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The life of Bhogar Siddhar
http://palani.org/bhogar-life.htm
Bhogar Shrine
http://palani.org/bhogar.htm
Siddha Bhoganāthar: An Oceanic Life Story
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The life of Bhogar Siddhar
http://palani.org/bhogar-life.htm

Bhogar was a South Indian by birth, belonging to the caste of goldsmiths,

who became a siddhapurusha under the guidance of Kalanginaathar. In
Bogar's Saptakanda he reveals details of various medicinal preparations to
his disciple Pullippani (so named as he is believed to have wandered in the
forests atop a puli or tiger) and at every stage he quotes his guru as the
authority. Also Pulippani must have been a young man then, as he is often
referred to as a balaka.

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1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is
the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst
of them,
3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and
become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of
heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the
same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name
receiveth me.
6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in
me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
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It is said that as per the last wishes of his guru, Bhogar proceeded to China
to spread the knowledge of siddha sciences and strangely enough his
journey is said to have been made with the aid of an aircraft; he
demonstrated to the Chinese the details of the construction of the aircraft
and later built for them a sea-going craft using a steam engine. The details of
these and other experiments demonstrated by Bhogar in China are clearly
documented in the Saptakanda.

Bogar's guru, Kālāngi Nāthar, is believed to be a Chinese who attained

siddhi in South India and thus became included among the Eighteen
Siddhars.

Lao Tse - the founder of Taoism (5th century B.C.) was the first Chinese to
propound the theory of duality of matter -- the male Yang and female Yin --
which conforms to the Siddha concept of Shiva - Shakti or positive-negative
forces. This very same concept was first revealed by the adi-siddhar
Agasthya Rishi, whose period is as old as the Vedas, which have been
conservatively dated at 3500 B.C. Also alchemy as a science was practised
in China only after B.C. 135 and was practiced as an art until B.C. 175 when a
royal decree was enacted banning alchemical preparation of precious metals
by the Celestial Empire; these details are recounted in the two existing
Chinese books of alchemy Shih Chi and Treatise of Elixir Refined in Nine
Couldrons, both dated to the first century B.C.

The emergence of Lao Tse with his theory of duality of matter and the
journey of Bhogar to China seem to have taken place about the same time
and it is even possible that Bhogar himself went under the name of Lao Tse
in China, like another Siddharishi Sriramadevar, who was known as Yacob in
Arabia.

This seems likely considering that:

1. before Lao Tse the concept of duality of matter finds no mention in

any Chinese treatise;
2. alchemy as a science emerged only after B.C. 135, i.e. four centuries
after Lao Tse;
3. there was a sudden spurt of alchemical practice aher the emergency
of Lao Tse; and
4. the duality of matter and alchemy have been mentioned in South
Indian scriptures that antidate Lao Tse by centuries.
5. The shrine at the top of the hill, though later than the Tiru Avinankudi
temple, has overshadowed the older temple in the present century due
to its popular appeal. Created by Bhogar, it was maintained after him
 by sage Pulippani and his descendants almost as their personal and
private temple.

During the time of Tirumalai Nayak, his general Ramappayyan handed over
the puja rights to newly brought Brahmin priests. The descendants of
Pulippani were compensated for the loss of this right by being given:

• Certain duties of superintendence

• Right to some annual presents
• Right to shoot off, at the Dasara Festival, the arrow which symbolises
Subramanya's victory over asuras.
• Right to be buried at the foot of the steps leading to the hill, if some of
them so chose.
(Reference: The life of Bhogar Siddhar.)

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Bhogar Shrine
http://palani.org/bhogar.htm

No pilgrim should fail to mark attendance at the shrine of Bhogar in the

southwestern corridor of the temple. He it was who created the
navabhashana image and consecrated the deity.

God is believed to have appeared to saints in certain forms. These are forms
made to appear to them by His grace or rather they are outward symbols of
His mercy as omnipresent, but assumes certain forms at certain times just
as sea-water sometimes takes the form of an iceberg.

Bhogar is believed to have lived in the beginning of Kali Yuga, i.e. before
3,000 B.C. and traveled widely in the Near- and Far East. He is said to have
been a rare mathematical prodigy, a diplomat of great calibre and an expert
in the field of medicine. He realised the importance of Muruga worship and
conferred with siddhars on the form in which Muruga's image should be
installed atop the hill. He created the amalgam of nine chemicals and did
daily services.

Bhogar's body rests here. The image of Nava Dûrgâ or Bhûvanesvari and the
Maragadha (emerald) Siva Lingam worshipped by him are found here. An
underground passage is said to link the sanctum sanctorum with the Bhogar
shrine.
(Reference: Bhogar Shrine.)

