Nature, Macrocosm, Ego, Five Subtle Elements, FIve Great Elements, Heart, Ten organs of action and sense – all these are the 24 Principles. In Kapila Gita, He states that the 25th Principle is Purusha, Time , ya kala pancha vimsaka. Prakriti, Mahat, Ahamkara, Tanmatra Bhootan, api Hridapi Dasakshi Purusha Pancha Vimsa ! – Melpathur
Bhagavan Kapila averred that Nature is Almighty and the Sole Doer, Pradhanam Prakritim Prahuh, and if you know the 25 Principles and live in conformity with Natural Law, loving all and serving all, Prakriti will liberate thee !
Why Socrates, Gandhi and Jesus are considered great?
Socrates said I know Nothing, not even my own ignorance !
Gandhi said I had committed mistakes. He was frank to admit his mistakes.
Jesus exhorted his followers to " forgive thine enemies seventy times seven". When crucified, he forgave his enemies.
" This is my blood on the Covenant, it has been shed on behalf of those for forgiveness of sins".
NO wonder he is called Bhagavan Yesu !He taught all, in all civilizations. The Arabs wanted a Prophet of their own, and He gifted them the great Prophet. The recluse of Mt Hira, one of the simplest who said never worship my photo, the Prophet of Arabia was an epitome of excellence in all fields ! And first word he heard was Iqra – Recite !
Iqra means to recite. Quran means recitation.
Recite, in the name of Thy Lord who created,
Who created Man from congealed blood,
Recite, for thy Lord is the most noble,
Who taught man first by the pen,
What Man himself did not know !
Islam derives from salm and silm, submission and surrender and the Muslim is he who lives according to the Divine Will.
There are two types of Jihad
Al JIhad Al Asghar - fighting non believers
AL JIhad AL Akbar - fighting inner enemies !O Giver of Food, O Eternally Full ! O Beloved Consort of Purusha ! Give us daily food, in order to develop dispassion and Wisdom !. Annapoorne Sada Poorne / Sankara Prana Vallabhe / Jnana Vairagya Siddhyarthvam Bhiksham Dehi cha Parvati !
Manifestations of the Divine - Sastra Teachers
He manifested as different Sastra Teachers,
To teach a benighted humanity about Sciences Intuitive.
Study of the Sastras, Sound Symbols of the Absolute,
Can pave the way for Transformation or Transfiguration
"Live according to the Sastras, tasmat sastram pramanam te,
He who contravenes its commands, gaineth not Earth or Heaven ".
Wisdom is His Quality, Wisdom supreme is He,
And it is His Dharma to protect and preserve Wisdom Divine.
In Thy Manifestation as Bhagavan Gautama,
Thou imparted the Wisdom of Nyaya Sastra.
Nyaya was founded initially to defend Vedic concepts,
And to promote the Science of Thought's regulative principles !
In Thy Incarnation as Bhagavan Yaska,
Thou imparted the Wisdom of Nirukta Sastra.
Definions are badly needed in debate,
And the Indefinable Thou providest all definitions.
In Thy Manifestation as Bhagavan Varaha,
Thou imparted the Wisdom of Jyotis Sastra.
Thou preserved Astronomy, Maths and Astrology,
Thri Skanda Jyotis of Siddhanta, Samhita and Hora.
In Thy Manifestation as Bhagavan Ramana,,
Thou imparted the Wisdom of Pure Yoga Sastra.
Thy technique from "Who am I" to "He am I",
Is simple, conducive to Self Actualisation !
In Thy Manifestation as Bhagavan Madhava,
Thou imparted the Wisdom of Dvaita Vedanta Sastra.
This is the First Mystic Stage of JnanaYoga,
The aspirant is different from Deity.
In Thy Manifestation as Bhagavan Ramanuja,
Thou imparted the Wisdom of Vishishta Advaita Vedanta.
Qualified Non-Dualism, It asserts that waves belong to Ocean,
But the Ocean does not belong to the Wave.
Many Aspects & Manifestations of the One
They see the Self, in the Self, by the Self !
