Aditya Hrudayam - Heart of the Sun God

Lyrics:
Tato yuddhaparishraantam samare chintayaa-sthitam
raavanam chaagrato drshtvaa yuddhaaya samupasthitam

daivataishcha samaagamya drashtumabhyaagatoranam
upaagamyaabraveedraamam aastyo bhagavaan rshihi

raama raama mahaa baaho shrnu guhyam sanaatanam
ena sarvaanareen vatsa samare vijayishyasi

aadityahrdayam punyam sarvashatruvinaashanam
jayaavaham japennityam akshayyam paramam shivam

sarvamangala maangalyam sarvapaapapranaashanam
chintaashoka-prashamanam aayurvardhanam uttamam

rashmimantam samudyantam devaasura-namaskrtam
poojayasva vivasvantam bhaaskaram bhuvaneshwaram

sarvadevaatmako hyeshaha tejasvee rashmi-bhaavanaha
esha devaasuraganaan lokaan paati gabhastibhihi

esha brahmaa cha vishnushcha shivaha skandaha prajaapatihi
mahendro dhanadaha kaalo yamaha somo hyapaam patihi

pitaro vasavaha saadhyaa hyashvinou maruto manuha
vayurvahnih prajaapraanaha rutukartaa prabhaakaraha

aadityaha savitaa sooryaha khagaha pooshaa gabhastimaan
suvarnasadrrsho bhanuhu hiranyaretaa divaakaraha

haridashvaha sahasraarchihi saptasaptihi-mareechimaan
timironmathanaha shambhustvashta maartaanda amshumaan

hiranyagarbhaha shishirastapano bhaskarho ravihi
agnigarbho(a)diteh putraha shankhaha shishiranaashanaha

vyomanaathastamobedi rigyajussaamapaaragaha
ghanavrshtirapaam mitro vindhyaveethee plavangamaha

aatapee mandalee mrtyuhu pingalaha sarvataapanaha
kavirvishvo mahaatejaa raktaha sarvabhavodbhavaha

nakstragrahataaranaamadhipo vishvabhaavanaha
tejasaamaapi tejasvee dvaadashaatman-namo(a)stu te

namaha poorvaaya giraye pashchimaayaadraye namaha
jyootirganaanaam pataye dinaadhipataye namaha

jayaaya jayabhadraaya haryashvaaya namo namaha
namonamaha sahasraamsho aadityaaya namo namaha

namaha ugraaya veeraaya saarangaaya namo namaha
namaha padmaprabodhaaya maartandaaya namo namaha

brahmeshaanaachyuteshaaya sooryaayaadityavarchase
bhaasvate sarvabhakshaaya rowdraaya vapushe namaha

tamoghnaaya himaghnaaya shatrughnaayaamitaatmane
krtaghnaghnaaya devaaya jyotishaam pataye namaha

taptachaameekaraabhaaya vahnaye vishvakarmane
namastamo(a)bhinighnaaya ruchaye lokasaakshine

naashayatyesha vai bhootam tadev srjati prabhuhu
paayatyesha tapatyesha varshatyesha gabhastibhihi

esha supteshu jaagarti bhooteshu parinishthitaha
esha evaaghnihotram cha phalam chaivaagnihotrinaam

vadaashcha kratvashchaiva kratoonaam phalameva cha
yaani krtyaani lokeshu sarva esha ravihi prabhuhu

enamaaptsu krchreshu kaantaareshu bhayeshu cha
keertayanpurushaha kashchinnaavaseedati raaghava

poojayasvainamekaagro devadevam jagatpatim
etat trigunitam japtvaa-yuddheshu vijayishyasi

asiminkshane mahaabaaho raavanam tvam vadhishyasi
evamuktvaa tadaagastyo jagaama cha yathaagatam

etachchurtvaa mahaatejaa nashtashoko(a)bhavattadha
dhaarayaamaasa supreeto raaghavha prayataatmavaan

aadityam prekshya japtvaa tu param harshamavaaptvaan
triraachamya shuchirbhotvaa dhanuraadaaya veeryavaan

raavanam prekshya hrshtaatmaa yuddhaya samupaagamat
sarvayatnena mahataa vadhe tasya dhrto(a)bhavat

atha raviravadannireekshya raamam muditamanaaha
paramam prahrshyamaanaha

nishicharapati samkshayam viditvaa suragana-
madhyagato vachastvareti

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Ani Thirumanjanam on 4th July 2014

