What is the basis of Hinduism? Is it based on Manu Parampara
or Trimurty System? This was the question asked by Navajyotisri Karunakara
Guru, whose life mission was to enlighten not only the Hindus but also the
whole humanity about the existence of a spiritual governance that is God’s
alone. The Puranic tradition or the Trimurty tradition mentions that Brahma,
Vishnu and Siva are the authorities of creation. The Vaishnavites claim that
Vishnu is the Creator; the Saivites say it is Siva while the Sakteyas say it is
the Goddess. There are yet others like Ganapathyas and Sauravas who assign
Ganapati and Surya as the source of creation. There is also the cult of
Krishna, which finds the origin of creation from Krishna. Either all of them
are correct or all of them are wrong. Let us respect all of them. Our inquiry
is to know whether there is a universally acceptable view in Hinduism about the
origin of man and the universe.
A cow is born from a cow, an elephant from an elephant. Then
from whom did the first human originate? It must obviously be from a self-same
archetype. That human archetype is Manu, the first projection of God from whom
evolved the concept of the solar system and the human life in it. Therefore,
Manu is the Creator of the human universe, the first Preceptor, the Adi Guru,
the Adam of humanity. All human beings are the self-same image of Manu, the
cosmic human archetype. The scriptures have also mentioned that Manu is our
ancient most Father. There is no doubt that the name ‘Manushya’, ‘Manav’ and
‘Man’ in English originated from Manu. The origin of the Guru concept is also
from Manu. It has been mentioned in the Vedas and Puranas that God’s foremost
creation was the sages, from whom the tradition of Guru-Sishya parampara originated.
All religions in the world originated from the work and
sankalpam of gurus and sages. Therefore, the spiritual administration of the
world is in the hands of the gurus in the Manuparamapara. That was the original
spiritual administration in the world. Then man sinned against God. In the
third chaturyuga (chaturyuga is a cluster of satya, treta, dwapara and kali
ages) of the present Vaivaswata Manu, an error happened to a great preceptor in
the Manu parampara, who declared that ‘Aham Brahmasmi’ – I am God. As a result,
a curse fell from Brahman. ‘May the memory of Manu be lost to humanity.’
The world was sunk into darkness as a result of this curse.
The memory of Manu was erased and the spiritual administration of the Manu
Parampara did not work any longer. Long ages passed without the radiance of
Brahman. Then the sages prayed for light sitting in solitary forests and
mountain caves. The knowledge they received was codified as the Vedas.
Compassionate to the earnest prayers of the sages, Brahman initiated a
correction for another spiritual medium for the sake of humanity. He empowered
three spiritual entities - Brahma, Vishnu and Siva as the medium of spiritual
realization to compensate for the eclipse of Manu Parampara. This happened in
the seventh chaturyuga. Subsequently, for long ages, the trimurty system
prevailed in the world. The tradition of worshipping gods and goddesses
prevailed not only in India but also in all other civilizations. The mythology
of gods in ancient civilizations like Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greek, Roman, etc. is
a proof for this.
Trimurty system worked well from the seventh to twelfth
chaturyuga. Now we are in the Kaliyuga of the 28th chaturyuga of
this Manu cycle. There are 71 chaturyugas in a Manu cycle. This is the seventh
Manu cycle in the Manvantara order. The time of fourteen Manus constitutes a
kalpa, a cosmic age of the Supreme, after which the created world is dissolved
and a fresh one starts. In each yuga there would be four kaalanthara
gurus and a sandhi guru (example Krishna, who came in between dwapara
and kali yuga) for the spiritual guidance of mankind. Various other gurus come
under these kaalanthara gurus for different durations like 5000, 2500,
1500, 1000 or 500 years. This is the spiritual administration of the Manvantara
order or Manu Parampara.
The Trimurty system repeated the same mistake that had
happened earlier to the Manu Parampara, i.e. equating what God created as God Himself,
of equating the Trimurty gods with Brahman. Nothing is equal to Brahman, as
everything is only a part of it, said Navajyotisri Karunakara Guru. Brahman has
once again initiated a correction in this Kali yuga in order to bring back the
lost spiritual regime of the Manu Parampara through the medium of Navajyotisri
Karunakara Guru. The history of Santhigiri Ashram constitutes these divine
revelations. From the commencement of this Kaliyuga, God had sent 2444 mahatmas
to initiate this spiritual process. However, these truths had not been made
known to them as they had been sent only to prepare the ground for the arrival
of the great Mahatma, Navajyotisri Karunakara Guru for initiating a great
spiritual awakening. It is the commencement of a new spiritual age. These
truths about the Manu Parampara have never been revealed to anybody before.
Therefore, it is a new beginning.
We have not yet transcended the mythical hangovers of bygone
eras and evolved into the dharma of Kali yuga. We are not yet ready to evaluate
the rights and wrongs in our long spiritual history. One should not blame
anyone for this, because we are only in the dawn of a new yuga. The darkness of
the previous ages is still lingering in the air. If we examine the history of
our country after the time of Sri Krishna and Sri Buddha, we can observe that
we have not been physically and spiritually uplifted. We can see the picture of
a glorious nation tumbling down to the pits of disgrace, disintegration,
dishonor and penury. It is the time for India to resurrect itself and to
lead the world spiritually. The Brahmic Will to restore the spiritual
administration of the Manu Parampara has to be fulfilled. Let no man dishonor
it. All people irrespective of caste, religion, language and region have a
place in it.
