Bindu Veeraswamy Krishnaraj

Explanation of chart. These words are technical terms. The Supreme is endowed with three

powers or Saktis: Iccha, Jnana and Kriya = Will, Knowledge and Action. Fire is Will; Moon

is Knowledge; Sun is Action. Let me give you an example. Earth is the epitome of patience;

likewise Fire is Will.

When you go past the explanation of the chart you will find information on Bindu.

Spelling mistakes:

Paysanti = read as Pasyanti. Sadahyam = read as Sadakyam

Notes on the flow chart: From Nirguna Siva originate the three Bindus: Brahma Bindu, Vishnu

Bindu, and Rudra Bindu. Karana Bindu (Causal Bindu) gives rise to Karya Bindu (Effector

Bindu), which gives rise to Nada which again gives rise to Bija.

The three Bindus are the sun (Ravi), Moon (Chandra), and Fire (Agni). Fire and Moon are in the

Sun which is mixed or Misra Bindu, also known as Paramasiva and Kamakala, the latter is a

triangle representing Divine Desire and the root of all mantras. Moon --Soma, Chandra-- is Siva

Bindu and also Sita Bindu (White Bindu). Fire is Sakti Bindu and also Sona Bindu (Red Bindu).

Sun is a mixture of both. Fire is Will; Moon is Knowledge; Sun is Action (Iccha, Jnana and

Kriya). Sita Bindu or White Bindu on its descent to material level becomes semen. Sona Bindu

(Red Bindu) to Menstrual fluid.

Sun = Misra Bindu = Paramasiva = Para-Siva = KAmakala. Misra Bindu is Sakti Tattva

when Sakti is dominant and Siva when Siva is dominant; it is thus Sakti and Saktiman. In

this coupled form it is YAmala RUpA and thus Sun is Samasti (Aggregate or Totality).

Sun contains Moon and Fire = Tri-Bindu. Here Sun, Moon and Fire (Solar, Lunar and Fire

Mandala) do not refer to heavenly objects but to creative Trinity.

Moon = Siva Bindu = Sita Bindu In material plane, Sita Bindu becomes Semen.

Fire = Sakti Bindu = Sona Bindu. In material plane Sona Bindu becomes Menstrual Fluid.

Union of Siva and Sakti is Mithuna; the thrill is Nada; the product is Maha Bindu, which

becomes three Bindus, also known as KAmakala.

Kriya-Sakti (Action) is the origin and repository of Sabda and Artha (sound and meaning-

Sabda Brahman or Sound Brahman or Logos). Bindu cascades down into Lords of Tattvas

in the process of differentiation (Suddha Tattvas) and Tattvas of Mind and Matter

(Suddha-Asuddha, Asuddha Tattvas). Sambhu, the presiding deity of Ajna Chakra, is

responsible in the creation of Sakti, Sadasiva, Isa, Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra.

Bindu Sakti--Light Energy

Nada and Bindu are two saktis (power). Naada (Nada) is sound and Bindu is dot, or point.

Strictly speaking, Bindu is a Circle with Void inside--O. The confining Circle is Sakti, while the

Void is Siva. Think of Bindu as Singularity with no dimension, from which everything

proceeds. Nada and Bindu are the progenitors of Tattvas, the building blocks of the universe.

Supreme Consciousness divides itself into subject and object in time and space.--Woodroffe.

Sakti divides again into Bindu, Nada and Bija. Bindu is Siva and Bija is Sakti. Nada is the

relationship between the two. Nada is action and Bindu is static; Nada is white and Bindu is red.

Skanda Purana says that Siva-Sadasiva is of the nature of Nada (divine sound) sitting in

AkArapIthikA (Pedestal of the letter A) and Five-letter Mantra Namasivaya. Parasiva and

ParAsakti, ontologically superior to Nada and Bindu, are Soundless and motionless (NiSabda)

and NiSpanda). Sabda = sound. Spanda = contraction and expansion, vibration, motion. Nada

transforms into Bindu which is Isvara Tattva, the origin of the worlds. Bindu's abode is

Satyaloka, which abides in the pericarp of the thousand-petalled Lotus, Sahasrara Chakra in the

highest cerebral Center, according to Woodroffe. The Bindu should be worshipped (like a grain

of gram, which are the two cotyledons and represent) the inseparable Siva and Sakti.

Explanation. You need three things to do anything in this world: Knowledge, Will and Action.

Siva is Knowledge, which alone by itself does not serve any purpose. Siva is Static. Will and

Action are necessary to go forward. Sakti is the dynamic power of Siva. She is Action; She is the

powerhouse. She is the Mother (அம்மை) and begets beings and universe. Siva is the Father

(அப்பன்).

One sources tells Parabindu divides into two parts; the right is Bindu, Male, Purusa or Ham and

the left is Visarga, Female, Prakrti or sah. Together Hamsah Mantra is the union of Prakrti and

Purusa and the universe is also Hamsah. Parabindu is Siva- Sakti. Does it not remind you of

Ardhanarisvara, androgynous Siva; left half of the body is Sakti and the right half is Siva. See

the image below?

