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Dedication
Samarpaṇam
समर्पणम्
AṆEŚA, THE LORD OF CATEGORIES, WHO REMOVED ALL BARRIERS TO THE MANIFESTATION OF THIS CONTEMPORARY HINDU CATECHISM, TO HIM WE OFFER OUR REVERENT OBEISANCE. THIS TEXT IS DEDICATED TO MY SATGURU, SAGE YOGASWAMI of Columbuthurai, Sri Lanka, perfect siddha yogī and illumined master who knew the Unknowable and held Truth in the palm of his hand. As monarch of the Nandinātha Sampradāya’s Kailāsa Paramparā, this obedient disciple of Satguru Chellappaswami infused in me all that you will find herein. Yogaswami commanded all to seek within, to know the Self and see God Śiva everywhere and in everyone. Among his great sayings: “Know thy Self by thyself. Śiva is doing it all. All is Śiva. Be still.” Well over 2,000 years ago Rishi Tirumular, of our lineage, aptly conveyed the spirit of Dancing with Śiva:§
The thirty-six elements dance. Sadāśiva dances. Consciousness dances. Śiva-Śakti dances. The animate and inanimate dance. All these and the Vedas dance when the Supreme dances His dance of bliss. The seven worlds as His golden abode, the five chakras as His pedestal, the central kuṇḍalinī śakti as His divine stage, thus in rapture He dances, He who is Transcendent Light. He dances with the celestials. He dances in the golden hall. He dances with the three Gods. He dances with the assembly of silent sages. He dances in song. He dances in ultimate energy. He dances in souls—He who is the Lord of Dances. Tat Astu. §