Bhogar Sidhar
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Bhogar Sidhar |
Bhogar Sidhar
Gurukkal Dr. S Mahesh
We have learned about the 18 Sidhars. We have already read about Agasthya: the glorious key to timeless wisdom. Now let’s learn about the most revered Sidhar, Bhogar. Bhogar is most famous for sculpting the Andipandaram Pazhani Andavan idol at Palani using nine ingredients. He is known as Bhog Yang in China. He is a disciple of Kalanginathar and Agasthya muni. Bhogar was a world traveler and is believed to have reached not only China and Sri Lanka but also South America. In Bhogar Sapta Kandam, he teaches his disciple Pulipaani many esoteric techniques, especially with chemistry.
Bhogar was a physician, chemist, rejuvenation expert as well as a visionary. He envisioned the aircraft centuries ahead of others. There are multiple references to his flying machine in Bhogar Sapta Kandam. We can attribute this to the fact that his guru Kalainginathar was of Chinese descent. Bhogar went to China as per her Guru’s wish. Kalainginathar belonged to the Navnath system of knowing Shiva through the Shivasakthi sidha route. It is the philosophy that sees energy as feminine and physicality as masculine. Bhogar popularised this philosophy in China.
LaoTzu, the philosopher behind the duality of matter, described energy as Ying and Yang in the 5th century. The inspiration for this can be traced back to Agasthya and Bhogar. An adept alchemist, Bhogar spread that technology also in China. By 135 BC, alchemy was a popular art in China. But when the focus shifted to converting metals to gold, the practice was banned by the state. The texts Shih Chi, Treatise of Elixir Refine in Nine Cauldrons, etc refer to this period. It is estimated that Bhogar lived between 550 and 300 BC.
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Taoism originated around this period. It is possible that Bhogar and LaoTzu are the same. Sidhars were prolific travellers. Just like Ramathevar who is known as Yakoob in Arabia, Bhogar also has several names.
Alchemy became popular by the 2nd century BC in China i.e. around two centuries after LaoTzu. One of the main aims of alchemy was immortality through physical transformation. It was called Wai Dam and quickly became popular.
Pazhani temple is the living Samadhi spot of Bhogar. The idol here is not made of stone but Navapashana or 9 poisons. The idol is composed of these fatal chemicals fused together by Bhogar. The chemical mixture is capable of raising the devotee to higher consciousness. Along with the 9 poisonous chemicals, 4448 herbs are in the mix.
Bhogar sings about the 9 poisons as
"Paangana pashanam onpathinum
Parivana vivaram thaan sollu kellu
Kaivari, kenthi, cheelai manthevi
Koduveeram kachal vellai
Pakarkinta thottineduchootham changu
Poornamai niraintha sivasakthi
Nalamana manonmani kadakshangalai
Nani nee onpathai katt katt."
The 9 poisons are Mercuric Chloride (Jathilingam or Veeram), thotti pashanam, Mercury (rasam, shoothangapashanam), Sulphur (gandhakam), Arsenic Penta sulfate (gowripashanam), Arsenic trioxide (vellapashanam), Arsenic disulphate (sheelaipashanam), and Shanghupasaham.
The mixture has the capacity to attract universal energy and channelize it to the chakras. Thus the sacred abhisheka of the idol has medicinal quality. After installing the idol through Shaiva heritage on top of Palani hill, Bhogar took samadhi there itself in a nearby cave. He descended into it and the mouth was sealed by his disciple Pulipaani. Bhogar closed his eyes, focused on his breath, awakened Kundalini’s energy, and attained Samadhi. There are many who believe that he will return for other great causes in the future.
“With my mind at rest, I felt Brahman and sitting there I wrote the 7000 slokas” this is the preface of Bhogar 7000. The same living Samadhi state. On the southwest side of Palani hills, we can still see the spot and the Navadurga and Bhuvaneshwari idols and the precious emerald shivalinga that Bhogar worshipped.
