Shiva and Samudra Manthanĭuring the divine churning of the ocean, a ply to bring the Gods into power and overthrow the Asuras, Amrita, the great nectar of Immortality was produced. Nandi, Rishi Durvasa, Lord Hanuman, and Ashwatthama are few lesser-known Avatars of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva is believed to have 19 avatars. Avatars of Shiva Kalantaka Avatar of Shiva Since Shiva can’t be comprehended, we worship his mark or we worship the whole Brahmman in a Shivalingam.Ĥ. Everything being round is a mark of the Lord/Shiva. Be it a tree which comes from a seed which is round, a child which comes from a cell which is round, all heavenly bodies are round, the minutes of cells are round and our very earth is round. Everything in the world arises out of a dome/a ball/ a Pindi. Hence, Shivalingam is the mark of the lord within its creation. The word Shivalingam has been derived from Sanskrit roots Shiva (Lord) + Lingam (Mark/Chinha/Symbol). Nirgun-Sagun: In the Nirgun-Sagun state Shiva is worshiped as the Shivalingam.In this state, though all forms arise out of him yet, no form can describe him. Saguna: In the Saguna state Shiva is the entire universe and his “ansh” is present in trees, insects, animals, males, females, and the whole creation.Nirgun: In this state he is formless, and the whole universe and creation lie in the pervasiveness of Shiva.Before people devised divisive ways of fracturing humanity to a point where it seems almost impossible to fix, the most powerful tools necessary to raise human consciousness were realized and propagated.” 3.

Jaggi Vasudev (Sadhguru) says “ This first transmission of yogic sciences happened on the banks of Kanti Sarovar, a glacial lake a few miles beyond Kedarnath in the Himalayas, where Adiyogi began a systematic exposition of this inner technology to his first seven disciples, celebrated today as the Saptarishi. Yoga is the science to know the essential nature of how this life is created and how it can be taken to its ultimate possibility.

Shiva – The first Yogi Image source – Isha Foundation They understood the depth of Shiva’s power and cosmic existence. After their unsuccessful attempts, both Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu felt humbled and came back to their original place only to find Lord Shiva manifesting in front of them. The search went on for ages but the outcome proved futile as neither of them succeeded in their respective missions. Brahma turned into a goose and flew up to find the top of the pillar, while Vishnu transformed into a boar and dug into the earth to look for its roots.

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