Kannadasan – A Realized Master (Part 5)
Shiva Shambho! We had ended the last episode with 'Shiva Shambo!' We will begin there only. Kaviyarasar Kannadasan not only 'wakes us up' by his series of questions in some songs, but also gives answers in his other songs. For example, the next song to be broadcast in this radio is from film 'Ninaithaale Inikkum'. And these lyrics will also answer questions that may have been raised in our minds in the earlier chapters: “Sambo... Shiva Sambo... The world is a game of tricks; pleasure is its only mantra.” What is seen by us as the world/universe and things in it are nothing but a trick played by our brains. Mahakavi Bharathi termed it as ‘Optical Illusion’ in his song referred to by us in Part 2 of this series, i.e., “Nirpathuve..Nadappathuve..”. The very purpose of their creation is to experience blissfulness (Sat-Chit-Anandam). “Man is but a machine—Shiva Sambo...” The h...