Monday's Mighty Murugan
Lord Murugan, God of kundalini yoga, is bedecked in blue clothing today at Kadavul Temple. Fresh fragrant flowers adorn this powerful deity.
From a talk Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gave in 2004:
“Usually when someone teaches meditation they’re talking just about sitting down and meditating. But Gurudeva says, no don’t do that. First develop a relationship with Lord Muruga. There’s no point trying to meditate in our particular tradition until you feel close to Lord Muruga. Then your meditations will be deep. Course that means for deep meditation doesn’t mean just for simple meditation. Can’t expect to have a profound meditation following Gurudeva’s teachings unless you have a close relationship with Lord Muruga. So having said that of course. the next logical point is; how do you develop a close relationship with Lord Muruga? How do you develop a close relationship to the Deity?
“Bring an offering. Ideally bring a flower for each shrine at which you are going to worship or if that is not possible at least a leaf. The act of giving opens you to the blessings of the Deity. Never visit the temple empty handed. So this is the teaching, such a simple teaching but we see it in the eyes. The room says: “Oh my I should be doing that.
“That opens you up to them and therefore you’re more receptive to what they give you. So the idea, give before you receive. Mystically it’s part of temple worship.
“Lord Murugan is traditionally worshipped to invoke the forces of divinity to overcome the forces of darkness. This process takes place both in the world and in the individual.That’s the idea is that we can try and bring this into our lives, the worship of Lord Muruga; His ability to stimulate wisdom within us. This wisdom can be applied to our experiences, our pattern of experiences, help us improve our behavior and learn from our mistakes.”
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May 29th, 2017 at 4:25 pm
Wonderful! Splendid!
May 29th, 2017 at 8:28 pm
I’ve never encountered Lord Murugan as an American. Thank you for introducing me. I hope to find depth of meditation with Lord Murugan’s auspicious powers.
May 31st, 2017 at 1:24 pm
Om Shri Subramanyay Namah!
June 2nd, 2017 at 9:16 am
Adi Vinayaka Perumanuku Jai!
Thank you Swamis for posting Monday’s Mighty Murugan!
Lord Ganesha was the God my Dad worshipped and Lord Krishna was the Lord my mother worshipped. I was first introduced to Lord Ganesha by my father and my whole family worshipped him. Then at the age of 16 Lord Murugan came into my life and I am immensely blessed to be able to worship him at the Murugan Temple of North America and at the Highgatehill Murugan Temple in London. In the house I grew up in Sri Lanka, he is there as “Bala Murugan” in the form of an “OVIUM”. His influence on me immeasurable!
Aum Appu Muruga Muruga!