Prapañca-sara says: "She whose name is Tattva is Cinmatra: when by proximity to the Light she

wishes to create, She becomes massive (Ghanibhūya) and assumes the form of Bindu. Then in

time She divides Herself in two: the one on the right is Bindu and that on the left side is Visarga.

The right and the left are respectively distinguished as male and female. Ham is the Bindu, and

Sah is Visarga; Bindu is Purusa, and Visarga is Prakrti ; Hamsah. is the union of Prakrti and

Purusa, who pervade the Universe.--Woodroffe. create = VicikIrsu = wishes to distort Herself.

Here Distortion or Stress is Creation.

Anataratma, Guru, Hamsah and Parama Siva are all the same. Parama Siva is seated on Hamsa

Pita, which is Mantramaya. The Guru-Siva is in the White Lotus of a thousand petals--Sahasrara

Chakra, within which is a triangle enclosing two Bindus making the Visarga. There in the empty

void is Parama Siva. Bindu is the circle O, the void is the Brahmapada or space within Bindu.

Woodroffe (1865-1936) says, "the universe is withdrawn into the Sakti which projected it. It

collapses, so to speak, into a mathematical point without any magnitude whatever. That is the

Siva-Bindu, which is again withdrawn into Siva-Sakti-Tattva which produced it. The Serpent

Power page 34-35. This reminds of Singularity in the Black Hole.

There are three saktis of Siva: Iccha, Jnana and Kriya. Iccha Sakti gave rise to Maya which in

union with Bindu gave rise to three Mayas or major Tattvas: Suddha, Suddha-Asuddha and

Asuddha Mayas. This is the Ma-Kaara mode of Bindu, where diversity finds expression. (AUM

is A-Kaara, U-kaara, and Ma-Kaara.) Sakti's U-Kaara mode is revealed in creation (churning out

objects and beings); here, the Sakti is operative in Prakriti Tattva, the first of the Asuddha

Tattvas/Mayas and the 13th down the line among the 36 Tattvas. The world is fully awake with

A-Kaara state, meaning that all Tattvas down to the last Tattva #36, earth, are manifested. Nada

is high-born in the sense it arose from Para. In their subtle state they do not have a physical

dimension (Singularity). As they evolve in a linear or cascade fashion, the product acquires a

supranormal quality (Pure Consciousness), can acquire a human character as desire or ego, take

on a physical dimension such as an eye, can glide on airwaves as sound, or can become earth

itself. (When all these entities involute, they collapse (INVOLUTE) into a point, Bindu. That is

interesting for we are told that the universe came from a point or dot, the size of a grain of sand.

When the the universe trips over the edge of the Event Horizon, it involutes into a pointlike

singularity. It appears that Hindu thinkers had an idea of the origin and involution of the universe

before the west) Nada and Bindu are all aspects of this universe, known and unknown. Even

gods came from these entities. Nada in its original intent was an act like the union of two entities

with a resultant product: Sodium combining with Chloride is Nada or Mithuna (union). Here

"Nada is Mithuna of Siva and Sakti", according to Woodroffe. "Nada is action", where there is a

form (Rupa) to the action (Kriya) of power (Sakti), Kriya-Sakti-Rupa. The product in this case is

Bindu (Para-Bindu or Supreme Bindu). Para Bindu is a drop, a particle or a dot. It is Light, it is

space, it is devoid of decay. Bindu (derived from Parabindu--Sivasakti) is one compact,

superdense power pack (Sakti, Singularity), ready for blossoming out into the building blocks of

the universe in an orderly fashion AND NOT WITH A BIG BANG. (You heard about the

opposite end of Black Hole as being ramified White Hole, from which the new universe

emerges.) Maya Sakti brings about blossoming, actualization and unfolding of this universe from

Bindu in this cosmic choreography. Para Bindu resides in Sahasrara or thousand petalled Lotus,

the seat of Isvara. Empty void (sunya) is in Para Bindu and is Nirguna Siva. (The point of

condensation after the universe falls into the Black Hole is Singularity which has no dimension,

which the Hindus call as Avyakta (unmanifest). Jiva and Kundali are part of Para Bindu. In

Sahasrara, the seat of Para Bindu, Sakti of Nirvana, and kalas of Nirvana and Ama and fire of

Nibodhika reside. Kalaa / kala generally means "part." 36 Tattvas, categories, products or

building blocks came out of Supreme Bindu. Some were Pure products, some were Impure

products and some were half Pure and half Impure: Suddha Tattvas, Asuddha Tattvas and

Suddha-Asuddha Tattvas.

More on Nada: Nada encompasses SamavAya, Sambandha, Ksobhaka, Ksobhya, all resulting in

Srstihetu. SamavAya is coming together, Sambandha is the connection, Ksobhaka is the exciter

or inductor, and Ksobhya is that which is excited.

Nada is the exciter (Ksobhaka) and also the excited (Ksobhya) resulting in creation (Srstihetu).

From Nada. Goddess creates three Devis and three Devas who possess the Saktis- Will, Desire,

and Action in addition to creation of Fire, Moon and Sun. This is known as SabdaSrsti, the

creation of sound, the Primary Creation. The second creation is Arthasrsti (Object creation).

