Re: Shivaratri at Pashupatinath
Originally Posted by
Himalaya
On that particular day it is allowed to smoke hashish or Marijuana, which is considered as one of the prized possession of Lord Shiva.
This is absolutely rubbish that Shiva smoked durgs,marijuana,bhang etc.It is all made up by the drug addicts just as an excuse & wrong interpretation of sanskrit texts.
One name or quality of Shiva is "bhuvan bhang".Actually he is addicted to “Bhuvan Bhang” i.e destroying the world. Hemp addicted people took only the word “Bhang” from “Bhuvan Bhang” and interpreted it as hemp and took this as excuse to consume hemp.
तद्विद्धि प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया ।
उपदेक्ष्यन्ति ते ज्ञानं ज्ञानिनस्तत्वदर्शिनः ॥
उस ज्ञान को तू तत्वदर्शी ज्ञानियों के पास जाकर समझ, उनको भलीभाँति दण्डवत्* प्रणाम करने से, उनकी सेवा करने से और कपट छोड़कर सरलतापूर्वक प्रश्न करने से वे परमात्म तत्व को भलीभाँति जानने वाले ज्ञानी महात्मा तुझे उस तत्वज्ञान का उपदेश करेंगे. श्रीमद्*भगवद्*गीता-4.34
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