It may be surprising that the printed texts of Agama Shastras known to us are said to be dated back to such and such Century B.C or A.D. However, as the spoken words of the Lord, it is not expected to be dated. God and His words are nitya, eternal. The Lord may speak to anybody, anytime in any language at His will and pleasure. What all needed is that the ardent devotee must be eagerly waiting for Him with rapt attention. It has been stressed here that 'Parameshvara darshanam' is the first ever ordained duty of every jiva and this should take place before one closes his/her eyes for the last time. All the Shastras say the same. First, have the darshan of the Lord with the help of svadhyaya, satsang, nidhidhyasana, study of darshan shastra, take to yoga under a 'siddhi purusha' (attained person), take to satata dhyana (unceasing ,meditation), dharana, and have His vision and hear to His words in the state of samadhi. This is not impossible. Many have attained to it.
The Lord's words are very simple. As stated by Bhagavan in the Gita, get rid of all that you have acquired since you entered the earth, got in to soil and water and became food and entered the would- be- father's body to become a spermatozoa and entered the would-be-mother's womb to take a form of life. "Thus one who has acquired all blemishes of flesh and blood, gunas, and started behaving like the bhuta (earthling)". Thus, "you have acquired the blemishes of the soul, that was pristine pure", says the Lord. Now to rewind and attain to the original state of 'sadasada',(existence-nonexistence)! To attain to nirvana, state of 'nothingness, dynamic silence in samadhi is the pure state.
The Agama Shastra, almost a 200 of them, explain this truth and the methodology to attain to Him. There is adoration of the Lord, worship of the Lord in the Images, icons and idols attributing powers, showing them in number of arms,armaments, mudra, and the like. The joy one attains in worshiping the Lord is enought to unite him/her with HIM! The shastra also speaks of yoga shastra, mantra shastra, many other occult practices admissible under the Vedic system (not the vama marga).
The ahirbudhnya samhita is full of praise of Narayana, Vasudeva, Lakshmi, Sudarshana andSankarshana and gives almost a hundred thousand mantra to propitiate Him (Narayana) and Her (Lakshmi). Sudarshana is the greatest wonder instrument of Sri Hari Narayana that dispenses all that is necessary for not only good life but liberation as well. Look forward for this wonder wheel of Timeand its mantra.
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