2020 Celebrating Mahāśhivarātri: “Today’s celebration, is the establishment of Śhiva on this earth”
"Today we are here to celebrate Mahāśhivarātri. It’s a very great privilege for all of us to understand about Śhrī Mahādeva. Unless and until you have got your Self-realization you cannot understand what is the great personality, the character and the Powers of Śhrī Mahādeva. It is not easy to conceive – also to reach the depths – of his greatness, unless and until we are humble. We have to be very humble to reach [arrive] at the Lotus Feet of Śhrī Mahādeva. As you have seen, one has to cross even the Sahasrāra to be at the Lotus Feet of this great personality. He is beyond – beyond all our conceptions. But he resides in our hearts as the Spirit, and is reflected very well when you get your Realization"
2001-0225 Śhivarātri Pūjā, Balewadi, Mahalunge, Pune, Maharashtra, Indi
Auṃ Śhivam Śhivakaram Śhāntam Śhiv’ākaram
Auṃ to the auspicious One, the bestower of auspiciousness, the One who is peace, who is the auspicious Spirit,
Śhiv’ottamam Śhivamārga Pranetāram Pranatosmi Sadāshivam
The highest, most auspicious and beautiful One, who is the path of auspiciousness, before whom everyone prostrates,
I bow to the Lord God Almighty.
"So what demarcates today's celebration, is the establishment of Śhiva on this Earth. In the material self. Every matter has been created with a Deity and that Deity is established in that matter as you know. So when it was thought by Ādi Śhakti that first you must establish Śhiva, without Śhiva you cannot establish anything. First He is to be established, because He is the Absolute."
1982-0220 Śhivarātri Pūjā, The Establishment of Lord Śhiva, New Delhi, India
Na me dvesha-rāgau, na me lobha-mohau
Neither loathing, nor liking, attachment, nor greed,
Mado n’aeva me, n’aeva mātsarya-bhāvah
Nothing of pride or jealousy,
Na dharmo, na ch’ārtho, na kāmo, na mokshah
Neither duty, nor riches, desire, nor release,
Chid’ānanda rūpah, Śhiv’oham, Śhiv’oham
Eternal bliss and awareness am I, I am Śhiva, I am Śhiva!
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"But today I’m going to tell you something more which we have to know. It’s very important to know, because as was described by people that they practice Sahaja Yoga as they go to church, but it’s not from their heart. And heart is the abode of the Spirit – is the Śhiva within us. So we have to know more about heart, and that is very important."
1991-0216 Śhivarātri Pūjā, Cinema Garden Theater, Chianciano Terme, Italy
"You know about these three nāḍīs we have: Iḍā, Piṅgalā, Suṣhumṇā. But in the heart there are four nāḍīs. And the one nāḍī goes to Mūlādhāra, and if you cross the limits of Mūlādhāra it goes to hell. ..So when your maryādās you cross beyond certain point, you go to your destruction. In four directions there are destructions built, as there are four nāḍīs."
1991-0216 Śhivarātri Pūjā, Cinema Garden Theater, Chianciano Terme, Italy
"So dissolve this desire into innocence. And this Mūlādhāra which is innocent is not dead, finished, but is innocent, it is righteous, it is Śhrī Gaṇeśha’s qualities, it’s pure."
1991-0216 Śhivarātri Pūjā, Cinema Garden Theater, Chianciano Terme, Italy
Auṃ twameva sākshāt Śhrī Śhiva sākshāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Śhrī Nirmalā Devyai namo namaḥ
O Divine Mother, You are verily Śhrī Śhiva (pure),
Salutations to You!
"Gaṇeśha has created those maryādās innately within us.
...... So we have to now understand what are our maryādās are, how we have to live within our maryādās, and I’m sure if you really work out your Śhrī Gaṇeśha. For that the best is to meditate. Put yourself on some nice turf, grass. Sit on that. Put your left hand with the light, and right hand on the Mother Earth, and say Atharva Śhīrṣha.
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Śhrī Gaṇeśha gives you a personality. He gives you your personality because He gives you maryādās. You see, by maryādās only, you get your personality. A person is known by his maryādās.
And that’s what has to come within us, are our maryādās."
1991-0414 Śhrī Gaṇeśha Pūjā, Meditation Room, Āśhram, Canberra, Australia
"So the quality of Śhiva is that He beautifies everything that is created by Brahmadeva, evolved by Viṣhṇu. He’s the One who does the subtle work of creating esthetics."
1991-0216 Śhivarātri Pūjā, Cinema Garden Theater, Chianciano Terme, Italy Auṃ twameva sākshāt Śhrī Bhakti-kāya sākshāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Shrī Nirmalā Devyai namo namaḥ! O Divine Mother, You are verily The embodiment of devotion, Salutations to You!
"The second nāḍī, the second channel that can take you to destruction is desire. That’s why Buddha has said that desirelessness is the only way that people do not get old, nor sick, nor worried.
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The Goddess is the Power, Śhakti, but He makes the vibrations. It’s like these are the fingers, all right, but if they tickle you then it’s Śhiva. The fingers are that of the Goddess, all right, but if it tickles, you know, gives you joy, happiness, it’s Śhiva, is the bhakti. The joy of bhakti comes from Śhiva."
