Let’s imagine a negative scene to understand an important concept. Let’s see that a murder has happened in our neighborhood. We witness the murder site, and similar thoughts afflict us the whole day. Then, we hear news of a similar kind. We shall worry more, and we shall feel unsafe the entire day. These negative …
One of the twelve Jyotirlingas is Bheemshankar. The sixth Jyotirling, Bheemshankar Mahadeva is located about 120 kilometers from Pune, in the Maharashtra state of India. It is in the Sahayadri mountains. It goes back to Satyuga and even at the beginning of the Treta. This Jyotirling is swayambu, that is, it came out by itself. There was a person whose name was Bheem. He is not the Bheem of Mahabharata. He meditated and gained many powers. Out …
There was a demon named Vakrasura. He prayed to Shiva Ji intensely. Shiva loves everyone equally, may you be a demon or a demigod. He remembers you even more than you remember him. When you walk a step, God walks ten steps; when you walk ten steps, he walks a hundred steps; when you walk, he runs; when you run, he …
Mother Parvati became the Brahma. She became unaware of the physical body. There was a reason behind her birth through Mother Maina and Himachal. To destroy the demons, she had to become active and manifest as a human form. A son, Kartikeya, was to come through her. There were a few demons who had the boon that only the son of Shiva Ji could kill them. They …
Maa Parvati was born in the house of King Himachal and Mother Maina. As she took birth, Brahmarishi Narad came to their house. King Himachal and Mother Maina became extremely happy, thinking, “It is a great blessing that Brahmarishi Narad is at our doorstep.” They didn’t know the reason behind his arrival. Narad Ji came to pay respects to Maa Jagdamba. It was a leela. Narad Ji said, “I have heard that a beautiful …
After Vishnu Ji released his Sudarshan, it cut Maa Sati’s physical body into fifty-two parts. The parts fell on the earth and emerged as Shakti Peeth. But, it was the physical body that met this fate. Where did the soul go? It could neither go to heaven nor hell. It was not on the earth. After this incident, Shiva Ji went into deep samadhi. After a few …
In Sanatan Dharma, the emergence of the form from the formless is the Shiva. According to Abrahaminic religions, Adam and Eve are the first humans to come on the planet. Manu and Satroopa are the first ‘humans’ on the planet. But, the eternal form is Shiva. Shiva is the same element in both the forms, the Shiva and the Shakti. It is believed that Brahma and Vishnu emerged from Shiva. Shakti is in the form …
Gop- Gopaniya- Something hidden… Once we see the hidden tatva in the cosmos, we become Gopis. Radha Rani dwelled at the climax of the experience of Oneness, while other gopis felt some difference in Krishna and themselves. Thus, they could only feel the Ecstacy momentarily. In Ras Leela, all gopis felt that Krishna was with …