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El Señor Shiva Y Su Adoración El Señor Shiva y Su adoración Por Sri Swami Sivananda UNA PUBLICACIÓN DE LA DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY Octava Edición: 1996 World Wide Web (WWW) Edición: 2011 WWW sitio: http://www.dlshq.org/ Esta publicación www es de libre distribución © The Divine Life Trust Society ISBN 81-7052-025-8 Publicado por THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY P.O. Shivanandanagar—249 192 Distt. Tehri-Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh, Himalayas, India. Dedicado al SEÑOR SHIVA, el Consorte de Uma, Gauri o Parvati, Quien otorga beatitud eterna, conocimiento e inmortalidad. Contenido: Nota del Editor Shiva Mantras y Stotras Shiva Mantras Shiva Pañchakshara Stotram Shiva Shadakshara Stotram Linga Ashtakam Ardhanari Nateshvara Stotram Shiva Kavacham Sarvalinga Stava Atributos de Shiva La visión sublime Canción del Señor Nataraja Gloria del Señor Shiva Shiva Tattva Sadashiva Ardhanarishvara Maestro del mundo Pashupata Yoga La filosofía Shaiva Siddhanta Shiva y los Tattvas Pati-Pashu-Pasha Sadhana Ashtamurti Shuddha Shaiva Filosofía de los símbolos Filosofía de los símbolos Cobras en el cuerpo de Shiva Significado de Bhasma, Nandi, etc. Filosofía del Abhisheka Fruto del Abhisheka y el Rudra Japa en el templo de Shiva Filosofía de Shiva Tandava El Señor Nataraja – El gran Danzarín Danza de Shiva Filosofía del Shakti Yoga Shiva y Shakti Shiva y Parvati La Madre Divina Shakti energiza a la Trimurti La Madre Ganga Tripura Rahasya Kamakshi y el poeta mudo Himno para obtener el perdón de la Madre El Virashaivismo y el Shaivismo de Kashmir Virashaivismo Shaivismo de Kashmir El Señor Shiva y Sus Lilas Tripurari Shiva Jyoti Nilakantha Ravana y Shiva Hari y Shiva El don de Brahma Nacimiento de Subrahmanya El Señor Shiva y Daksha Dakshinamurti Tripura Samhara El Señor Shiva maldice y perdona a Nakirar Conoce a tu Guru El Señor Shiva bebe veneno El Señor Shiva monta el toro El Señor Shiva lleva a la Ganga en Su cabeza Lila del Señor Shiva de mendigar El Señor Shiva lleva un tridente, una piel de venado, etc. El Señor Shiva tiene a Uma a Su izquierda El Señor Shiva viste una piel de elefante El Señor Shiva, el vendedor de leña Las veinticinco Lilas del Señor Shiva Shiva Yoga Sadhana El secreto del Pañchakshara Meditación en el Señor Shiva Adoración de Shiva Shiva Manasa Puja Escritura del Pañchakshara Mantra Shiva Jñanam Adoración del Shiva Linga El Shiva Linga es Chinmaya Forma de alcanzar al Señor Shiva Grandeza del Prasad Beneficios del peregrinaje Beneficios del Parikrama Verdadera flor y verdadero Arati Los Shaiva Upanishads El Rudra de los Upanishads Rudraksha Jabala Upanishad Bhasma Jabala Upanishad Tripura Tapini Upanishad Rudra Upanishad Los Acharyas Shaivas Appar o Tirunavukkarasar Tirujñana Sambandhar Sundaramurti Manickavasagar Tirumular Basavanna Shiva Bhaktas Santos y Sabios Markandeya Historia del Yogui Rishabha Pushpadanta Kannappa Nayanar Sirutonda Nayanar La Madre del Señor Shiva Los sesenta y tres Santos Nayanar Festivales Festival de la Iluminación de Arunachala Vijaya Dashami Dassera Vasanta navaratri Gauri Puja Shiva Yoga Mala Textos del Shaivismo Chidambara Rahasya Shiva y Vishnu son Uno Shivaratri Mahima Los doce Jyotirlingas Shiva Nama Kirtan Shiva Stotras Shivarchanam Devyarchanam Shivanirañjanam Shivadhyanavali Shivapushpañjali Shiva Mahimna Stotram Shivastuti Vedasara Shivastava Bendito Aspirante, El Señor Shiva es el Dios del Amor. Su Gracia es ilimitada. Él