Four Padas Class with Satguru
The postulants and sivanadiyar enjoy a deeply meaningful class from their satguru today. Some of the class material was drawn from Gurudeva's description of the practices of Saiva Siddhanta in Merging with Siva and other writings from the University of Madras Tamil Lexicon and verses from the Tirumantiram.
Gurudeva's description of the four padas: "This Eternal Path is divided naturally into four separate categories. The Bhagavad Gita -- the popular book which you all know from your studies in Vedanta and which has made Hindu philosophy well known in America -- defines these as four separate nonprogressive paths, called karma yoga, bhakti yoga, raja yoga and jnana yoga. In Agamic scripture these are defined a little differently and are considered to be four stages, called padas, of a progressive path, termed charya, kriya, yoga and jnana. "
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December 19th, 2016 at 9:36 am
Jai Satguru Swami Ji!
Om Namah Shivay!
December 19th, 2016 at 4:34 pm
Aum Namasivaya
It is great to study with Satguru.
December 19th, 2016 at 5:19 pm
The Four Padas are well defined by Satguru in Saiva Siddhanta as opposed to the descriptions in Vedanta.