Sri Nijaguna Sivayogi is one of the great saints of India who had lived in Kollegal taluk area of the Mysore district of the present Karnataka State, most probably during the Fifteenth century A.D., or earlier. He was a Paleyagar turned into a great saint. He has written Six excellent treatises dealing with spiritual and philosophical matters, which are popularly known as "Shatchastras'' one of which is Viveka Chintamani, the first encyclopedia in Kannada language.
This book: ' Paramanubhavabodhe' is considered to be the best among these. It is in the form of the cordial conversation between the great Sage Yajnavalkya and his beloved pious wife - Maitreyi, who had married him mainly for obtaining Atma Jnana, the spiritual knowledge. When Sage Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi were living happily together, Maitreyi asked the Sage one day to tell her the way by which she could easily get rid of the sorrow of entanglement in the Worldly affairs and ever live in bliss.
The reply to this request of Maitreyi is the subject matter of this book. The Sage has first explained to his beloved wife how the physical world came into existence and what the true nature of the beings is. He has then described in detail different techniques like the Sagunashtanga Yoga, Nirgunashtanga Yoga, Raja Yoga, Sivayoga which is the Integrated Yoga or Poorna Yoga, etc., to attain self-realisation, that is God-realisation. As a final advice, the Sage has told Maitreyi that the easiest way for living in everlasting bliss is to surrender through devotion (Bhakti) the individual ego to God, the Supreme which is the Universal Sakti.
In this book thus, Sri Nijaguna Siva yogi gives clearly the techniques which could be adopted by persons of different aptitudes to achieve the goal of experiencing God-realisation and of living in everlasting bliss.
Professor Mathada Sivamurthy is by profession a Demographer and a Statistician. Literature is his hobby. In his professional field, Sivamurthy worked in the Reserve Bank of India, Bombay, in the Department of Statistics of the Karnatak University, Dharwad (India), and as Professor of Statistics in Bangalore University, Bangalore (India). He also served as United Nations Demographic Expert in the Cairo Demographic Centre, Cairo (Egypt) for more than ten years. His research work in Demography has been published in reputed Professional Journals, and Research Monographs of the Cairo Demographic Centre. One of his books: 'Growth and Structure of Human Population in the Presence of Migration,' is published by the Academic Press, London.
Sivamurthy has contributed to the Kannada literature through translating from English to Kannada a book on Research Methods in Social Sciences, and through writing a number of articles and poems in Kannada. He is also one of the contributors to the Kannada Encyclopedia prepared by the Mysore University. He started writing poems in Kannada during his High School days, but it blossomed well in the literary atmosphere of Mysore, while he was studying in the Mysore University. It was then that he was awarded Professor B.M. Srikantaiah Gold Medal by the Mysore University for one of his long poems. One collection of his poems in Kannada - Kadina Hoovugalu, has been published. He has also written a few poems in English.
Sivamurthy hails from a small village - Mangapura, in Kudligi taluk of Bellary district in Karnataka State (India). His illustrious parents were: Ugranamathada Sri Gurusiddaiah, a village school teacher and a farmer and Smt. Channaba-savamma. He is married to Smt. Shambhavi Sivamurthy, daughter of Sri H.M. Halaiah and Smt. Channaveer- amma of Harihar and has two daughters - Krupa and Chetna.
He had his early education under the guidance of his illustrious uncle Sri Mathada Channabasaiah who had the honour of receiving the President of India Award for best teachers. He then got his Masters degree in Statistics from the Mysore University (India) in 1958 and his Ph.D. degree in Demography from the Australian National University, Canberra (Australia) in 1970.
He was introduced to spiritual literature and practice by his grand-father Sri Hiremathada Basalingaiah of Bachigon-danahalli and to 'Sri Nijaguna Sivayogi's literature by Sri H.M. Vrushabhendraiah of Harapanahalli, which later ripened with the blessings of the most merciful Gurujis: Sri Mad-Ujjini Jagadguru Siddheshwara Sivacharya Mahaswamyji, Sri Guru Nagalinga Swamyji of Mustur Dasona Math and Sri Guru Doddabasava Swamyji of Punya Kshetra, Nandipura (Bellary district).
