Lord Shiva, known as “Bhasmoddhulita Vigraha” is The Lord who depicts death by being covered with holy ash” Bhasma”. The Sanskrit word bhasma means ‘disintegration’. Bha implies bhartsanam (to destroy), while sma implies smaranam (to remember). Bhasma is a reminder to us of the ephemeral nature of life.
Bhasma symbolizes the burning of our false identification with the mortal body, and freedom from the limitations of the painfully illusive cycle of birth and death. It also reminds us of the perishable quality of the body, which will one day, be reduced to mere ashes.
If we are Lord Shiva’s true devotees, the bhasma on Shiva’s body should constantly remind us of this ultimate reality and therefore keep us away from the ego, attachments and suffering that arise because of our mistaken identity with the physical body.
Shiva is the “One in whom the universe sleeps after destruction and before the next cycle of creation”. So do not fear death, all that is created must one day disintegrate; this disintegration is a return to the formless void from which creation may once again spring forth. Acceptance of this cycle is only way out our suffering. BE ONE WITH SHIVA. Shiva is the energy behind this endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
If we are Lord Shiva’s true devotees, the bhasma on Shiva’s body should constantly remind us of this ultimate reality and therefore keep us away from the ego, attachments and suffering that arise because of our mistaken identity with the physical body.
Shiva is the “One in whom the universe sleeps after destruction and before the next cycle of creation”. So do not fear death, all that is created must one day disintegrate; this disintegration is a return to the formless void from which creation may once again spring forth. Acceptance of this cycle is only way out our suffering. BE ONE WITH SHIVA. Shiva is the energy behind this endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
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