Vedanta and Philosophy

Pandya

6:00 PM

@Yogi I think our discussions are bit off-topic here. We'll discuss it in other room.

@KeshavSrinivasan ok. I'll read it. Thanks

@SwiftPushkar शुभरात्रि।

Yogi

@Pandya Okay

Keshav Srinivasan

@Pandya You're welcome. By the way, if you're interested in Shaiva Siddhanta, you may want to read Meykandar's Shiva Jnana Bodham, which is one of the most important Shaiva Siddhanta texts. I discussed it with @Tezz a few months ago:

Jan 2 at 0:59, by Keshav Srinivasan

@Tezz @TheDestroyer And by the way, Meykandar's Shiva Jnana Bodham is itself a commentary on a set of 12 verses from a Shaiva Agama called the Raurava Agama.

Jan 2 at 4:00, by Keshav Srinivasan

@Tezz By the way, just like Vaishnavism has four Sampradayas (Brahma Sampradayam, Rudra Sampradayam, Sri Sampradayam, and Kumara Sampradayam), Shaivism also has two Sampradayas - Nandi Parampara and Skanda Parampara.

Jan 2 at 4:02, by Keshav Srinivasan

@Tezz Meykandar belonged to Nandi Parampara, but there was another Shaiva Siddhanta Acharya named Shivagrayogi who belonged to Skanda Parampara. Just like Meykandar composed a work called the Shiva Jnana Bodham, Shivagrayogi also composed a work with the same title Shiva Jnana Bodham. Both works are commentaries on the same set of 12 verses from the Raurava Agama.

Jan 2 at 4:54, by Keshav Srinivasan

@Tezz By the way, here is the set of 12 verses from the Raurava Agama that are considered so important: ऒम्

॥ शिवज्ञानबोधं ॥

स्त्रीपुन्नपुंसकादित्वाज्जगतः कार्यदर्शनात् ।
अस्ति कर्ता स हृत्वैतत् सृजत्यस्मात् प्रभुर्हरः ॥ १ ॥

अन्यस्सन्व्याप्तितोऽनन्य: कर्ता कर्मानुसारत: ।
करोति संसृतिं पुंसां आज्ञया समवेतया ॥ २ ॥

नेतितो ममतोद्रेकादक्षोपरतिबोधतः ।
स्वापे निर्भोगतो बोधे बोद्धृत्वादस्त्यणुस्तनी ॥ ३ ॥

आत्मान्तःकरणादन्योऽप्यन्वितो मन्त्रिभूपवत् ।
अवस्थापंचकस्थ: स्यान्मलरुद्धखदृक्क्रिय: ॥ ४ ॥

विदन्त्यक्षाणि पुंसार्थान्न स्वयंसोऽपि शंभुना ।

Jan 2 at 6:00, by Keshav Srinivasan

@Tezz By the way, here is Meykandar's Shiva Jnana Bodham: https://archive.org/details/SivaGnanaBothamEng And here is Shivagrayogi's Shiva Jnana Bodham: https://www.himalayanacademy.com/media/books/sivagnana-bodha_sa-en/sivagnana-bod‌ha.pdf

@Pandya Most Shaiva Siddhantins today are followers of Meykandar and thus the Nandi Parampara. I don't know whether the Skanda Parampara even exists anymore.

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