Jnansambhandar: The Divine Manifestation of Shiva's Leelas

Empower your Self-Remembrance ( Prana Samyama ) | Nithyananda Satsang | 18 May 2012 In today's morning satsang, Paramahamsa Nithyananda (Swamiji) expands his previous description of Sundareshwara, the embodiment of Shiva who founded Madurai Adheenam. Sundareshwara did not manifest as the classical image of Shiva the tapasvya (ascetic). He was jovial, outgoing and fun-loving, a blend of Shiva and Krishna. His accomplishments can truly be named as leelas. Paramahamsa compares the action of leela upon human awareness to a river flowing with life-giving water, endowing the land around it with lush fertility. Such was the first incarnation of Shiva -- Chokanathur, Soma Sundareshwara, the epitome of graceful beauty. TRANSCRIPTIONS:- Leela-Play of divine consciousness Alright, I will continue on the story of Thiru JnanaSambhandar. The 63 Leela's of Shiva; please understand, 64 Leels's are described, but one Leela is his presence; no action, that is why I am saying 63 Leelas; 63 are only actions. The word Leela can be attributed only to action, not for presence. So, in that 64, one is presence, no action, 63 are action. In that 63 you will be surprised, the Leela done by Thiru Jnansambhandar, winning the Jain preachers through the fire test and water test is also added. Please understand, this means, Jnansambhandar was directly respected and accepted as Shiva's incarnation; that is the reason, even though this Leela is done by Thiru Jnansambhandar it is added in the Leelas of Shiva. Please understand, in all other Leelas, Shiva directly comes down and executes the Leela. Shiva assumes the human body and does the actions, but this one, winning the Jain monks and establishing the Saiva tradition by the water test and fire test, it is done by Thiru Jnansambhandar, but it is added in that 64 Leelas, means even at that time, when he was living in the body, he was recognized, accepted, worshiped as directly Shiva's incarnation. Leela's done by Thirunavakarasar was never considered as Shiva Leela, it is done by Thirunavakarasar, through the grace of Shiva. Leelas done by Sundarar was never recorded as Shiva Leela's. It is Leelas done by Sundarar, through Shiva, but Leelas done by Thiru JnanaSambhandar, directly recorded as Shiva Leela. Jnanasambhandar was widely accepted, recognized, revered, worshiped as an incarnation of Shiva Himself, Mahadeva Himself! No other branch of Saivism, no other tradition in the Vedic religion, talks about Shiva's Leela's. Shiva was always considered to be the frozen Himalaya; frozen Kailash; only Krishna was considered as flowing Yamuna, doing all Leela's; entering into the barren land, making it fertile; flowing through the valleys and hills reaching the ocean. Leela means, the pure consciousness entering into the matter, nature, maya, prakrithi and playing as it wants. It's like, you've already completed PhD, but you casually enter the first standard class, and you just do any mathematics given in the first standard book and any syllabus given in the first standard book, you read everything, you master everything, you memorize everything, you show all your powers to the first standard students! What will that poor fellows do? Leela is like that! The ultimate enters into the lowest possible existence and plays with all the powers. So, naturally what will all the first class students do? They will all clap, "Ohhhhh, see this student, see this student, he knows everything written in our book"!! Eh, this fellow only can write like this many books, why he will not know whatever is written in the book? Leela is the extraordinary consciousness landing in the lowest possible existence and playing. It was always attributed to Vishnu. The Leela aspect was never attributed to Shiva in Hindu tradition. It was always attributed to Vishnu. Only Vishnu takes 10 avataras, 10 incarnations; comes as Krishna, comes as Rama, comes as Narasimha. Does all Divine plays; Leelas! Never ever Leela was attributed to Shiva; never ever the Shiva's Leela's were absorbed, experienced, described, other than the tradition of Madurai Aadhenam: the 'Veda Neri'. Only in the tradition of Madurai Aadhenam such beautiful, visual, detailed, factual, historical presentations of Shiva Leela is described. Shiva assuming the body of lower frequencies, like human body, pig body... so any lower frequency bodies He assumes and expresses the super-consciousness and plays with His powers. I tell you, just reading that 64 Leela's! I wanted all the disciples and devotees all over the world to watch the 'Tiruvalayadal" movie once more. Only four Leela's are described in that movie. I am not saying whatever is shown in the movie exactly factual, it's not exactly factual. The Dharmi is shown like a comedian in the movie, but he is really a great devotee, he's not a comedian, he's a highly devoted, dedicated, disciple of Mahadeva, Shiva.