The Perfect Sage (Sri Amarakavi Siddeswara)

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Foreword

The purpose of life of any man is to join with the Divine which activates this earth; which activates even a worm here. All scriptures accept this truth that till the salvation a man has to take birth again and again. Adhisankara affirms this fact in his Bhajagovindham Grantha as

punarapi jananam punarapi maraNam .. ie.

.. Till a man attains Moksha he has necessarily to take birth repeatedly. Until he tries severely to take such steps for such a great Union, through yoga, Sri vidhya etc under the guidance of his Guru, his Janma does not stop. So, we dont know why a man, knowing this great truth is hesitating always to learn yoga, practice pranayama etc under a guidance of guru, or an institution, which is all available under his very nose!

.. So, to learn all steps of Yoga born here is a very fine book, called The Perfect Sage. This is a very interesting book in the sense that this narrates sweetly about a great house holder Yogi, ajnaani, by name Sri. Amarakavi Ramachandra or sidhdheswara, who lived in a very simple style in our own time till 4th Dec 1993 in Triplicane, Chennai. This book describes in easy words all his anecdotes, events of miracles like having appeared in Sushma form like any other Sidhdhar before the former President of India, Mr. V. V. Giri, having perfect dharsan of Sri. Kanchi Kamakshi, having seen in his front Kakabhujander Chiththar, Agapey Chiththar in Sthula (human) form etc. Reading these, one can understand how great sage he was.

…..Not only his Perfect divine anubhavams are described here in this wonderful book, but also his true findings, his true advices on Yoga as told and narrated by his Ishta Devatha Lord Ganapathy each night after 11 pm for about 25 years! Sacrificing his sleep, Swami Ramachandra (Amarakavi) had written such divine messages in quires of notebooks for the sake of mankind.

…His true and sincere disciple Sri. Prabodharan Sukumar has taken great pains to collect all his Gurus details of true anubhavams, Miracles, and great works. He has wonderfully presented all anecdotes of his gurus meetings with great peoples, VIPs like Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Dr. V. V. Giri, Sri Prabhudas Patwari, Dr. T. M. P. Mahadevan, Sri K. K. Shah etc .. His narrations of this wonderful Sidhdha Njani s visits and getting blessings from Sri. Kanch i Paramacharya, Bhagavan Ramana are very much thrilling! Very pleasant!

.. I request all, as a yoga teacher for the last 30 years, to buy this strange and wonderful book of yoga, and to learn deeply the inner meanings of each term of yoga and practice with deep devotion, so that every one of you can enjoy the feeling of Divine!

Preface

This title The Perfect Sage by Prabhodaran Sukumar (alias) M. S. Sukumar is well timed in its arrival. The book reveals the spiritual anecdotes culled out from the life history of many great personalities and sages of this age.

The opening topics on yoga are excellent and are educative even to the experts in the field as they are not reading nor definitely found in any of the existing books in the market. The findings of Amarakavi siddeswara have been edited and presented for public digest in a lucid manner.

The great saints of this age have experienced a lot in many fashions. They are also presented the contacts of Amarakavi Siddeswara and his letters to them on varied occasions of spiritual importance are also found in the book. The pages depicting the life of saints like Sri Thiagaiah, Nehrur Sadasiva Brahmam, Sri Ramana of Thiruvannamalai, H. H. Kanchi Mahaswami as well as Singeri H. H. Sri Chandrasekara Bharathi Mahaswamigal and Sri Aurobindo are unusually interesting.

The author has allotted certain pages from chronological anecdotes and history of events in the life of Amarakavi Ramachandra, which are interesting to everyone including seers and saints of this age. The details of spiritual experiences of the great Amarakavi Siddeswara presented in many charts and tables are lessons to everyone. The spiritual people shall find it useful in their yogic pursuits. This book will be useful not only to the general readings public but also to those engaged in the study and practice of yoga, meditation, and research on Indian culture and Siddha cult. The public and government should patronize this wonder book in their libraries so that the purpose of the author in bringing out the text shall be fulfilled.

The authors pain in the matter of collection of details and data are understood from the text. In a word, every reader should avail this book to uplift his experience and update his knowledge in Indian spiritual lore.

Introduction

Lord Sri Parthasarathy: Thiru-valli-keni is an ancient village of Chennai Pattinam. Once upon a time a famous religious and cultural heritage took place during the time of the great Pallava rulers. The Pallava kings built in this town a historical importance and monumental temple dedicated to Lord Sri Krishna. Another great