Cosmic Shiva

Thank you Teo,
This is a wonderful post.

Stories glorify Shiva as Mrityunjaya.
Lord Shiva gave us the Mrityunjaya mantra,
which is a mantra for healing and comfort.

The Mrityunjaya Mantra

OM.We worship and adore you. O three-eyed one.
O Shiva. You are sweet gladness, the fragrance of life, who nourishes us ,restores our health, and causes us to thrive. As, in due time, the stem of the cucumber weakens, and the gourd is freed from the vine, so free us from attachment and death, and do not withhold immortalirty.

Thank you Teo.
I don't know much about Shiva, so this is very interesting. Nice images.

Sue

I really like this post and all the images.
Thank you for sharing it with us Teo.
I will add this to my list to be printed.

Vicky

Thank you Teo.
I really like this post.
I have always been interested in Indian
culture and beliefs.
The images are fabulous.

Gisele

Excerpts from the Netra Tantra,
translated by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Ph.D.

The light of my eyes is the same as one's own radiance. It is self-evident. It is the highest form of inner strength. It is eternal and it is
ojas(the radiant energy that infuses matter with life). It is the power of will-the indomitable will of the soul. In it lies the seed of omniscience, the power to know, and the power to act. It is through this force, intrinsic to me, that I destroy and I create.

When Shiva holds the center of the stage, the role of the personalized Brahman is colored with death and destruction. Shiva's stern asceticism casts a blight over the fields of rebirth. His presence negates and transcends the kaleidoscope of sufferings and joys. Nevertheless, he bestows wisdom and peace and is not only terrible but profoundly benign.Shiva's nature at once transcends and includes all the polarities of the living world.

quote:

Shiva is the destroyer of attachment. May his wisdom bless us all.

Thanks again Teo.

Love,
Vicky