The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary)

In Praise of God [link]
The Greatness of the Vedas [link]
The Greatness of the Agamas [link]
The Guru Tradition [link]
The History of Tirumular [link]
Humility in Assembly [link]
Number and Import of the Tirumandiram Hymns [link]
Spiritual Lineage [link]
The Trinity and the Relationship [link]
Instructions on the Essence [link]
Transitoriness of the Body [link]
Transitoriness of Wealth [link]
Impermanence of Youth [link]
Impermanence of Live [link]
Non-killing [link]
Meat-Eating, Forbidden [link]
On the Evil of Adulterous Life [link]
The Dishonourable Public Women [link]
Poverty [link]
Efficacy of the Propitiation of Fire [link]
Way of the Brahmins [link]
A Code for Governance [link]
In Praise of Rain [link]
In Praise of Giving [link]
In Praise of the Righteous [link]
Path of the Unrighteous [link]
By Love Possessed [link]
Siva Knows the Ones that Love [link]
Learning [link]
Fulfilling Inquiry [link]
State of Being Unlearned [link]
In the Midst of Grace [link]
Abstention From Drink [link]
Agattiyam [link]
Eight Heroic Deeds of the Lord [link]
Linga-Purana [link]
Daksa's Sacrifice [link]
The Deluge [link]
Gift of a Discus [link]
Skeleton and Skull [link]
Search for the Crown and the Feet [link]
Creation [link]
Sustenance [link]
Dissolution [link]
Obscuration [link]
Bestowing Grace [link]
Creation (Microcosmic) [link]
Three Categories of Souls [link]
The Worthy Ones [link]
The Unworthy Ones [link]
Holy Waters [link]
Desecration of the Holy Temple [link]
Manifestation of Downward Face [link]
Reproach of Siva [link]
Reproach of Guru [link]
Reproach of the Devotees of Lord Siva [link]
Forbearance [link]
Seeking the Holy Company [link]
Astanga Yoga (Eight-limbed yoga) [link]
Yama (Abstentions) [link]
Niyama (Observances) [link]
Asanas (Postures) [link]
Pranayama (Regulated Breath) [link]
Pratyahara (Withdrawal of the Senses) [link]
Dharana (Concentration) [link]
Dhyana (Meditation) [link]
Samadhi (Intense Contemplation) [link]
Benefits of the Eight-Limbed Yoga [link]
Eight Great Siddhis [link]
State of Kalas [link]
The Art of Keeping the Body Intact [link]
The Wheel of Time [link]
Measurement of the Life Span [link]
Daily Pranic Rhythms [link]
Hostile Days [link]
Kechari –Yoga [link]
Pariyanga – Yoga [link]
Amuri Dharanai [link]
Candra-Yoga [link]
The Silently Articulated [link]
The Cakra of Tiruvambalam [link]
Archana [link]
The Nine Sacrificial pits [link]
Various Forms of Sakthi—The Tirupurai cakra [link]
The Bairavi Mandiram [link]
Absolute sakti [link]
The Support and the Supported [link]
Yeroli Cakra [link]
The Cakra of Bhairava [link]
The Cakra of Sarnbhavi Mandala [link]
The Cakra of Bhuvanapati [link]
Navakkari Cakra [link]
Pure Saivism [link]
Impure Saivism [link]
The Saivism that Helps to Attain Liberation [link]
Extreme Pure Saivism [link]
The Path of Service [link]
Ritualistic Worship [link]
Yoga [link]
Wisdom or Self-Realization [link]
The Path of Wisdom or Self-Realization [link]
The Path of Friend [link]
The Path of Son [link]
The Path of Servant [link]
Reaching the World of the Lord [link]
Proximity to the Lord [link]
Attaining the Form of the Lord [link]
Mergence with the Lord [link]
The Descent of Grace [link]
Condemning the External Faiths [link]
Misconduct [link]
Internal Faith [link]
The Vision of Siva as Guru [link]
The Merit or Grace of Guru's Feet [link]
The Subject, The Object and Knowledge [link]
Renunciation [link]
Penance [link]
Abuse of Tapas [link]
Attainment of Jnana is due to Divine Grace [link]
Disguised Vanity or Hypocrisy (Sanctimony) [link]
The Robes of Penance [link]
The Sacred Ashes [link]
The Robes of Jnana [link]
The Robes of Siva [link]
One who is Immature or Unfit [link]
One who is Mature or Fit [link]
The Six Adharas [link]
The Cosmos as the Symbol of God [link]
The Body as the Linga [link]
Sadasiva Lingam [link]
The Soul as Linga [link]
The Linga of Gnosis [link]
