On Meditation, the personality development exercise, the knowledge gets sharper & stronger; resultantly adopt the virtual life, combination of morality, duty & charity, as Karma Yoga; releasing the soul from three stains, feeling in the state of Almighty that the God itself is operating as Life force; the blissful experience of realizing this truth is known as Salvation.
Life time should prolong till such time, the soul get liberation practicing meditation and virtue. It became essential for the Saints (those who wanted to achieve salvation) to remain alive till such time. Thus, the saint's life had three objectives in life:1.
Wisdom to get full realization, understand the Almighty, practice to remain in the same state awakened without deviation.2. Lead the virtual life by enjoying the worldly life in limit, without harming self or others, at present or future.3. To accomplish through Kayakalpa yoga that life does not leave this physical body. The yogic life, combination of Meditation, Virtual life & Kayakalpam, was the living order practiced by saints.
The saints who lead the life this way were respected as Siddhar. There are many who attained fulfillment by stopping just their mind functions, without the life force leaving the body. There are eighteen Siddhar popular amongst them. There is an identification for such Jeeva-Samadhi Siddhar (those who have physical body where life-force continue to abode without leaving).
Body would not decay for whatsoever period it is kept. It has become a practice to set any statue and prayers are it, on the soil where they are buried.
- Vethathiri Maharishi
- Vethathiri Maharishi
