VISHNU SAHASRANAMA CRYSTAL RECORDING THEN & RIGVEDA HMV PLATE RECORDING NOW
There are various
aids to communication between our physical world and the inner world of Devas and Gods. One of the most celebrated of
these is the crystal. Hindus recognize "crystal power" in the
traditional use of gems (most of which are crystals) in temples. The most famous example is found in
Chidambaram, South India. Here the Siva
Lingam for daily worship is a small quartz crystal, while the most celebrated
image is the six-inch ruby Siva Nataraj brought out on special occasions. The
Sanskrit term for a crystal is sphatika, as in sphatikalingam. It is
interesting to note the word Kailasa is derived from Kelaasa which means
Crystal and hence the sanctity attached to Crystal or Sphatika Lingas.
Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramaniyaswami, explains that crystals are a
means to transmit thoughts and energies between the Devaloka and our physical
plane. Thus a crystal Siva Lingam, such as the very large one installed in the Kadavul Hindu Temple in Hawaii, will
amplify the normal interaction of these two worlds brought about by the worship
of the image. He recommends a small crystal lingam for a Saivite's home altar
which, properly treated and cared for, can facilitate contact with the guardian
devas of the home
Crystals were a
big part of the New Life Expo held in San Francisco in recent years. They were
put forward for a bewildering number of uses: growing gardens, contacting
spirit guides, opening the Saraswara Chakra, becoming successful in business,
healing, psychic protection, thought transference, increasing the memory,
reading the Aakasic records--to name just a few.
In his book
"Cosmic Crystals: Crystal Consciousness and the New Age," (Turnstone
Press Ltd., England) Ra Bonewitz gives a typical explanation of crystals:
"All of the energies of the crystal are in perfect balance, both the
spiritual and physical...When energy passes through a natural crystal, it
becomes harmonized with it...It is this tendency of crystals to balance energy
that provides the mechanism through which transformation takes place, and this
natural tendency of crystals to transform energy applies at spiritual as well
as the mundane levels of energy.
"In
practical terms, if the energies embodied by the user of the crystal are not
quite in balance and harmony, there will be a natural tendency in the crystal
to correct and rebalance any energies which the person sends through the crystal.
This, then, is a tendency to focus more precisely the user's energy, and often
gives the impression that the crystal has amplified this energy."
Another popular
writer on the subject, Deal Walker, adds a more metaphysical explanation:
"The crystal is a corridor between the physical dimension and the
dimensions of the mind. We can use it to communicate with minerals, plants and
animals. We can also communicate with intelligence outside the physical
dimension. We can talk to angels, talk to masters, teachers, healers. Many of
these have great wisdom to impart. They are eager to do so, but cannot until
you have the means to listen. Some people have their inner hearing open and can
and do receive. Others need help. The crystal can be the means to enable you to
communicate."
Crystal healing
involves placing different types of crystals - quartz, azurite, amethyst, Celestine
etc.-in arrangements on each of a person's seven chakras (Kundalini). Katrina
Raphael says, "Crystal healing will prove to be the most powerful method
of healing not only the body, but also in relieving ailments of the mind and
heart which cause physical dis-ease."
An exciting
development for crystal buffs has been the recent (1986) mining of
"awesomely large quartz crystals"-five to seven feet in length and
weighing in at 7,000 to 8,500 pounds. Called "The Earth-keepers,"
they are thought to contain knowledge which will awaken the entire human race
to its divine past. One of these would make a sphatikalingam worthy of Tanjore Temple!
“The Panchamukha Linga found in Nepal, Jambukeswarm
near Trichy, Aihole in Western India and some other places expresses the
emerging of the four faces of Siva from the four sides of Linga, the fifth
Oordhwa Mukha being represented as formless.
Panchaanana is none other than Pancha Brahman hailed in Upanishads. While this is true of a Linga made of any
material, there is a special significance attaching to the Sphatika Linga, a Linga
made of quartz. While the abhisheka water is poured on it, the Linga is hardly
visible through it, its colorless form being completely lost in that of water
which flows over it. When colored substance like Sandal paste or vermillion or
a colorful flower are placed on it, it takes on the colors of those substances
though it has no color of its own. Thus the Sphatika Linga is taken as the best
representation of the Nirguna Brahman of Upanishads, the attribute-less
all-pervading Parmaatman who, for our sake, takes on qualities and exhibits
Himself as the Saguna Brahman” says HH Chandrasekharendra Saraswati in his
address on Moorti Puja or Image Worship.
