Guest guest Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 it is fastb approaching the oppertune time to conduct shiva puja viz:at the midnite hour i have just returned from temple where we sung and worhip the Lord and will be doing aarti at midnite may Bhagwan bless us all with his divine mercies a happy and blessed MAHASHIVARAATRI 2007 TO ALL MEMBERS BAM BAM BOLA MAHADEV KI JAI HARA HARA HARA MAHADEV KI JAI , "prasanna kumar" <groupowner.prasanna wrote: > > Dear Members, > I wish you all a Happy Maha Shivratri. > The terms Shiva and Sankara mean Auspicious. Same means blissful > awareness (chitaanandha). Kara means the one who causes it. Thus, > Sankara means the One who causes blissful awareness. Sankara is the > One who confers blissful awareness on those who take refuge in Him > or adore Him. > > The secret of creation is evident from the description of the form > of Shiva. The crescent moon on Shiva's head symbolizes the > consciousness in human beings, the Ganges river (Gangaa) symbolizes > the life force, and the snakes on Shiva's body represent the myriad > of living beings. He resides on a silver mountain. His dearest > friend is Kubera, the Lord of Wealth. Despite being endowed with all > these, why was He obliged to carry the begging bowl? To demonstrate > to the world that every kind of wealth is a hindrance to spiritual > advancement, Shiva renounced everything. It is through renunciation > that Shiva became the eternal embodiment of supreme bliss. > > The three eyes of Shiva represent the three worlds (lokas). Shiva's > trident is symbolic of the past, present, and future, the three > aspects of time. The three qualities (gunas) --serenity, passion, > sloth (satva, rajas, thamas)-- are images of the Trinity: Brahma, > Vishnu, and Shiva. The three worlds, the triune aspect of time, and > the three qualities are the manifestations of the God Principle > (Easvara Principle). When the Divine is installed in the heart in > this manner, man can raise himself to the level of the Divine. > > Regards > Prasanna Kumar > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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