February 2012
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Jai Sri Krsna. Jai Hatkesh.
I hope everyone had an amazing Shivaratri. I was actually discussing with a friend how involved we become in these festivals, and how they remind us year upon year to focus on the divine, and how He draws us closer every year to immerse ourselves fully in the spiritual and physical aspects of these utsavs. Indeed that is the very function of the holy days, to draw us to the divine, to contemplate...
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Shivaratri thoughts.
Swami Paramarthananda ji.
Our scriptures clearly point out that the primary goal of human life is spiritual fulfillment which is known as by different names: ‘moksha’, ‘Iswara prapthi’, etc. The other purusharths or goals that we pursue, i.e. material goals like procuring food for ourselves and our family are only subsidiary or secondary. Even animals strive to accomplish...
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Weed smoking God?
I would like to state I cannot begin to fathom the greatness of the personality that is Lord Shiva and his characteristics, but from what scriptures I have read there has, as of yet, been no reference to Lord Shiva taking ganja.
Again it has become common with some in the west, and among young Hindus to think that the Lord entertains such acts. Even within India many aspirants and Yogis smoke...
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Kalidas.
Despite keeping poison within His throat and wearing snakes as ornamentation fear does not touch Him. Despite the keeping the moon on his head, and it having the capacity to drip amrut, He has no use/taste for it. He wears a garland of skulls and associates with cremation grounds, ghosts, and spirits, yet He sees nothing impure. He keeps the purifier of worlds upon His head, (Ganga) and yet smears...
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On the Shiva Linga.
Since Mahashivratri is fast approaching where devotees will be keeping all night vigils offering milk, gangajal, panchamrut, and other such items over the Shiva Lingam, I think it appropriate I should write something on this form of the Lord.
There is much misconception surrounding the Shiva Linga, the stone form of the Lord; however, there are multitudes of meanings surrounding this form, each...
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Dwadash Jyotirling Stotram.
सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम् उज्जयिन्यां महाकालं ओम्कारममलेश्वरम् ॥
sauraashtre somanaatham cha shrishaile mallikaarjunam
ujjayiniyaam mahaakalam omkaramamaleshwaram परल्यां वैद्यनाथं च डाकिन्यां भीमशङ्करं सेतुबन्धे तु रामेशं नागेशं दारुकावने ॥
paralyam vaidyanatham cha dakinyam bheemashankaram
setubandhe tu raamesham nagesham darukavane वारणस्यां तु विश्र्वेशं त्र्यम्बकं...
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Satya, Prem, Karuna.
Ram satya chhe, Krsna prem chhe, Shiv karuna chhe.
Ram is Satya, Krsna is Prem, and Shiv is Karuna. Not that within each divinity the other three qualities are not present; rather that Ram is the predominating deity of Truth, Krsna of Love, and Shiv of Compassion, karpur gauram, karunavataram. So within these three words are God’s names, Hari Kirtan. Mate bhav joye, Satya, Prem,...
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Om Jai Kailash Pati.
Shivji ni Arati.
Om jai Kailash Pati, shiva jai Kailash Pati, krupa karine arpo, daya karine ne arpo, savney shubh mati, Om Jai Kailash Pati.
Mast bani junglemaa kaayam vicharta, shiva kayam vicharta, manav danav devo, manav danav devo, tum charne tharta, Om Jai Kailash Pati.
Mugut jaatano sundar, shir Gangadhara, shiva shir Gangadhara, vyaaghambarna vastro, vyaaghambarno vastro, bhaave...
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Kailash ki nivasi.
It’s snowing again.
At least it’s reminding me of the snowy abode of Shivji. Getting in the mood for Shivaratri.
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Satya, Prem, Karuna.
Truth, Love, Compassion.
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Stolen.
In whichever direction I look, I find the landscape full of Shyam (dark blue/black). The bowers and groves are dark, the water of the Jamuna is dark, the sky and clouds are dark. The neck of Shiva is also dark, the letters of the Vedas appear dark; what to speak of men and gods; the formless Brahman itself has assumed a dark form.
My ears went ahead of all and lost themselves in the stories of...
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Dwarika na Nath.
Dwarika na nath maro jhaljo re hath mane same kinare naath leyjajo..
Dwarika na nath maro jhaljo re hath mane same kinare naath leyjajo, anigam aaj maro jivdo munjay, mane same kinare nath leyjajo..
Mare lakh chorasi nathi kaam na, hu toh fere faru chu shyam naam na, mara teerath ne dham badha aap ma, krushna krushna rame che ajap jap ma, jo jo maj dhar mara dube na vaan mane same kinare nath...
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Har Har Mahadev.
Gangadhara girijavara ishwar omkara, shiva ishwar omkara, surasari shir biraje, sura sari shir biraje, bhav bhay haranara, om har har hara mahadev!
My obeisances to that Lord, that auspicious Shiva, He who holds the Ganga within his matted locks, who is the husband of the daughter of the mountains (Parvati). That ishwar, who is none other then the all pervasive omkara, who destroys the pain of...
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Kesariya Balam.
Kesariya balam avo ni padharo mara desh re.
This beautiful folk song sums up the whole of Rajasthan for me; it conjures up tangible images of the wonderful palaces, of sand dunes, of dusty winding lanes, of the rich culture in the land of kings. The song beckons the beloved back to familiar lands, back home. It is here it takes up an entire alternate meaning for me - to enter back in into the...
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Just at that moment...
Just at that moment appeared on the scene Devarsi Narad, who had felt an impulse in his heart to witness the boyish sports of his beloved Lord. He found that the Lord of entire creation, the abode of supreme bliss, was rolling on the ground and clamoring to be picked up by His mother. The celestial sage was driven into raptures at this unprecedented sight, and addressing Yashoda, he exclaimed:
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The child of Nanda.
It is no use enjoying pleasure after pleasure and possessing immense wealth nor is it any use becoming a great ascetic besmearing the body with ashes.
It is little use surrounding oneself with fires on all sides and sitting under the sun in summer, or acquiring the power of floating in water, or extending one’s dominion across the seas.
You may repeat sacred mantras endlessly, practice...
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Prabhatiyu.
Early morning Gujarati Prabhatiyas. What else can I say. Beautiful.
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