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Siddha Bhoganāthar: An Oceanic Life Story
http://palani.org/bhogar-biography.htm

Siddha Bhoganāthar: An Oceanic Life Story

Bhogar Mahārshi

Bhoganāthar or Bhogar, the Jñāna Guru of Babaji, in the poem “Bhogar

Jñāna Sagarama” (Bhogar’s Oceanic Life Story, consisting of 557 verses,
verse number 2, lines number 3 and 4), identifies himself as a Tamilian,
(Ramaiah, 1979; 1982. p. 17).[1] In the same verse he states that the great
Siddha Kālangi Nāthar initiated him in Jñāna Yoga (supreme self-
knowledge).

Kālangi Nāthar was born in Kaśi (Benares). He attained the immortal state of
swarūpa samādhi at the age of 315, and then made China the center of his
teaching activities. He belonged to the ancient tradition of Nava (nine) Nāth
sadhus (holy ascetics), tracing their tradition to Lord Shiva. There are nine
important shrines associated with this tradition, five of which are in the
Himālaya Mountains: Amarnāth (where Shiva first taught Kriya Yoga to his
Shakti partner, Parvati Devi), Kedarnāth, Badrināth (India), Kailāsanāth,
(Tibet) and Paśupatināth (Nepal).

Meanwhile, Bhoganāthar practiced Kundalini Yoga in four stages. The first

three stages arc described in a later chapter on “The Psychophysiology of
Kriya Kundalini Pranayama”. Bhoganāthar chose the Palani Malai (mountain)
in what is now southwestern Tamil Nadu as the site for intensive yogic
practice (tapas) for the final stage. He attained swarūpa samādhi at Palani,
through the grace of Lord Muruga, or the eternal youth, “Kumāra Swāmi”.
The Kumāraswāmi temple at Palani became the epicenter of his activities.

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1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is
the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst
of them,
3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and
become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of
heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the
same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name
receiveth me.
6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in
me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
- Matthew 18:1-6 :: King James Version (KJV)
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He visited many countries astrally, and physically and through

transmigration. In one of his songs Bhoganāthar claims to have flown to
China at one point in a sort of airplane which he built: he held discussions
with Chinese Siddhas before returning to India (Kailasapathy, 1969, p. 197-
211). His visit to South America has been confirmed by accounts left by the
Muycas of Chile:

“Bocha, who gave laws to Muycas, was a white, bearded man, wearing long
robes, who regulated the calendar, established festivals, and vanished in
time like others (other remarkable teachers who had come across the Pacific
according to numerous legends of Incas, Aztecs and Mayans).” (Lal 1965, p.
20).[2]

He convened a meeting of many siddhas just before the beginning of the

present Kali Yuga, in 3102 BC, to determine the best way for humanity to
progress along the spiritual path during the coming period of darkness. The
Yoga of love and devotion, Bhakti Yoga, was chosen as being the best
means. Bhoganāthar was entrusted by the siddhas with the task of defining
the rituals for the worship of their favorite deity “Palani Āndavar”, the Lord
(Muruga) of Palani.

Many rituals that center around the bathing (abhishekam) of an idol of Palani
Andavar with many substances, including panchaamirtam consisting of five
fruits and honey, were developed by him and continue to be followed to this
day. The idol had to be created from a substance that would last throughout
Kali Yuga. The most resilient of known substances, granite, was known to
wear and crack after thousands of such rituals. So Bhoganāthar fashioned it
out of nine secret herbal and chemical ingredients, nava pashanam, which
made it harder than granite. Eight of the ingredients were combined in a
mold of the idol. The ninth, was added as a catalyst, to solidify it.

In recent times the scientists who attempted to determine the composition of

a small sample of the material of the idol, were startled to find that it
immediately sublimated when heated. Thus its composition remains a
mystery to date. The traces of the substance are contained in the ritual
offerings in which it is bathed. When these are returned and consumed by
the devotee, their spiritual progress is enhanced.

