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SHIVA, LORD OF TANTRA  When Shiva took birth as Rudra, Brahma arranged for a great celebration and invited the whole Universe! One by one they arrived, all the demigods of the old times. Agni, Vayu, Indra, Asvins, the Maruts, accompanied by their pretty consorts. One by one they entered the gates of Brahma’s palace in a  never-ending ethereal procession. It was as if entire galaxies were being charioted for a celestial Ball. Each chariot seated a master chieftain Magician or Devata from a distant part of the universe. Once collected, everyone was busy in exchanging pleasantries and making new contacts. and strange animals who stared back in equal wonderment. Everyone was doing something! Busying themselves in some activity, making for a scene that was both festive and frenetic. But the Shaman ( Tantric priest ) looked only to the Moon. It was full. Only the Shaman, along with a few others knew what this full moon actually heralded. His mind raced back to the time w...

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🙏Why is the blessing of Guru (Preceptor) important in a person's life? 🙏 🕉️ It is pointed out that self realization is a gift of God. It is the Guru who spares one the wealth of knowledge. One can approach the Guru with a burning desire for knowledge. The seeker may submit him self before the Guru with devotion and sense of service. Impressed by the  accomplacement of the disciple, the Guru bless him and grants him complete knowledge. 🕉️ The full-hearted blessing of Guru effects a highly positive change in the life of the disciple. He gets uncommon powers and chances to be respected by the whole world. 🕉️ According to Indian tradition, Guru is equal to God. Therefore, even kings kneel before him and seek his blessings. India has procured a series of world famous Gurus who still influence and reform the world with their ideals and teachings... 🙏🙏🕉️🕉️🙏🙏

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🕉️🕉️ Shiva 🕉️🕉️   Shiva knew a perfect stillness. When He sat alone, He was in deepest oneness, always. When He closed His eyes in self-repose, a most enigmatic dance presented itself to Him; a dance of Time; where the past and the future got animated as players and themselves entertained Him , like performers in a carnival. It had dawned on Him that He was an eternal witness, and thus too, the realisation that the story of all life, was His story. Life was like a repeated throw of dice, and He knew, somehow the dice rolled from His hand. But He was not always in control of how the dice would roll.This was the interesting thing: It was a story whose end was fixed, but the journey itself was always unknown; a completely uncharted flight to a known destination. The play seemed to be in the remembrance of the simple knowledge that all would be well by the end. But no one knew when, not even He. The challenge was to hang onto the exciting act, with just a vague but comf...

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JAI BHAVANI MA! She was the perfect wife, the perfect partner that one could ever have had. She loved Shiva with a purity and passion that was unmatched. But it was not as if they did not have their share of animated discussions, and this was actually a sign of the maturing of their fondness for each other. Shiva saw it that way, and He saw it as Sati coming into Her own self-confidence. Shiva actually loved that She could assert Her own individuality. He understood Her vociferous debates as an assertion of Her womanhood.He was outrightly a lady’s man. In fact, He respected all women,often telling Sati, “Though you are Shakti Durga Herself incarnated as a woman, all women are indeed, also in the form of Shakti.” Her role as that of mother of the whole community in Kailash would sparkle clearly in their lives. So too, the right way to worship Shiva, is always with worship of the Devi also, " Bhavam Bhavani Sahitam Namami. भवं भवानि सहितं नमामि ||

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💥 कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन | मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि 47 karmany-evādhikāras te mā phaleşhu kadāchana mā karma-phala-hetur bhür mā te sango 'stvakarmani Meaning: Do your duty and be detached from its outcome, do not be driven by the end product, enjoy the process of getting there. 💥क्रोधाद्भवति सम्मोहः सम्मोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः: स्मृतिभ्रंशाद् बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति 63 krodhād bhavati sammohah sammohāt smriti-vibhrama smriti-bhranshād buddhi-nāsho buddhi-nāśhāt praņaśhyati Meaning: Anger leads to clouding of judgment, which results in bewilderment of the memory. When the memory is bewildered, the intellect gets destroyed; and when the intellect is destroyed, one is ruined.. 💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫 In Bhagavad-Gita Lord Krishna said that everything happens for a cause or good reason. Whatever happens in life happen for good and there is always a cause or reason behind that. He also mentioned that we all are children of God, the one c...

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KAILASH Rudra absolutely loved the crisp air of Kailash. There was a very pleasing aroma in the air always, which Rudra thought, “was the smell of freshness itself.” There was no sense of time; only the golden sunrise and sunset would indicate dawn and dusk. He loved all the birds and beasts that came to visit the mountains from the forests at their baseline. They were in absolute contrast to the people He had known in the city. Always natural, always spontaneous, always unabashed in their play, unlike the contrived displays in speech and gestures in the mannerisms of society. These beasts were exactly the kind of beings that would be termed ‘Uncouth’, He thought to Himself, but smiled because His own spirit resonated with them. “This is the way to be; in the lap of Nature itself, where one is natural,” He thought.

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TAN MAN DHAN Hindu Sastras often tell us to offer our unwavering love and devotion to God with all three aspects of Tan Man Dhan. This is a beautiful realisation of the ancient rishis,they knew that the small plays of life will never end: They never 'waited' for a better day to offer God their love, they never thought, when such and such good thing happens then i will pray,they never thought first let me get a new house, or first let me get a child, or first let me get the scholar's degree, then i will pray.  Neither did they wait for disturbances to go away, first let the weather improve, or first let the crops get me some good money and so on. They never thought first let this problem go away then i will pray.  You see , our  everyday events are the very Lila of life, the dance of Shiva .We cannot wait for the material world events to make way for the spiritual world, this will NEVER happen. They must go hand in hand. That is why the rishis realised that eve...