PRACTICE, PRESERVE & PROMOTE

THE RELIGION, CULTURE & TRADITIONS

ANBE SIVAM, SATYAME

PARAMASIVAM

சைவ ைித்தாந்த

மன்றம் மலேைியா

Advisor : Sanga Ratna, Thondar Thilagam N. Thiruvasagam

M. Counseling (Hons) UM, B.B.A (Hons) Bolton University, UK

Dip. in Psychology, IHCA, Chennai

Dip. in Saiva Siddhanta, Annamlai University, India

Prof. Cert. & Trg & Dev, Sheffield University, UK

Dip. In Counseling, UM, dip HRM, University New Castle, Australia

Certified Trainer for PBSM, Pranic Psychotherapist Healer

Editor : Kailai A. Tamilarasi

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SEPTEMBER 2017

(Aavani/ Puratasi)

03 Pradosham

05 Pournami

09 Sangatahara Sathurthi

11 Kartigai Virdha

11 Sasthi Virdha

17 Pradosham

18 Sivarathiri

19 Amavasai

21 Navarathri (Starts)

24 Chaturthi Virdha

26 Sasthi Virdha

OCTOBER 2017

(Puratasi/ Aippasi)

03 Pradosham

05 Pournami

08 Sangatahara Sathurthi

09 Kartigai Virdha

17 Pradosham

18 Sivarathiri

19 Amavasai

25 Sasthi Virdha

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1. Calendar 2. Editorial 3. Events 4. Temple Insight – Kedareshwar Cave Temple, Maharastra 5. Feature – The Spiritual Significance of Navarathri 8. Tamil Corner 10. Article 10. Greetings 11. Recipes 11. Activities 12. Membership 12. Charity

CALENDAR CONTENTS

EDITORIAL

IMPORTANT REMINDER

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL

Dear Members,

The Delegates Conference is

around the corner, the

management appeal to all

ordinary members who have

lapsed in their subscription to

settle their due as soon as

possible. A letters has been sent

to all members whose

subscription has expired.

Please contact the office

between 5.30 pm to 10.00 pm

for any inquires.

From the Management

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The month of August marks a very

significant event for the Hindus. The

Hindus world over will celebrate the most

popular and favorite God of the Hindus. I

am referring to our first God of worship in

the Hindu world, that is Lord Ganesha, the

remover of all obstacles in our life.

Obstacles or challenges will not disappear

forever for man. Each obstacle or

challenge faced is a reminder to us that

life is not plain sailing. Obstacles remind

us that every step forward in life, will have

many unknown difficulties and

frustrations, but one should not lose hope

in life. That is because Lord Vinayaga is

just around the corner, who is invisible to

our naked eyes, but he is always close to

our heart, just waiting for us to call his

name aloud. At the moment of trials, we

forget to bring Lord Ganesha into our soul

and mind. We will want to solve the

problem by our self, not realizing our

intellectual reasoning has failed us at the

last minute due to our ego .Most of the

time we think we are doing things all

within our ability and hard work. I do not

deny the truth that effort and faith in

oneself is very important. But that alone is

not going to make us successful all the

time. At times we are blinded by our own

thinking and limitations of our ability not

realizing for a moment that there is a

unseen force or energy which is needed

for our success in life.

Hence most temples will celebrate

Vinayagar Charguthi , as part of the

temple main activity. But temples which

has Lord Ganesha as the main deity in the

temple, for them it is a grand festival and

an event that is filled with almost one

week of activities. Every Hindu considers

Lord Ganesha as part of their worship.

According to temple agamas, Saivite

temple without Lord Ganesha is not a

complete temple. Hence it’s the duty of

every Hindu to visit the temple on the 25th

of August. Many temples will hold special

poojas and Homa ceremony in the

morning and evening. It’s the day Lord

Ganesha takes a trip down the streets and

villages to bless those who are unable to

visit the temple, to get his blessings. In

turn Lord Ganesha goes places where the

people are bedridden, blind, handicapped,

those who are unable to come to the

temple due to others personal reasons.

And he blesses them at their door step.

What a great God of love and humanity.