es el Salvador y el Guru. Es el Amado de Uma. Él es Satyam, Shivam, Shubham, Sundaram, Kantam. Él es la Luz Suprema que brilla en tu corazón. Medita en Su Forma. Escucha Sus Lilas. Repite Su Mantra "Om Namah Shivaya". Estudia el Shiva Purana. Adóralo diariamente. Contémplalo en todos los nombres y todas las formas. Él te bendecirá con Su visión. Swami Shivananda NOTA DEL EDITOR Este es un libro muy valioso e instructivo para los aspirantes, particularmente para los devotos del Señor Shiva. Contiene quince capítulos. Está lleno de instrucciones para la Sadhana práctica de modo de lograr Shiva-Tattva o la Realización de Dios. Los capítulos hablarán por sí mismos. Los secretos de Shiva-Tandava, Shakti-Yoga, Shiva- Tattva, etc. están muy bien expuestos. La traducción de los Shaiva Upanishads es una bella adición. Las vidas de los Shiva Acharyas, los Bhaktas y los Nayanars son inspiradoras y conmovedoras. Su estudio hará que tu propia vida se vuelva sublime y santa. Hasta este momento, no ha habido una exposición semejante sobre este tema. La parte filosófica es sumamente iluminadora y útil para los lectores. El libro contiene la esencia de todos los Shaiva Puranas, tales como Periya Puranam, Linga Puranam, Shiva Parakrama y Tiruvilayadal Puranam. Ha sido enriquecido con el agregado de algunos Shiva Stotras importantes con la traducción al español. El libro está escrito en un estilo muy lúcido y claro. Debe ser estudiado por todas las personas de mente religiosa ya que es muy valioso desde el punto de vista espiritual. - THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY Capítulo I Shiva Mantras y Stotras Shiva Mantras 1. OM Namaḥ Śivāya Om es Sat-Chit-Ananda Para-Brahman. Namah Shivaya significa "Postraciones ante el Señor Shiva". Esta es la fórmula de cinco sílabas o Pañchakshara Mantra del Señor Shiva. Es un Mantra muy poderoso que confiere al que lo recita la Beatitud Suprema de la existencia. 2. OM tatpuruṣāya vidmahe mahādevāya dhīmahi, tanno rudraḥpracodayāt. Realizamos a ese célebre Ser Supremo (Purusha) y meditamos en ese Gran Dios, Mahadeva; que ese Rudra nos inste a hacerlo así. Este es el Rudra Gayatri Mantra. 3. Oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam, Urvārukamiva bandhanānmṛtyormukṣīya mā'mṛtāt. Me prosterno ante el Dios de los tres ojos, Shiva, que tiene una dulce fragancia y que nutre a los seres humanos. Que Él me libere de la esclavitud del Samsara y de la muerte del mismo modo en que se desprende un pepino maduro de la enredadera. ¡Que me haga inmortal! Este es el Maha-Mrityuñjaya Mantra. Shiva Pañchakshara Stotram Nāgendrahārāya trilochanāya bhasmāṅgarāgāya maheśvarāya. Nityāya śuddhāya digambarāya tasmai nakārāya namaḥ śivāya. Reverencias al Señor Shiva que está cubierto de cenizas y tiene tres ojos, que personifica a la letra "Na", que es puro, está desnudo y es eterno, y Cuya guirnalda es el rey de las serpientes. Mandākinī-salila-candana-carcitāya nandīśvara-pramathanātha-maheśvarāya. Mandāra-puṣpa-bahupuṣpa-supūjitāya tasmai makārāya namaḥ śivāya. Me inclino ante Aquél, la encarnación de la letra "Ma", que está adornado con innumerables flores divinas como las Mandaras y otras, que es el Rey Soberano de los Pramatha Ganas y Cuyo cuerpo es adorado con las sagradas aguas de la Ganga celestial. Śivāya gaurī-vadanāravinda sūryāya dakṣādhvara nāśakāya. Śrī nīlakaṇṭhāya vṛṣa-dhvajāya tasmai śikārāya namaḥ śivāya. Postraciones ante el Señor de cuello azul, la encarnación de la letra "Shi", el destructor del sacrificio de Daksha y el Sol resplandeciente