1991-0216 Śhivarātri Pūjā, Cinema Garden Theater, Chianciano Terme, Italy
"Because God is joy. He created this universe not to make us serious and unhappy and sulky. See how many flowers, how many beautiful things, how many pleasant things He did for us. For us to enjoy He has created all this not to indulge into nonsense, into filth, into dirt, the dirt of the mind, is filled with filthy ideas. But to have a clean heart and to have a clean morality within us. He has created this beautiful world for the Spirit without that you cannot enjoy. You cannot enjoy unless and until you have a clean morality in you, you cannot enjoy. And that joy is your own once you get your Realization. This joy is the compassion and Grace of God. When the Kuṇḍalinī first rises through one small thread, She touches the Brahmarandhra, just one thread. She opens it and does the job. Because here is the Seat of Sadāśhiva, here is the Seat of your Spirit."
1981-0403 Public Program, Day 6, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
"Now the third nāḍī: third nāḍī is the nāḍī by which we feel attached, attached to someone"
1991-0216 Śhivarātri Pūjā, Cinema Garden Theater, Chianciano Terme, Italy
"So now this so-called limited love, what is the solution which takes you to destruction is the Unlimited Love. Because Śhiva is nothing but Love, He’s Love. Love is that corrects, that nourishes, that wants your benevolence. That’s what Śhiva is. It wants your benevolence. It looks after your benevolence."
1991-0216 Śhivarātri Pūjā, Cinema Garden Theater, Chianciano Terme, Italy
Auṃ twameva sākshāt Śhrī Karunā-sāgara sākshāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Shrī Nirmalā Devyai namo namaḥ!
O Divine Mother, You are verily the Ocean of Compassion, Salutations to You!
"Now on one side Śhiva is extremely compassionate, very kind even to asuras, the rākṣhasas. But on the other side He can be extremely cruel. He can destroy the whole Universe. If the people are so decadent, if the people do not take to spirituality, if their innocence is completely lost, if they do not get detached from all these wrong identifications which are creating problems in this world, He destroys the whole Universe. So as it is He is the spectator of the work of Ādi Śhakti. He allows Her to do all this work, to create human beings, to give them Realization, do all this. But in case He finds Her children, people who have been saved by Her, are misbehaving or insulting or in any way destroying Her work, He might get into a temper by which He can destroy the whole Universe.
...... The first achievement shows that from inside they start getting detached. Now detachment is not mental. It’s not mental. It is not that we have to take to some sort of a saṃnyāsa or we have to go to Himalayas, give up our families and all that. But the detachment is within oneself. When that detachment starts working, the first sign is that we become joyous. We become happy."
1995-0226 Śhivarātri Pūjā, Castle Mountain Camp, 256 Webbs Creek Road, Wisemans Ferry, New South Wales, Australia
"[The] fourth one is the most important for all of us is to know that there’s a nāḍī which passes through left Viśhuddhi into the heart. Starts from the heart, goes up, passes through Āgñyā. It has four petals, and opens up. This is the one which gives you the state which is called as Turīya."
1991-0216 Śhivarātri Pūjā, Cinema Garden Theater, Chianciano Terme, Italy Sat-chid’ānanda rūpah, Śhivo’ham, Śhivo’ham I am in the form of Sat (truth, Self or existence), Chit (awareness or consciousness) and Ānanda (bliss or pure joy),
I am Śhiva, I am Śhiva!
"Fourth State is where that you are in a thoughtless awareness state. When there is no thought – just think of it – when there is no thought, you have to be innocent. When there is no thought, you have to have vibrations. When there is no thought, you cannot be attached to anyone. So into that thoughtless state you have come now, is the Turīya Sthiti. And in this state when you are, these four petals which are within you have to open out in your brain. They come from your heart to your brain. And that is when you absolutely understand what is God, absolutely you know what is God is. That is the time when one receives the real knowledge."
1991-0216 Śhivarātri Pūjā, Cinema Garden Theater, Chianciano Terme, Italy
We, the children, bow with complete devotion and adoration to the Sacred One who resides in the heart of Śhrī Mātājī Nirmalā Devī.
From Him came the desire for our emancipation.
"Auṃ twameva sākshāt Śhrī Nirmal’ātmā sākshāt Śhrī Ādi Śhakti Mātājī Shrī Nirmalā Devyai namo namaḥ!
O Divine Mother, You are verily the Primordial Self of Śhrī Mātājī,
Salutations to You!
Gaiye Ganpati Jagvandan
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Śhiva Manasa (composed by Śhrī Ādi Śhaṅkarāchārya)
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Śhiva Aṣhṭakam
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Bhole baba Chale Kailash
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Śhambho Śhaṅkara
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Dum Dum Damroo, Auṃ namaḥ Śhivaye
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Lalat.pe Hai Chandra Mā
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Bolo Śhiva Śhambhu Śhiva Śhaṅkara
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Bolo Śhiv Śhiva Śhambhu Bam Bam Bam
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Śhiv Bhola Bhandari
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Śhiva Āratī
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Jai Śhrī Mātājī!
On behalf of the festivity team!