Most Ganesha temples will have a Chariot procession for the benefit to those who cannot make it to the temples. This year the Sri Mahamariamman Devesthanam, Jalan T.H.S. Lee has made a Golden Chariot for Lord Ganesha and it will be taken around the Kuala Lumpur city. Many members of the public has been criticizing the Temple for spending millions on the Golden Chariot. The public has always the habit to condemn anything and everything that is done. The sad part is that those who complaint are the ones who would have never donated a single cent for the chariot. Let’s not forget that the Mahariamman Devasthnam has spent millions of dollars to maintain Batu Caves Tamil school, the Batu Cave Murugan

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Temple complex, Pudu Pilliar temple and the Jalan Bandar Sri Mahamariamman Temple. For the past few years they have carried out Tirumurai seminars and conferences for the public free of charge. On top of that they have published special editions of Tirumurai and other special religious books for thousands of dollars and it has been distributed free to the public. All I can say is that they can still do more towards propagating Hinduism in Malaysia. It is good for every temple which celebrates Vinayager Chargurthi to have a chariot procession, this will also create awareness among the non-Hindus and this is an occasion for displaying Hindu unity and upholding the teachings of Hinduism.

N. Thiruvasagam, President

Keep yourself free for the following

activities/ events organized by SSMM.

SIVARATHIRI

Monday, 18-9-2017

7.30pm

VENUE

(1) SSMM HQ, Bangsar (2) SSMM Klang Branch, Klang

Puja, Ritualistic Worship, is an effective

sadhana (Spiritual practice) to purify our

mind. Employing our body, speech and

mind, we perform puja for inner

development. Physical action like offering

flowers and ringing the bell, vocal actions

like chanting mantras and singing hymns

and mental actions like feeling the

presence of God, constitute the procedure

of ritual. As we sincerely do it day after

day, our devotion to the Lord further

increases and flows as an undercurrent all

through the day's activities. We shall in

fact find that God is with us at all times.

All members, family and friends are

invited to participate in this very

auspicious pooja.

For those wish to partake ubayams or

donate items are welcomed to contact

SSMM (HQ) Bangsar at: 03-22835045

or SSMM Klang at: 03-55144121.

GURU THIRUVADY POOJA

Wednesday, 6-9-2017

7.30pm

At SSMM HQ, Bangsar

Saiva Siddhanta Mandram Malaysia will hold the Monthly Guru Pooja for 23rd Guru Maha Sanithaanam of Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam who has attained Maha Samathi. All are encouraged and welcomed to participate in this monthly guru pooja.

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Kedareshwar Cave

Temple,

Harishchandragad,

Maharashtra

Kedareshwar Cave Temple is located at Harishchandragad, a hill fort in Ahmednagar district. The fort is a popular trekking location. Kedareshwar Cave Temple is much different from other temples. It is situated in a cave and also presence of water all year round makes the temple one of the unique temples not just in Maharashtra but in India as well.

A Shiva Linga of about five feet is situated at the centre of the cave. One has to wade through waist deep and ice cold water to reach the Shiva Linga. Though there were four pillars surrounding the Linga, now there is only one pillar intact. Some believe the pillars to be symbols of yuga or time, namely, Satya, Tretha, Dwapara and the Kali Yuga. The present pillar is said to symbolise the last and final yuga, which is the present one, the Kali Yug. Thus a belief exists that when this last and remaining pillar breaks off, the world will come to an end. The walls of the cave are replete with sculptures and carvings.

Kedareshwar Cave Temple is a must-visit for its unique built and the beliefs surrounding it. Trekkers too can enjoy a visit to the temple in a fort.

Source: http://www.discoveredindia.com/maharashtra/attractions/temples/kedareshwar-cave-temple.htm Source of pictures: http://trekshitiz.com/trekshitiz/Photos/Harishchandragad-photo-14-785-1-Harishchandragad.html

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The Spiritual Significance of Navaratri

by Swami Tejomayananda Ratri means “night” and Nava means “nine”. At Navaratri (“nine nights”), the Lord in the form of the Mother Goddess is worshipped in Her various forms as Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Though the Goddess is one, She is represented and worshipped in three different aspects. On the first three nights of the festival, Durga is worshipped. On the following three, Lakshmi and then Saraswati Devi on the last three nights. The following tenth day is called Vijayadasami. Vijaya means “victory”, the victory over our own minds that can come only when we have worshipped these three: Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati.

