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    Happy MahaShivratri

    Pranam All Aum namah Shivaya

    Shiva the ouspicious, my Koti Koti Pranam

    On this day of Maha Shivratri may he bestow his grace on all of us.
     
    Karacharana kritam vaakkaayajam karmajam vaa .
    Shravananayanajam vaa maanasam vaaparaadham.
    Vihitamavihitam vaa sarvametatkshamasva .
    Jaya jaya karunaabdhe shriimahaadevashambho .. 5

    Whatever karma i have committed with my hands, feet, voice, body, actions, ears, eyes, or mind, whether prohibited by the scriptures or not, please forgive them all. Hail! Hail! O ocean of compassion! O great god! O benevolent lord!


    Aum namah Shivaya

    In the Shiv Purana, Lord Shiva explains the five - syllable Mantra Aum Namah Sivaaya affords protection from the fear of disillusions, defiled by unimaginable and inexpressible faults, mental verbal and physical.

     
     
     
    Jai Shree Krishna
    Rig Veda list only 33 devas, they are all propitiated, worthy off our worship, all other names of gods are derivative from this 33 originals,
    Bhagvat Gita; Shree Krishna says Chapter 3.11 devan bhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah parasparam bhavayantah sreyah param avapsyatha Chapter 17.4 yajante sattvika devan yaksa-raksamsi rajasah pretan bhuta-ganams canye yajante tamasa janah
    The world disappears in him. He is the peaceful, the good, the one without a second.

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    Re: Happy MahaShivratri

    hari o
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    namasté

    ॐशिवाप्रियायनमः
    ośivāpriyāya nama
    o I bow (salutations) to śivāpriyāya

    śivāpriyāya is composed of śivā + priya. We have śiva शिव and śivā शिवा. With śiva, this means the Auspicious one. With śivā - this is his wife, śakti (Śrī Devī, Pārvatī). And priya प्रिय means beloved, dear. Hence this is saying śiva is the beloved (priya) of śivā meaning Śrī Devī His wife.

    It is said one of śiva's favorite places is Vārāṇasī - the city Benares more properly written Banaras. But there is much more to this name and meaning then meets the eye ( as you well would expect). So called after the names of two rivers , varaṇā and asi , or asī , also written vāṇārasī. Let me offer some posts for your kind attention.

    Vārāṇasī
    saidevo writes last year on mahá śivaratri
    vAra = gate, gateway, obstruction, enclosure in space and time, an exquisite choice nAsikA - nostril, nose, of a place below So, vAranAsi as the Ajna Chakra obstructs the normal flow of breath upwards and directs it into the lungs and heart; and vAranAsi as the holy city is the gateway to Self-realization? And, as you have mentioned, fixing attention on the vAranAsi (third eye) heightens the effect of the time gap between the in and out breaths and helps momentary experience of the nature of that silence which is beyond thoughts.


    I wrote a bit on this also: http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2227&highlight=Varanasi

    And sarabhanga added more value: http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17684&postcount=10

    praām
    यतसà¥à¤¤à¥à¤µà¤‚ शिवसमोऽसि
    yatastvaṠśivasamo'si
    because you are identical with śiva

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    Re: Happy MahaShivratri

    namaskar,

    Hopefully everyone had an excellent shivratri. Mine was great.
    satay

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    Re: Happy MahaShivratri

    Vannakkam:

    We had a growing crowd from 7 until 9 or so, and it peaked with about 120 people at around 9. For the midnight abhishekham there were about 50, and right after that (about 1:20 or so, most of the people went home. This included me. I had intended to stay until 6 but I guess I'm older than I thought.. kept feeling like passing out and stuff.. might just have been the shakti, but I wasn't risking it. Through the grapevine 5 or 6 people stayed all night, and another 10 or so came back at 6.

    The abhishekhams were impressive.

    Aum Namasivaya

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    Re: Happy MahaShivratri

    Pranam

    Yes it was a great day

    visited 4 temples in north London
    at Wembly sanatan mandir queue was 2 hours but well worth it.

    Also in wembly Eelapatheeswarar Aalayam, Pavitt hall, Siva Temple, incidental they were not celebrating Shivratri which was a bit of surprise,apparently they celebrate in March may be EM can shade some light on it.

    Fast was fruit only no cooked food, I did not do full fast as before, since like EM i am not getting any younger, stayed well past midnight, there is always a scope for better chanting,

    hope Bhole will be kind and give his Karuna to one and all.

    Jai Shree Krishna
    Rig Veda list only 33 devas, they are all propitiated, worthy off our worship, all other names of gods are derivative from this 33 originals,
    Bhagvat Gita; Shree Krishna says Chapter 3.11 devan bhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah parasparam bhavayantah sreyah param avapsyatha Chapter 17.4 yajante sattvika devan yaksa-raksamsi rajasah pretan bhuta-ganams canye yajante tamasa janah
    The world disappears in him. He is the peaceful, the good, the one without a second.

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    Re: Happy MahaShivratri

    Quote Originally Posted by Ganeshprasad View Post
    Pranam
    ,apparently they celebrate in March may be EM can shade some light on it.


    Jai Shree Krishna
    Vannakkam Ganeshprasad: This is what I found:

    KAPAA, HI, USA, February 10, 2010: The monks at the headquarters of Hinduism Today magazine have been contacting specialists on Hindu scripture and tradition to clarify the date when Mahasivaratri is celebrated.

    Apart from regional variations, such as is the case in Bali, there are two basic ways to calculate Sivaratri, according to the lunar month or solar month. Those who follow the lunar month celebrate it in the month of Magha, or February 11/12 this year, a calculation most popular in North India. Those who follow the South Indian solar month are celebrating it on Masi, March 12.

    Usually the two calendars overlap and there is no difference in date, but this year Sivaratri will be celebrated both months, depending on one’s locality and tradition, because Masi begins on February 12 but that is still the lunar month of Magha.

    Aum Namasivaya

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