A unique property
of crystals is their "personality." Each has a different vibration
and people can relate better to some crystals than to others. People often
become attached to their crystals. Walker advises, "Treat your crystal as
a dear and precious friend; know it is a living entity. Treat it with love and
care and it will reward you with a lifetime of service."
As with any
physical object used for mystical purposes, there can be both
"higher'" and "lower" intentions in its use. Any method
capable of contacting the higher worlds can contact the lower as well. Also,
once an object is taken and used for Hindu worship, the worship must be
continued or the object must be disposed of through certain rites. It is
incorrect to simply ignore it because negative, demonic forces will begin to
use the object as soon as regular worship is biased. Western writers often warn
about this, saying misuse of crystals led to the destruction of the ancient
civilization of Atlantis.
Crystal healing
is pseudoscience alternative technique that has a healing powers not based on
scientific claim. Crystal therapy involves placing gem stones on the body to
draw out negative energy. Therefore it is a metaphysical subject turning
inwards and not outwards. Sankha (Conch) and bell in temples vibrate
OM for long and fill the atmosphere with divine power an act of
sustenance aspect of Vishnu. Both Christianity and Islam have adapted the
divine sound AMEN and AMINE. They turn inwards and act like crystal but do not
have the power, sustenance and merging with the surroundings and atmosphere.
There are lots of scientific explanations as to its magical spell as
described in my discourse. Any how I am not Sankaracharya. Please go through HH
wisdom thoughts sent through Bala our active participant who always enjoys
crystal, Tulsi and Rudram beads on his neck helping him in Bhajan concerts when he forgets
a word or two or during his long meditation On Rudra. I
accept whatever Supreme Spirit wills and I feel no need for external influences or show
and I deal with Him on One-to-one basis.
I again feel
first I have to focus on aspect of Vishnu with swaadhyaya, and
satsanga and then turn inwards having crystal mala for a sure leap, for Siva
is too easy to please and a situation may arise like Bhasmasura! I don't
believe you need an explanation. Siva is good for quick fix, Vishnu is too
complicated! It all started with coaxing him with 1000 and odd names. Then
other Gods too wanted their Sahasranamams including Saibaba. I am comfortable
with “Om Tad Braham tad Vaayu Tad Aaatmaa tat Satyam Tat Sarvam Tat Purornamah” . Our religious authors have even made an
artifact out of Sat-Chit Ananda. So we chant Sat-Chit-Aananda Vigrahaaya Namah. I simply repeat after
the priest as my parents told me without taxing my brain.
Who recoded
Vishnu Sahasranamam? Once way back in 1940s or 50s someone was
interviewing Maha Periyava (Swami Chandrasekharendra Sarswati). That gentleman was recording the interview
using a tape recorder. Periyavaa then posed a question.
“Does anyone know
which was the oldest tape recorder known?” Nobody was able to answer. Then Maha Periyavaa
asked another question: “How did Vishnu Sahasranamam come to us?” Someone said
Bheeshma gave it to us. All agreed. Then Maha Periyavaa posed another question:
“When all were listening to Bheeshma on the battlefield, who took notes at
Kurukshetra?”
Again silence.
Maha Periyavaa
explained… When Bheeshma was glorifying Krishna with Sahasranamam everyone was
looking at him including Krishna and Vyasa. After he finished the 1000
Namas all opened their eyes. The first to react was Yudhistirar. He
said, ‘Pithamaha has chanted 1000 glorious names of Vasudeva. All of us
listened but none of us have noted it down. The sequence is lost’.
Then all turned to Krishna and asked for His help. As usual He
said, ‘I also was listening like the rest of you. What can we do?’ Then
all beseeched Krishna to help them recover the precious rendition. Then
Krishna said, ‘It can only be done by Sahadeva and Vyasa will write it down.’
Everyone wanted to know how Sahadeva could do it. Krishna replied, ‘Sahadeva is
the only one amongst us wearing SUDDHA SPHATIKAM. If he prays to Shiva
and does dhyanam he can convert the SPHATIKA into waves of sound and Vyasa can
write it down. [I believe Swamiji should have been a good scientist before entering into ascetic].
Then, both
Sahadeva and Vyasa, sat in the same place, where
Bheeshma had recited the Sahasranamam. Sahadeva started the dhyanam to
recover the sound waves from the Sphatika. The nature of Sphatika is that it
will capture sounds in a calm environment which can be got back with proper
dhyanam of Maheswara who is Swethambara and SPHATIKA. VSN says Easwaro Uvacha!
So, the world’s earliest tape recorder is this SPHATIKA which gave us the
wonderful Vishnu Sahasranama. When Maha Periyavaar explained this
all were stunned… From the Sphatika recording, the grantha (script) came
to us through Vyasa.
