Sunday, February 8, 2015

Shivaratri 2015

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When is Shivaratri? Maha Shivaratri is celebrated on the day when the chaturdashi (14th lunar day) of the krishna paksha (dark fortnight...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Who is Shiva?

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Who is Shiva ? To answer this question, let us examine a hymn from the Shiva Purana. This hymn, presented as yet another prayer from the ...
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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Prayer by the Gods

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Here is another beautiful hymn from the Shiva Purana presented as a prayer from the Gods to Shiva. Not much explanation is needed to und...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Shiva in the Yoga Vasistha

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In the early days, when the so-called Vedic age was at its peak, great Maharishis orally imparted their wisdom unto their disciples. For a...
Sunday, December 1, 2013

Bhairava and the Tantras

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From what we know of history, the Tantric corpus revealed by Shiva was truly mammoth, consisting of millions of verses of written literat...
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Saturday, November 9, 2013

O Bhairava!

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O Bhairava of mercy infinite! May we be devoted to Thee, Who art our selves, the very Self of our selves.  May we express our love...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

Five Spheres and Four Eggs

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In the beautiful and wonderfully complex world of Shaivite cosmology, we have what are known as the Six Paths ( Shad-Adhvans ). The paths a...
Friday, December 7, 2012

Meditation on the Divine Mother

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In the beat of my heart, the Divine Mother is In the breath of my lungs, the Divine Mother is  In the warmth of my body, the Divine Mo...