Page | |
Dedication | iii |
At the Lotus Feet of Gurusiddha | v |
Acknowledgments | vii |
Avatarana of Translation | ix |
Sri Nijaguna Sivayogi: His Life and His Writings | xi |
Key to the Transliteration and Pronunciation | xxxi |
Sandhi - 1 | |
Sutra | |
101 Prayer to the Ishtadevata | 1 |
102 Status of the Book | 3 |
103 The Question | 6 |
104 The Pious Teaching of the Sage | 8 |
105 The Birth of the Kalpita Purusha | 9 |
106 Characteristics of the Ten Moods of the Kalpita Purusha | 11 |
107 Five Avidyis for the Kalpita Purusha | 14 |
108 Evolution of the Mahattu and the World | 16 |
109 Birth of the Qualities of the Basic Elements | 18 |
110 Creation of the External World and the Karnas | 20 |
111 Process of the Production of the Seven Dhatoos | 23 |
112 Development of the 'Pinda' - the Foetus | 24 |
113 Birth of the Jeevana Pinda | 26 |
114 Jeeva-panchaka: the Five states for the Jeeva | 28 |
115 Pravartaka Karma | 30 |
116 Nivartaka Karma | 32 |
117 Three States for the Jeeva | 34 |
118 Tanu-trayas for the Jeeva | 36 |
119 Jeeva - trayas | 38 |
120 Five Klesas for the Jeeva | 39 |
121 Tapa-trayas and other Pravartaka Karmas | 141 |
Sandhi - 2 | |
Sutra | |
201 Rejection of the Characteristics of the Bhootas for the Atma | 44 |
202 Rejection of the Prana and other Vayu Dharmas for the Atma | 46 |
203 Rejection of the Characteristics of the Karma Indriyas for the Atma | 47 |
204 Rejection of the Characteristics of the Jnana Indriyas for the Atma | 48 |
205 Rejection of the Characteristics of the Antahkaranas for the Atma | 49 |
206 Rejection of the Characteristics of activating the Bahya- Karanas for the Atma | 50 |
207 Rejection of the Experiencing of all Duhkha for the Atma | 51 |
208 Rejection of the Characteristics of the Shadoormis for the Atma | 53 |
209 Rejection of the Jagat Badhe for the Atma | 55 |
210 Rejection of the Characteristics of the Maya-tanu for the Atma | 57 |
211 Sakala Sakshitva for the Atma | 59 |
212 False Appearance of the World | 60 |
213 Rejection of Jeevatma in the Atma | 62 |
214 Rejection of the Illusion of the Seer and the Seen in the Atma | 65 |
215 Advaita Atma | 68 |
216 The Question | 70 |
Sandhi - 3 | |
Sutra | |
301 Non-existence of the Bhranti qualities for the Atma | 72 |
302 Rejection of Bhoktrutva for the Atma | 74 |
303 Characteristics of the Body and other Drusyas not being there for the Atma | 75 |
304 Similarities and Dis-similarities between the Body and the Atma | 77 |
305 Rejection of the Tanu-dharma for the Atma | 78 |
306 Rejection of the Deha-bhava for the Atma | 79 |
307 Non-existence of the Illusion of Gotra and other Attributes for the Atma | 81 |
308 Rejection of the Jati and Asrama Dharmas for the Atma | 83 |
309 Rejection of Bandha and Moksha for the Atma | 85 |
310 Body and other Adhyasas for the Atma | 87 |
311 Abhava of the Jagats in the Atma | 89 |
312 Thinking as Jeevatma in the Atma | 91 |
313 Non-expalainable Nature of the Jagat | 93 |
314 The Samvidatma | 94 |
315 Rejection of the Useless Argumentation | 97 |
316 The True Experience | 99 |
317 Atma being Beyond Pramana | 101 |
Sandhi - 4 | |
Sutra | |
401 All-achieving Character of the Guru Vakya | 104 |
402 Meaning of the Kandatraya | 107 |
403 Rejection of Dosha-ttaya in the Atma | 109 |
404 Bodha Chatustaya: the Teachings of Four Types | 111 |
405 The Five Vairigyas | 113 |
406 Unchanging Sat and other Characteristics for the Atma | 115 |
407 Characteristics of the Brahma-swaroopa | 117 |