If you've got a quartz watch, piezoelectricity is what helps it keep regular time. If
you've been writing a letter or an essay on your computer with the help of voice recognition software, the microphone you
spoke into probably used piezoelectricity to turn the sound energy in your voice into electrical
signals your computer could interpret. If you're a bit of an audiophile and
like listening to music on vinyl, your gramophone would have been using piezoelectricity to "read"
the sounds from your LP records. Piezoelectricity (literally, "pressing
electricity") is much simpler than it sounds: it just means using crystals to convert mechanical
energy into electricity or vice-versa.
I would like to
recall your memory to my earlier discourse on World’s first gramophone plate
recording. I would not like to go into
its detail here other than reproducing
the World Press report which I did not refer at that time but later added as an
Appendix on the Blog. Please refer to my discourse:
WORLD PRESS ON THE FIRST GRAMAPHONE RECORDING
“When Edison invented the gramophone record, which could
record human voice for posterity, he wanted to record the voice of an eminent
scholar on his first piece. For that he chose Prof. Max Muller of Germany,
another great personality of the 19th century. He wrote to Max Muller saying,
"I want to meet you and record your voice. When should I come?"
Accordingly, Edison took a ship and went to England. He was
introduced to the audience. All cheered Edison’s presence. Later at the request
of Edison, Max Muller came on the stage and spoke in front of the instrument.
Then Edison went back to his laboratory and by afternoon came back with a disc.
He played the gramophone disc from his instrument. The audience was thrilled to
hear the voice of Max Muller from the instrument. They were glad that voices of
great persons like Max Muller could be stored for the benefit of posterity.
After several rounds of applause and congratulations to Thomas
Alva Edison, Max Muller came to the stage and addressed the scholars and asked
them, "You heard my original voice in the morning. Then you heard the same
voice coming out from this instrument in the afternoon. Did you understand what
I said in the morning or what you heard this afternoon?"
The audience fell silent because they could not understand the
language in which Max Muller had spoken. It was `Greek and Latin' to them as
they say. But had it been Greek or Latin, they would have definitely understood
because they were from various parts of Europe. It was in a language which the
European scholars had never heard.
Max Muller then explained what he had spoken. He said that the
language he spoke was Sanskrit and it was the first sloka of Rig Veda, which
says "Agni meele purohitam."
This was the first recorded public version on the gramophone plate.
Why did Max Muller choose this? Addressing the audience he said,
"Veda-s are the oldest text of the human race. And "Agni meele purohitam" is the first
verse of Rig Veda. In the most primordial time, when the people did not know
how even to cover their bodies and lived by hunting and housed in caves,
Indians had attained high civilization and they gave the world universal
philosophies in the form of the Veda-s.”
When “Agni meele purohitam” was replayed the entire
audience stood up in silence as a mark of respect for the ancient Hindu sages.
This verse means:
Oh Agni, You who gleam in the darkness, To You we come day
by day, with devotion and bearing homage. So be of easy access to us, Agni, as
a father to his son, abide with us for our well-being."
(Source World
Press reporting on first pamphlet published by HMV about its first
recording.)
RIGVEDA
“Harih Om! Agnimeelae puroehitam yajnasyadeva mritvijam |
hoetaara(g)m ratnadhaatamam Harih
Om!”
Hail! & Glory! To Agni Deva! He, the Lord of the Yajnyas in
Whom all our karmas culminate; He who is to be worshipped without fail at the
junction of each seasonal time cycle of the year; He who has been present from
time immemorial before the commencement of life of every Jeeva (Aatman); He who
is helpful to every one for no reason; He who delivers the food offered in the
sacrificial fires to the respective divines; He who grants the sublime
knowledge and divine happiness that are like precious gems in life; He who
stays at the tip of life and draws and attracts the devotees to Himself, I pray
to that great Paramaatma who is in the form of Agni and I sing in praise to His
endless and eternal glories.
Comments:
Yesterday I had found in our jewelry collection what appeared to be
a crystal bead necklace and asked my father if that was a sphatika. He asked
me to see if in the dark when rubbed against one another they produced
spark to test the authenticity and then also said the Mahaperiyava had
mentioned that sphatika has sound recording property.
Then I googled to check in that and then read your entire article on this.. Super informative thank you mama.
