparaam.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/the-god-that-speaks-pesum-deivam-new-tamil-book-release

39) பொன்னார்மேனியுடன் பொன்னான நாட்கள் Vol 2 --- Ponnaar Meniyudan Ponnana Naatkal

Book by Dr. Subramaniam.

Please contact him at  9443908612 for the book. Please check this link to know more about this book: https://vandeguruparamparaam.wordpress.com/2016/11/17/new-tamil-book-on-mahaswamigal/

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Will update this page as and when I run into new books.

For a list of English Books: Please click on below link for English books and for contact details of Giri Trading and Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan:

http://vandeguruparamparaam.blogspot.com/2014/02/some-english-books-on-kanchi.html

Underlying unity of religions

Reproduced from:
https://tomajjavidtash.com/2015/03/07/the-transcendent-unity-of-religions/

The following quote from Lord Northbourne in the book The Underlying Religion is indicative of the immanent diversity and the transcendent unity of religions and emphasizes the necessary function of such diversity.

“Paths that lead to a summit are widely separated near the base of the mountain, but they get nearer together as they rise. The wise climber takes the path on which he finds himself and does not worry too much about people on other paths. He can see his path but cannot see theirs properly. He will waste an enormous amount of his own time if he keeps on trying to find another and better path. He will waste other people’s time if he tries to persuade them to abandon theirs, however sure he is that his is the best.“

The phenomenon of "I" - the Supreme Self

Reproduced from
https://tomajjavidtash.com/2015/03/12/the-immortal-one/

Two simple propositions, taken from Vedantic philosophy, summarize the whole of truth and the way to attain it. One is from the verse 2:16 of Bhagavad Gita and the other is from Upanishads:

1) The Real cannot not be; the unreal cannot be.

2) That which begins must end.

We needed nothing more if we were intuitive rather than discursive and fond of intellectual currencies, beliefs. All religions and mythologies express the same thing, and all philosophies and sciences strive to grasp it.

These two statements, complementary in nature, must be realized. To go a little in depth we can add the following:

If the Real cannot not be, then all things that begin and end are unreal though apparent. And that which is unreal does not exist whether it is apparent or not; it can exist only as appearance.

Reflecting on things that begin and end we see that there is nothing that is excluded except the one for whom things begin and end. Standing here I see that my body is totally different from the body with which I was born; all those cells have already died and these too will die. Thus, I cannot be the body; because if I were I could not possibly say that I am the body! Change is meaningful only against an unchanging background. Change which means distinction and differentiation is possible only for an agent who remains the same throughout these changes so to be able to perceive them as change as such. I can see two different things if and only if the eye that sees the first is the same eye that sees the second so to establish their difference.

Also I cannot be the mind since all the contents, thoughts and emotions, change overtime, more so overnight; they begin and end while I subsist. I am the same “I” that I was when I was 5 while nothing about it, including body mind, emotions and personality, remains the same; they all begin and end while the “I” remains the “I.” This enduing I has no personality, because personality, the collection of thoughts and emotions and inclinations, changes, it begins and ends, while the “I” subsists. The “I” is the bearer of personality, the substratum upon which personality is superimposed. Thus, personality too cannot be real; it is an artifact of the impermanent flux we call the world.

Everything begins and ends except the “I” for whom things begin and end, the witness “I” or the I-witness if you will. The “I” cannot not be. When I, as this I, say that I die I really mean the personality and its ego, its thoughts and emotions and body; but these were not real to begin with since they always began and ended even while this “I” is said to be living. The “I” still remains in the world but only perceived as this I or that I, as you or someone else. It is essentially the I in all of us that is the Real component, for it cannot not be. Notice that if I say “but there was a time when no one was but the world was” it is because I first am. This world that I claim to exist without me is the world known in and through the I; it is the world in I and not I in the world. It is the world in the eye of the I. Without the “I” I cannot posit the independent existence of the world, hence I must not only precede the world but also subsist in it. Notice that whenever and wherever the “I” is, the world too is; and whenever and wherever the “I” is not, the world too is not.

