शिवज्ञानबोध (मेय्कण्डार - शैव सिद्धान्त का आधारभूत दार्शनिक सूत्र ग्रन्थ)

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by His touch, it is impossible to obtain Gnanam. By practice of
True Tapas, by intense devotion and Love, it is easy to attract
God to oneself as his Guru.
“ அன்பு சிவமு மிரண்டென்பா ரறிவிலார்
அன்பே சிவமாவ தாரு மறிந்திலார்
அன்பே சிவமாவ தாரு மறிந்தபின்
அன்பே சிவமா யமர்ந்திருப்பாரே.”
“The ignorant think that God and Love are different.
None knows that God and Love are the same.
Did all men know that God and Love are the same,
They would repose in God as Love.”
(Thirumanthiram).
It will therefore be seen that the whole of the moral, Reli-
gious and psychical (Yoga) practices are simply preparatory
acts and can never be ends in themselves and can never be of any
use, unless the true end is kept in view.
As our Thayumanavar says :
“விரும்பும் சரியைமுதல் மெய்ஞ்ஞான நான்கும்
அரும்புமலர் காய்கனிபோ லன்றோ பராபரமே.”
(O My Lord, are not the four Paths from the much desired
Sariya to the Gnanam like the unopened flower, the blossom, the
unripe fruit and the ripe fruit). And the author of Ozhivilodukkam
who is a true Siddanthi appropriately devotes three of his chapters
to Sarithai Kalatri, Kriya Kalatri, and Yoga Kalatri, in which he
exposes and reviles in unmeasured terms the practices of impos-
tors, false prophets and Pharisees.
And again, the doctrine of the Divine Guru as expounded
here should be particularly noted and distinguished. In fact, if
one takes all the beliefs and practices of every religion and every
faith all the world over, it is just possible to reduce them all to