Ani Thirumanjanam ( Tamil month spanning June-July) is a special day ( Uthiram Nakshtram) when an Abhishekam is performed for Lord Nadaraja. After this, the days get shorter and the nights get longer. 
It is believed that Lord Nadaraja gives darshan to his devotees in the months Ani and Margazhi. It was on Ani Uthiram, under a kurundai tree, that the Lord offered upadesam to Sage Manikkavachakar the writer of the famous Thiruvachakam. Legends have it that during the abhishekam to the Lord, as everyone watched, the sage merged in the Lord as a brilliant flame. At Chidambaram the event began with the Nadaraja Vigraham being brought out from the sanctum sanctorum in a Chariot and taken in a procession around the temple.The word "Thiru manjanam" means Holy bath. Performing these Abishegam will help you to remove the bad effects of karma in life and to receive the blessings for life. 

Lord Nadaraja - Divine Cosmic Dancer

Lord Shiva is the source of all movement within the cosmos, who is represented by the arch of flames. The Lord Nadaraja's form demonstrates his five-fold functions: creation, preservation, destruction, concealment and salvation. The rattle (udukkai) in his right hand represents creation; his raised right arm with the open palm (abhaya hastam) protection; his left hand holding fire destruction; his firmly placed foot concealment; and his other, slightly lifted, leg salvation. 

Abishekams for Nadaraja

On the auspicious days of Nadaraja Abishekam, one can access the higher level vibrations of Lord Shiva’s consciousness. Lord Nadaraja is given six abhishekams in a year. Earth takes 365 days to complete one full circle around the sun. That duration is divided into six seasons - Marghazhi-Thai: early winter; Maasi-Panguni: late winter; Chittirai-Vaikasi: early summer; Ani-Aadi: high summer; Avani-Purattasi: autumn; Aippasi-Karthikai: rainy season.This six-season year of humans is said to be one day for the immortals. A day has six periods: dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, evening, and night. These are when the six daily poojas ( Kaala Pooja) in temples are performed. During each of these six parts, an Abhishekam has been ordained for Lord Nadaraja. One of these is Ani Thirumanjanam, the pradosha abhishekam on the evening of the day of Uthiram Nakshatram in the Tamil month of Aani (June-July). This is an occasion to minimize all the bad effects of your karma by impressing the divine Cosmic Dancer. 

Significance of Pournami / Full Moon

The Pournami is the time to create or manifest your desires since the energies of the Goddesses Lakshmi, Saraswati and Parvati are all at their peak power on Pournami. Goddess Lakshmi grants the power to manifest wealth and create joy. Goddess Saraswati gives the power of knowledge and love of music and dance. Goddess Parvati fulfils worldly desires and gives peace. It is said that the Sun God and the Moon Goddess are cooled down by the shower of the Pournami rays which are the reflected Sun rays and in turn shower their blessings on Earth in the form of prosperity and joy.

What happens during Pournami ?
Ascended enlightenment masters, the Siddhas, Yogi and Rishis although they live in the other dimension they come to earth plane on this day in order to bless the human being so that they can receive spiritual blessings.

The earth plane is also for performing certain ritual and meditation practices. So the ascended Siddhas, Yogis and Rishis come to earth plane on Full Moon day in order to perform those rituals. When you are aware you can get connected to them and get their bless easily.

How our body and mind will react to Pournami ?
The planet has moved into a certain position with the moon. The vibration and the feel of the moon is very different when it is full than when it is in other states. And the magnetic pull is also different; the pull of the moon is working upon the surface of the planet which is exposed to the moon. So when there is a natural pull like this, because your spine is vertical, there is a tendency for the energy to go into a natural upsurge of upward movement. Within you, the blood and the prana – the fundamental life energies, flow in a different way because the vibrations have changed. So just as the tides rise more on that night because the gravitational pull of the moon is working on the water more than on other nights, your blood is also being pulled and the circulation of blood increases in your brain.


When this upward movement happens, whatever is your quality, can get enhanced. You may have heard that people who are a little off their mental balance will become more imbalanced on those days because the upsurge in energy enhances whatever is your quality. If you are little imbalanced, it will make you more imbalanced. It is also doing the same to the other qualities in you, but most people may not be sensitive enough to notice it. If you are meditative, it makes you more meditative. If you are love, it makes you more love. If you are fear, it makes you more fear. Whatever is your quality, it enhances that.

What to do during full moon day?
One should seek guidance, blessing and grace of Ascended Masters. It is better to visit and meditate in holy places and to worship one’s own Guru.

