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Feb 26, 2025 Quotations

Sri M said ...

The coming together, union of Shiva and Parvati is celebrated as Shivaratri. During the dance of Shiva, Tandava Nritya with the Damaru, there is no other sound except the sound of the Damaru. Yogis...

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Feb 25, 2025 Quotations

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Om Namah Shivaya is one of the great Maha Mantras, described in the Agamas, Upanishads, Puranas, Shiva Samhita. Om means the Supreme Being beyond the grasp of the senses. Namah Shivaya means I bow ...

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Feb 24, 2025 Quotations

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In the dance of Tandava Nritya, everything is removed and shattered, and there is only Shivam, pure Shivam. If one is ready for that, then one has become Shiva. Then only you can say chidananda roo...

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Feb 23, 2025 Quotations

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Shiva is dancing on Apasmara, a sign of ego, ignorance and non-intelligent living, which takes one to destruction. If you are leading such a life, if Shiva decides to dance on you and trample you, ...

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Feb 22, 2025 Quotations

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Trishul while it represents the weapon which keeps away all negativity and all negative energy, in the human being as a yogi, it represents the Ida, Pingala, and the Sushumna, which is why the Sush...

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Feb 20, 2025 Quotations

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Krishna, the manifestation of the Supreme Being says that if you would only fix your attention on ‘me’, with complete faith, absolute attention and great love, then I will certainly save you from t...

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Feb 19, 2025 Quotations

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If one understands that one is not the body but the inner self which is consciousness, then one begins to understand how to deal with sorrow. But unless and until some kind of sorrow comes, one doe...