A mission to China and transmigration

Kālangi Nāthar decided to enter into samādhi in seclusion for 3,000 years.
He summoned Bhoganāthar telepathically from Tamil Nadu to China to take
over his mission. Bhoganāthar traveled by sea, following the trade route. In
China, he was instructed by Kālangi Nāthar in all aspects of the Siddha
sciences. These included the preparation and use of the kaya kalpa herbal
formulae to promote longevity. After Kālangi Nāthar entered into trance,
Bhoganāthar assumed his teaching mission to the Chinese. To facilitate this,
he transmigrated his vital body into the physical body of a deceased
Chinese man, and thereafter went by the name “Bo-Yang”. “Bo” is a
derivation of the word “Bhogam” which means bliss, material and spiritual.
This bliss, for which he was named “Bo-Yang” is experienced when the
Kundalini shakti, the feminine primordial yin energy awakens, passes up to
the crown of the head, the seat of Shiva, the masculine yang pole, in the
Sahasra cakra at the summit of the head and unites with it. The result of this
integration of feminine and masculine parts of the being, or union (“Yoga”)
of Shakti and Shiva, Yin and Yang, is Satchidananda: Absolute Existence-
Consciousness-Bliss.

Transformation of his physical body

Bhoganāthar decided to overcome the limitations of the Chinese body, with
its degenerative tendencies, and prolong its life through the use of the kaya
kalpa herbs long enough for the effect of Kriya Kundalini Pranayama and
related yogic techniques to bring swarūpa samādhi. In his poem Bhogar
Jñāna Sutra 8, verse number 4, he describes vividly what happened after
carefully preparing a tablet using thirty five different herbs:

With great care and patience I made the (kaya kalpa) tablet and then
swallowed it:
Not waiting for fools and skeptics who would not appreciate its hidden
meaning and importance.
Steadily I lived in the land of the parangis (foreigners) For twelve thousand
years, my fellow!
I lived for a long time and fed on the vital ojas (sublimated spiritual energy)
With the ojas vindhu I received the name, Bhogar:
The body developed the golden color of the pill:
Now I am living in a world of gold
(based upon translation by Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah, 1979, p. 40-42).

He chose three of his best disciples and his faithful dog, and took them to
the top of a mountain. After first offering a tablet to the dog, the dog
immediately fell over dead. He next offered it to his leading disciple, Yu, who
also immediately fell over dead. After offering it to the two remaining
disciples, who by this time were extremely nervous, and who promptly hid
their tablets rather than swallow them, Bhoganāthar swallowed the
remaining tablets and also fell over unconscious. Crying with grief, the two
remaining disciples went down the mountain to get material to bury the
bodies. When the disciples returned to the spot where the bodies had been
left lying, all that was found was a note, in Bhoganāthar’s handwriting, which
said:

The kaya kalpa tablets are working. After awakening from their trance I
restored faithful Yu and the dog. You have missed your chance for
immortality. (Ibid.)

This kaya kalpa enabled Bhoganāthar to transform the Chinese body over a
period of 12,000 years, during which time it developed a lustrous golden
color. (The physiological transformation to the state of swarūpa samādhi
was, however, completed only later, at Palani in the final phases of Kriya
Kundalini Yoga and related practices. These phases will be described in
chapter 11. Bhoganāthar’s own graphic description is recorded in the poem
at the end of this chapter Initiation into Samādhi.)

In this poem Sutras of Wisdom — 8. he sings prophetically of the taking up

of the practice of pranayama in modern times by millions of persons who
would otherwise have succumbed to drug abuse:

Will chant the unifying verse of the Vedanta.

Glory to the holy feet of Uma (the Divine Mother of the Universe. Shakti),
Will instruct you in the knowledge of the sciences, ranging from hypnotism
to alchemy (kaya kalpa).
Without the need for pills or tablets, the great scientific art of pranayama
breathing, will be taught and recognized
By millions of common people and chaste young women.
Verse no. I (based upon translation by Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah, 1982, p. 40).

Becomes known as Lao-Tzu, founder of Taoism

After this incident with the Chinese disciples, Bo-Yang became also known
as Lao-Tzu, and was accessible for nearly 200 years, and trained hundreds
of Chinese disciples in Tantric Yoga practices, wherein semen and sexual
energies are conserved and sublimated into spiritual energies. The
advanced techniques which he taught involve raising the energies from the
mūladhāra cakra corresponding to the perineum up to the sahasrara cakra
during sexual intercourse with a spiritually minded partner, resulting in
sublimated energy, tejas. manifesting throughout all the cells of the body. In
the fifth century B.C., Confucius met Lao-Tzu Bo-Yang and afterwards said
of him:

I know a bird can fly, a fish can swim, and an animal can run. For that which
runs, a net can be fashioned; for that which swims, a line can be strung. But
the ascent of a Dragon on the wind into heaven is something which is
beyond my knowledge. Today I have met Lao-Tzu, who is perhaps like a
Dragon. Among the Chinese, particularly, the Taoists, the Dragon is the
symbol of Kundalini Shakti, the primordial force.