Arthasrsti entails creation of Devas from Sambhu; these Devas are Tattvesa, the presiding deities

of the Tattvas, the building blocks of the universe. Part of Arthasrsti is Tattva-srsti, the evolution

of Tattvas of Mind and Matter from Buddhi14

to Prithvi36

. Raudri comes from Bindu; Jayestha

from Nada; VAmA from BijA. Rudra comes from Raudri; Vishnu comes Jayestha; Brahma

comes from VAmA. As you may notice, the male god comes from female deity; they become

couples. This is the opposite of Christian belief that Eve came from Adam. VAma vomits the

universe; Jayestha maintains what is created; Raudri dissolves.

The latter three (Vama, Jayestha, and Raudri) are of the nature of Knowledge, Will, Action and

also of Fire, Moon, and Sun (Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra). The Saktis are also in the form of

Nirodhika, Arddhendu and Bindu. Bindu (Nada) containing Tamas is Nirodhika (Nirodhini);

Nada with Sattva is Ardhenddhu (Ardhachandra); Bindu has in it Bija: Will, Knowledge and

Rajas.

Nada with Tamas Guna: Tamas is an obstructionist (Nirodhika) to action and so Nada stops or

limits its operations in the universe; Nirodhini-Nirodika resides in Sadasiva Tattva (the giver of

Grace) where knowledge and action are in balance. Tamas applies the breaks on Nada and slows

it down just enough to manifest Grace in Sadasiva.

Nada with Sattva Guna: Ardenddhu or Ardhachandra (Half-Moon). Here Nada is slightly

functional in the sense it creates the "speakables," which covers all the Mantras and words

spoken, yet to be spoken, not known to have been spoken... Ardhachandra is Isvara Tattva,

dominant in action with knowledge in the background.

Bindu: Parasakti Herself is called Bindu when She is in the nature of inseparate illumination in

regard to the whole range of speakable. She resides in Isvara Tattva.

Sakti is One Entity with many titles, many offices, many portfolios, many functions and many

performances. She is the consummate Supreme Jill of all trades. it is like one's mother being

daughter, sister, aunt, wife, lover, grandmother, office worker, home maker, food shopper, soccer

mom.... The Saktis with many portfolios in descending hierarchical order are UnmanA, SamanA,

VyApikA or VyApini, Anjani, MahAnAda, NAda, Nirodhini, Ardhachandra, Bindu, Ma-kAra,

U-kAra, A-kAra. Sakti is Kula, which is MAtr, MAna, and Meya (Knower, Knowing, and the

Known = PramAta, PramAna and Prameya) and Siva is Akula (not Sakti).

Prapanchasara Tantra says Parabindu splits into two parts: the right side is Bindu (male, Purusa

or Ham) and the left is Visarga (female, Prakrti or Sah. The union of Bindu and Visarga is

Hamsah which is the universe.

Another view of Bindu and Nada. NAda, subject to Gunas, exists in three states: Nibodhika or

bodhini, NAda, and Bindu

Bindu is Vindu in Tamil meaning dot or point, drop, semen, sperm, mercury, a flaw in the

diamond, the middle portion of the forehead between the eyebrows; circle, Sivatattva--sphere of

knowledge presided over by Siva Jnana Sakti; Pure Maya (Suddha Maaya) according to Tamil

Lexicon of Madras University. Bindu in its supreme state is the nucleus of the universe

(Singularity), from which everything proceeds. Compare it to the nucleus of the cell. When the

cell and its nucleus undergo apoptosis, they degenerate and become mushy, waiting for

scavenger cells to remove them. Likewise when the cerebral-dwelling Supreme Bindu

undergoes "apoptosis or lysis = Sanskrit Laya" it becomes the (testicular) semen or (ovarian)

ovum at a lower level of existence. Don't expect a scientist to prove or disprove such a

hypothesis. Bindu as a point and semen have creative potentialities; the former is at a cosmic

level; the latter at microcosmic level. Gurus are of the opinion that Rajas Guna (motion, passion)

makes the Bindu degenerate into sperm or ovum. The Apotheosis of Bindu undergoes

apoptosis. (Every cell has a lifespan; it has to die its programmed death; otherwise, the cells

accumulate and give rise to a tumor, cancer, leukemia or malignant growth. Apoptosis is

programmed cell suicide; if this happens too efficiently, there is grave cell damage leading to

neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer, Huntington and Parkinson. Normal body has a

balance between dying cells and new cells. When the cells degenerate but not renewed or

removed, the debris accumulates and compromises its function.)