Aparna Arcot, November 24, 2020 -
VISHNU SAHASRANAMA CRYSTAL RECORDING IN DWAPARA YUGA, HELPS US TO-DAY
There are various aids to communication between our physical world and the inner world of Devas
and Gods. One of the most celebrated of these is the crystal. Hindus
recognize "crystal power" in the traditional use of gems (most of which
are crystals) in temples. The most famous example is found in Chidambaram, South India. Here
the Siva Lingam for daily worship is a small quartz crystal, while the
most celebrated image is the six-inch ruby Siva Nataraj brought out on
special occasions. The Sanskrit term for a crystal is sphatika, as in
sphatikalingam. It is interesting to note the word Kailasa is derived
from Kelaasa which means Crystal and hence the sanctity attached to
Crystal or Sphatika Lingas.
Maha Periyavaa asked a question to his ardent audience: “How did Vishnu Sahasranamama come
to us?” Someone said Bheeshma gave it to us. All agreed. Then Maha
Periyavaa posed another question: “When all were listening to Bheeshma
on the battlefield, who took notes at Kurukshetra?”
When
Bheeshma was glorifying Krishna with Sahasranamam everyone was looking
at him including Krishna and Vyasa. After he finished the 1000 Namas
all opened their eyes. The first to react was Yudhistirar. He said,
‘Pithamaha has chanted 1000 glorious names of Vasudeva. All of us
listened but none of us have noted it down. The sequence is lost’.
Then all turned to Krishna and asked for His help. As usual He said, ‘I
also was listening like the rest of you. What can we do?’ Then all
beseeched Krishna to help them recover the precious rendition. Then
Krishna said, ‘It can only be done by Sahadeva and Vyasa will write it
down.’ Everyone wanted to know how Sahadeva could do it. Krishna
replied, ‘Sahadeva is the only one amongst us wearing SUDDHA SPHATIKAM.
If he prays to Shiva and does dhyanam he can convert the SPHATIKA into
waves of sound and Vyasa can write it down. [
Then, both Sahadeva and Vyasa, sat in the same place, where
Bheeshma had recited the Sahasranamam. Sahadeva started the dhyanam to
recover the sound waves from the Sphatika. The nature of Sphatika is
that it will capture sounds in a calm environment which can be got back
with proper dhyanam of Maheswara who is Swethambara and SPHATIKA. VSN
says Easwaro Uvacha! So, the world’s earliest tape recorder is
this SPHATIKA which gave us the wonderful Vishnu Sahasranama. When
Maha Periyavaar explained this all were stunned… From the Sphatika
recording, the grantha (script) came to us through Vyasa. Did Arjuna
also was wearing a Suddha Sphatika necklace while listening to Krishna, I
can’t tell! Otherwise, how can we have blessed with Visahnusahasranamam?
Reacting to my discourse one of my participants wrote:
“Yesterday
I had found in our jewelry collection what appeared to be a crystal
bead necklace and asked my father if that was a sphatika. He asked me
to see if in the dark when rubbed against one another they produced
spark to test the authenticity and then also said the Mahaperiyava had
mentioned that sphatika has sound recording property. Then I googled to
check in that and then read your entire article on this. Super
informative thank you!”
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Viṣṇumukhā vai devāś-chandobhir-imāॅṁllokānan-apajayyam-abhyajayan--
The divines having as their chief , with the help of the means
prescribed in the Vedas, won these worlds for themselves free from the
fear of enemies (MNU).
SARVAM VISHNUMAYAM JAGATH!
According
to Vedic version, the Supreme Lord manifests and expands Himself in
innumerable expansions of which primary expansion is called
Vishnu-Tattvas and the secondary expansion are called living entities.
Vishnu-tattva is the personal expansion, and the living entities are
separated expansions. Sankara talks about this Vishnu-Tattva both in
Bhajagovindam and Atmabodha that I explained at length earlier on
several occasions.Gita explains what happens to the mind and the senseswhen a soul moves from one body to another upon death.
As
long as we have to deal with this material world, we have to be guided
by Vishnutattva as Jagath sarvam or the whole world is Vishnu Mayam,
pervaded by Vishnu,.
When we leave this world, we need to worry no more about Jagat. What
moves forward is the Jeevatman or Self -Aham guided by Siva So you
meditate on Sivoham for liberation. That is why we contemplate on
Sivoham and no longer worry about Bhajan, Harikeertanam or Harikatha
when our thoughts are focused on Liberation . Please go through the
wisdom thoughts of Jagadguru Chandrasekharaendra Saraswathi on the
subject:
Sivamayam:
All
Gods are one and the same Paramathma. Even Siva and Vishnu are not at
all different. But worshiping them in different forms gives us
additional pleasure. The essence of our religion is unity in diversity.