Durga

To gain noble virtues, all evil tendencies in the mind must be destroyed. This destruction is represented by the

Goddess Durga. Durga is durgati harini: “She who removes our evil tendencies.” This is why she is called Mahishasura Mardini, the destroyer of Mahishaasura (demon), mahisha meaning “buffalo.” Isn’t there a buffalo in our minds as well? The buffalo stands for tamoguna, the quality of laziness, darkness, ignorance and inertia. We have these qualities too. We love to sleep. Although we may have a lot of energy and potential inside us, we prefer to do nothing - just like the buffalo that likes to lie in pools of water. In the Puraanic story, Durga Devi ’s killing of the Mahisha demon is, symbolically, the destruction of the tamoguna within us that is very difficult to destroy. In the Durga Devi Havana (sacrifice), we invoke that Divine Power within us to destroy our animalistic tendencies.

Lakshmi For knowledge to dawn within us, we have to prepare our minds. The mind must be pure, concentrated, and single-pointed; this purification of the mind is obtained through the worship of Lakshmi Devi. In our society today, however, when we think of Lakshmi, we think only of money - counting gold and dollar bills! This is why if one goes to a Lakshmi temple, one will

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find a crowd. Everybody likes Lakshmi Puja (Lakshmi worship) because they think she represents material wealth. But what is real wealth? Even if we have material wealth but no self-discipline or self-control, nor the values of love, kindness, respect and sincerity, all our material wealth will be lost or destroyed. The real wealth is the inner wealth of spiritual values that we practice in our lives, by which our minds become purified. Only when we have these noble values will we be able to preserve our material wealth and make good use of it. Otherwise money itself becomes a problem. In the Upanishads, the Rishis never asked for material wealth only. In the mantras of the Taittriya Upanishad, they first asked to have all the noble virtues fully developed in them. “Having gained the noble virtues, thereafter Lord please bring wealth to us”. The Rishis express here that in the absence of right values and good qualities, all our money will be wasted, and there are countless examples of this in the world around us. Our wealth of virtues is our true Lakshmi. Its importance is shown by the fact that Adi Shankaracharya himself, in Vivekachudamani, describes that sat sampati, or six forms of wealth (calmness of mind, self-control, self- withdrawal, forbearance, faith and single-pointed ness) that are to be cultivated to attain wisdom. These virtues are important because our goal is victory over the mind - a victory such that we do not get disturbed by every change that takes place in our lives. This victory comes only when the mind is prepared, and this mental preparation is the symbolism of the Lakshmi Puja.

Saraswati Victory over the mind can be gained only through knowledge, through understanding; and it is Goddess Saraswati who represents this highest knowledge of the Self. Although there are many kinds of knowledge in the Vedas - phonetics astronomy, archery, architecture, economics and so on - the real knowledge is in the spiritual knowledge. Lord Krishna himself says in the Bhagavad Gita: “The knowledge of the Self is the knowledge”; and He adds, “It is my vibhuti, my glory.” In other words, we may have knowledge of many other subjects and sciences but if we do not know our own Self, then that is the greatest loss. Therefore the supreme knowledge is the knowledge of the Self that is represented by Goddess Saraswati.

Navaratri Thus, at Navaratri, Goddess Durga is invoked first to remove impurities from the mind. The Goddess Lakshmi is invoked to cultivate the noble values and qualities. Finally, Saraswati is invoked for gaining the highest knowledge of the Self. This is

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the significance of the three sets of three nights when all these three are gained subjectively, and then there will be Vijayadasami, the day of true victory!

At Navaratri time, the Rasa dance (dance of joy) of Sri Krishna and the gopis is also performed. As the mind becomes purer, calmer quieter, and more cheerful and greater understanding is gained, do we not feel happier? Similarly, the Rasa dance is the dance of joy and realization. But, nowadays, the theme of Sri Krishna and the gopis dancing around the Rasa seems to have been lost in our society. The true meaning and purpose of the ritual is often forgotten, as more importance is given to other types of dancing.