Ūrdhvaretas: ( = ऊर्ध्वरेतस ्Ūrdhva + retas) = (ascending + stream) Vital fluid, according to

Hindu belief, exists in a subtle state throughout the body. Sukra = White, Silver, Vital fluid,

Essence, Semen. Yogis are said to have the ability to channel the principle of the seminal fluid

up the Susumna Nadi to reach the A-Ka-Tha Triangle. The Yogi goes with Kundalini to the

Triangle, wherein she meets KAmesvara (Siva) for union. The Yogi enjoys both Bhoga and

Yoga upon reaching the Triangle in the Soma Chakra. All this sexual connotation is the only

analogical way to simplify an idea of union of individual soul with Supreme Soul. (It is similar

to the nuns who become the brides of Jesus Christ.) All this is happening inside the head. It is all

an inner experience. This union results in the flow of Amrta (Ambrosia) that can be conserved or

allowed to trickle down to Manipura Chakra (via the upper Chakras), wherein it is used for

digestive process. They, who conserve this Ambrosial flow and prevent its descent, enjoy

physical, mental and spiritual health. This sexual analogy is parlayed to give us an idea of the

Bliss that the Yogi enjoys uniting (Yoga) with the Universal Soul.

When sexual urge finds expression, the subtle substance gathers at the gonads and prostate and

assumes a gross form as opposed to the subtle form of existence throughout the body. To rise to

the level of Urdhvaretas is to prevent emission and facilitate reabsorption into the body of the

stored seeds for in the perfected one it remains subtle for ever with atrophy of the gonads and

involution of phallus -- signs of Urdhvaretas. Because of the subtle nature of Sukra and its

pervasion throughout the chaste body in Urdhvaretas and lack of it in the gonadal and prostatic

fluid, he smells like a lotus. (On the other hand, ordinary mortals (men) smell like goats for

obvious reasons.) In perfect ones, the seminal energy rises to become the nectar (Amrta) of Siva

Sakti, according to Tantric Texts. This diffuse radiant energy (Tejas) circulating in the body of

the perfected ones, it is said, they, when cut, bleed not blood but Tejas in the form of semen.

This ascent of conserved energy is called Urdhvaretas. The message is orgasm is for the flesh,

beatitude is for the spirit; between the two, beatitude is superior and eternal. Physical union is a

weak emulation of union of Siva and Sakti. The Gurus recommend prolonging the sexual act

without ejaculation; thus conservation of the seed is maintained. Some of the modern pseudo-

Gurus of the East and the West have used this kind of information to build a clientele with a

promise to transform one into a marathon love-machine.

An unproven thought: Since yogis sit in Lotus and other positions over long periods, they

compress the blood supply to the testicles for hours on end. Over many years of this practice, my

suspicion is that the testicles atrophy. One can avoid this problem by proper sitting. Bicyclists

sometimes develop numbness of perineum after prolonged riding and pressure on the nerves in

the perineum. Some feel that the blood supply to the testicles is compromised, resulting in low

sperm count.

By sublimating and conserving sexual energy, it is said that the vital fluid rises to Sahasrara,

becomes Soma, the nectar of immortality and spreads through the lymphatic system eventually

finding its way to the brain where it becomes Ojas and Tejas (Vigor and splendor), which are

essential for obtaining Superconsciousness.

Maya, born of Bindu, is identified as Asuddha Bindu; hence, there is no confusion, when one

passage reads that Bindu is the cause of Tattvas and another passage says that Maya is the cause

of Tattvas. Mular says Maya arose out of Iccha Sakti and Maya in union with Bindu (yes) gave

rise to Suddha, Asuddha, and Prakriti Tattvas--Verse 399. (The substrate is Bindu and the

substance [product] is Maya.)

Suddha Tattvas: 1-5 (5)

1. Siva Tattva, 2. Sakti Tattva, 3. Sadasiva Tattva, 4. Isvara or IsaTattva, 5. Suddha Vidya

Tattva(m).

The five gods, Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra-Siva, Sadasiva, and Mahesvara were born when

Anava Sakti united with Bindu.

SuddhaAsuddha Tattvas: 6-12 (7)

6. Maya: material cause of asuddham (impurity)

7. Kaala: Time: determines the duration of soul's experiences.

8. Niyati: destiny which makes soul's experience correspond to the fruits of its own karma.

9. Kalaa: variable aptitude of the soul to spiritual knowledge.

10. Vidya: Soul's ability to discriminate.

11. Raaga: Soul's desire to experience the world.

12.Purusa: Sakalar class soul having all three malas, Maya, Anava, and Kanma . mala =

impurity

Asuddha Tattvas: 13-36 (24)

13. PrakrtiTattva, 14. Buddhi, 15. Ahamkara 16. Manas, 17. hearing, 18. tactile sense, 19.

vision and color, 20. tasting, 21. smell 22. speech, 23. grasp, 24. ambulation, 25. evacuation,

26. procreation, 27. sound, 28. palpation, 29. form, 30. taste, 31. odor, 32. ether, 33. air, 34.

fire, 35. water, 36. earth.

See file TATTVAS-36.htm for details.

"I" and "This" (Aham and Idam) are as old as creation. Siva said "I" and Sakti kept silent and

let Him have it his way. (This silence, according to the modern psychologists, is 'Self-

Silencing'). Sakti is the mirror for Siva's experience of I (Aham) according to Woodroffe. It is

like the reflection of Purusa on Prakrti. Siva and Sakti were one entity like two cotyledons in a

pea; that unitary existence had no need for any consideration other than "I"; now a whole slew of

Beings and entities (Idam, This) come into existence. (Two cotyledons: The two cotyledons

inside the skin are so close together that they look as one.) As the two cotyledons (Purusa-

Prakriti or Siva-Sakti) are covered by the skin, the Bindu is encircled by Maya. Skin = Maya.

