(50) The religious philosophy was formed in order to control and limit all the ills of the society, political devils and selfish rages. This is the statement given by the Pathinensiddhars. (51) The religious philosophy was created for the welfare of the mankind. So, human beings should not sacrifice their lives for the sake of religion. It is an unforgivable sin to forget or renounce one's worldly life in the name of religion. Those who live by completely rejecting religion are much better than these people who reject worldly life in the name of religion. This is the statement given by the Pathinensiddhars. (52) He is the true follower of Siddha Philosophy who fully enjoys this earthly life beautified by light and [...] ... Read more
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Kuruvaasagam - 40 to 49
(41) Temples, Prayers, Festivals, Religious Procedures, Rituals have been instituted to help mankind live with pleasure in this birth as well as in succeeding births without losing peace and happiness. But people out of madness waste their entire lives in researching whether these religious things are useful or not for them. The root, bark, leaves, flowers, of a tree may not be tasty. But the ripe fruits from the same tree is very tasty. Without understanding this, the mad man argues that tasteless root, bark, leaf, flower of the tree could never give tasty fruit. With this argument he damages himself as well as others. Because of this, the religious procedures were instituted in order to develop people who would [...] ... Read more
On Rebirth Theory of Indhuism
உறங்குவது போலும் சாக்காடு; உறங்கி விழிப்பது போலும் பிறப்பு.His Holiness the 11th Pathinensiddhar Peedam, Guru mahaa Sannidhaanam Siddhar Kaaviriyaatrangkarai Karuwooraar (The Siddhar who built the Thanjavur Big Temple) has written the following in His book “Guru Paarampariyam”: “... The rich, powerful, famous ones, kings, ministers, physically strong people, people of high-caste, ... of this divine country India should atleast for a second remember and give thought to the ‘re-birth theory’ central to the Siddha Philosophy alias Indhuism. Then only they would think deeply about getting a re-birth for them in this country as poor, destitutes, slaves, wanderers, ordinary citizens, permanently sick, etc. When the ruling class start thinking about this, they would immediately find [...] ... Read more