All betrays him who sees all elsewhere,
Than in the Self! What can entire Veda,
Do for him, who sees all in Non-Self ?
The Eternian sees everything,
Under the aspect of Eternity,
Under the aspect of Zodiac,
And under the aspect of Love.
Thou manifested as Bhagavan Vyasa,
To write Epic Poems and Mythology.
The essence of Wisdom was underlined,
"Helping is Merit, Torturing is Demerit".
Thou incarnated as Bhagavan Kanada,
To impart the Wisdom of Vaisesika.Sastra.
Thou promulgated the Fivefold Atomic Theory
That atoms of Elemental Five make up Reality !
In Thy Manifestation as Lord Krishna,
Wisdom and Statesmanship met in Thee !
Initiated into the Mysteries of Yoga by Sandeepini,
Thou ruled as the greatest Philosopher King ever.
In Thy Incarnation as Lord Rama,
Wisdom and Sacrifice met in Thee !
Initiated into the Mysteries of Yoga by Vasishta,
Thou showed how a Philosopher King can sacrifice.
Thou manifested as Bhagavan Buddha,
To impart the Wisdom of Nirvana Sastra
Renunciation Personified, Perfect Exemplar,
Thou showed that Love is All Conquering !
In Thy Aspect as Death ineluctable,
Thou comest as welcome release !
Thou declared "I am Death",
So poets symbolise Thee as Evil Tooth!
In Thy Aspect as Prakriti Sagacious,
Thou art both terrible and sweet.
Thy natural calamities terrify all,
While Thy beauty magnificent dazzle all.
Can the Divine Crown, Brahma Padam, be given to a weakling ? So, be prepared, for many trials by fire !
The Myriad Manifestations of Absolute Truth
In his " Apologia For Poetry ", the noble Sir Philip Sydney,
Defended Poetry against the attack of a critic, Glosson.
Glosson said that Poets are incorrigible liars and pied pipers,
Which Sydney countered saying they were Vates, Diviners !
Averred Sydney " It pleased the Heavenly Deity, through Homer et al,
To bequeath to us all Knowledge - logic, rhetoric, philosophy, natural and moral.
These sciences are called by Indians as Sastras,
Logic is Nyaya Sastra and Natural Philosophy, Sankhya Sastra.
Eighteen such Sastras grace Indian Philosophy,
Indian Philosophy is a humiliating term given,
To the eighteen methods of gaining Knowledge,
Science of the Absolute and Affiliated Sciences may be a better term.
He who has undergone Divine Transmutation,
And who can transmute others, is Bhagavan !
In Bhakti Yogic terms, they are all Incarnations,
Either Partial or Full, Amsa or Poorna Avatars!
( Bhavam Nihatya Yogam Dadati iti Bhagah )
In Thy Manifestation as Bhagavan Sankara,
Thou imparted the Wisdom of Advaita Vedanta Sastra.
Thou revived the Wisdom of the Absolute and Relative,
And protected that system that taketh you to Unitive Knowledge.
In Thy Incarnation as Bhagavan Aurobindo,
Thou bestowed the Knowledge of Integral Yoga.
People were arguing about different Yogas,
But Thou integrated them, embracing Him in all.
In Thy Manifestation as Bhagavan Kapila,
Thou bequethed the Wisdom of Sankhya Sastra.
Know 24 principles, live in Rhythm with Natural Law,
With Intellectual Love and be eternally free !
In Thy Incarnation as Bhagavan Satya Sai,
Thou taught us the value of Intellectual Love.
Thou declared " Love is Divine Medicine",
And that Love Universal alone can redeem !
In Thy Manifestation as Bhagavan Dhanvantari,
Thou imparted the Knowledge of Ayurveda Sastra,
Thus medical knowledge was revealed first,
And Thou extolled Continence as a Panacea for all.
In Thy Manifestation as Bhagavan Patanjali,
Thou bestowed the Wisdom of Yoga Sastra.,
With a single definition, Thou adumbrated Yoga,
Extirpation of Thought Waves is Yoga.