Once Siva Tattva transforms into Sakti Tattva, the 'self-silencing' of Sakti goes out the window

with 'bada bing bada boom' and a whole slew of entities come into being: Suddha Tattvas,

Suddha-Asuddha Tattva, and Asuddha Tattvas.

bada bing bada boom = an exclamation to emphasize that something will happen effortlessly

and predictably.

Later, as unfolding progressed to the downside, other entities started appearing in a cascade

fashion in Suddha Tattvas. It was like father-son lineage going from Siva Tattva begetting Sakti

Tattva, the latter to Sadasiva Tattva, the latter to Isvara Tattva, and the latter to Vidya Tattva.

There are now too many entities for Siva to stay as "I-AHAM.” Siva was Pure Consciousness

when He was a pea in the pod with Sakti. Now transformation is taking place. This is a step-

down transformation with every new entity; a step-down always means the splendor and

Superconsciousness of Siva are diluted in the resulting Beings and entities, as step-down goes

further down. Now not only we have many of "This-IDAM," but less potent ones. A world of

changes has taken place. Siva and Sakti in a pod were unitary and therefore Advaita or One.

There was no one else. He was the right half and She was the left half. See file Ardhanarisvara

(You heard the expression: Where is your other half? Now you know where the expression came

from.) Now with the other four entities, we have many of "This-IDAM." Now we have "I and

This." This is also called transformation in consciousness. The other with the consciousness

says, "I" and "This" (Aham and Idam). This is the story of Dualism, as many entities started

appearing in the universe. Remember the pea in the Pod. The pea of Siva-Sakti enjoyed Pure

Consciousness, but the cotyledons' sheath, Maya, breaks down revealing the cotyledons which in

turn blossom out as entities, causing the unitary Consciousness of Siva-Sakti become many; now

we have two entities: "I" and "This." That is dualism, the result of evolution of Siva-sakti from

Nishkala state from "I" to "I" and "This"--the Sakala state. Nishkala state has no parts; Siva-Sakti

is one unitary existence; when Sivasakti manifested the 36 Tattvas, it became many parts

(Sakala). In the whole universe, there are only two entities: I and This. Now you know why Ego

resides in "I." Tamil scholars mention that there are only three entities in the universe: He, She

and It (அவன், அவள், அது).

Consciousness is the important factor, when it comes to people too. People are endowed with

Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. Sattva is virtue and goodness; Rajas, motion and passion; and Tamas,

darkness and ignorance. When Sattva is in large quantity, the person is closer to

superconsciousness. Rajas has the directional and or suppressive effect on Sattva and Tamas,

depending upon the path of Rajas. Think of Rajas as the steering front wheel in a three-wheeler,

while the two back wheels--Sattva and Tamas-- follow the direction of the front wheel. Go to

The Big Wheel of Brahman

Suddha Tattvas contain Saktis as follows: Unmani in Siva Tattva, Samani in Sakti Tattva,

Nadanta in Sadasiva Tattva, Bindu in Isvara Tattva. The descending hierarchy of the seven saktis

is as follows: Unmani, Samani, Vyapika, Nadanta or Mahanada, Nada, Bodhini, Bindu.

Unmani state (memory aid: Un + Many = not many) is without kalas or parts; it is Nirguna state

(no attributes); it is unitary and indivisible. Unmani is not different from Turiya state, the fourth

state of consciousness. Go to POTPOURRI ONE and find write-up on Turiya. Samani state has

parts or kalās. In Kundalini planes, these saktis exist between Ajna and Sahasrara Chakras. You

may notice that this hierarchy demonstrates progressive degradation (dilution) of Pure

Consciousness from Siva Tattva to Vidya Tattva (Suddha Tattvas). In Sahasrara Chakra,

Supreme Bindu Parasiva keeps his abode. This descent of the saktis from Unmani to Bindu goes

by the name Viloma, reverse or descending order, while the ascending order from Muladhara to

Bindu ( Kali Kundalini) at Ajna is called Anuloma order (evolution, srsti, forward movement, or

lower order). Viloma is descent from Z to A, while Anuloma is ascent from A to Z.

Anuloma = Natural Direction. Viloma: Turned the wrong way.

Loma is hair; Anuloma is going with the hair or grain; Anuloma is going with the flow.

Viloma is going against the hair or grain; Viloma is going against the flow.

Atma and Jiva: Atma is soul; Jiva is Atma with body etc., UpAdi (attribute or limitation).