Why is the Navaratri festival celebrated at night rather than in the daytime? This is another interesting question. Night-time is generally the time when we go to sleep, so the spiritual message is, “You have lived long enough in the sleepy ignorance of tamoguna. It is time to wake up now. Please wake up!”

For a puja, unfortunately, we are never willing to stay up late and so we ask, “What time will it end?” For a party, we never ask this question. If the party ends at 10.00pm, we say “What! The party is finished?! What kind of a party is that?!” Yet we find it difficult to stay awake for a puja!

The Importance of Ritual Not everyone, it is true, will be of the intellectual type to appreciate everything philosophically. Therefore, philosophy or spiritual truth must be demonstrated visually in some ritualistic form. In this way, when children are first introduced to it, they enjoy a dance or a festival, and then later begin to question, “What is this

dance? Why are we doing this Puja? What is the meaning of Navaratri?” So the purpose of the concretized ritual is fulfilled when these questions begin to arise in the children’s minds. Unfortunately, when we take our children to functions at the temples and they begin to ask questions about what they see, we cannot answer them. Yet when the children revolt later as teenagers, we say, “What happened to the children? These kids are terrible. We never used to question our religion!”

We take pride in the fact that we never used to question anything, but it would have been better if we had asked questions and found out. Why did we not ask? Because of intellectual inertia. Inertia is of different kinds. Physical inertia is not as bad because it is usually temporary. There are also mental or emotional stupors that some people remain in, but the intellectual inertia is the worst kind because under its influence, we do not want to think at all. It is said that people can live without air for two minutes, without water for a few days, without food for a month or so, and without thinking for generations! Some people just do not want to think. This is our inner Mahisha (the lazy buffalo), and our spiritual Mahisha is that we do not want to wake up from this sleep of ignorance.

As we can see, the theme of the entire Vedas is reflected in the Navaratri festival: Purify the mind and remove all negativities; cultivate positive virtues; gain spiritual knowledge and transcend limitations. This is the real victory - the dance of joy - ritualistically performed at night, as it is also on Shivaratri (auspicious night), to signify our spiritual awakening. Source:

http://www.chinmayamissiondelhi.org/articles/Nav

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Saiva Siddhantam

For Beginers

சைய ைித்தாந்தத்சத

ததாடக்கத்தில் இருந்து னி

யிரும்பும் நாணயர்கள் ைி

ைித்தாந்த தைாற்களுக்கு தாருள்

அியது ைிந்தது.

As a enthustatic beginer of Saiva

Siddhanta philosophy its better to

know some basic definitions of

Siddhanta terms

உயிர்கள் /Soul

அிமம் தன்சந உசடனது

உனிர். உனிர்கள்

எண்ணிந்தயாய் உள்.

அசய ரு காத்தில்

ததான்ின அல்;

இசயால்

சடக்கப்ட்டவும் அல்;

இசயன் என்று உண்தடா

அன்த அசயமம் உள்.

ததாற்ம் இல்சனாதால்

அயற்ிற்கு அமிவும் இல்ச.

எதய உனிர்கள் என்றும்

உள்சயனாகும்.

ஆணவம் அத்தசகன உனிர்கிடம்

அயற்ச நசத்து ிற்தாகின

ஒர் அழுக்கு இனற்சகனாகதய

உள்து. அரிைிசன உநி மூடி

நசத்திருப்சத தான்து

இது. அரிைி உள் அன்த

உநினாகின குற்மும் அதனுடன்

தாருந்தினிருப்சதப் தா

உனிர்கள் உள் அன்த

அவ்யழுக்கும் உடாய் உள்து

அதச ஆணய நம் என்

தனபால் குிப்ர். நம்–

அழுக்கு.

உனிர்கள் முதற்கண் ஆணய

நத்ததாடு கூடிதன இருந்த.

அது தகய ிச எப்டும்.

அந்ிசனில் உனிர்கள் அிவும்

தைனலும் இன்ித் தானின்

கருப்சனில் கிடக்கும்

அியற் கண்ணிாக்

குமயிசனப் தா முழு

அினாசநனில் மூழ்கிக்

கிடந்த.

