Sanmaarkam is there in the Depths of all Religions
Tayumanavar- The Secrets of Sitambaram-12 Thus this Way of Life is indeed the Sanmaarkkam - the Way of True Enlightenment. For all these different aspirations and many others this Way of Life remains the true GROUND of the origins and where all these divergent expressions are in fact the expressions of the Grace (aruL) of BEING. There are also so many other kinds of people and some who seek out all kinds of earthly and heavenly pleasures, the joys of Indra. There are also the Njaana Siddhas who indulge in Deep Silence and enjoy being - one-with BEING without any fissure. There are also the Siddhas who seek various kinds of Siddhies like ANima and so forth and play various games with such powers.
This Way of Life and the true religion is really amazing ( because of the diversity it allows) There are within this Way of Life the metaphysically inclined individuals who seek TRUTH with a true objective mind free from prejudices. What Tayumanavar seeks to convey is that the Sanmaarkkam is not a rigid and uniform way of life that has to be the SAME for all - it is in fact a way of life where various developments, quite different from each other are possible and where all are equally valid as different expressions of the SAME Grace of BEING. Now all these though divergent and sometimes mutually contradictory but the GROUND of all remains this Sanmaarkkam, where all such divergent outcomes are in fact the different forms of AruL the Grace of BEING.
Such people see the meaning of life as enjoying all kinds of pleasures, the drinking of Amutu, the ambrosia where even the heavenly life is conceptualized in terms of such pleasures. Metaphorically this is put in terms of the joys of the World of Indra. However there are among these the Njaana Siddhas who rise above such exultations and desiring nothing but Moksa, the final redemption, maintain themselves in Deep Silence and which makes them be one-with BEING and in that also enjoy the Njaanam, that which confers Moksa.Īnd over and above these there are also those who desire all kinds of joys in life, both earthly and heavenly like music dance and such other aesthetic arts and related matters. There are many Siddhas who acquire these powers and enjoy life exploiting them to the maximum. It appears DIVERSITY is inherent to the True Way of Life.īut what are the different disciplines that are encouraged and which allow for the DIVERSITY of approaches of the human beings.įirst there is the very ancient Tantric Psychology coeval with the pyramidal temples of the ancient world with its Six Atara Cakras ascending which one is blessed with various psychic powers like ANima Mahima and so forth and the various psychic processes that come along with them- Mohanam Vaciyam and so forth. But Tayumanavar as a historian and a metaphysician integrates within this way, a number of developments that are allowed for and encouraged and because of which it also appears as a kaRpakat Taru, the Magical Tree immensely fertile producing various ways of life and all quite consistent with metaphysical enlightenmen. The word Sanmaarkkam means the Way of Life (maarkkam) that leads one to enjoy this Inner Radiance ( sun> san) and so it is a Way of Genuine Enlightenment. mey sooti: the true brilliance) of the Sumerians and where these words are still available in Tamil to this day. 6th cent AD) the word Sanmaarkkam has become a central word in Dravidian metaphysical tradition and which simply RECOVERS the ancient TRUTH that one must strive towards enjoying the presence of BEING as the True Radiance the U dalla-e-a ( the radiant light) and the ‘me su-tt ( Ta. Tayumanavar- The Secrets of Sitambaram-11