Tirumantiram - TANTRA THREE Verses 588-617 of 883

Tirumantiram

English translation of the Tamil Spiritual Classic by Saint Tirumular

 

TANTRA THREE  Verses 588-617 of 883

 

8 DHYANA

 

598: Dhyana is of Two Kinds

 

The ten--

The five elements and the five senses

Being contained, one by the other,

The internal organ Buddhi

In turn contains the senses;

Thus is Dhyana born;

The Para Dhyana first

That is on Sakti centered,

And Siva Dhyana next

That is by Guru blessed,

These two the Ways of Dhyana Yoga.

 

 

599: In Dhyana the Divine Light Appears

 

Through eye, tongue, nose and ear

And the organ Intellect

There is an Ancient One that pervades as Nada,

Inside the palatal cavity

He shows the Cosmic Light;

He gave the fleshly body,

That we redeemed be.

 

 

600: In Dhyana Can Be Seen the Jnana Form of Siva

 

In the undistracted gaze

Appears the Light

Gaze and gaze to heart's content

And mingle one with it;

The Heavenly Stream will then surge

To the spaces infinite of Void Vast;

Then may the Uncreated Being witnessed be.

 

 

601: Alas! They Perform not Dhyana

 

Even for once they meditate not

On the mystery of Jiva within body;

Even for once they meditate not

On Siva within Jiva;

Even for once they meditate not

On Divine Jnana within Siva;

Even once they meditate not

On the Lotus within the Lunar Sphere.

 

 

602: Dhyana Brightens All Lamps Within

 

Light the Lamp of Mind

And dispel the Darkness of Egoity;

Extinguish the Fire of Wrath

And brighten all lamps within

Thenceforth alike,

The Mind's Lamp is an undying Lamp indeed.

 

 

603: Look Within in Dhyana

 

Well may they practise Yoga eight-thousand year

Still they see not Lord,

Sweet as ambrosia

And dear unto apple of eye;

But if within you seek Him enlightened

He within you is,

Even unto reflection in the mirror.

 

 

604: Fruits of Dhyana

 

If your eyes twain are

On nasal point fixed,

No sorrows befall you;

Perishes not your body;

Agitation none shall you have;

Feelings none;

Seekings none;

None that is "I";

You and Siva one become.

 

 

605: Dhyana Leads to Cessation of Birth

 

Fixing the gaze on nasal point

Retaining the roaming breath within

They who can thus still the nadis,

Will sure reach the Goal

No fear of birth to be for them.

 

 

606: Varied Sound Experiences in Dhyana

 

Bell, sea, elephant, flute, cloud

Bee, dragon-fly, conch, drum, and lute

The subtle sounds of these ten are heard

For them alone

Who have stilled their mind in God.

 

 

607: Other Sound Experiences in Dhyana

 

The roar of sea, the thundering of cloud,

The trumpeting of elephant, the euphony of lute,

The music of the orbs

That glow in firmament vast,

The melody of the flute; the resonance of conch,

All these

The yogi true alone hears.

 

 

608: Fruits of God-Realization

 

Those who realize God,

They alone get qualities godly;

They join company of immortals;

Pasa vanishes;

They become immanent in all life

They hear sounds subtlest,

That emanate

Unto fragrance out of flower.

 

 

609: Yoga Leads to Nadanta

 

Nada's End is Sakti divine

Nada's End is Yoga goodly

Nada's End is goal Finale

Nada's End is Lord Seated.

 

 

610: Involution Into Nada is Final Stage

 

As Kundalini Fire glows in Adharas six,

The Primordial Anava Darkness flees,

In tameness followed by Indriyas Five;

Who involute in Tanmatras, their substrate;

And they in turn in Nada;

Then shall you reach Feet of Lord

That is Refuge of All.

 

 

611: The Way to Ascension to Void lies through Meditation

 

The mystic bed-chamber is day-light eternal

No darkness invades;

There is a way

This body to fire-chamber consigned not be;

The light of this knowledge

Is by meditation prolonged;

The Chamber of Void

Knows not end of Light ever.

 

 

612: Perfect Meditation Leads to Immortality

 

Having abated not in the rules of vows,

The Yogi that has to meditate learned,

Coursing Kundalini through spinal column,

And passing Mandalas Three with felicity equal

He in fleshly body forever lives.

 

 

613: Meditation Leads Across the Three Spheres

 

There is a way of reaching the Mandalas Three.

In each is its respective God;

Be you blessed

By the God appropriate

Then each Mandala leads to the other.

 

 

614: To Transcend Mandalas is to be Exalted

 

In the dark chamber of the drooping heart

Are the Mandalas Three,

He who becomes one with them

And peirces Pasas

Shall know weariness none;

To transcend the three stages of heart

Is exaltation exceeding indeed.

 

 

615: Immortality Through Dhyana Yoga

 

Uprooting the gunas three

He who controlls breath in Muladhara

And courses it alternate

Through nadi left and right,

In time measure prescribed

Will be immortal made

By Him that is King of Beings Heavenly.

 

 

616: Deep Meditation on Centers Leads to God

 

Four finger-length above the tremulous Navel-Center

Is the petalled Heart-Center;

Two finger length still above is the Throat-Center;

Those who can meditate on it in sea-like depth

Sure knew Him;

Him the Lord of Body Corporal.

 

 

617: Grace Comes From Dhyana

 

Transcending Tattvas six and thirty unreal,

Destroying Maya's layers thick,

Transformed into Jnana Pure by Grace

Themselves that Grace inseparable Becoming

They who achieved thus

Were the goodly souls

The Way of Dhyana knew.