Even if we are aware of the oneness of Gods, worshiping different forms
with each representing a different quality is delightful.
We
can consider Siva to be the fundamental singular knowledge (Jnana)
base. The energy of the single one takes various forms to keep the world
going and that can be seen as Vishnu. That is we may consider Siva as
Parabrahma and Vishnu as Parasakthi. Though it is said that Vishnu and
Ambal are siblings, great saints have experienced them to be one. Appar
swamigal has said “Ariyalaal Devi Illai Iyan Iyaaranaarke” (other than
Hari, Siva has no other consert). This truth can be known if we look at
the forms of Ardanaareeshwarar and Sankaranarayanan. In both, the right
side is that of Parameshwara. The left in one is Vishnu and in another
it is that of Ambal.
The
power that shows the Only One as many illusionary Bthings is Ambal or
Vishnu. So the entire universe is Vishnu’s form. Sahasranamam starts
with‘Viswam Vishnu:’. There is a statement that,Sarvam Vishnumayam Jagath’.We
say that administration of the world is done by Vishnu. The worldly
pleasures and emotions which are channelized towards divinity and
devotion are more related to Vishnu. We say ‘Harikatha, Harinaama Sankeerthanam’.
We seldom say ‘Harakatha or Harakeerthanam’. The pleasure of narration
of stories and songs are so much for Vishnu. Though the term
‘Bhaghawatha’ means related to God (Bhaghawan), generally the term
Bhaghwatha refers to Vishnu’s devotee or story. Narrating story, doing
Puja, showing bhakti, singing Bhajans with the aid of many beautiful
things in the universe is done mainly towards Vishnu.
But
if we keep us away from the world and immerse into the fundamental
peaceful state, then connection with Siva is pronounced. We say ‘Siva
Jnanam’, Siva Yogam’ and not ‘Vishnu Jnanam and ‘Vishnu Yogam’. The one
when perceived as many becomes Vishnu and hence ‘Sarvam Visnumayam Jagath’. When we stop seeing many, then the ‘Sarvam’ is lost. Only one (ekam)remains. The one who experiences that state is the only one and the world doesn’t exist for him. Therefore even ‘Jagath’ is lost. Only Sivam remains. So it is just said ‘Sivamayam’.
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In
the seven colors of VIBGYOR there is neither black nor white. In
reality too Siva’ s and Vishnu’s black and Brahma's white are beyond
the perception of colors.
[Vishnuis depictedblackbecauseKrishnaas full avatar haddarkskin. ...Vishnu is darkto represent His Grace and Willingness to come to the aid of others.Shivaisdarkbecause he represents the mysteries of the Universe. Brahma iswhitebecause
he represents light, which first appeared at the time of Creation,
Night is dark and Day is white. Sometimes Krishna and Rama are shown in
blue clear. Standing on earth we see all pervading blue sky and blue sea
on a clear cloudless day, the Lortd who pervades "bhur--bhuvas-suvah". Tamaso maa jyotir gamaya--The Deva who leads us through Night to Day-=-that is from black Darkness to white Light!
Hindu
religion believes in symbolisms and the blue color is a symbol of the
infinite and the immeasurable. According to Swami Chinmayananda, the
inspiration behind Chinmaya Mission, whatever is immeasurable can appear
to the mortal eye only as blue, just like the cloudless summer sky
appears blue to the physical eye. Since Lord Krishna is beyond our
perception, it seemed apt to attribute this color to him.
If
Brahma is the creator, Vishnu the preserver, Shiva is the
quintessential destroyer. His duty is to destroy all the worlds at the
end of creation and dissolve them into nothingness. Modern theories of
space do suggest the possible ending of the physical universe after some
billions of years through the expansion of a gigantic black hole
devouring the matter from endless galaxies. Perhaps Shiva would be the
black hole or its creator performing that task.
Anything
burnt turns black but retains the shape. When a newspaper is lit and
immediately doused, though turns black will still have black printed
letters visible in spite of the black background. Even cloth gets burnt
with its folds intact. This is a prior state before losing the total
form. This is‘Sarvam Vishnumayam Jagath’.The world appears to
exist even though the sense organs are burnt. The emotions and happiness
do appear to exist but turned towards devotion and away from mundane
matters. If we burn it further by practicing Yoga and Jnana, those
emotions too will be reduced to ashes. Anything which is burnt initially
turns black, but burning it further becomes completely white and
converts to ashes. This is ‘Sivamayam’. That is why Sivai s sometimes
shown as white with neck alone black that held halahala poisin!
Jaya Jaya Shankara Hara Hara Shankara!!!
--Jagadguru Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi
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