The subsisting “I” is the Real and also inexpressible One. To say anything about it is to hide it because all sayings and thoughts begin and end; they cannot be Real. The “I” is that which expresses; it cannot be pronounced, for it is He who must do the pronouncing. The Immortal One is the Inexpressible.

My friend, this “I” who is the immortal One and no one’s I is nothing but the I of God which is the same as the eye of God, for God is pure seeing, pure Being, pure bliss. Realize this and be free of all conditioning: You were never born; how can you ever die? How can you not be!

Swami arathi

Essence of advaitha vedantam

God became man so that he could 'know' Himself

reproduced from

https://tomajjavidtash.com/2015/04/09/time-consciousness/

Time is nothing but the ecstasy of consciousness, that is consciousness experiencing itself as conditioned and partitioned. It is this partitioned and fragmented consciousness that appears to us as diverse experiencing subjects. In reality there is only one subject, but this subject cannot experience itself unless it objectifies itself into the manifold of its own infinite possibilities. Each person is one possibility for the being of one and the same consciousness.

Consciousness undergoes the same self-objectification into multitudes in the case of dream experience: In a dream one and the same consciousness, that of the dreaming subject, projects itself into a world of diverse objects and experiencing subjects. All the conscious agents that appear in our dreams are the possibilities inherent within the dreaming consciousness. It belongs to the nature of consciousness to project itself outwardly in such a way that it appears to itself as something fragmented and embedded inside a world as if it were only a part of that world. In our dream we appear as a person among others inside an infinitely extended world of objects, but all persons and objects are one and the same consciousness, only appearing to itself as if it were outside itself. Consciousness inside itself is the dreamless sleep, but consciousness outside itself is the world. It is in this sense that I see the world as the ecstasy of consciousness.

Creation is an expression of God in an attempt to 'know' Himself

Reproduced from
https://tomajjavidtash.com/2015/04/20/the-inexpressible-reality/

“We did not come to return; we have come to rise above.”

Man is a deep well connecting the oblivion of Godhead to the personified God. He is not something suspended in the abyss; he is the abyss itself. He seeks God, not knowing he is the very ground upon which God stands. The Absolute is void, and man fills this void by relative utterances of hopes and desires. Man seeks to be enlightened, not knowing that he is the light of the world.

Know thyself?! What is to be known, and who is to know it?

Ask yourself: Who is in there? Who is looking out into this world of empty appearances? And who is looking in? No “I” is to be found. Why? Because the “I” is the one always looking. How can anything be found where the only thing that is is seeking?

God became man so to find Himself as God, and yet in this becoming He lost himself in the midst of himself. He was a whole that has become a part. Dear, don’t give too much thought to this, for to think is to make apart. You have become too partitioned; your way back is to accept you are but a paradox.

God is never known if He doesn’t fall into pieces that can reflect His face. God remained unknown even to himself unless He becomes the other, the not-God, man.  He becomes whole precisely through becoming partitioned. Man isn’t the fallen Adam; man is the fallen God.

Sit back, relax; this world has never come into being, neither did your beloved personhood. Look again deep into your own eyes and see the bottomless well that you are. Don’t be the ocean wave seeking its own source; the wave and the ocean are never apart; it is all water. Zoom in and you see only the wave, the separation; zoom out and you see only the ocean. This god of yours and its creation are akin to the ocean and its waves. How can one be without the other? They are one and the same.

You are crucified by your own beliefs. You are bound by your own bonds. Use this body only to surf this life. The surfer who thinks he is surfing the wave little knows that waves too are surfing him. Surfers don’t last; waves never cease to be. You are that wave and not the surfing body; you are the ocean itself.

These words too are nothing but waves; don’t dwell in them, for they too shall be forgotten. Words need meaning but meaning doesn’t need words. You too need no words, for you are that which is meant throughout all empty appearances. You are the inexpressible Reality.