del rostro de loto de Gauri, Cuyo bandera lleva el emblema del toro. Vasiṣṭha-kumbhod-bhava-gautamārya munīndra-devārcita-śekharāya. Candrārka-vaiśvānara-locanāya tasmai vakārāya namaḥ śivāya. Reverencio al Dios de Dioses, la encarnación de la letra "Va", Cuyos ojos son el sol, la luna y el fuego, y que es adorado por los dioses y grandes sabios como Vasishtha, Agastya y Gautama. Yakṣha-svarūpāya jaṭādharāya pināka-hastāya sanātanāya. Divyāya devāya digambarāya tasmai yakārāya namaḥ śivāya. Reverencias al antiguo Dios desnudo, la encarnación de la letra "Ya", que tiene la forma de un Yaksha con largos cabellos enmarañados y que lleva el arco Pinaka en Su mano. Pañcākṣaramidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhetcchiva-sannidhau. Śiva-lokam-avāpnoti śivena saha modate. Quienquiera repita esta plegaria, compuesta con las cinco sílabas sagradas, delante del Señor Shiva, alcanza Su morada suprema y goza allí con Él en eterna felicidad. Shiva Shadakshara Stotram Oṃkāraṃ bindusaṃyuktaṃ nityaṃ dhyāyanti yoginaḥ. Kāmadaṃ mokṣadaṃ caiva oṃkārāya namo mamaḥ. Que reverenciemos siempre al Omkara en el cual los Yoguis fijan su mente constantemente en profundas meditaciones y que satisface todos los deseos confiriendo liberación eterna. Namanti muniyo devā namantyapsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ. Narā namanti deveśaṃ nakārāya namo namaḥ. Reverenciamos al Señor Supremo ante quien se inclinan los mortales y los sabios, los dioses y los grupos de Apsaras, y que es la personificación de la letra "Na". Mahādevaṃ mahātmānaṃ mahākṣhyānaparāyaṇam. Śivamekapadaṃ nityaṃ makārāya namo namaḥ. Reverenciamos por siempre al Gran Dios refulgente, la personificación de la letra "Ma", que es el Ser Trascendental, el Destructor de las múltiples faltas cometidas y el Objeto Supremo de adoración y meditación. Śivaṃ śāntaṃ jagannāthaṃ lokānugrahakārakam. Śivamekapadaṃ nityaṃ śikārāya namo namaḥ. Postraciones ante el Señor del universo, auspicioso y omnipotente, la encarnación de la letra "Shi", que otorga paz y prosperidad al mundo, y que es Uno y Eterno. Vāhanaṃ vṛṣabho yasya vāsukiḥ kaṇṭhabhūṣaṇam. Vāme śaktidharaṃ devaṃ vakārāya namo namaḥ. Reverencias una y otra vez al Señor que tiene a Shakti a Su izquierda y Cuyo vehículo es un toro, que tiene como guirnalda a Vasuki, el rey de las serpientes, y que representa a la letra "Va". Yatra yatra sthito devaḥ sarvavyāpī maheśharaḥ. Yo guruḥ sarvadevānāṃ yakārāya namo namaḥ. Postraciones ante el omnipresente Maheshvara, encarnación de la letra "Ya", el Dios con forma y sin forma, el Guru de los luminosos (Devas). Pañcākṣharamidaṃ stotraṃ yaḥ paṭhecchivasannidhau. Śivalokamavāpnoti śivena saha modate. Quienquiera repita, delante del Señor Shiva, esta plegaria compuesta por las cinco sílabas sagradas alcanza Su morada suprema y goza allí con Él en eterna felicidad. Linga Ashtakam Brahma-murāri-surārcita-liṅgaṃ nirmala-bhāṣita-śobhita-liṅgam. Janmaja-duḥkha-vināśaka-liṅgaṃ tatpraṇamāmi sadāśiva-liṅgam. Me inclino ante el Sadashivalinga (el símbolo del Ser Supremo), que es adorado por Brahma, Vishnu y los otros dioses, que es alabado mediante palabras puras y santas, y que destruye el ciclo de nacimiento y muerte. Deva-muni-pravarārcita-liṅgaṃ kāma-dahaṃ karuṇā-kara liṅgam. Ravaṇa-darpa-vināśana-liṅgaṃ tatpraṇamāmi sadāśiva-liṅgam. Reverencias al Sadashivalinga, el destructor de Cupido, a Quien los Devas y sabios adoran, que es infinitamente compasivo y que subyugó el orgullo de Ravana.
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