CONTENTS :
- * A Human Document
* The Basic Material
* A Biographical Sketch
* Light from the Labyrinth of Legends
* More Authentic Information
* The Date of Veerabrahmam
* Were Vemana&Brahmam Contemporaries ?
* The Crisis
* The Political Crisis
* The Social Crisis
* A Religious Rebel and A Social Reformer
* The Dogma
* Precept and Practice
* The caste system & privilege of Learning
* The Reform of Dharma Peetham
* Religious Tolerance
* Ahead of Times
* Veerabrahmam and Vemana
* The Kalajnanam (Kalagnanam)
* The Musings of Mahayoga
* The Message
* Bibliography
Sri Madvirat Pothuluri Veerabrahmendra Swamy Biography
SWAMI SRI VEERABRAHMENDRA
A Monograph on Pothuluru Veerabrahmendra Swamy
Veerabrahmam puts the same idea in crystal clear terms thus
“Ye, the ignorant and the innocent! Hark!
Salute not the stones insignificant
For thou shalt spoil thine own conscience!”
If that were the case, what should be the ultimate goal of a true devotee ? Veerabrahmam replies suitably.
“Well, well and good, if thine looks are kept steady on the splendid light, shining from within thyself”.
Vemana repeatedly puts a question to those idol worshippers who could not behold the Supreme Soul shining within themselves.
“What animals ye are who worship stones and care not for the Gods that dwell within?”
And care not for the Gods that dwell within?
He further goes to question the gross sinful folly of those who starve and beat the living useful bull but adore it when it is carved in stone. This reveals the humanita¬rian outlook of Vemana. Benevolence towards all beings, be it bull or man, should be our motto, proclaims Vemana.
Animal sacrifice to deities was one of the evils that flourished in the Hindu society. When the priestly class offered animals during the performance of Yajna, the lower-class people offer them during the festivals of the petty village deities. How merciless it is to cut the throat of an innocent living animal When people do not hesitate to cut the throat of their fellow human beings, it is no wonder if they cut the throat of the domestic animal.
“Let it be the sacred Yajna or the petty Gramajatara! it should not result in bloodshed’ - the saint reformers upheld.
There were many occasions where Veerabrahmam interfered in the Gramajataras and stopped animal sacrifice. There was a prolonged dialogue between him and the residents of Kandimallayapalle on this issue. He refused to pay the annual contribution for the Grama¬jataras where animal sacrifice was indispensable. By vehemently fighting against the evil practice, he saw that the practice was put an end to. In the life of Vemana also there were similar instances.