23-09-2022

Lord Shiv

Lord Shiva is Shaivism’s supreme God, and is also known as Lord Mahadev, Lord Mahesh, and Lord Bholenath. In scriptures, He is depicted in the following benevolent forms:

  • An omniscient Yogi leading an ascetic life on Mount Kailash
  • A celestial householder living with His wife Goddess Parvati, and sons namely, Lord Ganesha and Lord Kartikeya

In His abstract form, Shivji is worshipped as a Lingam, also known as a Shivling. This representation portrays His limitless, transcendent, unchanging, and formless qualities.

Becoming Shiva, from Jiva

Param Pujya Dadashri explained that identifying oneself as the relative self is “jiva”, and identifying one with the real Self (the Soul, the Atma) through awareness is called “Shiva”.

A seeker asked, “If Atma (the Self) was a Shiva, how did it become a jiva?”

Param Pujya Dadashri replied, “Due to wrong belief, it became jiva - that which lives and dies. One is a Shiva, but illusion has arisen; wrong belief has set in. It does not take long for jiva to become Shiva. When a Gnani Purush fractures the wrong belief and replaces it with the right belief, one becomes the Self again, one becomes Shiva.”

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