Shiva Darshana

Sahasranama means thousand ( sahasra ) names ( nama ), and Sahasranama Stotra is a hymn eulogizing the Lord by recounting one thousand of Hi...

Jai Shiv Omkara is a hymn in the Hindi language addressed to Shiva, and is often termed Shivji ki Arati because it is sung during arati ri...

Today (Sep 15, 2007) is the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, a special day to honor Lord Ganesha, the Remover of all obstacles. In honor of thi...

The entire text of the Kaivalya Upanishad was previously posted on this blog, but no introduction or commentary was made on it. Today's ...

Shiva Chalisa (Śiva Chālīsā) is a hymn of Shiva written in the middle Hindi dialect called Avadhi . Chalisa is derived from the word chalis ...

The Shaivite system of thought tells us that the individual is kept from realizing the universal because of the triad impurities ( malas ) –...

In the morning I saw Him, my resplendent Creator Brighter than the first rays, closer than my heartbeat The fragrance of the chandan paste...

Shadakshara Stotra means the Hymn of the Hexa-Syllabic, and is a magnificent hymn glorifying Shiva through the universal Shaivite six-syllab...

anyathA sharaNaM nAsti tvameva sharaNaM mama | tasmAd kAruNyabhAvena rakSha rakSha parameshvara || I have no other refuge, Thou art my sole ...

The concept of Triple or Triad Jewels (Ratna Traya) is met with in three different Indian schools of thought - Buddhism, Jainism and Shaivis...

Basavadeva (Basavanna), the great reformer of the Vira Shaiva branch of Shaivism, once remarked to his followers: " Shivane Daye "...

Is it on top of this universe? Or on top of the universe yet beyond, Or in the midst of the expanse beyond and beyond, Or in the midst of fi...

A great video I found today, definitely worthy of this blog! Enjoy!! Aum Namah Shivaya . Related posts: Jyotirlingam and Jyotirlingam Shrin...

शिव सङ्कल्प सूक्त The Divine Essence that goes far away, from the waking, and likewise from the sleeping, and that one far-traveling Lig...

कैवल्योपनिषत् Aum! May He protect us both together; May He nourish us both together; May we work conjointly with great energy, May our study...

ध्यानमूलं गुरुर्मूर्ति पूजामूलं गुरुर्पदम्। मन्त्रमूलं गुरुर्वाक्यं मोक्षमूलं गुरुर्कृपा॥ तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥ dhyānamūlaṁ gururmūrti pūjām...

शरीर त्रय One of the most common theological features of all schools and streams of Sanātana Dharma is the teaching that at we are not ...