Viloma is path of return of the Jiva or involution from lower status to a higher status. Woodroffe

says Viloma is reading alphabets from Z to A, while Anuloma is reading it from A to Z. Viloma

is Nivrtti, cessation and involution, to a higher state, while Anuloma is Srsti, creation and

forward movement. The words are deceptive in their meaning: involution means rise and return

of Jiva to its original Superconscious state, while srsti or creation and evolution is downward

movement of Jiva from its original state. We are all fallen beings and that is evolution or

Anuloma--remember our consciousness is not equal to Siva's Pure Consciousness or Universal

Consciousness); we have to return to our source and that is involution. Our fallen state can be

compared to that of a lapidary who morphed to a quarrier, whose precision cutting is not a

compelling asset for his stones go to build roads, while Lapidary's stones (diamonds) glitter on

the rich and the famous ; both are stone cutters of different sort. The descent and the ascent meet

at Ajna Chakra (point on the forehead, glabella), the point at which descending Viloma order

meets ascending Anuloma order. The letter "Z" is superconscious state or Siva Tattva of Pure

Consciousness which descends to Suddha Vidya Tattva of less perfect Consciousness or "Z"

descending through Y, X, W , so on. The A in Muladhara Chakra ascends via B, C, D, and E

towards higher center at Ajna Chakra from where the path of return to the source,

Superconsciousness, is Viloma. Go to Kundalini Power to find out more on Chakras or Adharas.

Note: To correlate between the numbers in the chart and the letters Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T and A,

B, C, D, E, please refer the table below.

Z Y X W V U T E D C B A

12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

mnemonic for

Unmani: Mnemonic for Unmani is Not Many; no parts. Unmani: Un + Mana = No Manas or

mind. Unmani is united or whole with no parts and so it is UN + MANY Unmani is Sivapada,

beyond KAla (Time) and KalA (parts; without KalA = undivided). Nirvana Sakti is Unmani.

When Unmani is disunited from Manas and devoid of all attachment to all worldly things, it

becomes Unmani1.

Having reached Unmani, one does not return.

Samani: mnemonic and meaning: Mnemonic for Samani = So Many. Samani Samani has seven

KalAs (Inner Force, displays of power): Sarvajna, SarvagA, DurgA, SavarnA, SphrhanA,

AmrtA, Amrta-SambhavA, Vyapini Samani has many names depending on the actions:

Vyapini, Anjani TATTVAS-36

Viloma Saktis abide in Suddha Tattvas. Viloma Saktis, Upper Chakras (Visuddha Chakra,

Ajna Chakra and Saharara Chakra): their relationship.

Above the Visuddha Chakra and below the Ajna Chakra is LalanA Lotus Chakra located at the

palate and also in the Manas Chakra and Soma Chakra above the Ajna Chakra. The Vrttis (Moral

Qualities) of LalanA Chakra are mostly good; those of the Svadhistana and Manipura Chakras

are all bad; those of the AnAhata lotus Chakra are mixed; those of Soma Chakra are good. As

you may notice the moral qualities rise as one goes up the Chakras and as one adopts higher

principles. In the 12-petalled Adya Sakti Chakra in the Pericarp of Sahasrara Chakra, Sakti also

known as KAmakalA abides. Causal Body of the embodied soul ( Karana Sarira of Jiva) resides

between the Ajna Chakra and the Sahasrara Chakra. That space is the abode of Viloma Saktis

descending from Unmani to Bindu. See the diagram below- Viloma-Anuloma. Saktis from 12 to

6 are the seven creative. These Saktis correspond to Suddha Tattvas. TATTVAS-36. Bindu6 is in

Isvara Tattva; Bodini7, Nada

8, Nadanta

9 are in Sadakhya or Sadasiva Tattva; Vyapika

10

and Samani11

are in Sakti Tattva; Unmani12

is in Siva Tattva.

Sambhu is at the head of lineage of Sadasiva, Isa, Rudra, Vishnu and Brahma.

This section presents Tirumular's view of Bindu. Verses 1923-

1923. At the dawn of creation, Kundalini rose from Bindu (Parabindu). Kudilai (Kundalini) gave

rise to Vaindavam, the nine gods, Brahma and the rest, their Saktis, the Karanas, the Kalais and

Vaikari.

The nine deities are Kundalini, Kudilai, Tatparai, Vagesi, Sadasiva, Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, and

Mahesvara. Karanas are Buddhi, Manas, Citta and Ahamkara. The Kala Tattvas are Kaala,

Niyati, Kala, Vidya, Raga and Purusa. Vaikari is actually articulated speech sound; here it

stands for unmanifested sound. Vaindavam, according to Tamil Lexicon is Maya, the material

cause of the universe and its Suddha Tattvas. TATTVAS-36; Sabda or Sound. Here Suddha

Tattvas are the highest Tattvas, which include all the divinities mentioned. Kundalini, Kudilai,

Tatparai, Vagesi are emanations of Parabindu.

The Karanas = organs of sense. they are the Manas the mind, Buddhi the intellect, Chitta the

thinking, and Ahmakara, the egoism.

Kala or Kalai is one of the seven Suddha-Asuddha Tattvas, the second tier of Tattvas below the

Suddha Tattvas; the third tier is called Asuddha Tattvas.

Kalai. a specific power of any of the superior deities as manifested in an avataram or in a

theophany for a specific purpose; manifestation of a deity; forms of the female energy of a deity

as they appear, one of seven kinds of vittiya-tattuvam, (Vidya Tattvas or Suddha- Asuddha

Tattvas). Vidya Tattva enables the soul to discriminate (knowledge from ignorance). Tamil

Lexicon.