மாயய:

இவ்யாறு ஆணய நத்தால்

நசப்புண்டு அதால்

அினாசந எய்தித் துன்புறும்

உனிர்கின் ிச கண்டு

இபங்கின இசயன்

அம்நத்சத ீக்குதற்குத்

திருவும் தகாள்கிான். அதன்

தாருட்டு அவ்வுனிர்கச உக

யாழ்யிற் தைித்துகிான்;

அசய தங்குயதற்கு

உடம்சமம், அியதற்கு

ஐம்தாி முதின

கருயிகசமம், இனங்குயதற்கு

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உகத்தமம், நுகர்யதற்கு

உகப் தாருள்கசமம்

சடத்துக் தகாடுக்கிான்.

குடநாகின காரினத்சதக்

குனயன் கிநண்ணிிருந்து

தைய்யது தா உடம்பு முதின

இக்காருனங்கச இசயன்

நாசன என்னும்

மூப்தாருிிருந்து

உண்டாக்குகிான். அம் நாசன

என்னும் தாருளும் என்றும்

உள்ததனாம்.

அணய நத்ததாடு கூடிமடுந்த

உனிர்கள் இப்தாழுது

நாசனதனாடும் கூடி

ிற்கின். இதுதான்

ிப்புிச, ைக ிச என்று

கூப்டும்.

இந்ிசனில் உனிர்கள்

உடம்ாலும், உடம்ில்

அசநந்த கருயிகாலும்,

யாழ்க்சகச் சூமாலும் ஒபவு

அினாசந ீங்கி அிவு

யிக்கம் தற்று யருயசதக்.

எதய இவ்வுகம் என்து

அிசய யர்க்கும்

ள்ிக்கூடம் தால்யது

எாம்.

கன்மம்:

அிவும் தைனலும் இன்ிக்

கிடந்த தகய ிசனிின்றும்

இசனருால் ைக ிசக்கு

யந்த உனிர்கள் ைிற்ிவும் ைிறு

ததாமிலும் உசடனயாய், தம்

நம் தநாமி தநய்கிால்

ல்வும் தீனவும் ஆகின

தைனல்கசச்

தைய்கின்.அசயதன கன்நம்

எப் தனர் தருகின்.

இசயன் அவ்யவ்வுனிர்கள்

தைய்த கன்நத்திற்கு ஏற்

அயற்ிகுப் ிப்புக்கசமம்

இன் துன்ங்கசமம்

அிக்கின்ான்.

உனிர்க்ள் தாம் தற்

நாசனனின் காரினநாகின

கருயிகால் நாசனனின்

காரினங்காகின

உகதாருள்கச

அிந்தும் நுகர்ந்தும் அயற்ச

தநலும் தநலும் த தயண்டும்

எ முனன்றும் யிசகசச்

தைய்து உக யாழ்யில்

கட்டுண்டு ிற்கின்.

உனிர்கச உகத்ததாடு

ிணித்து ிற்சய நாசனமம்

கன்நமும், அசய யருயதற்கு

மூநாகின ஆணயமும் ஆகும்.

அது ற்ிதன அம்மூன்றும்

கட்டு, தச, ாைம் என்னும்

தைாற்கால்

குிக்கப்டுகின். இச்

தைாற்கள் னாவும் ருதாருள்

உசடன.

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Spirituality automatically leads

to humility. When a flower

develops into a fruit, the petals

drop off on its own. When one

becomes spiritual, the ego

vanishes gradually on its own.

A tree laden with fruits always

bends low. Humility is a sign of

greatness.

Sri Ramakrishna 1836 – 1886

Mystic of 19th

century India

GREETINGS

Birthday Wishes to all Members who are

celebrating their Birthdays this

SEPTEMBER

May Lord Siva grant his loving, unfailing

protection and may your heart be filled only with

pure thoughts. Wish you a very

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY”

Article

Accounting is the only profession practiced on earth and in heaven. Account for all our actions on earth and account for the same in heaven.

