A brief interjection to make a point - for whoever is interested in it. (this is a more mundane discussion).
In the Supreme Court case of A. S Narayana Deekshitulu V. State of Andhra Pradesh, (AIR 1996 SC 1765), Justice Ramaswamy had noted, "The importance of rituals in religious life is relevant for evocation of mystic and symbolic beginnings of the journey but on them the truth of a religious experience cannot stand. The truth of a religious experience is far more direct, perceptible, and important to human existence. It is the fullness of religious experience, which must be assured by temples, where the images of the Lord in resplendent glory is housed... It is essential that the value of law must be tested by its certainty in reiterating the Core of Religious Experience and if a law seeks to separate the non-essential from essential so that the essential can have a greater focus of attention in those that believe in such an experience, the object of such law cannot be described as unlawful but possibly somewhat missionary (ibid.:1790)"
In other words, Justice Ramaswamy wants Hindu Temples to "assure the fullness of religious experience because that is where the images of the Lord in resplendent glory is housed". Let us briefly examine what constitutes "fullness of religious experience". The "religious experience" is what we derive from the "power or vibration" of a temple. The malayalis call it the "chaitanyam" of the temple. Different such vibrations or chaitanyams are created in each temple, and each temple is that way different from one another.
We have different deities specializing in rewarding us human-beings with different things we desire in life. For example, those that are desirous of having children often visit the temples of Guruvayoor or Doddamalloor. Those who seek wealth and success are often seen visiting Tirupati. Each Hindu Temple is that way capable of granting us one or the other wish. The ability of the Lord in that temple to grant our wish is critically dependent on the ability of the priests or the temple archakas to create that "vibration or chaitanyam".
What factors contribute to creation of the "vibration or chaitanyam"?
1. The Yantra established beneath the vigraham of the Lord of the temple
2. Certain "sanctified" material things including but not limited to Gold, Diamonds, and other Jewellery located along with yantra beneath the vigraham of the Lord of the temple. (It may be noted that ordinary yantra or gold and diamonds and jewellery is insufficient - they must have been sanctified through rituals before placing them there. On another note, one needs to know that even the flowers we take to offer to the Lord are quickly sanctified by the priest through mantras before offered to the Lord).
3. Keeping up the vibration established in the Yantra, the Lord's vigraha and the material things offered to the Lord by constant practice of vedic recitations, and rituals in the temple.
Therefore one may say that the "fulness of religious experience" that Justice Ramaswamy says "must be assured by the hindu temples", is closely related to the "chaitanyam" established in the temple through practice of rituals as well as the Gold, Diamonds and Jewellery that were sanctified through vedic chants and established under the sanctum sanctorum of the temple by the erstwhile rulers of Travancore. The treasure that is being counted by the representatives of the Supreme Court is definitely going to interfere with the chaitanyam or the vibrations of the temple, and it could very well take thousands of years more to bring back the vibrations to the temple if they continue what they are continuing to do there. Kallara B which is said to be beneath the sanctum sanctorum should definitely not be touched. The power of that temple will start diminishing gradually unless the present valuation is stoppped right away. For the benefit of the present generation of Hindus and future generations Hindus all over India must fight to stop the valuation that is going on and help the temple priests conduct the rituals that the Lord has commanded them to perform in the Devaprasnam.
This article is dedicated to the Lotus Feet of Lord Padmanabhaswamy and Its Resplendent Glory!
In the Supreme Court case of A. S Narayana Deekshitulu V. State of Andhra Pradesh, (AIR 1996 SC 1765), Justice Ramaswamy had noted, "The importance of rituals in religious life is relevant for evocation of mystic and symbolic beginnings of the journey but on them the truth of a religious experience cannot stand. The truth of a religious experience is far more direct, perceptible, and important to human existence. It is the fullness of religious experience, which must be assured by temples, where the images of the Lord in resplendent glory is housed... It is essential that the value of law must be tested by its certainty in reiterating the Core of Religious Experience and if a law seeks to separate the non-essential from essential so that the essential can have a greater focus of attention in those that believe in such an experience, the object of such law cannot be described as unlawful but possibly somewhat missionary (ibid.:1790)"
In other words, Justice Ramaswamy wants Hindu Temples to "assure the fullness of religious experience because that is where the images of the Lord in resplendent glory is housed". Let us briefly examine what constitutes "fullness of religious experience". The "religious experience" is what we derive from the "power or vibration" of a temple. The malayalis call it the "chaitanyam" of the temple. Different such vibrations or chaitanyams are created in each temple, and each temple is that way different from one another.
We have different deities specializing in rewarding us human-beings with different things we desire in life. For example, those that are desirous of having children often visit the temples of Guruvayoor or Doddamalloor. Those who seek wealth and success are often seen visiting Tirupati. Each Hindu Temple is that way capable of granting us one or the other wish. The ability of the Lord in that temple to grant our wish is critically dependent on the ability of the priests or the temple archakas to create that "vibration or chaitanyam".
What factors contribute to creation of the "vibration or chaitanyam"?
1. The Yantra established beneath the vigraham of the Lord of the temple
2. Certain "sanctified" material things including but not limited to Gold, Diamonds, and other Jewellery located along with yantra beneath the vigraham of the Lord of the temple. (It may be noted that ordinary yantra or gold and diamonds and jewellery is insufficient - they must have been sanctified through rituals before placing them there. On another note, one needs to know that even the flowers we take to offer to the Lord are quickly sanctified by the priest through mantras before offered to the Lord).
3. Keeping up the vibration established in the Yantra, the Lord's vigraha and the material things offered to the Lord by constant practice of vedic recitations, and rituals in the temple.
Therefore one may say that the "fulness of religious experience" that Justice Ramaswamy says "must be assured by the hindu temples", is closely related to the "chaitanyam" established in the temple through practice of rituals as well as the Gold, Diamonds and Jewellery that were sanctified through vedic chants and established under the sanctum sanctorum of the temple by the erstwhile rulers of Travancore. The treasure that is being counted by the representatives of the Supreme Court is definitely going to interfere with the chaitanyam or the vibrations of the temple, and it could very well take thousands of years more to bring back the vibrations to the temple if they continue what they are continuing to do there. Kallara B which is said to be beneath the sanctum sanctorum should definitely not be touched. The power of that temple will start diminishing gradually unless the present valuation is stoppped right away. For the benefit of the present generation of Hindus and future generations Hindus all over India must fight to stop the valuation that is going on and help the temple priests conduct the rituals that the Lord has commanded them to perform in the Devaprasnam.
This article is dedicated to the Lotus Feet of Lord Padmanabhaswamy and Its Resplendent Glory!
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