How to make home environment positive and receptive during full moon day ?
Apart from doing meditation, one can do Homam and can chant mantras. It is better to let the mantra cd run all the day. Mantras have positive sounds which completely transform the environment and make it more receptive to divine energy.

How to do Homam ritual by yourself ?
Homam is a fire ritual where normally a priest is called to conduct at home to cleanse the house of any unwanted negative energy and invoke positive energy. In the ritual special herbs and twigs are used in a fire to clears the house of any bad energy.

You can do this yourself by buying the homam ingredients, where you can be easily buy in Indian shop which will cost around RM 10 a box and conducting a simple fire ritual by burning it inside a clay pot. Doing this ritual once every month on the eve or the morning of Pournami (Full Moon) would rid off any negative energy that is accumulated in the house and charge your house with Nithya Deivathai shakti - energies from the Full Moon for a greater prosperity.

- by Vijayakumar Alagappan

Siddha's Art of Living

Appropriate patterning, or ritual conduct, is the foundation of a healthy life. Siddha's art of living promotes healthy organization of the energy channels and the seating of the prana, or internal winds. You may want to fine-tune this practice for your constitution. In order to do that, consult a beginning book about Siddha Practice, the Tantrik life science.

This version of practices has been shortened and simplified.  If you are being advised by a Siddha doctor, or you have a Guru, that person will give you more detailed instructions based on your constitution and sadhana.

Remember that Siddha's art of living is ritual. Try to directly experience the rhythm you are establishing in your life. As you are practicing art of living feel that you are honoring your self, your body and God by participating in this daily ritual.


Morning
Wake up by atleast 5AM to 6 AM(1-2 hours before Sun rise).  If you can’t manage this at first, work your way into it. You can train yourself to wake up at this time naturally.

The Sun activates the pineal gland to send messages to the adrenal glands to release adrenal cortisol, which wakes us from deep sleep.

Before opening your eyes or getting out of bed, sense the energy of the day. Rub your palms together quickly to generate warmth, then gently massage your face, head, arms and hands with long, smooth strokes. Repeat this sequence until you have gently massaged your entire body, including your feet.

Check through your nostril(dominant). Step out of the bed, touch the ground with the leg dominant side.

Evacuate your bowels. You can train yourself to do this at this time.
If your digestion is normally sluggish, drink a glass of warm water (fresh ginger, optional).
Wash your hands, and splash cold water on your face. Scrape your tongue with scraping tool available at pharmacy or yoga studio (dont use plastic one). Brush your teeth with mild, natural toothpaste and a soft toothbrush (if can with twigs like neem twigs etc.).

Take a slow walk in the fresh morning air for 30 to 45 minutes.

In the bathroom, dry brush your whole body. Use a natural bristle brush. Vata types should be particularly careful to stroke downward and without too much force. Pitta types should also use strokes that are less intense. Kapha types can use more vigorous back-and-forth strokes.

Perform Oil Bath—self-massage with gently warmed coconut oil + sesam oil + mustard oil / olive. Spend 30 to 45 minutes massaging the oil into your skin with long strokes, including ears, face and neck. A drizzle of warm oil may be poured on the crown of your head if you are planning to wash your hair. If your constitution is mainly kapha, you should perform oil bath only one to two times per week. You may want to use one of the massage oils formulated specifically for a kapha constitution. If you are experiencing high vata or pitta, you may want to use sesame oil or coconut oil respectively. Massage your body with oil only on lunar days (Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday). Take a shower. Use Shiyakai or natural soap. Pad yourself dry.

For normal cold bath pour water from top to toe while humming hmmm).

Eat breakfast. Follow the natural dietary instructions for your constitution.


Evening
Shower after work if the day has been stressful, or especially hot or humid. A bucket shower is great at night. The sheets of warm water from the bucket are much more relaxing than a typical shower.
Eat dinner no later than 7 pm or 3 hours before you go to sleep (fruits or light / easy to digest meal). Follow the dietary guidelines for your constitution.

Go for a slow walk daily for 30 to 45 minutes if you missed in the morning.

Stop watching TV, using the computer or reading at least an hour before bed (2-3 hours before mid night). Instead, spend some quiet time with your loved ones. Or sit quietly, linking up with your Guru or simply the larger cosmos and a sense of grace. You can also do Pranayama and Meditation.

Go to sleep by 10 PM at the latest, before you become exhausted, or even very sleepy because the oxygen level during this time will become lower to make you sleepy. Try to fall asleep with God, Guru or positive thought in your heart.


By Vijayakumar Alagappan