Tirumandiram composed over 2000 years by Siddha Tirumular is a classical Shaiva Siddanta philosophy work and is also related to yoga, Tantra and spirituality. This classic text contains nine chapters, known as nine tandirams. The current English translation of Tirumandiram by Babaji’s Kriya Yoga, a Canadian based publisher and charity, contains its transliteration, translation and commentary in nine volumes and a 10th volume with Glossary, select bibliography and index in separate tenth volume. From the Publishers: What is it that inspires us to publish the Tirumandiram? Put simply, this great work inspires us to realize our greatest potential as human beings. As humans we have the unique ability, unlike any other species, to not only conceive of perfection, but to notice our own imperfections. Furthermore we have the imagination and the power to devise means and apply these means to transforming ourselves perfectly.