TITLE:
Suddha Dharma Mandalam Bhagavad Geeta: The Aryan Philosophy Current Today
AUTHORS:
Carlos Munoz, Alicia Panzitta, Jose Rugue, Domingos Oliveira, Manuel Paz
KEYWORDS:
Suddha Dharma Mandalam, Bhagavad Geeta, Pranava, Gayatri
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Philosophy,
Vol.10 No.2,
May
18,
2020
ABSTRACT: Suddha Dharma Mandalam (SDM) is name of an ancient Hierarchy which
watches over the evolutionary progress of the Humanity. In the whole Universe
the Bhagavad Gita—the Yogic art of Brahman—occupies the most exalted position. The aim of this study is to
explain the composition and the mystic-philosophical
principles that sustain SDM Bhagavad Gita of 745 slokas and 26 chapters. Suddha Gita contains 745 verses in 26 chapters conformed by the dual extreme “The Pranava” (first and last chapters)
and the central body “The Gayatri” of
24 chapters (4 feet). The first (Proem)
and last one (Epilogue) represent Vyasthi- and Samasthi-para aspects of The Pranava; these aspects correspond to the Brahman conception of One and Many, respectively. While 4 feet or headings (Gñana-knowledge,
Bhakti-desire, Karma-action and Yoga-synthesis) correspond to 4 aspects of
eternal Dharma and the 4 keys for life learning (quadruple life-path), the 24
chapters represent the 24 material tatwas. By the other hand, the greatest symbols known are The Pranava or the syllable Om and The Gayatri consisting of 24 syllables. The syllable of Pranava
contains 2 expressions: 1) the analytical three-letters AUM which normally
appear at the beginning of important mantras, where the first letter represents Atma or the Self-aspect of Brahman; U
the Prakriti or the Not-self aspect;
M the Shakti or the Force-aspect; 2)
the synthetical two-letters OM which normally appear at the end of important
mantras, where O (pronounced at center of the palate) integrates the 2 extreme
vowels and M similar like before. The AUM at the beginning signifies that
Brahman is the source from which the factors manifest themselves, and Om at the
end signifies that these factors merge and become synthesized in that very
Brahman. No reference has been made to the reason for the introduction by the
author of the first and the twenty-sixth chapters and his linking them with the
body of the twenty-four chapters compacted together under the four groups. The
whole of the current recension is divided into 18 chapters and empirically
divided into three shatkas—Kriya, Bhakti and Gñana shatkas, which are
based on “tripada gayatri”, although Gayatri
to be complete has to be “chatuspada-shadangula”
representing the well-known 24 principles, six in each pada. The absence, thus,
of a fourth pada as such is a serious unfortunately omission. Today Suddha Gita
is valid and it is being read by many people around world, since SDM Order as
an outer organization has several schools distributed in American and European
countries.