Grand Rudra Yagya
30 July-1 August (3 Days) Shiva's Month of Shravana 35 Pandits 3993 Recitations Sri Rudram Peace Surpassing all understanding $US 191 $AUD 281 EURO 191 GBP 164 |
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July 13 marks the full moon of Guru Dev our spiritual master who unites us with Supreme reality. Guru is the conduit through which Divine Grace flows into our lives. Guru Purnimah is the day of the year when this influence is most lively and accessible. Traditionally we celebrate and pay homage to our Guru on this day. Moreover, Guru Purnimah makrs the beginning of Lunar Month of Shravana which is sacred to Lord Shiva. | |
Lunar Month of Shravana is Sacred to Lord Shiva 14 July-12 August
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Supreme Self, Supreme Abode, Eternal Witness - Shiva is our deepest meditation. He is our own least excited state of consciousness: pure awareness. Unmanifest source of creation, home/Unified Field of all the laws of nature, Shiva is the silent, eternal, non changing source of all change and diversity. When mind identifies with that state of least excitation, there is Supreme Peace, Fearlessness, Wholeness, Translucence. World peace is spontaneous by-product when this supremely auspicious level of natural law is enlivened in world consciousness. |
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Shiva Devotees returning from pilgrimage to Haridwar during the Month
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Rudra - Redemptive aspect of Shiva
When supreme silence becomes lively and dynamic - it is known as Rudra: the redeemer. Rudra is vibrating silence. Rudra dissolves flaws and imperfections bringing everything 'home' to rest, back to the unmanifest state of quiescence or peace |
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| Rudra and Saturn/Shani Shani (planet Saturn) is a devotee of Shiva/Rudra. Of the 9 Planets (navagraha) Saturn rules karmic retribution; he delivers the fruits of our past mistakes, thereby teaching the lessons we need to learn in this birth. Typically Saturn rules grief, separation, obstacles, delays and disappointments, sorrow, hard work, chronic disease and old age, longevity and death. His nature is conservative, introverted, dutiful. Ultimately, Saturn cultivates in us the desire for final liberation, emancipation from the cycle of birth and death - moksha |
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| Trayambakeshwar Jyotir Lingam, Nashik, Maharashtra Trayambakeshwar Jyotir Lingam in Nasik, Maharashtra is one of 12 principal seats of Lord Shiva in India. Out of thousands of Shiva temples the 12 'Jyotir Lings' or Self effulgent Lingams (lit from within) occupy a class of their own as the greatest, most celebrated & most powerful centres of Shiva in the world. The lingams (murthis or idols) in these temples are all 'swambhu' or self created - not man made. Some hold Trayambakeshwar to be the first Jyotir Lingam. It is one of the 5 amrit sthanams or most sacred places in India; Kumbha Mela is held here. Mentioned in the Vedic literature, Yagyas and pujas have been performed here for thousands of years. More important, the experience of Lord Shiva's presence or darshan in these temples is unparalleled. For this reason millions of devotees come from far and wide each year to bathe in that experience of wholeness and peace which surpasses the understanding. As a result of this densely saturated atmosphere, yagyas performed here deliver profound, long lasting benefits. Deep rooted stresses/karmas are washed away & life long burdens are lifted. Background |
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