Balance Sheet of Life Birth is your Opening Stock What come to you is Credit. What goes from you is Debit. Your ideas are your Liabilities. Your character is your Capital Your happiness is your Profit. Your sorrow is your Loss. Your knowledge is your Investment. Your age is your Depression. Death is your Closing stock. And finally God Is Your Auditor. Always endeavor to have a perfect Balance Sheet because your Auditor will come back sooner than later.

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Turnip with Turnip Greens Poriyal

Ingredients Turnip with turnip greens - 1 bunch Onion - 1 (diced) Garlic - 2 clove (crushed) Green Chilly - 2 (minced) Coconut - ¼ cup (Grated) Mustard - ¼ tsp Split black gram - ¼ tsp Turmeric powder - 1 pinch Asafoetida - 1 pinch Curry leaves - 2 Salt - to taste Oil - 2 tsp

Method 1. To clean the bunch of turnip with turnip leaves, first cut the turnips and then separate each leaf. Give a good rinse 2-3 times in cold water. 2. Chop the turnips separately into small dices. Place all the leaves one over the other and finely chop it. 3. Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard, split black gram and curry leaves. Fry the onions, green chillies and garlic for 2 minutes. 4. Add the chopped turnip with turmeric,

asafoetida and salt and saute for another 2 minutes. 5. Next add the turnip leaves and cook nicely for 7-10 minutes until all the liquid that comes out of the leaves cooks out. Keep tossing often. 6. Add the fresh grated coconut, toss everything together and switch off. You could also make the poriyal with the turnip seperately or the greens seperately.

Source:

ttps://simpleindianrecipes.com/turnipgreensp

oriyal.aspx

SIVARATHRI POOJA

The Monthly Sivarathri Pooja was held on

Sunday 20th August 2017. Following the

recital of Thirumurai, Malar Vazhlipadu

and Deepa Aarathanai, Prasadam was

served to all devotees. May God Siva’s

divine blessings enrich our lives. Ubayam

by Mr.Mrs.G.Uva Raj and Family.

GURU THIRUVADY POOJA Guru Thiruvady Pooja of Guru Maha

Sannithanam His Holiness Seer Valar Seer

Sivaprakasa Desika Paramacharya

Swamigal was held on Thursday, 10th

August 2017. Recital of Thirumurai,

Thiruvady Prayer, Malar Vazhlipadu

followed by Deepa Aarathanai was

ACTIVITIES

RECIPES

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witnessed by devotees who attended the

pooja.

MARAINAYA SAMBANTHAR GURU POOJA

Marainaya Sambanthar Guru Pooja was

held on 24th August 2017 at SSMM. After

the Abhishegam and Alangaram members

recited Thevaram. This was followed by

Malar Vazhipadu and Deepa Arathanai,

prasadam was served to all.

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Call SSMM at 03-22832406 (from

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CHARITY

Men of good birth

graciously give,

Never uttering the

wretched excuse, "I

have nothing."

Thirukural - Verse 223

Practicing charity

without compassion

is as inconceivable

As realizing Truth

without clarity of

mind.

Thirukural Verse 249

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SAIVITE CREEDS

Lord Siva is God, whose Absolute Being, Parasiva, transcends time, form

and space.

God, whose immanent nature of love, Parashakti, is the substratum,

primal substance or pure consciousness flowing through all form as

energy, existence, knowledge and bliss.

Lord Siva is God, whose immanent nature is the Primal Soul, Supreme

Mahadeva, Paramesvara, author of Vedas and Agamas, the creator,

preserver and destroyer of all that exists.

Three worlds: the gross plane, where souls take on physical bodies; the

subtle plane, where souls take on astral bodies; and the causal plane,

where souls exist in their self-effulgent form.

The law of karma that one must reap the effects of all actions he has

caused and that each soul continues to reincarnate until all karmas are

resolved and moksha, liberation, is attained.

Religion is the harmonious working together of the three worlds and

that this harmony can be created through temple worship, wherein the

beings of all three worlds can communicate.

The Panchakshara mantra, the five sacred syllables “Namasivaya,” as

Saivism’s foremost and essential mantra. The secret of Namasivaya is to

hear it from the right lips at the right time.