ಪೀಠಿಕೆ - Preface

Our belief about GOD

Indian culture and philosophy is very great. It is so vivid and virtuous in its role of our culture and civilization. Our people are happy to see God in millions of visions, and understanding Him in millions of supernatural consequences as exemplified from long before. We are not only having Bhagavadgeetha, also many cultural and traditional books on Hinduism. Our ancient sage’s contributions on realisation of God differently in different ways were endless in Vedic times. Since then in Hinduism we are worshiping millions of God; in millions of Visions. Why? As mentioned above it is the means of understanding in different ways, and as experienced differently, by our many ancient sages who were great in depth to find Him soulfully without any worldly wanting.

How GOD exist?
Does God exist or not? Man has been posing this question from thousands of years. Even today, if you put questions about how God exist to some body, each individual give answer in his own way and view or some may say 'No'. Instead why don’t we put such questions to our inner self? Why don’t we think as insider whether we are really in God; instead of where is God? Why don’t we experience ourselves that he exist in our consciousness; and direct us from inside before putting our good or bad ideas into actions out side?
In our man’s life there is the Hindu God, the Muslim God, and the Christian God and so on…Every one of these Gods is omnipotent. They are supposed to have performed miracles and saved humanity on the path of gentleness and truism. Believers will tell you their Gods still have the capacity to perform such miracles.
Of course! It is a fact miracle will happen in man’s life only. Swami Vivekananda says-“Men are made; not born.” It is seen man is ready to bestow anyone with the status of God if He can save him from trouble or disastrous. Therefore, one should find Him in oneself; thinking only in positive attitude.

It is no where found so many numbers of Gods and so many numbers of peoples devoted to such numbers of Gods than as herein Indian peoples find in their self-consciousness; that all Gods united in oneness.

We are not simply worshiping an idol or in it’s name as God, it is just a means to go on contemplative mind for self realisation; on findings real facts also as God’s gracefulness and miracles he depicts from there, but not merely imaginary; nevertheless become fictitious.

A holy and truly universal scripture
In Indian mythologies Ramayana and Mahabharatha and its holy recital Bhagavadgeetha there were many illustrations, emphasizing factors about God exit and His realisation,with man’s modes of nature; death and rebirths.
Our belief depends on our wisdom or ignorance. We see many examples innocents, ignorant have belief in God on firm faith, rather than too intellectuals. Innocents may not be knowing meaning of “God-consciousness” but, know what is God and self-realisation. Even nowadays they find him to converse with His stone image in the temples!

It is His profundity to awaken men dormant. Else there will be no agreement in anything believing, if a man yearns like an innocent child, then only He will appear in man’s conscientious mind in turn it takes God consciousness; where self-awareness enshrines on self-less motives as it is experienced by great transcendentalists. If there is a very big banyan tree no rosebush can grow under its expansive shadow. If a man wants to achieve the quality of being divine, it’s time now to come out of his own religious belief, because Jesus, Krishna, Mohammed and Buddha went against conventions. But, they are the ones who dared to move out of the shadow of a particular religious belief. Do you want to believe in an outside God or in the God that you already are, or else to attain the state or quality of being divine? It’s also up to you to decide whether to follow a farcical religion to appear as dogmatic, or wake up to the expansive religion to preponderate yourself.

This epic-story of Lord Venkateswara is not a particular religious tome as some one thinks. Of course! Each holy pilgrimage place may convey divine message, but this legendary place has its exclusive communing form of conceptualism, and stands as A Truly Universal Scripture.

Tirupati-Tirumala is a pilgrimage place, to where thousands of people are being headed towards Lord Venkateswara every day without distinction of religion, race and ethnics those are all not blind believers of God! Hence, it is not an exaggeration; from this renowned pilgrimage centre A Truly Universal Message originates to the Universe.

Epic-Story- of Lord Sri VENKATESHWARA (also called as Balaji)
At last, it was the precept of Lord Sri Venkateswara, I have to go through His epic story for my literary work and its new presentation to these advancing days. I have first written this Epic-story as“Sapthagiri Sampada” in our regional language Kannada and published in1997. I say in my work this epic-story high lights not only referring to the sacred ordinance of Marriage, but its mystery on everlasting tripartite principles of this earth. It is also depicting how to attain the highest peak of tranquility apart from man's modes of nature mainly through his Sathva guna the power of gentlemanliness in human life. It is our life's entity too; on which based the whole Universal Law!

The WORLD of Tripartite Principle
Other than realization of God, there is always big controversy about understanding this wicked world! It is an astounding mystical mystery and scientific nature’s law also found in this world of three fold times. The Tripartite principled earth!
You see, in the global world waters portion is treble around one portion of earth. Amazingly our country India is having its resemblance as alike as philosophical myth, and geographically a peninsular covered by sea waters at three sides, and again three times of earth portion filled with full of misery on the cause of criminals and sinners, it is alike as similar example to the whole world also. Which partake thrice is called ‘Tripartite’.

In 15th century itself our saints -Hari Daasas’ said- “Idu Parama Papigalige Subhiksha kala…” This is the time of luxuriance of all those sinners and criminals on the earth; who are of Rajasa and Tamasa gunas found in three times of Satthviks the people of gentlemanliness. But remaining only one portion of Satthviks ever sprout to grow up luminous on the earth are very much power full; rules the whole universe in an indispensable manner at our all life times.

Although Rajasa is not so harmful, often leads to Tamasa. Indeed, to select the correct group with which to associate and move further is our choice; as Satthva the essence of gentility is the utmost victorious truth, and highly powerful will bring equilibrium to the whole universe and our life too.
The most creatures and nature of our body and its functions found alike on the same principle of tripartite! Which comprises three portions of waters and another one portion is based on air which is life force for breathing; takes a major role to survive.

These tripartite principles- the Trigunathmaka tatthva pointed out long before by our ancient sages. The same we can find in this epic story Venkatesha Puranam. I would like to mention further, here up to my knowledge and efforts goes in the available epics on Lord Venkateshwara, His Sattvik Message_ the divine Message limits to trinity only. Afterwards the high Lights of the story runs about Srinivasa Kalyanam and Lord’s majesty with His pre-eminences only. In fact this great epic contains Lord’s Divine Message in each and every step of chapters. Accordingly, I studied and took all care on the way of my new presentation not to affect in any way to the traditional story and its resources.

-Shiva Ram H, 25th August, 2006