Talk:Varma Kalai
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Kundalini and Varmakalai
If one has to know about Varma kalai it is very important to know about Kundalini yoga.
The Kundalini yoga, which is becoming a popular way of meditation in today’s modern world to reduce hypertension but most of them don’t know what they are doing or what is relay happening in human body when you concentrate their Kundalini energy.Today’s Yoga masters teach only about Seven Charkas in human body, where as there is 108 Chakras and how to concentrate them.
Chines call Kundalini as Che Energy. The energy that make man strong and weak. Science doesn’t accept this concept scientifically. But Chines way of acupuncture shows some +Ve signs in curing their patients, it is one way of channeling the energy of Kundalini and tuning and releasing the blocked energy in human body.
Look in to further Information about Varma Kalai on URL
http://www.silambam.in/kundalinivarmakalai.htm —This unsigned comment was added by 61.246.61.102 (talk • contribs) .
- That sounds a bit POV in the article. Arundhati bakshi 11:44, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry but most people believe that bodhdiharma and his life are more of a legend than anything else.... further, no one has been able to tie bodhidharma to any martial arts. most of the stories about his life relate to him meditating in a cave and developing stretches that contributed to the shaolin style of kung fu. none of the legends talk about him bringing any martial arts from india to china. Most historians believe that this legend started in the 19th century. Kennethtennyson 16:17, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks for the input. It is true that most people believe the Bodhidharma story to be a legend. I have found this information in the following title: "Varma Cuttiram வர்ம சுத்திரம்" which was taken from a palm leaf manuscript stored in Japan. Unfortunately in regards to Indian history, the Southern part of the country has been neglected for a period of time leaving a lot of unanswered questions and basically having Indian historians to pretty much recreate their history on assumptions.
Much research needs to be done in reagards to Southern Indian or Dravidian history. Just recently after the 2004 tsunami, there have been new discoveries of articfacts and temples which were exposed to by the natural disaster. Ancient Tamil literature speaks of a tsunami which pretty much left many monuments and temples to be buried in the Bay of Bengal. The Indian government has done nothing to sponsor any underwater excavations in Southern India due to historical biasedness of the country. Only recently there has been an underwater excavation project underway.
Sorry for the long dissertation, but basically what we hear of India is primarily from the North Indian POV, thus leaving a lot of unanswered historical questions regarding the Southern peninsula. Much research needs to be done in the history of Southern India, primarily on the Pallava and Chola Kingdoms since they were recorded as sea travellers. Perhaps, I guess it would be safe to possibly reword the section on Bodhidarma regarding Varma Kalai, and state that the info was taken from the book on Varma Cuttiram translated from a Tamil manuscript? Could you offer some suggestions that could benefit this article? Regards.
Wiki Raja 22:44, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Varma Kalai and Varma Kalari
Hi Dayaanjali,
I noticed that you have placed a merge tag at the top of the page. Please let me explain that their needs to be a separate article on both Varma Kalai and Varma Kalari since both may share similarities, but are of two different histories and background. Please seen here for more description in regards to this here. Regards. Wiki Raja 05:40, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Dear All,
With the limited experience of being with varmam master for 10 years, the term "kalari" is used to mention the martial arts that is practiced in Kerela, India.[kalari means ground. Think about the god 'Kalari moorthi']. On the other hand, "Kalai" means art. Hence, please do not combine varma kalai and varma kalari.
For the last few years, we [Arts Research Institute (ARI), Coimbatore, www.ari.org.in ]are taking huge effort to let the public know that science of varmam is more towards therapeutic form and least with respect to martial arts form. We can help the society with cost effective therapeutic form of varmam. If varmam is purely for martial arts, then what is the need for our Siddhars to document varmam under more than 120 different titles, with each one dealing with different systems, like nervous system, skeletal system, internal organs and etc.--Suresh.mano (talk) 09:05, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
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Wiki Raja 10:36, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
