Kanchi Periyava’s Golden Words
Conversion
All religions have one common ideal -worship of the lord, and all of them proclaim that there is but one god. The one god accepts your devotion irrespective of the manner of your worship, whether it is according to this or that religion. So there is no need to abandon the religion of your birth and embrace another. Page 17
Man and beast
Animals go transversely. That is why they are called ‘’tiryak’’ in Sanskrit. Man who grows upright ought to have, unlike beasts, a high ideal before him. He will then obtain more happiness than all other creatures. But what do we see in reality? Man experiences more sorrow than all other creatures. P 12
Character
The decay of a religion in any country could be attributed to the lack of character of its leaders and of the people constituting the establishment responsible for its growth. P21
Hindus’ Gift to the World
All sounds originate in space. From them arose creation. According to science, the cosmos was produced from the vibrations in space. By virtue of their austerities the sages had the gift of seeing the ‘mantras’ in space, the mantras that liberate men from this creation. The Vedas are ‘’apaureseya’’ – not the work of any human author — and the very breath of the Paramatman (God) in his form as space. The sages saw them and made a gift of them to the world. Page 28
Karma Theory
According to Karma theory, every action of a man has an effect corresponding to it. Based on this belief our religion declares that, if a man commits sin, he shall pay the penalty for it. Also if his action is a virtuous one, he shall reap the benefits thereof. Our religion further asserts that one is born again and again so as to experience the consequences of one’s good and bad actions. P.36
God’s Gift to Us
In His mercy, the Lord gives us every time a fresh opportunity to wash away our sins. The Guru, the Sastras (scriptures) and the temples are his gifts to wipe away our inner impurities. P.37
Rebirth
If you accept the doctrine that human beings are born only once, you cannot but form the impression that God is neither compassionate nor impartial — think of all the differences at birth — and that he functions erratically and unwisely. How are we to be devoted to such a God and have the faith that he will look on us with mercy? How are we to account for the differences between one being and another if we do not accept the doctrine that our life now is determined by the good and the bad we did in our past births. P 38
The Vedas
The Vedas are not only the source of the various divisions of Hinduism, all the religions of the world may be traced back to them. It is our bounden duty to preserve them for all time to come with their glory undiminished. p 46
Mantra Vibrations
The sound of some mantras has greater value than their meaning. Their syllables chanted in a particular manner create a special energy, but their meaning has no special significance. Take the mantra recited to cure a man stung by a scorpion. The words, the syllables, constituting the mantra have no special meaning. Indeed they say the meaning is not to be told. But by chanting, the mantra vibrations are caused in space and one stung by a scorpion will be cured. P 86.
Mantra Miracle
In Tiruvanaikka (near Tiruchirapalli), people have seen with their own eyes a tree bare of foliage putting forth green shoots under the spell of the mantras. The ‘sthala vriksha’ here — the tree sacred to a temple or a place — is the white Jambu tree. That is why the place is called Jambukesvaram (Tiruanaikka). Once the tree was dead except for one branch or so. Then the Cettiars – the trustees of the temple – had an Ekadasa Rudra Abhiseka conducted for it. And, behold, by the power of the mantras, the tree put forth fresh leaves. P 87
From the book ‘’Hindu Dharma – The Universal Way of Life’’, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, Year of Publication 2000.
All religions have one common ideal -worship of the lord, and all of them proclaim that there is but one god. The one god accepts your devotion irrespective of the manner of your worship, whether it is according to this or that religion. So there is no need to abandon the religion of your birth and embrace another. Page 17
Man and beast
Animals go transversely. That is why they are called ‘’tiryak’’ in Sanskrit. Man who grows upright ought to have, unlike beasts, a high ideal before him. He will then obtain more happiness than all other creatures. But what do we see in reality? Man experiences more sorrow than all other creatures. P 12
Character
The decay of a religion in any country could be attributed to the lack of character of its leaders and of the people constituting the establishment responsible for its growth. P21
Hindus’ Gift to the World
All sounds originate in space. From them arose creation. According to science, the cosmos was produced from the vibrations in space. By virtue of their austerities the sages had the gift of seeing the ‘mantras’ in space, the mantras that liberate men from this creation. The Vedas are ‘’apaureseya’’ – not the work of any human author — and the very breath of the Paramatman (God) in his form as space. The sages saw them and made a gift of them to the world. Page 28
Karma Theory
According to Karma theory, every action of a man has an effect corresponding to it. Based on this belief our religion declares that, if a man commits sin, he shall pay the penalty for it. Also if his action is a virtuous one, he shall reap the benefits thereof. Our religion further asserts that one is born again and again so as to experience the consequences of one’s good and bad actions. P.36
God’s Gift to Us
In His mercy, the Lord gives us every time a fresh opportunity to wash away our sins. The Guru, the Sastras (scriptures) and the temples are his gifts to wipe away our inner impurities. P.37
Rebirth
If you accept the doctrine that human beings are born only once, you cannot but form the impression that God is neither compassionate nor impartial — think of all the differences at birth — and that he functions erratically and unwisely. How are we to be devoted to such a God and have the faith that he will look on us with mercy? How are we to account for the differences between one being and another if we do not accept the doctrine that our life now is determined by the good and the bad we did in our past births. P 38
The Vedas
The Vedas are not only the source of the various divisions of Hinduism, all the religions of the world may be traced back to them. It is our bounden duty to preserve them for all time to come with their glory undiminished. p 46
Mantra Vibrations
The sound of some mantras has greater value than their meaning. Their syllables chanted in a particular manner create a special energy, but their meaning has no special significance. Take the mantra recited to cure a man stung by a scorpion. The words, the syllables, constituting the mantra have no special meaning. Indeed they say the meaning is not to be told. But by chanting, the mantra vibrations are caused in space and one stung by a scorpion will be cured. P 86.
Mantra Miracle
In Tiruvanaikka (near Tiruchirapalli), people have seen with their own eyes a tree bare of foliage putting forth green shoots under the spell of the mantras. The ‘sthala vriksha’ here — the tree sacred to a temple or a place — is the white Jambu tree. That is why the place is called Jambukesvaram (Tiruanaikka). Once the tree was dead except for one branch or so. Then the Cettiars – the trustees of the temple – had an Ekadasa Rudra Abhiseka conducted for it. And, behold, by the power of the mantras, the tree put forth fresh leaves. P 87
From the book ‘’Hindu Dharma – The Universal Way of Life’’, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, Year of Publication 2000.
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