Path to Siva, a Catechism for Youth
The heart of Saiva Siddhanta is love—God Siva’s love for His creation and our love for Him. Here the 16-year-old Markandeya is saved from death by clinging with all …
Path to Siva, a Catechism for Youth
God Siva sits in the Himalayas. This form, called Sadasiva, has five faces & ten arms. These faces denote His five powers of creation, preservation, dissolution, concealment & revealing …
Vedic Verses.
Unite him to his worshipers as a calf to its herd– this bringer of prosperity, producer of bliss which delights the Gods, doubly potent! Rig Veda IX, 104, 2 …
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Discarded Hindu Religious Statues at Auckland Beaches Raise Concern Source NEW ZEALAND, March 11, 2019 (NZ Herald): Statues of Hindu Gods, Goddesses and Deities are being discarded at Auckland …
Vedic Verses.
It is he who has revealed the abode of immortality. All worlds have expanded for him who found the Light. Our songs, increasing like cows in the pasture, hail …
Path to Siva, a Catechism for Youth
Four hands are locked in mutual support. They represent Hinduism’s four main denominations. Different, but alike in many ways, they work together for dharma: Saivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism and Smartism.§ …
Vedic Verses.
Heaven’s bounteous Daughter has come once again, and all eyes behold the Dawn in her shining. She has mounted her chariot, empowered by its own impulse and drawn by …
Path to Siva, a Catechism for Youth
A woman in red worships alone, while another with red nails paints a friend’s hand. As any puzzle’s solution requires all its pieces, so the fullness of Hinduism includes …
Path to Siva, a Catechism for Youth
Hundreds of thousands of Muruga bhaktars crowd around the giant gold-plated chariot as it circles the famed Nallur temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Such festivals are an essential part …
Path to Siva, a Catechism for Youth
An encyclopedia of religion sits on the bookshelf, with a volume dedicated to each major religion. Exploring any of them will reveal great complexity concealed beneath the simple …
