SIVA - THE MYSTIC NIGHT
We conceive God as glory, as creativity and as austerity. Vishnu is glory and magnificence; Brahma is creativity force; and Siva is austerity and renunciation.
SIVA STOTRA
"Sins committed in action"with the hands and feet or by speech, or by the body, or by the ears and eyes,"or by those done in thoughts,"forgive all these sins whether of commission or omission. Glory be unto Thee, Thou ocean of mercy! ...
Siva : Lord Siva
bestower of auspiciousness on His devotees.
Sloka ...
Siva or Shiva - The Destroyer God; the Third of the Hindu Trinity, the other two being Brahma (Creator) and Vishnu (Preserver).
Sri or Shri - A title or designation prefixed to the name of a person, particularly a holy person.
Siva (Shiva) good; "the auspicious", the Blessed One, [the name of ] the Eternal's Personality of Force and Lord of tapas; [he is a member of the Hindu trinity (trimurti) and is associated especially with the work of destruction].
Siva-Samhita, 2.1-5, trsl. by J. Varenne, Yoga in the Hindu Tradition, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1976.
The Three main Bandhas: Jalandhara Bandha, Mulabandha, and Uddiyana Bandha
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Cosmically Siva-Rudra is the active force of mahat (cosmic mind), both regenerative and destructive; ...
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It is the one Siva who is the Supreme Blissful Experience and who appears in the form of man with a life of mingled pleasure and pain.
Siva Samhita (SS), Edt. Rai Bahdur Srisa Chandra Vidyarnava, Pub. The Panini Office, Bahadurganj, Allahabad, 1923; 5.5.
* 8. Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati and other works (SSP), Edt. Kalyani Mallik, Pub. Poona Oriental Book House, Poona, 1954; 6.9.
* 9.
"I salute the primeval Lord (Siva) who taught (Parvati) the Hatha Yoga Vidya, which is as a stairway to those who wish to attain the lofty Raja Yoga." (I:1) "I salute the primeval Lord.
The story is as follows, that Lord Siva was teaching yoga to his consort, Parvati, as they sat near the ganges. A little fish in the river eavesdropped on the teachings that Siva was giving to Parvati and comprehended yoga.
Sahasrara Chakra is the abode of Lord Siva. This corresponds to Satya Loka. This is situated at the crown of the head. When Kundalini is united with Lord Siva at the Sahasrara Chakra, the Yogi enjoys the Supreme Bliss, Parama Ananda.
The masculine power is known to be Siva and Sakti for the females. They become the elemental source of power and energy when they are united.
On one of the hills overlooking the Farm is a beautiful Siva Temple, inaugurated by Swamiji in September, 1977. There is a small meditation pond filled with gold fish and lotus plants.
Vajroli mudra is described in the Siva Samhita, with two methods:
1. Sahajoli, where the yogi is able to restrain his ejaculation while still experiencing the bliss of orgasm;
2.
The posture is also called Parangmukhi Mudra (facing inwards), Sambhavi Mudra (Sambhu is a name of Siva, father of Kartikeya. Hence, Sambhava is the progeny of Siva), also as Yoni Mudra. Yoni means the womb, the source.
It is where the kundalini is neither separate nor distinct from consciousness, or, in orthodox terminology, is "where shakti is not different from siva, but are at one." There is total at-one-ment in the sahasrara.
is a non-sexual practice to devote to Siva and Shakti. By a flowing Siva-Dance (Tandava) the body gets sensual. That makes consciousness dive into total perception of actual nows. Spanda (vibration) a school of Shaivism is base of vinyasa yoga ...
Then the Kundalini passes along the Six Chakras and eventually gets united with Lord Siva, seated on the Sahasrara or thousand-petalled lotus, at the crown of the head.
A powerful hero created out of Siva's matted hair.
Virabhadrasana I
Warrior I pose.
Virabhadra the name of a hero who led Siva's army
asana pose
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"Let the Yogi eat moderately and abstemiously; otherwise, however clever, he cannot gain success." Siva Samhita ...
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