Click here for the latest articles.     Click Here For Sathguru's Voice - Audio Downloads NEW!! The Sathguru, Guru Mangala Gandharva Venkataraman, is the 1001st teacher in Sri Agasthiar's spiritual lineage of divine teachers. He was inducted into this divine lineage by his Sathguru (divine teacher), Sri La Sri Idiyaapa Eesa Siddha. Sathguru Venkataraman met his teacher at the tender age of eight. The great Siddha kindled the latent spiritual fire in the young lad and began the process of revealing the ageless wisdom of the Agasthiar lineage to him. He did this through practical everyday means by embedding each and every divine instruction in day to day experiences. Thus Sathguru Venkataraman received his divine instruction totally through the medium of personal experience. This is the perfect way of transmitting spiritual knowledge because the world of spirituality can not be conveyed in words but must be experienced personally under the guidance of a Sathguru. Theoretical knowledge is of little use in the world of spirituality. It's by passing through the fire of experience that one attains the pristine purity of spiritual perfection. The great Siddha master, Idiyaapa Siddha, thus revealed the secrets of the universe to the young boy through everyday experiences. He conveyed to the young boy that the most ordinary of everyday occurrences is replete with spiritual meaning and consequences and that even the most mundane of activities must be performed with deep spiritual awareness. Such an attitude aligns the very core of one's being with the Divine Will and thus makes one ready for the ascent into the world of spirituality. This practical wisdom is the very foundation of spiritual life. As an integral part of the training, Sri Idiyaapa Eesa Siddha took the boy on pilgrimages around India three times and introduced him to numerous Siddhas. Herein lies the secret of spiritual training: It's not by cramming books that one makes progress in spirituality. It's not by talking about spirituality that one gets the doors of the spiritual world opened. It's with the blessings of a Siddha that one attains spiritual perfection. By the grace of his great Siddha teacher, Sathguru Venkataraman received the blessings of many great Siddha masters. This was an important part of his spiritual training because his teacher knew that the young boy would be given great spiritual responsibilities later on and he would need the blessings of many great Siddhas to execute his mission to perfection. Thus Sri Idiyaapa Eesa Siddha blessed the young lad with numerous spiritual experiences and molded him into a Siddha. By this time Sathguru Venkataraman was in his teens. The Siddha master, having transformed the young boy into a spiritual giant, knew that Sathguru Venkataraman was well suited for continuing the illustrious Agasthiar lineage. The great Siddha commanded the teenager to spread far and wide the wisdom that had been revealed to him and ordered him to dedicate himself entirely to the service of the Divine. He finally inducted the teenager into Sri Agasthiar's lineage of divine teachers and instructed him to take on Agasthiar's Universal Mission as his own. Thus began Sathguru Venkataraman's divine mission many decades ago.

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