Venugopal Nair: Filmmaker, line producer and location manager in Bengalore, India.

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SYNOPSIS

Third Eye of Love

K V Mohan Kumar, IAS

Translated into English by

Manjula Cherkil

Is Buddhism a cold religion, which is insensitive to the finer aspects of life and the myriad shades of sensual pleasures? “Pranayanthinde Moonam Kannu (The Third Eye of Love), the novel in Malayalam written by K.V.Mohan Kumar, IAS, begs to disagree.

The novel, a lyrical exploration of the journey of protagonist Rahulan in search of Buddhahood asserts that the sensual beauty and pleasures of the world are not something that needs to be renounced for the soul to attain nirvana and that salvation is possible even while people are engaged in their day to day activities with undivided attention and focus. To drive home this point, the book discusses in detail the spiritual side of ‘love’, at the divine moment of the physical union of a male and female body which ultimately leads the soul to ‘nirvana’.

‘Vajrayana’ sect emerged within Buddhism as a protest against the highbrow variety during the third or fourth century AD. Stressing on what Lord Buddha told to his disciples towards the end of his life, Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism exhorts us to drink the nectar of unqualified love to reach Buddhahood even while keeping a detached position, says the novel.

Dropping off his education, in search of 'nirvana', the ultimate truth, Rahulan starts his journey away from his dear and near. He needs to find a Guru, who could guide him to the path of 'nirvana'. Back home, in Mucheeri, the preparation for his return, as a 'graduate' is in full swing at the initiative of the richest trader in the village to whom his late father was employed till his death. Upon the death of Rahulan’s father, the trader had taken over the responsibility of looking after Rahulan and his mother.

Jabala, the daughter of the trader is pursuing her love for Rahulan and their wedding is on the cards, awaiting the triumphant return of the boy after his studies. He is expected to lead the member traders and the grand merchandize ship on its scheduled journey to foreign countries and Jabala is, preparing to join him on his right side. However, the wait is of no positive consequences. Rahulan had different plans. He is now wanderlust, in search of the path to 'Buddhahood', seeking a Guru’s direction on his path to nirvana and looking for someone who will lead him there.

In his protracted search for a guru, Rahulan encounters countless difficulties, temptations and confusions. But the most important one was to release himself from the bondage of the barren knowledge piled up in his mind during the study at the Vishwavidyalaya(University), the Vedas, aranyakas, samhitas, Upanishads, puranas….and so on.

His journey ends at a 'black-smith' girl, who takes him through a spiritual journey of 'ultimate love and desire' interpreting this as the union of souls and bodies in the supreme coherence of power, through which one approaches the divinity and 'nirvana'. In completion of her prescribed task of guiding him through this phase, she returns to her folds, saying all that is to be learned in the 'path of 'tantra' has now been imparted to him and he has to fend for himself from now on. Rahulan continues his travel across the world for the final salvation and oneness with the universe. In this phase of his life, he continues to meet people who were close to his heart in his pre-yogic days, including his mother ( who dies in his hand, savoring the last drops of water poured by him) and finally his soul mate, Jabala herself, Captaining the ship on his absence.

The book is presented in two parts presenting the two parallel tracks Rahulan is trying to pursue with a possible and predictable convergence. The first part vividly presents his earlier life in Mucheeri, with his ever waiting 'soul mate' Jabala, his mother and the port and trading community in general. We are also told about Rahulan’s quest for 'nirvana' and the resulting spiritual 'endeavor' in general. His inner turmoil, the constant doubt on himself and the path he has chosen, and the uncertainty regarding the 'Guru' and 'karma' ( in the real sense of work) oriented learning of the 'truth' instead of 'dhyana' oriented approach, are discussed in detail through a metaphor of the mystical 'sensory love', the oneness of body and soul, the spiritual emancipation of the desires, living the physical and sensual life to the extreme under the guise of mystical reunion of ‘the plough and the land’.

The second part discusses his monk-hood, meeting with the rich wife of the trader who now owns the ship Rahul is to travel, who was his ‘karma-sathi’ in one of his previous births, (and regretfully turned down in this birth by Rahul for pursuing his path to nirvana) and now with whose help his grand journey by sea is made possible, to spread the new message of Buddha in foreign countries

The novel opens the windows on the luscious world that needs to be experienced through all the five senses; the delirious visions, the intoxicating scent of woman, the warmth of touch, the music of waves and the taste of the delicious nectar.

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