408 The Jeevanmukti | 119 |
409 Rejection of the Affairs of Prarabdha Bhoga for the Yogeeswara | 121 |
410 Destruction of the body and other things for the Yogeeswara | 124 |
411 Destruction of the Separateness of Prakruti | 125 |
412 Non-existence of Vidhi or Nishedha for the Yogeswara | 126 |
413 Non-existence of Vidhi-niyama for the Yogeeswara | 128 |
414 Special Meaning of Kandatraya | 130 |
415 Analysis of the Subject of Kandatraya | 132 |
416 Greatness of Jnana | 134 |
417 Non-applicability of Karmadhikara to the Yogeeswara | 137 |
418 Non-existence of Kanna for the Yogeeswara | 139 |
419 The Names of Nirgunastangas | 141 |
420 The Nirgunastanga Yoga | 142 |
421 Nijanubhava Yoga - the Yoga of True Experience | 144 |
422 Nija-sthiti: the True State | 146 |
Sandhi - 5 | |
Sutra | |
501 The Sequence of Names of Sagunastangas | 148 |
502 Ten Parts of Yama | 150 |
503 Four Divisions of Niyama | 153 |
504 Niyama of Worshipping Iswara | 154 |
505 Niyama of the Way to Worship Iswara | 155 |
506 Five parts of Niyama | 157 |
507 Manner of the Asanas | 160 |
508 Need for Nadi Suddhi | 162 |
509 Characteristics of Pranayama | 164 |
510 Different Forms of Pratyahara | 166 |
511 The Dharananga | 168 |
512 The Dhyananga | 170 |
513 The State of Samadhi | 171 |
514 The Differences in Samadhi | 173 |
515 Special States for the Yogeeswara | 175 |
516 Manner of the Destruction of the Karma for the Yogeeswara | 177 |
517 Yoganga of the Saptavaranas | 179 |
518 Rejection of the Kartru and other Jeeva Bhavas for the Yogeeswara | 181 |
519 Procedure for Interacting with Brahma for the Yogeeswara | 183 |
520 Mantra and other Five Yogas for the Yogeeswara | 185 |
521 Times for Samadhi for the Yogeeswara | 186 |
522 Distinctions of the Yogadhikaris | 187 |
523 Prescription of Bhikshatane for the Yogeeswara | 188 |
524 Guidelines for overcoming the Obstructions to Yoga | 189 |
Sandhi - 6 | |
Sutra | |
601 Difference among the Gurus | 191 |
602 Distinctions of Guru-Upadesa | 193 |
603 Chracteristics of the Pious Sisya | 195 |
604 Chracteristics of a Bad Sisya | 197 |
605 Description of Sravana, Manana, and Nididhyasana | 198 |
606 Chracteristics of Mumukshu | 199 |
607 Chracteristics of Abhyasi | 201 |
608 Chracteristics of Anubhavi and Aroodha . | 202 |
609 Kandatraya and other Differences | 204 |
610 Rites for the Mumukshu and others | 206 |
611 Special State for the Yogeeswara | 208 |
612 Non-existence of the Two kinds of Karmas for the Yogeeswara | 210 |
613 The Sarvadhikya for the Yogeeswara | 212 |
614 The Non-entanglement for the Yogeeswara | 214 |
615 Procedure for Dehatyaga for the Yogeeswara and others | 215 |
616 Procedure for Deha-Samskara for the Yogeeswara and others | 217 |
617 Greatness of Siva Bhakti | 219 |
618 Chracteristics of Sadbhakti | 221 |
619 Meaning of Vakya | 222 |
620 Rejection of the Deductions of the Meaning of the Vakya | 224 |
621 Vijnapane of Maitreyi | 226 |
622 The Parisista | 228 |
The Divine Light is Shining | 230 |
Glossary | 232 |
Sri Nijaguna Sivayogi is one of the great saints of India who had lived in Kollegal taluk area of the Mysore district of the present Karnataka State, most probably during the Fifteenth century A.D., or earlier. He was a Paleyagar turned into a great saint. He has written Six excellent treatises dealing with spiritual and philosophical matters, which are popularly known as "Shatchastras'' one of which is Viveka Chintamani, the first encyclopedia in Kannada language.
