Lord Shiva is called the destroyer, yet his symbol, the shivling denotes creation.

 

Shiva is the fountainhead where paradoxes reconcile. What is truly amazing about Shiva is his consistency in reconciling paradoxes. He's Shiva is the fountainhead where paradoxes reconcile. What is truly amazing about Shiva is his consistency in reconciling paradoxes. He's called the destroyer, yet his symbol, the shivling denotes creation. He is a yogi par excellence, yet the doting householder. He is king of dance, yet his meditations are perfect stillness.

He is lord of power, bestowing boons, yet owns hardly any personal possessions, he is the auspicious one, yet attended on by the most terrible elementals. He is Adi the timeless one, yet sadavasantam, the evergreen.

Shiva or Maheshwara, the Divine Lord and in him are concentrated the three energies of understanding (Gyana), the will (Ichha) and action (Kriya) - thus forming the fountainhead of all knowledge. He is usually depicted as sitting in meditation in Padmasana. This is in consonance of his status of an ascetic yogi.

Shiva is usually unclad in his upper half, indicating the transcendental nature of his divinity. His body is smeared with ashes indicating the presence of the physical universe but only on the foundation of the transcendental divinity of Shiva. Shiva encompasses and transcends all physical phenomena and remains unaffected by them.

The Linga symbol is an attempt to give form to the formless, referred as Supreme Brahman in Hindu religion. Linga is worshipped as it contains everything of this world.

Shivas Trishul represents the three aspects of consciousness – waking, dreaming and sleeping, and it represents the three gunas – satva, rajas and tamas. Shul means problems or suffering. Trishul means that which destroys all kind of suffering.

Beads of Rudraksha on Shiva are said to be the solid form of the tears that Shiva sheds at the woes of his devotees. Rudra means fiercely strict. Aksha means eye, which signifies that Shiva constantly monitors all creation to ensure that all follow the divine laws laid down by him.

The snakes symbolically represents his control over desire and sensuality. The damru denotes his connection with the primal sound AUM, the creation of alphabets, languages, grammar and music. And His long matted hair denotes his spiritual life and his great powers!!

Hara Hara Mahadev ~ Jai Bholenath !

He is a yogi par excellence, yet the doting householder. He is king of dance, yet his meditations are perfect stillness.

He is lord of power, bestowing boons, yet owns hardly any personal possessions, he is the auspicious one, yet attended on by the most terrible elementals. He is Adi the timeless one, yet sadavasantam, the evergreen.

Shiva or Maheshwara, the Divine Lord and in him are concentrated the three energies of understanding (Gyana), the will (Ichha) and action (Kriya) - thus forming the fountainhead of all knowledge. He is usually depicted as sitting in meditation in Padmasana. This is in consonance of his status of an ascetic yogi.

Shiva is usually unclad in his upper half, indicating the transcendental nature of his divinity. His body is smeared with ashes indicating the presence of the physical universe but only on the foundation of the transcendental divinity of Shiva. Shiva encompasses and transcends all physical phenomena and remains unaffected by them.

The Linga symbol is an attempt to give form to the formless, referred as Supreme Brahman in Hindu religion. Linga is worshipped as it contains everything of this world.

Shivas Trishul represents the three aspects of consciousness – waking, dreaming and sleeping, and it represents the three gunas – satva, rajas and tamas. Shul means problems or suffering. Trishul means that which destroys all kind of suffering.

Beads of Rudraksha on Shiva are said to be the solid form of the tears that Shiva sheds at the woes of his devotees. Rudra means fiercely strict. Aksha means eye, which signifies that Shiva constantly monitors all creation to ensure that all follow the divine laws laid down by him.

The snakes symbolically represents his control over desire and sensuality. The damru denotes his connection with the primal sound AUM, the creation of alphabets, languages, grammar and music. And His long matted hair denotes his spiritual life and his great powers!!

Hara Hara Mahadev ~ Jai Bholenath !