At the end of his mission to China, about 400 BC, Bhoganāthar, with his
disciple Yu (whom he also gave the Indian name Pulipani) and other close
disciples, left China by the land route. As recorded in the Taoist literature, at
the request of the gatekeeper at the Han Ku mountain pass Lao-Tzu
crystallized his teachings. He did so in two books, the Tao Ching, with 37
verses, and the Te Ching with 42 verses (MacKintosh, 1971).[3]

In book two he says ‘Do good to him who has done you injury’, which was
also said by the contemporary Tamil Siddha, Tiruvalluvar in his Tirukkural
(Tiruvalluvar, 1968). Taoist yoga traditions continue to seek physical
immortality using techniques remarkably similar to those taught in Tamil
Shiva Yoga Siddhānta.

Return to India
Along their way, they visited several shrines in the Himalayas and
Kāmarūpa, the famous Tantric Shakti shrine in Assam.[4] He composed his
greatest work of 700,000 verses near Mt. Kailasa with the blessings of Lord
Shiva. It was later abridged to 7,000 verses, and is known as Bhogar Sapta
Kandam. He later visited Gaya, India and Arabia. Upon his return to Tamil
Nadu he introduced the Chinese salts and chemistry, which he called Cīna-
cāram and porcelain making. He submitted his 7,000 verse manuscript for
evaluation to his guru, Agastyar at Courtrallam and to an academy of
siddhas there. It was endorsed by all of them as a great work.

Following this, many siddhas, including Konkanavar, Karuvoorar,

Nandeeswar, Kamala Muni, Satta Muni, Macchamuni, and Sundarandar
became his disciples to study the sciences of kaya kalpa and yoga. He
eventually turned over his teaching mission to Pulipani.

Establishes shrine at Katirkamam and attains swarūpa samādhi

After performing tapas at Sathura Giri, and Shiva Gin, he went to
Katirkamam in Sri Lanka to perform tapas and win the grace of Lord Muruga.
Under inspiration from the Lord he established the famous Yantra shrine,
representing the 1,008 petalled lotus cakra, which blossomed in Bhogar
there. Next he went to Palani where he attained swarūpa samādhi. He retired
to Katirkāmam, where Babaji Nagaraj met him around 211 AD.

Second Mission to China

Later, after the period of the Six Dynasties (220 to 590 AD), Bhoganāthar
returned with some Tamil disciples to China. He left his mission in Tamil
Nadu with Pulipani, the Chinese Siddha. During the construction of the
Brihitīswarar Shiva Temple in Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, around 900 AD.
Bhoganāthar advised its builders as to how to raise the eighty ton capstone
to the top of the temple, more than 200 feet high. This was done through his
disciple Karuvoorar and another Tamil disciple who acted as intermediaries
and through messages tied to the legs of courier birds, like today’s homing
pigeons. At Bhogar’s suggestion a gradient ramp five miles long was built,
up which the stone was pulled to the top of the temple. This was one of the
most remarkable engineering feats of all times. About this time he also
advised the King of Tanjore to build a small shrine dedicated to one of his
greatest disciples, Karuvoorar, behind the Bhrihiteeswarar Shiva Temple.

Current Activities
While Bhoganāthar is reported to have left the physical plane at Palani, he
continues to work on the astral plane, inspiring his disciples and devotees,
and even in rare instances he transmigrates into another’s physical body for
specific purposes.

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Source: Babaji and the 18 Siddha Kriya Yoga Tradition, by M. Govindan

(Kriya Yoga Publications, 1991), pp. 113-118.

End Notes

[1] Material in this chapter is based upon the life story of the Siddha
Bhoganāthar narrated by Yogi S.A.A. Ramaiah in his introduction to the third
volume of the collected works of Bhoganathar, Bogar Kandam Yogam:
Babaji’s Yoga of Boganathar, and notes in lectures.

[2] Authorities quoted by Bancroft in the Pacific States, Vol. V., 23-24.

[3] See ‘The Wandering Taoist’, by Deng Ming-Dao. 1983 for a contemporary
account of Taoist immortals and their practices in China, and ‘The Tao and
Chinese Culture’ by Da Liu. 1979 for a description of the highest goal of
Taoist practices, ‘golden” immortality.

[4] It is here that Macchamuni (Macchendranātha), one of his disciples, later

composed the first great treatise on the scientific art of Kriya Tantra Yoga,
from which arose the Kalpia and Kapalika tantric traditions.
(Reference: Siddha Bhoganāthar: An Oceanic Life Story.)
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the Sphinx, breaking its muteness at last. “Thou art eternal, and not merely of the
vanishing flesh. The soul in man cannot be killed, cannot die. It waits, shroud-
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