The
name itself might raise the eye-brows, in those who are a little
familiar 'about me' (though not 'with-me'...!)
Even
I did not 'think-of' letting this loose, in the form a blog when I
wrote it down, and so I had only shot-it, in the 'email-form', hoping
that it would be so convenient to 'invite trouble' from only known adversaries!
But,
looking at the poor response from a 'selective-group' of say... some
two dozens, I am now tempted to keep the window open, a little
wider...
It
is the concept, 'built' around the term, that I am interested into
more than the 'gimmicks' that ensures its popularity !
I
hope readers would enjoy this in equal measure too..
psn(28th
April, 2014)
quote:
Somewhere
I came across a theory which may have only some conceptual relevance.
The
dramatized version seems to contribute more towards reducing the
credibility of stories, whereby the concept gets diluted or even goes
un-noticed! Logic does demand a price!
A
leisurely visit to ancient temples of Kerala, would familiarize a
person with a place, built with low elevation, appearing like a
single large room unfinished during construction, and stopped at
plinth level, with that sand filling.
Devotees
take a walk around it, with devotion, and a few pick up a pinch of
that mud from the elevated place.
The
name given to this sacrosanct place is 'BrahmaRakshas'.
Some
Brahmins are of the opinion that Brahmins do not 'bow' to this place!
There
is a belief that persons who acquired great knowledge, and yet
refused to part with it, become such BrahmaRakshas! An
abode or resting place is given to them thus! They appear or become
perceivable to those vulnerable people who are prone to run into
demons or Rakshasas, only
during the early morning hours of Brahma-Muhurtham, and are quite
harmless!
There
is even a joke: It seems a young housewife was decorating the front
yard with that 'Rangoli' (the traditional 'KOLAM'), and suddenly felt
some presence behind her. Taking a look, she remarked very casually,
"Oh! It is only you, a BrahmaRakshas, and I thought it to be my
'Naathanar' (sister-in-law)!". It is a custom to decorate the
front yard with that Rangoli during very early hours, and the
BrahmaRakshas would have come to 'verify' whether the design of
Rangoli was as per prescriptions, free from 'bugs'! There is (or at
least used to be) an entire science regarding this Rangoli, which
serves among many other purposes, also that of an almanac or
calendar!
They
(BrahmaRakshas), it seems happen to realize a bit late (after having
lost access to the gross body), that distributing
knowledge to worthy disciples
constitutes to be an integral part of spiritual evolvement.
So, they stagnate at a point, and wander aimlessly! Basically they
are supposed to be good souls; just that they discovered a bit late
that spiritual knowledge is to be treated as 'open-source',
'free-ware' etc, and not to be jealously guarded, at least from
non-hackers!
That
reminds me, pilferage of knowledge (hacking) is not something new! It
seems the Devas requested Kacha, the son of Brihaspati, the preceptor
of Devas, to infiltrate into school of the of preceptor of
Asuras(Main Server), through online-net-chatting on the 'web' access,
with a damsel called Devayani (the daughter of asura-preceptor,
Sukracharya). The soft ware to be hacked was known "Sanjivani'!
The fall out was interesting.
The
story does not seem important. The concept is. The spiritual
experience gained by visiting a holy place is to be shared, and not
withheld, and this place for "BrahmaRakshas" could serve as
a mild reminder towards that responsibility (response-ability!).
Since
all this is hearsay stories, I would gratefully acknowledge any
additions, corrections to the theory of BrahmaRakshas.
Psn (17th May, 2008)