This book: ' Paramanubhavabodhe' is considered to be the best among these. It is in the form of the cordial conversation between the great Sage Yajnavalkya and his beloved pious wife - Maitreyi, who had married him mainly for obtaining Atma Jnana, the spiritual knowledge. When Sage Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi were living happily together, Maitreyi asked the Sage one day to tell her the way by which she could easily get rid of the sorrow of entanglement in the Worldly affairs and ever live in bliss.
The reply to this request of Maitreyi is the subject matter of this book. The Sage has first explained to his beloved wife how the physical world came into existence and what the true nature of the beings is. He has then described in detail different techniques like the Sagunashtanga Yoga, Nirgunashtanga Yoga, Raja Yoga, Sivayoga which is the Integrated Yoga or Poorna Yoga, etc., to attain self-realisation, that is God-realisation. As a final advice, the Sage has told Maitreyi that the easiest way for living in everlasting bliss is to surrender through devotion (Bhakti) the individual ego to God, the Supreme which is the Universal Sakti.
In this book thus, Sri Nijaguna Siva yogi gives clearly the techniques which could be adopted by persons of different aptitudes to achieve the goal of experiencing God-realisation and of living in everlasting bliss.
Professor Mathada Sivamurthy is by profession a Demographer and a Statistician. Literature is his hobby. In his professional field, Sivamurthy worked in the Reserve Bank of India, Bombay, in the Department of Statistics of the Karnatak University, Dharwad (India), and as Professor of Statistics in Bangalore University, Bangalore (India). He also served as United Nations Demographic Expert in the Cairo Demographic Centre, Cairo (Egypt) for more than ten years. His research work in Demography has been published in reputed Professional Journals, and Research Monographs of the Cairo Demographic Centre. One of his books: 'Growth and Structure of Human Population in the Presence of Migration,' is published by the Academic Press, London.
Sivamurthy has contributed to the Kannada literature through translating from English to Kannada a book on Research Methods in Social Sciences, and through writing a number of articles and poems in Kannada. He is also one of the contributors to the Kannada Encyclopedia prepared by the Mysore University. He started writing poems in Kannada during his High School days, but it blossomed well in the literary atmosphere of Mysore, while he was studying in the Mysore University. It was then that he was awarded Professor B.M. Srikantaiah Gold Medal by the Mysore University for one of his long poems. One collection of his poems in Kannada - Kadina Hoovugalu, has been published. He has also written a few poems in English.
Sivamurthy hails from a small village - Mangapura, in Kudligi taluk of Bellary district in Karnataka State (India). His illustrious parents were: Ugranamathada Sri Gurusiddaiah, a village school teacher and a farmer and Smt. Channaba-savamma. He is married to Smt. Shambhavi Sivamurthy, daughter of Sri H.M. Halaiah and Smt. Channaveer- amma of Harihar and has two daughters - Krupa and Chetna.
He had his early education under the guidance of his illustrious uncle Sri Mathada Channabasaiah who had the honour of receiving the President of India Award for best teachers. He then got his Masters degree in Statistics from the Mysore University (India) in 1958 and his Ph.D. degree in Demography from the Australian National University, Canberra (Australia) in 1970.
He was introduced to spiritual literature and practice by his grand-father Sri Hiremathada Basalingaiah of Bachigon-danahalli and to 'Sri Nijaguna Sivayogi's literature by Sri H.M. Vrushabhendraiah of Harapanahalli, which later ripened with the blessings of the most merciful Gurujis: Sri Mad-Ujjini Jagadguru Siddheshwara Sivacharya Mahaswamyji, Sri Guru Nagalinga Swamyji of Mustur Dasona Math and Sri Guru Doddabasava Swamyji of Punya Kshetra, Nandipura (Bellary district).