Bhogar initiated many far and wide into the Kriya Kundalini yoga. He wrote about traveling through the sky and using other mystic methods to reach faraway places. He wrote about going to China in his own aircraft and meeting with Chinese Sidhars. In South America, it is recorded that Bocha, who gave laws to Maycar, was a white-bearded man, wearing long robes, who regulated the calendar, established festivals, and vanished in time like others.
Confucius is said to have met Bhog Yang in the 5th century. He notes: I know birds fly, fish swim and animals run. But a dragon that rises up in the air and flies is beyond me. Today I met LaoTzu. He is equivalent to a dragon.
In many parts of India, we have records of Bhogar. He visited Kamakhya temple in Assam and Bodhgaya and Kathirkamam in Sri Lanka. In Arabia, he was known as Yusuf. At Kailasa, he wrote Sapta Kandam. Back in Palani, he introduced Chinese soda and ceramics to Tamil Nadu. At the ashram in Kutralam, he handed over his composition of Bhogar 7000 to Agasthyar.
Bhogar advised the Panchamrutha abhisheka on the Navapashana idol. The Navapashana idol making was an arduous task. 81 Upa Siddhas or juniors worked with him led by Pulipaani. Each poison required a team of 9 and thus totally 81 for the mixture of 9.
He explains Kayakalpa treatment with a story.
Bhogar started a journey with three disciples and his dog. They carried Kayakalpam created with 35 rare medicines. First Bhogar gave the medicine to the dog. It died immediately. Next, he gave it to his disciple Yu or Pulipaani. He too fell down and died. The other disciples were shocked. They didn’t accept the medicine. Then Bhogar took it himself and fell down. The other disciples ran away crying in search of support to conduct the funerals. When they returned with people, they didn’t find any of the bodies. Instead, there was a note from Bhogar: Kayakalpa worked. When we came out of the Turiya state, we were rejuvenated as youngsters. You lost your chance to immortality.
According to Sidhar Paadal, Bhogar lived with youthful energy for 12000 years. In the Bhogar Jnanasutra, verse 410 of Chapter 8, he says, “I prepared patiently through penance the Kayakalpa. I didn’t listen to the fools and skeptics who don’t know the secrets. I lived in the land of foreigners for 12000 years with full vigor. I attained a golden color and now live in a golden world.”
When his guru Kalainginathar was ready for Samadhi, he telepathically invited Bhogar to China. Bhogar took the sea route. Kalainginathar transferred his knowledge in alchemy and Jnanayoga to Bhogar. Using transmigration, he entered the body of a Chinese man and started spreading Sidhar tradition under the name BhoYang. Bho means blessing and happiness. Bhogar states that Kundalini is the root energy of the human body. He explained that the feminine Ying energy that is stored in the Muladhara chakra can rise to the masculine Yang of Sahasrara and their union leads to Ananda.
According to Taoism, while crossing over to India, the sentry at the Hanku mountain pass asked LaoTzu or BhoYang to be enlightened. LaoTzu composed two great works there. 37 slokas in Taoching and 42 in Teching. The idea of immortality that is embedded in the Tamil Sivayoga system can be seen in Tao yoga teachings.
It is said that Bhogar was involved in the construction of the Thanjavur Brihadeeswara temple. He gave engineering support to haul the 18-tonne stones to the top of the pagoda. Bhogar used his disciple Karuvoor Sidhar. A five-mile-long ramp was used. We can still see a spot for Karuvoor sidhar in this temple.
Bhogar was a master of Sidha treatment, alchemy, knowledge systems, Kayakalpa, yoga, and dhanur sastra. He remains immortal in Nirvikalpa samadhi as a Sidha who transformed poisons into medicines, transmigrated into other bodies, travelled the world as Bhogar, Bhoganathar, or Bhogyang, and as the creator of Palani Muruga.
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