Tag Siva

Who Is Lord Siva, Nirvana Shatakam

Realization is going beyond the pairs of Opposites,

Pleasure and Pain, Happiness and Sadness,sacred and the Sinfulness.

Nirvana or Moksham or Realization is attaining that where these pairs of Opposites do not affect us.

Things are what they are.

The SivaLinga
We can not change them.

As in day today Life, we can not change things, people or events, but we can change ourselves.

In our Daily life, changing ourselves denote changing into a Mode which is gives us pleasure , comfort.

Unfortunately, the feelings of Happiness or Sadness are also alien to our Nature, the Nature of the Soul.

From our mundane life, we know that what gives us pleasure at one point of Time gives us pain at another time.

Changing ourselves to suit our comfort,pleasure is not solving the problem.

What does one do?

The Arudra Darisanam falls on the 26th of December,2015.

10, Maargazhi Masam, 1937 Shaka, Sri Manmatha Year, Kaliyugam 5115.

It is the Star in which Lord Siva is assumed to have been born- Arudra or Tiruvadirai in Tamil

Worship of Siva on this day is considered auspicious.

Lord Siva is called 'Ayonijan'-the One who does not reside in a Womb.

Lord Vishnu when he descends to Earth, assumes a particular form and goes through the motions befitting that Birth.

As in Rama, Krishna, Balarama,Vamana,Parasurama,Narasimha,Matsya,Koorma,Varaha....