I came to a halt at a book shop to grab some book which will help me pass my time during weekend. I came across a set of two books which I really liked after reading the synopsis (The Immortals of Meluha & The secret of the Nagas). I bought them and came back.
Once I got reading the book, I realized all the childhood stories about Lord Shiva, told by my grand father were challenged!
The book portrayed him as a human being with strong character and leadership qualities that made people believe that he was a God, but all he was a Human.
As we believe Lord Ram was. Now Ram was a mighty King and Shiva was a fearless warrior. Both tried to protect the civilization from evils attacks during their times and help bring order to the society and thus the people started worshipping them as gods.
Every man believes in the history of Indus valley civilization, Mesopotamia, Harappa and other such places. But if someone goes to a priest and says that Shiva was just a human being I am sure there is a large part of our population that will take offense or that person will be termed Atheist!
But this really got me thinking what a myth is? And what is reality?
There is a chant that is said to be given by Shiva himself, ‘Har Har Mahadev’ which means Everyone is Mahadev(another name of shiva).
So if he himself believed that every human being has the potential to be what he is. Why don’t we today believe in that rather than blindly following any religion or priest, why don’t we believe in what god said himself.
I still am not able to find my answers, but I firmly believe,
‘Har Har Mahadev
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ReplyDeleteShiva is ‘shakti’ or power,
ReplyDeleteShiva is the destroyer, the most powerful god of the Hindu pantheon and one of
the godheads in the Hindu Trinity. Known by many names – Mahadeva, Mahayogi,
Pashupati, Nataraja, Bhairava, Vishwanath, Bhava, Bhole Nath.
None gave him birth, He knows
no Lord. None rules Him in the world, nor yet controls. No features mark Him
out, yet cause He is. Prime cause of that which steers, the senses five, the
soul within.” Shvetashvattara Upanishad.
Shiva! The name, the word
itself seems to come with so much aplomb to the Hindu mind. Images flood the
mind’ eye. The savage one; The handsome one. The fierce one; The ardent lover of
Parvati. One who wears snakes for ornaments; One who holds the Ganges on his
head. One who destroys; One who dances. Wearer of leopard skin; Wielder of
cymbals. One with long matted hair; One who wears the moon on his head!
Worshipped in the form of a phallic symbol; Worshipped for the power of his
third eye…
Shiva is one of the Hindu
trinity that comprises the creator Brahma, the protector Mahavishnu, and the
godhead Shiva whose primary responsibility is maintaining the life cycle. Shiva
is the only godhead who is forever in deep meditation, totally absorbed in
contemplation in His abode, Kailaasa mountain in the great Himaalaya.
On the other hand Shiva is
all compassion when it came to saving the world from the serpent Vaasuki’s
poison during the amritamanthana. Vaasuki, used as a churning rope, was so tired
and sick from the repeated action of churning that he vomited the most potent
poison into the ocean of milk.
Fearing the destruction of
the world through this poisoning, Shiva immediately drank the poison. He Himself
would have succumbed to the poison were it not for the timely intervention by
Paarvati, His consort. Paarvati held Shiva’s throat tightly preventing entry of
the poison into His body.
Shiva is worshipped as a
lingam to help us contemplate the need to think of Him as the most basic and
essentially formless one. Shiva is commonly portrayed as an ascetic with a
serpent around His neck, vibhooti (sacred ash) adorning His face and His
essentially bare body, a trishul (trident) in one of His hands and a kamandalu
(container of water for use in religious practices) in an other hand, and a
damaruga (small drum) in yet another hand.
hey,,, shiv puran is here, on earth, from the time beyond ages,, and these Shiv trilogy was just written just before few years, not even decade,, enjoy it.. but think twice before accepting as truth,,
ReplyDeletei pray lord Shiv, Rudra, or whatever you name him. i have read this shiv trilogy completely and with presence of mind... but there are certain things which i can challenge very easily and with mare knowledge from discovery channel...
i not refusing the creativity but still, it just make me feel so horrible that sanatan people dont know there religion at all...
it depends on situation whether you say "Om Namah Shivay" or "Om namah Rudray" .
but the only one you would be bowing down will be lord Shankar. who is karta, who is kriya, who is karma and who is karak....
Before long,I think perhaps in 1960s Sri Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar also known as Sri Sri Anandmurti propounded the view that Sadashiva or Shiva was a human being ,who was the manifestation of Tarak Brahma[तारक ब्रह्म ].
ReplyDeleteIt is actually Hara Hara Mahadev.
ReplyDeleteIt is actually Hara Hara Mahadev.
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