Subdivisions of Kala or Kalai.

Kalai is the energy of Siva that removes the bondage, takes the soul along the path to liberation,

confers spiritual knowledge, removes all agitation and doubts and confers peace. This linear

process, Siva applies, to the fully ripened souls, meaning that the souls have undergone

Iruvinaioppu, Malaprapakam and Saktinipatam. The eventual step is Oddukam, involution into

Siva. Primer in Saiva Siddhanta

1. Nivirrti Kala: Sphere of action for the Energy of Siva which emancipates the soul from

bondage. When the soul reaches the sphere of Bindu, Nivirrti Kala erases all doubts of the soul.

2. Pratista Kala: Sphere of action of the Energy of Siva, which lead the soul to the liberated state.

3. Vidya Kala: the Energy of Siva which gives the liberated souls knowledge through actual

realization of seven kinds, viz., Kālam, Niyati, Kalai, vittai, arākam, purutan, māyai, one of

panca-kalai.

Kālam, Time; Niyati, destiny which makes soul's experience correspond to the fruits of its own

karma; Order; Kalai, spiritual knowledge of the soul, needed for liberation; Vittai or Vidya,

Soul's ability to discriminate; Arākam or Rāga, Soul's desire to experience the world (Ragam is

desire, passion and love); Purusa or Purutam, Sakalar class soul; Māyai: the progenitor of

Tattvas.

4. Sānti Kala: Sphere of action for the Energy of Siva which calms down all the turbulent

elements in fully ripened souls, one of panca-kalai.

5. Sāntiyatita Kala: Sphere of action for the Energy of Siva which destroys all the turbulent

elements in fully ripened souls, one of panca-kalai.

Definition of the terms are found in Tamil Lexicon.

Parapara is the beginning and the end immanent in all things; he is the cause and effect. As Bija,

the causal seed, he is the progenitor of the universe and the performer of the five acts: creation,

maintenance, destruction, obscuration and Anugraha (Grace).

Bija, the causal seed, emanated from Bindu, giving rise to this universe and the world. The five

gross elements arose from Maya. Bindu is white, shining inside and outside the body and in

nature. Nada is red. Bindu and Nada are Siva and Sakti abiding inside. They grant salvation.

Verse 1924 Tirumantiram.

Bindu evolves into 5 times five (25) modifications. NAda evolves into 24 modifications. Siva

and Sakti remain without modification and yet act on Bindu and Nada.

Para Bindu Tattva undergo 25 plus ten modifications and in all 35 in number. 25 evolutes of

Bindu are the 9 Vaindavams 1-9

as listed in Verse 1923, the 5 Saktis of five gods10-14

(Sadasiva,

Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, and Mahesvara), 5 Kala Tattvas15-19

, Vaikari, the articulated sound,

Niyati Tattva evolutes of Nada20-25

(KAla, Vidya, RAga, Purusha, and MAyA). Para Bindu =

Bindu and Nada. The 5 Suddha Tattvas are Siva, Sakti, Sadasiva, Isvara and Suddha Vidya.

TATTVAS-36

1925. ParaBindu is the cause of all these disparate Tattvas. Bindu evolves into Vagesi, Tatparai,

Kudilai and Kundlini.

1926. AUM abide in the the Kalas Nivrrti and the rest. Bindu gives rise to the Karanas that

include mind, the internal intellectual organs and the Nada.

The five KalAs of Siva are Nivrrti Kala1, Pratista KalA

2, Vidya KalA

3, SAnti KalA

4, SAntyatita

KalA5.

Bindu has five KalAs or powers: Nivrtti, PratistA, VidyA, and SAnti and SAntyatita.

Another source tells that the Kalas are PItA, SvetA, ArunA and AsitA. These KalAs are present

in the body and a guru can locate them for the pupil.

Kāla7, Niyati

8, Kalā

9, Vidya

10, Rāga

11

Purusa12

and Mayai..

More information on the KalAs of Bindu. From Nivrrti, to Pratishta, to Vidya, to Santa and

SAntatita KalAs there is an ascent. Santatita Kala transcends all KalAs and is Parama Siva

Himself. They depict the Tattvas as they ascend from inconscient Tattva Earth Tattva to Siva

Tattva, the Universal Consciousness.

A: Nivrrti KalA is the working principle in Earth36

Tattva, the last KalA. Earth is where Kundali

comes to rest after evolution and descent of all Tattvas. The next step is reversal, Nivrrti,

involution or ascent of all Tattvas back to Siva Tattva. It is like going from Z to A, A being the

Earth Tattva, which has no consciousness while Z (Siva Tattva) has the Most Consciousness.

Nivrrti Kala contains 16 Bhuvanas. The lowest point of this KalA is called KAlAgni Rudra

Bhuvana.

B: PratistA is the Basis, Force or Inner Framework, that supplies Tattvas from Prakrti13

to

Water35

on which the Outer Physical Universe is built. (Prakrti Tattva13

, Buddhi14

, Ahamkara15

,

Manas16

, hearing17

tactile sense18

, vision and color19

, tasting20

, smell21

, speech22

, grasp23

,

ambulation24

, evacuation25

, procreation26

, sound27

, palpation28

, form29

, taste30

, odor31

, ether32

,

air33

, fire34

, water35

.) Pratista KalA contains 56 Bhuvanas.