Page | |
Dedication | iii |
At the Lotus Feet of Gurusiddha | v |
Acknowledgments | vii |
Avatarana of Translation | ix |
Sri Nijaguna Sivayogi: His Life and His Writings | xi |
Key to the Transliteration and Pronunciation | xxxi |
Sandhi - 1 | |
Sutra | |
101 Prayer to the Ishtadevata | 1 |
102 Status of the Book | 3 |
103 The Question | 6 |
104 The Pious Teaching of the Sage | 8 |
105 The Birth of the Kalpita Purusha | 9 |
106 Characteristics of the Ten Moods of the Kalpita Purusha | 11 |
107 Five Avidyis for the Kalpita Purusha | 14 |
108 Evolution of the Mahattu and the World | 16 |
109 Birth of the Qualities of the Basic Elements | 18 |
110 Creation of the External World and the Karnas | 20 |
111 Process of the Production of the Seven Dhatoos | 23 |
112 Development of the 'Pinda' - the Foetus | 24 |
113 Birth of the Jeevana Pinda | 26 |
114 Jeeva-panchaka: the Five states for the Jeeva | 28 |
115 Pravartaka Karma | 30 |
116 Nivartaka Karma | 32 |
117 Three States for the Jeeva | 34 |
118 Tanu-trayas for the Jeeva | 36 |
119 Jeeva - trayas | 38 |
120 Five Klesas for the Jeeva | 39 |
121 Tapa-trayas and other Pravartaka Karmas | 141 |
Sandhi - 2 | |
Sutra | |
201 Rejection of the Characteristics of the Bhootas for the Atma | 44 |
202 Rejection of the Prana and other Vayu Dharmas for the Atma | 46 |
203 Rejection of the Characteristics of the Karma Indriyas for the Atma | 47 |
204 Rejection of the Characteristics of the Jnana Indriyas for the Atma | 48 |
205 Rejection of the Characteristics of the Antahkaranas for the Atma | 49 |
206 Rejection of the Characteristics of activating the Bahya- Karanas for the Atma | 50 |
207 Rejection of the Experiencing of all Duhkha for the Atma | 51 |
208 Rejection of the Characteristics of the Shadoormis for the Atma | 53 |
209 Rejection of the Jagat Badhe for the Atma | 55 |
210 Rejection of the Characteristics of the Maya-tanu for the Atma | 57 |
211 Sakala Sakshitva for the Atma | 59 |
212 False Appearance of the World | 60 |
213 Rejection of Jeevatma in the Atma | 62 |
214 Rejection of the Illusion of the Seer and the Seen in the Atma | 65 |
215 Advaita Atma | 68 |
216 The Question | 70 |
Sandhi - 3 | |
Sutra | |
301 Non-existence of the Bhranti qualities for the Atma | 72 |
302 Rejection of Bhoktrutva for the Atma | 74 |
303 Characteristics of the Body and other Drusyas not being there for the Atma | 75 |
304 Similarities and Dis-similarities between the Body and the Atma | 77 |
305 Rejection of the Tanu-dharma for the Atma | 78 |
306 Rejection of the Deha-bhava for the Atma | 79 |
307 Non-existence of the Illusion of Gotra and other Attributes for the Atma | 81 |
308 Rejection of the Jati and Asrama Dharmas for the Atma | 83 |
309 Rejection of Bandha and Moksha for the Atma | 85 |
310 Body and other Adhyasas for the Atma | 87 |
311 Abhava of the Jagats in the Atma | 89 |
312 Thinking as Jeevatma in the Atma | 91 |
313 Non-expalainable Nature of the Jagat | 93 |
314 The Samvidatma | 94 |
315 Rejection of the Useless Argumentation | 97 |
316 The True Experience | 99 |
317 Atma being Beyond Pramana | 101 |
Sandhi - 4 | |
Sutra | |
401 All-achieving Character of the Guru Vakya | 104 |
402 Meaning of the Kandatraya | 107 |