Sivalingam [link]
The Sacred Tradition [link]
Bestowal of Grace [link]
The Glow of Grace [link]
Worship of Siva [link]
Worship of the Preceptor [link]
Worship of the Spiritual Servants [link]
The Greatness of the Spiritual Servants [link]
The Code of Feeding the Servants [link]
Code of Receiving Alms [link]
Variations in Mudra Gesture or Hand Pose [link]
Accomplished Samadhi in the Cave of the Heart [link]
Rituals of Samadhi [link]
The Origin of the Bindu [link]
The conquest of Bindu and the device of controlling the Life Breath at the time of Enjoyment [link]
The States of the Sun Macrocosmic Sun—The Sun of the Universe [link]
The Sun of the World or The Microcosmic Sun—the Sun of the Body [link]
The State of the Sun in the Mind [link]
The Sun of Gnosis [link]
The Sun of Siva [link]
The Character of the Soul [link]
The Individual Soul [link]
The Cultivated Soul [link]
The Soul that is Bound [link]
The Enlightened One [link]
The Effort required to control the Five Senses [link]
The Method of Controlling the Five Sense Organs [link]
The Path of the Unholy Guru [link]
The Noble Guru [link]
The Unethical Conduct [link]
Compassion for the Soul's State of Misery [link]
The Salutary Guidance [link]
Five-fold Differences of the Body [link]
Relinquishment of the Body [link]
Different States of Experience of the soul-Lower State of Experience [link]
Middle Waking State [link]
The Paths for Liberation [link]
Pure Waking State and Other States [link]
Triple States of the Soul [link]
The Supreme State [link]
Devoid of Triple Gunas [link]
Different World Systems [link]
Even the Eleventh Kala is to be seen as an Avastha 'state' [link]
Mingling and Departing [link]
The State Free From Impurity [link]
The Dawn of Spiritual Knowledge [link]
The Six Ends [link]
The Non-Difference of Pati, Pasu and Pasa [link]
Exposition of Realizing the Feet and the Head [link]
The Three Defects [link]
The Three Words [link]
The Three-fold Paras [link]
The Nature of the Supreme Lord Siva [link]
Three-fold Turiyas [link]
Three-fold Muktis [link]
Three-fold Svarupas (Real Nature) [link]
Triple Instruments [link]
Three Voids and Tat Tvam Asi [link]
Three Illusions [link]
The Adjuncts of Jiva and Para [link]
The State of Tranquility [link]
Avoidance of Out-Speaking [link]
The State of the Soul within Triple Gunas in the Sphere of the Eight-Petalled Lotus [link]
Ninefold States and Ninefold Presiding Deities [link]
The Pure and the Impure [link]
Disdain of Liberation [link]
Three Types of Implied Meaning [link]
The Great Statement—Tat Tvam Asi [link]
The Morsel of Cosmos [link]
Truthfulness [link]
The Performance of a Jnani [link]
Curbing the Desire [link]
The Significance of Devotion [link]
The Attainment of Eternal Bliss [link]
Inquiry [link]
The Vision of the Monastery of the Guru [link]
The Vision of the Jnana Guru who is the Embodiment of Wisdom [link]
Pranava-Samadhi [link]
Light [link]
The Pancaksara Mantra-Gross [link]
The Pancaksara Mantra-Subtle [link]
The Pancaksara Mantra-Super Subtle [link]
The Vision of the Sacred Dance of Siva [link]
The Attainment of Space Within [link]
The Dawn of Wisdom [link]
Sat-Cit-Ananda [link]
The Dawn of the Real Nature of Sivam [link]
Karma (ul) [link]
The Vision of Siva [link]
The Vision of the Essential Nature of Siva [link]
Gradations of Liberation, Release from Karma [link]
The Conversation About the Void [link]
The Silent State of Samadhi [link]
The Greatness of the Unlimited [link]
The Greatness of the Realized Ones [link]
Panegyric (Laudation/Tribute) [link]
The All-Pervasive One [link]
Benediction [link]
Monism and Pluralism in Saiva Siddhanta [link]
There Can Be Only one Final Conclusion in Saiva Siddhanta [link]
Glossary—T.N. Ganapathy [link]
Select Bibliography—T.N. Ganapathy [link]
Index—Ramesh Babu [link]
The thirty-six principles of existence to Saiva Thandhiram (Tandiram) [link]
Courtesy: George Feuerstein (Appendix Two) [link]