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Contents 1. Where should one sit during ritualistic worship? 2. Ritualistic worship of the pindi 2.1 Holy ash ( bhasma ) 2.2 Bel 2.3 The stream of water 3. Worship of the shalunka (base of the linga ) 3.1 Holy ash 3.2 White flowers and food grains 4. Some special features of ritualistic worship ( puja ) of Lord Shiva 5. Circumambulations 6. Ritualistic worship with liquids ( abhishek ) 7. Chanting the Name of Shiva 7.1 Usage of Om in the chanting of Shiva’s Name 8. Shiva Gayatri 9. Shiva’s temple 1. Where should one sit during ritualistic worship? Generally worshippers and seekers in a Shankar’s temple do not sit such that the deity’s frequencies directly fall on their bodies because this can be distressing. There is generally a tortoise built in the front of the temple. No one sits in between the deity’s idol and the tortoise, thus automatically no one sits exactly opposite the deity. In the same wa...

Contents 1. Pashupat 1.1 Siddhant 1.2 Special features 1.3 Risks 1.4 Comparison between Pashupat and some other Shaiva sects 1.5 The divine weapon ( pashupatastra ) 2. Kapalik , Kalamukh and Aghor 3. The Shaiva sect according to the Agam scriptures 3.1 History 3.2 Doctrines 4. Shuddha Shaivites 1. Pashupat Lakulish is the founder of this sect. He established this sect in the 2 nd century B.C. 1.1 Siddhant In the Shaiva doctrine pashu , pash and pati are considered the three basic classes ( trivarga ). These also form the basis of the Pashupat doctrine. Shankaracharya has given five doctrines, that is meanings of the Pashupat sect. They are : 1. action ( karya ), 2. cause ( pati ), 3. spiritual discipline (yoga), 4. observance of directives ( charya ) and 5. end of sorrow. A. Action: All that which is devoid of energy of its own, that is dependent on another is an action. It is of the following three types - vidya , kala and...

Contents 1. Kashmiri Shaivites [non-duality between Shiva and Energy (Shakti)] 1.1 Science of vibrations ( spandashastra ) 1.2 Science of suprasensorial knowledge ( pratyabhidnyashastra ) 2. The Nath sect 2.1 Doctrine 3. The path of spiritual practice of Raseshvar 4. Virshaivas (Lingayat) 5. Shiva and Divine Energy (Shakti) 1. Kashmiri Shaivites [non-duality between Shiva and Energy (Shakti)] In the period when the Shaiva saints and scholars from South India were advocating the Shaiva philosophy and were preaching the doctrines from the Darshan, a centre for worship of Shiva was established in Kashmir in India. The tradition of this ‘ Kashmiri Shaiva sect’ was based on the philosophy of non-duality. According to the Shivasutras this Darshan came to be known as ‘Pratyabhidnyadarshan’, ‘Sanvittantra’, ‘Spandashastra’, ‘Shambhavadvaitdarshan’ or ‘Trimakdarshan’. Around the year 854 Kallatacharya wrote a book named ‘ Spandakarika ’. Thi...

Contents 1. Application of holy ash ( bhasma ) 1.1 The ritual of creating holy ash 1.2 What is used as holy ash? 1.3 Where should holy ash be applied? 1.4 Tripundra 2. Adorning rudrakshas 2.1 Origin and meaning of the word rudraksha 2.2 The rudra ( rudhir ) tree 2.3 The rudraksha 2.4 Special features 2.5 Fake rudrakshas 2.6 An ideal rudraksha 2.7 Practical suggestions for its use 2.8 The technique of using it ‘Along with Shiva all the deities of His retinue are simple and are easily satisfied. They do not require a temple as a residence. They can live atop a mountain, beneath a tree, on a pimpal tree or anywhere else peacefully. They also do not aspire for an offering of food ( mahanaivedya ). Offering a coconut is sufficient to appease them.’ Preparing for the ritualistic worship 1. Application of holy ash ( bhasma ) One should not commence the ritualistic worship of Lord Shiva without application of holy ash ( bhasma ). More inform...