The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary)
author: T.N. Ganapathy
edition: 2013, Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Trust
pages: 3832
ISBN-10: 1895383617
ISBN-13: 9781895383614
Topic: Shaivism
Manifestation of Downward Face
This chapter describes Manifestation of Downward Face located on page 621 in the English translation of the The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary) [also: Tirumantiram, Tirumandiram etc.]. This book by Siddha Tirumular (Thirumoolar) deals with Shaiva literature (such as the Agamas) and, being encyclopedic in form, also deals with topics such as spiritual wisdom, Yoga, Indian philosophy and Tantra. This is Chapter 20 part of "Tandiram (Thandhiram) 2"
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Brahma Sutras (Ramanuja) [by George Thibaut]
Nor is the matter improved by your introducing the hand and the sunbeams (above, p. 38), and to say that as the sunbeams while manifesting the hand, are at the same time manifested by the hand, so consciousness, while manifesting the ahamkara, is at the same time itself manifested by the latter. The sunbeams are in reality not manifested by the hand at all....
Read full contents: The view that the conscious subject is something unreal, due to the ahamkara, cannot be maintained
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita [by Narayana Gosvami]
At that time, Krishna manifested His four-armed form and lifted her up with two of His arms. With His other two arms, He fixed her dishevelled hair and cleaned her face. As it is said in Shrimad-Bhagavatam (10.60.26): paryankad avaruhyashu tam utthapya catur-bhujah keshan samuhya tad-vaktram pramrijat padma-panina Arising swiftly from the couch, the Lord manifested a four-armed form, smoothed the hair of Rukmini, and gently touched her face with His lotus hand....
Read full contents: Verse 11.46
Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra) [by Rama Prasada]
Still there is non-interruption on account of the fruit thereof, because the same memory is generated when the manifestation is according to its own fruit and in consonance with karma which must fructify into the feline state. ‘The rise of a state is the vehicle of action, because it is from this state that the fruition arises. Further it takes its rise in accordance with its own manifesting cause. ‘Manifestation means tending towards the beginning of fruition....
Read full contents: Sutra 4.9
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[The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary): index]
[Foreword]
[Preface]