C: VidyA: The third KalA of Bindu is VidyA KalA, which is limited knowledge that a human

has in comparison to the Supreme. It is the dominant KalA of Tattvas and has 5 Kancukas

ranging from MāyA6, Kāla

7, Niyati

8, Kalā

9, Vidya

10, Rāga

11, Purusa

12. These are related to

VAma, Jayestha, and Raudri Saktis. MAyA6 is the source of 5 Kancukas (7-11) and the limiting

principle of the Divine. Kashmir Saivism says MāyA6

puts a limitation on the infiniteness of the

experience of Sivaness by the individual soul so that the individual soul forgets its organic

connection with Siva and thinks that it (the soul) and other distal Tattvas or objects are different

from Siva. The five Kancukas (7-11) are the straitjacket of Maya, which severely dumbs down

the individual soul, though identical with Siva. Siva Tattva-Consciousness is Pure Diamond,

while human consciousness is ordinary carbon; Diamond is the Highest Form of Carbon. Maya

Tattva is the repository of Anava and Maya (Mayiya) Malas. Vidya KalA contains 28 BhuvanAs.

D: SAnti KalA is peace, which is free of duality, which (duality) is the source of sorrow. Santi

KalA allows the glorious blissful experience of the returning soul on its upward march through

Sadvidya5, Isvara

4, Sadasiva

3, Sakti

2 Tattvas. Santa KalAs contain 18 Bhuvanas.

E: Santyatita KalA: "SAntyatita KalA is Siva1 Sakti and annihilates duality and bestows bliss".

One source tells that Bindu has two parts: Transcendental and creative. Creative lower part is

involved with evolution of Tattvas. Abhinava Gupta says that there are 118 Bhuvanas or planes

of existence.

KalA Diksa is based on the Tattvas involved in Pravrtti and Nivrtti, evolution and involution of

the soul. Nivrtti Kala is between the feet and the knees, Pratistha Kala from the knees to navel,

Vidya Kala from the navel to the neck, Santi Kala from the neck to the forehead, and Santyatita

from the forehead to the top of the head. This progress from the feet to the head depicts the

withdrawal or involution of the soul to a higher consciousness; the Sadhaka is born at the end of

the journey amongst Yogins and Viras; all PAsas (bonds) are destroyed. (Note that the five

elements are associated with anatomical body: Earth from feet to knees, Water from knees to

navel, Fire from navel to throat, Air from throat to forehead and Ether from forehead to crown.

The idea is that we are made of matter and Spirit, are firmly planted on earth, portray matter at

the foot level and Spirit at the crown level. For us to involute into the Spirit we should ascend

these elements from foot to the crown. When a priest or Sadhaka attains perfection, a rope

representing his body and matter is burnt and he is now a pure Spirit. This is Santi-atita

[Quietism] or Nirvana, absolute extinction of all desires and passions and attainment of perfect

beatitude.)

Tirumantiram

1927.

அந்தபம் ஆதியும் ஆகிப் பாபன்

வந்த வினாி எான அந்நி கந்தந தாகின காபண காரினம்

தந்துஐங் கருநபம் தான்நெய்யும் வனீமந.

1927 ParAparan is the End and the Beginning. He contains all in Him; He pervades in all things.

He is the Cause and He is the Effect. He is engaged in five acts: Creation, Preservation,

Destruction, Veiling and Grace.

Here the Bindu is portrayed as the causality of five acts.

1928.

வனீந தாகின விந்துவின் ெத்தினால்

ஆன அகண்டபம் அண்டபம் ாரிப்

கானஐம் பூதபம் காரின நாயனனில்

ஆனிட விந்து அகம்பும் ஆகுமந.

1928. Bindu's Seed Sakti shows as the limitless all-pervasive Cosmos and the limited world,

besides the five Great elements, the products of Suddha Maya reaching out as extensions of

Asuddhamaya and (Bindu) extends as the Inner and outer world.

1929. Attainment of liberation

பும்அகம் எங்கும் புகுந்துஒிர் விந்து

ிம் அது நவண்யந ிகழ்ாதம் நெம்யந

உநகிழ் ெத்தி ெிவாதம் ஆயுள்

திநாடு வடீுஅிக் கும்நெனல் நகாண்மட.

1930. Cause and effect

நகாண்டஇவ் விந்து பநம்மால் மகாத (மகாது அ = devoid of degradation) ின் டம் கடநாய் ிய ிற்ில்

கண்டு அகல் ஆதினின் காபண காரினத்து

அண்டம் அயத்துநாய் நாநாயன ஆகுமந.

This pervasive Bindu stands like Param without any degradation. From them, come the objects in

form: the cloth (டம்) and the pot (குடம்). All objects of the world proceed from the

beginningless cause and effect of Maya.

Cloth is the effect; cotton is the cause. Pot is the product and clay is the cause.

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