403 Rejection of Dosha-ttaya in the Atma | 109 |
404 Bodha Chatustaya: the Teachings of Four Types | 111 |
405 The Five Vairigyas | 113 |
406 Unchanging Sat and other Characteristics for the Atma | 115 |
407 Characteristics of the Brahma-swaroopa | 117 |
408 The Jeevanmukti | 119 |
409 Rejection of the Affairs of Prarabdha Bhoga for the Yogeeswara | 121 |
410 Destruction of the body and other things for the Yogeeswara | 124 |
411 Destruction of the Separateness of Prakruti | 125 |
412 Non-existence of Vidhi or Nishedha for the Yogeswara | 126 |
413 Non-existence of Vidhi-niyama for the Yogeeswara | 128 |
414 Special Meaning of Kandatraya | 130 |
415 Analysis of the Subject of Kandatraya | 132 |
416 Greatness of Jnana | 134 |
417 Non-applicability of Karmadhikara to the Yogeeswara | 137 |
418 Non-existence of Kanna for the Yogeeswara | 139 |
419 The Names of Nirgunastangas | 141 |
420 The Nirgunastanga Yoga | 142 |
421 Nijanubhava Yoga - the Yoga of True Experience | 144 |
422 Nija-sthiti: the True State | 146 |
Sandhi - 5 | |
Sutra | |
501 The Sequence of Names of Sagunastangas | 148 |
502 Ten Parts of Yama | 150 |
503 Four Divisions of Niyama | 153 |
504 Niyama of Worshipping Iswara | 154 |
505 Niyama of the Way to Worship Iswara | 155 |
506 Five parts of Niyama | 157 |
507 Manner of the Asanas | 160 |
508 Need for Nadi Suddhi | 162 |
509 Characteristics of Pranayama | 164 |
510 Different Forms of Pratyahara | 166 |
511 The Dharananga | 168 |
512 The Dhyananga | 170 |
513 The State of Samadhi | 171 |
514 The Differences in Samadhi | 173 |
515 Special States for the Yogeeswara | 175 |
516 Manner of the Destruction of the Karma for the Yogeeswara | 177 |
517 Yoganga of the Saptavaranas | 179 |
518 Rejection of the Kartru and other Jeeva Bhavas for the Yogeeswara | 181 |
519 Procedure for Interacting with Brahma for the Yogeeswara | 183 |
520 Mantra and other Five Yogas for the Yogeeswara | 185 |
521 Times for Samadhi for the Yogeeswara | 186 |
522 Distinctions of the Yogadhikaris | 187 |
523 Prescription of Bhikshatane for the Yogeeswara | 188 |
524 Guidelines for overcoming the Obstructions to Yoga | 189 |
Sandhi - 6 | |
Sutra | |
601 Difference among the Gurus | 191 |
602 Distinctions of Guru-Upadesa | 193 |
603 Chracteristics of the Pious Sisya | 195 |
604 Chracteristics of a Bad Sisya | 197 |
605 Description of Sravana, Manana, and Nididhyasana | 198 |
606 Chracteristics of Mumukshu | 199 |
607 Chracteristics of Abhyasi | 201 |
608 Chracteristics of Anubhavi and Aroodha . | 202 |
609 Kandatraya and other Differences | 204 |
610 Rites for the Mumukshu and others | 206 |
611 Special State for the Yogeeswara | 208 |
612 Non-existence of the Two kinds of Karmas for the Yogeeswara | 210 |
613 The Sarvadhikya for the Yogeeswara | 212 |
614 The Non-entanglement for the Yogeeswara | 214 |
615 Procedure for Dehatyaga for the Yogeeswara and others | 215 |
616 Procedure for Deha-Samskara for the Yogeeswara and others | 217 |
617 Greatness of Siva Bhakti | 219 |
618 Chracteristics of Sadbhakti | 221 |
619 Meaning of Vakya | 222 |
620 Rejection of the Deductions of the Meaning of the Vakya | 224 |
621 Vijnapane of Maitreyi | 226 |
622 The Parisista | 228 |
The Divine Light is Shining | 230 |
Glossary | 232 |