alwars.

Keats

And she became companion of his thought; Silence her gentleness before him brought, Society her sense, reading her books, Music her voice, every sweet thing her looks, Which sometimes seemed, when he sat fixed awhile, To steal beneath his eyes with upward smile; And did he stroll into some lonely place, Under the trees, upon the thick soft grass, How charming, would he think, to see her here! How heightened then, and perfect would appear
The two divinest things this world has got, A lovely woman in a rural spot! The first few lines are skilfully modulated,

observe

Sit and observe everything around you. The environment you are in, the people, the sounds, the smells, everything. While you are doing this, try to just observe it. Don’t classify, categorize or judge any of it.

When the mind tries to judge the clothes people are wearing, hairstyles, or what you think of people, let it pass. When the mind tries to judge the buildings around as something you like or don’t like, let it pass. Even go beyond the name of something you are looking at. ex. a tree, a car, or a building.

As you see the tree and say “OK there is a tree and it has leaves on it. It’s brown and green and tilts slightly to the side. Oh there’s a squirrel on the tree! He just jumped from one branch to the other! Oh geez the squirrel almost just fell, crazy squirrel.” Instead, just look at the tree and see it as simply something that is there.

What this allows us to do is pay attention to the moment. It reveals all the stories, the mind chatter and the effect the ego has on every moment we are awake.  This can be a very relaxing and profound experience to play with as it’s something we generally don’t do often in our every day lives.. simply observe.

We are usually always going somewhere or waiting for what’s next or watching something intently. We don’t take the time to just sit and observe, feel and not judge. My most creative an profound moments have come from doing stuff like this. And peace and freedom all lie within this state of being. Beyond all anxieties, fears, emotions etc.

anukulyasya sankalpah pratikulyasya varjanam

anukulyasya sankalpah pratikulyasya varjanam
raksisyatiti visvaso goptrtve varanam tatha
atma-niksepa-karpanye sad-vidha saranagatih

"Acceptance of the favorable, rejection of the unfavorable, the faith that 'He will surely protect me,' embracing the Lord's guardianship, complete dependence on Him, and the perception of one's utter helplessness without Him—these six are the essential limbs of exclusive surrender to the Lord (saranagati)."

types of lamp. in temples.

TYPES OF LAMP There are  different types of lamps lit in the temples. They are Saravilakku, Nilaivilakku, Kilithuttu vilakku, kaivilakku, Gajalakshmi vilakku, Tirumal vilakku, Lotus vilakku, crossed-vilakku, Sammanasu vilakku, Ganapathi vilakku, raada vilakku, odhimathooku, vilakku, Thoonda manivilakku, Koondu vilakku, pura (pigeon) vilakku, Sangili Thooku vilakku, Kilithooku vilakku, Tikpalar vilakku (4 types), Ashtakaja vilakku (8 types). However among them Nandha (or) Nundha (or) Nondha vilakku as an odd one by its nature

re assurance.

saying in guru granth sahib.


apne gam ki numaish na kar;

apne nasib ki azmaish na kar;

jo tera hai tere pas kudh ayega; 

har roz usse pane ki khwaish na kar;

taqdir badal jayega apne aap he;

muskurana seek le wajah ki talash na kar;

p's divine form.

from the net.

parakAlan’s divine form. This form is narrated as the one with the spear that is supported by the shoulder, the hands which are worshipping emperumAn, the beautiful Urdhva puNdram, the mouth which is saying Om, sharp/slightly raised nose, cooling face, broad eyes, blackish hairs which are beautifully curled, ears which are perfectly built and which are slightly bent (to hear ashtAkshara mahAmanthram from emperumAn), well rounded neck, broad chest, strong shoulders, well shaped upper back, narrow waist, beautiful garlands, wonderful anklets, knees which reflect AzhwAr’s valour, slightly slanting divine lotus feet and the sword which will destroy all enemies. We can easily declare that kaliyan’s archA vigraham in thiruvAli-thirunagari is the most beautiful one in the entire creation.

 All AzhwArs have done vAchika kaingkaryam to emperumAn but only a few like thondaradipodi AzhwAr have done kAyika (physical) kaingkaryam to emperumAn. kaliyan also has done kAyika kaingkaryam like bhAgavatha thadiyAradhanam for 1008 srIvaishnavAs for an year and even continued it (bhAgavatha kaingkaryam is bhagavath kaingkaryam). AzhwAr built the thEr for ArAvamudhan in thirukkudanthai and even built  the madhil surrounding AlinAdan thiruchchutru in srI rangam. He also built the dasAvathAra sannidhi in srI rangam. Now in kaliyan aruL pAdu , the history of irApathu utsavam is given. This utsavam was started by AzhwAr as a gratitude towards Adhiguru, nammAzhwAr.