Remembering the guru: Chattampi Swami’s walking stick, drum and mala on display next to his statue at his samadhi shrine in Panmana. Chattampi Swami () was the harbinger of renaissance and reformation in Kerala. His thoughts and work influenced the launching of many social. Sri Chattampi Swamikal (–) was a Hindu sage and social reformer. His thoughts and work influenced the launching of many social.
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It served as a meeting place for many scholars of that time and facilitated Kunjan hcattampi acquaint himself with many great men. One who has attained Jnana the highest spiritual wisdom.
Narayana Guru practised austere Jnana and Yoga under Swamikal during this period. Few people have laboured harder than Swamikal to enable the people to break the chains of hereditarily acquired or traditionally held customs and practices to regain, maintain and strengthen their self respect.
Many of them were compelled to convert themselves into Christianity and Islam to escape the humiliation that the caste system meted out to them. Leaving him he wandered for months with many avadutas in Southern Tamil Nadu and also travelled all over India.
His mortal body was laid to rest at the place he had already selected for sswami.
Neelakanta Theerthapada – Chattampi Swami Archive
He ignored all distinctions chaftampi caste. Swamikal did not stay there for long, although the two maintained a lifelong contact, respect and regard for each other.
Then he was only 28 years old. They finished their meal, took the leaves outside and disappeared mysteriously.
Chattampi Swamikal
Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will chattamoi be published. They set an example for others to follow. Swamikal along with his contemporary, Narayana Gurustrived to reform chattam;i heavily ritualistic and caste-ridden Hindu society of the late 19th century Kerala. Retrieved from ” https: His religious quest and discovery, his austere simplicity and great self-denial, his humble sharing with others the light with which he himself was illumined, his loving tenderness for all living creatures are all inspiring and instructive for all time.
The book contains a vast amount of information about persons who were associated with the Chattampi Swami, each one of whom was a glowing lamp in his own way. He was a singer and composer.
The authors saami shown commendable patience and perseverance in collecting information and also in gathering a sheaf of photographs that take us back to the times of chattmapi Swami’ – wrote Prema Nandakumar in The Hindu 25 October A succession or line of Sannyasins.
His thoughts and work influenced the launching of many social, religious, literary and political organizations and movements in Kerala and for the first time gave voice to those who were marginalized.
He strictly adhered to the characteristic virtues of an ideal sage practising Ahimsa Non-violenceSathya TruthfulnessChatta,pi Non-stealingBrahmacharya Celibacy and Aparigraha Non-Acquisition as an exemplar of this mode of life.
Swami Chinmayananda, [17] Swami Abedananda, [18] and many other saints ascribes to Swami the responsibility for their turning to spiritual life.
A yogic Mudra sign. He looked no different from a rustic. The wisdom of Yoga. He would organize impromptu programmes that would stimulate their intelligence and exercise their bodies.
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The Man, the Path, the Teaching. A few works were discovered and published eight decades after his death and inspired serious discussion, such as Adhibhasha and Pracheena Cattampi Part -II.
Chattampi Swamikal denounced the orthodox interpretation of Hindu texts citing sources from the Vedas. He spent many years learning under Subba Jatapadikal.
Results of action in past lives. Sree Narayana Guruvinte Sampoorna Krithikal: Kunjan had to discontinue his studies with Pettayil Asan. One who is seeking to attain union with the Supreme.