Saiva, Vaishnava and Christian Teachings

“A Creed of Saivite Hindus

1.                   We BELIEVE Lord Siva is God, whose Absolute Being, Parasiva, transcends time, form and space.

2.                   We BELIEVE Lord Siva is God, whose immanent nature of love, Parasakti, is the substratum, primal substance or pure

consciousness flowing through all form as energy, existence, knowledge and bliss.

3.                   We BELIEVE Lord Siva is God, whose immanent nature is the Primal Soul, Supreme Mahadeva, Paramesvara, author of Vedas and Agamas, the creator, preserver and destroyer of all that

exists.

4.                   We BELIEVE in the Mahadeva Lord Ganesa, son of Siva-Sakti, to whom we must first supplicate before beginning any

worship or task

                   We BELIEVE in the Mahadeva Karttikeya, son of Siva-Sakti, whose vel of grace dissolves the bondages of ignorance

6.                   We BELIEVE that each individual soul is created by Lord Siva and is identical to Him, and that this identity will be fully realized by

all souls when the bondage of anava, karma and maya is removed by His grace.

7.                   We BELIEVE in three worlds of existence: the Bhuloka, where souls take on physical bodies; the Antarloka, where souls take on

astral bodies; and the Sivaloka, where souls exist in their own self-effulgent form

8.                   We BELIEVE in the law of Karma — that one must reap the effects of all actions he has caused — and that each soul continues to reincarnate until all karmas are resolved and moksha, liberation, is

attained.                

We BELIEVE that the performance of charya, virtuous living, kriya, temple worship, and yoga, leading to Parasiva through grace of the living satguru, is absolutely necessary to bring forth jnana,

wisdom

               We BELIEVE that there is no intrinsic evil.

       We BELIEVE that religion is the harmonious working together of the three worlds and that this harmony can be created through

temple worship, wherein the beings of all three worlds can communicate.

12.               We BELIEVE in the Panchakshara Mantra, the five sacred syllables “Namah Sivaya,” as Saivism's foremost and

essential mantra.”

http://www.siddha.com.my/saivism.html

The Nicean Creed

“ We believe in one God, the Father All-sovereign, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

We believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, and the only-begotten Son of God, Begotten of the Father before all the ages, Light of Light, true

God of true God, begotten not made, of one substance with the Father, through whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from the heavens, and was made flesh of

the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and became man, and was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried, and rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures, and

ascended into the heavens, and sits on the right hand of the Father, and comes again with glory to judge living and dead, of whose

kingdom there shall be no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and the Life-giver, that proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and Son is

worshipped together and glorified together, who spoke through the prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.

We acknowledge one baptism unto remission of sins.

We look for a resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come. “

“Taproot of the Hindu religion:

• Doctrine of Avatar - God becoming a man in order to redeem human beings. (Unborn Prime God was born in order to give us eternal pleasure)

• Trinity or Triune doctrine - God in triune stage - Appan, Ammai, Makan (Saivism); Siva, Vishnu, Brahma (Vaishnavism)

• Doctrine of fulfillment of sacrifice - The offering of sacrifice has ceased even though there is sacrificial altar in the temple. People do not offer sacrifice while

they worship God.

• Doctrine of forgiveness of sin - There is forgiveness for the sins of human beings by the grace of God and this doctrine is totally controversial to the saying

that ‘the actions of one person would definitely yield its fruits’.

• Doctrine of bhakthi - Appreciating the bhakthi which is in ones heart irrespective of one’s appearance, color, culture etc. (Kannappa Nayanar) “

The Revival Movement of Dravidian Religion

Dr. M. Deivanayagam, Dr. D. Devakala

Pillayar Concept

Appan, Amma and Makan

This is an image of the rock cut Karpaka Vinayakar Shrine at Pillayarpatti near Karaikkudi at one of the oldest Cave Temples (Rock Cut) temples of Tamilnadu. Pillayarpatti is situated between Pudukkottai and Karaikkudi.

Over 15 inscriptions are found within the temple, that help establish the age of the temple. The Stalapuranam published by the temple classifies the growth of this temple into three distinct stages. The first stage - 400 AD. During this period, the innermost rock cut shrines housing Karpaka Vinayakar and Tiruveesar came into being.

The pillars within the shrine are of pre-Pallava origin.

Karpaga Vinayakar is one of the oldest Vinayakar images in the world for it has only two arms.

The significance of the two arms is that the first god evolved by ancient man was in the shape of man.

This male god created out of stone was called Yaksha and the female god was called Yakshi.

Later on to show the superiority of god to man the head of

the man was removed and in its place a head in the shape of OM was fixed.

The OM head was similar to that of an elephant. There are only two images of Vinayakars with two arms in

the world.

Valampuri Vinayagar

Vaishnavism

'Moovaraahiya Moorthiyai' (Triune God) 'Moovaraahiya Oruvanai' (Triune person)

            

Trinity

Sacrifice

'Thaanae thanakkumavan than uruve evvuruvum thaanae Thava Vuruvum'

(He himself is his comparison,all images are his images, He himself is the image of sacrifice)

'Vanakkudai thava neri vali ninru'

(By following the adorable path of the one who sacrificed himself )

Thavam means 'Thannuyir thaanara peruthal’ (offering once own self as sacrifice) says Thiruvalluvar which

means sacrificing ones ownself.

DelivererThere are references about

Original Sin (Janma bhandham) and individual sin (Karma bhandham)

in Bhagavad-Gita. And God delivers us from these

"I will deliver thee from all sins".

Krishna is not Vishnu

He has not sacrificed himself

He cannot release you from Janma bandam

Nor

Karma bandham

Krishna is not the author of Bhagawat Geeta

All documentary evidence thus suggest that both Saivism and

Vaishnavism are the offshoots of

Early Indian Christianity

Six-fold religions based on Siva worship

Siva, Sakthi,

Kumarakkatavul, Pillaiyar, Vishnu, Brahma

and Ayyappa.

Brahma is a cheat and a lier

Discarded as god

Siva's roots are from Isa

Maheswara

Parameswara

Isa

8th c A.D, Adi Sankara amalgamated the Six-fold religions Saivism, Vaishnavism, Saktham,

Gaumaram, Ganapathyam and Sauram, by

using monism and

the caste system

In the early period the Christians Churches of Kerala

has the same model as of Hindu temples,

Piravaom Church Aranmula Temple

Vasco-da-Gama in entering a Kali temple at Calicut mistaking it for a Christian church.