Song 665 – LORD SHIVA OF THE FLAME (12x)
LORD SHIVA OF THE FLAME – Song 665
AUM Shiva (8x)
Lord Shiva of the flame
I AM thy flame, I AM thy fire, I AM Shiva.
Lord Shiva of the light
I AM thy light, I AM thy love, I AM Shiva.
(hold 4 beats, rest 1)
I AM thy mystery of love
Thy joyous life, thy energy
Beloved Shiva.
I AM thy waterfall of life
So cool and sweet thy love to me
Beloved Shiva. (hold 7 beats, rest 1/2)
I come to the heart of the mountain
I come to the heart of the dove (hold 2 beats, rest 1/2)
I gather thy diamonds in the way
In thy heart I AM Shiva, Shiva, Shiva
Interlude—4 beats
AUM Shiva, AUM Shiva, AUM (hold 2 beats, rest 1)
I exercise thy name
Shiva! Shiva
I speak it again and again
Shiva! Shiva
I challenge the darkness on the way
And I listen to Shiva, Shiva, Shiva.
Interlude—3 measures, 3 beats, 4/4 time
Refrain:
*Let the Lord be praised East and West!
(East and West!)* (3x)
In the name of Shiva!
In the name of Shiva!
(Repeat refrain)
Shiva!
Who is Lord Shiva?
Shiva is one of the most popular deities in India. Along with Brahma and Vishnu, he is part of the Hindu triad, the trimurti. Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are understood to be three manifestations of the One Supreme Being. They are the “three in one,” corresponding to the Western Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Brahma personifies the creator aspect of God, Vishnu the preserver and protector and Shiva the destroyer or dissolver. Shiva embodies all these aspects to Hindus who select him as their chosen deity.
Shiva’s devotees revere him as the supreme Reality, the total Godhead. They see him as the Guru of all gurus, the destroyer of worldliness, ignorance, evil and evildoers, hatred and disease. He bestows wisdom and long life, and he embodies renunciation and compassion.
Hindu beliefs
The name Shiva is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning “auspicious,” “kind” or “friendly.” The many aspects and functions of Shiva are represented in the various names given to him. The Hindu scripture called Shiva-Purana gives 1,008 names for Shiva. One of Shiva’s names is Shambhu, which means “benevolent” or “causing happiness.” Another name is Shankara, meaning “giver of joy” or “bestower of good.” As Mahadeva, he is the “great god.”
Pashupati is another epithet, which means “lord of cattle.” As Lord of Cattle, Shiva is the herdsman or shepherd of souls. Shiva is portrayed riding a white bull named (“joyful”). According to Hindu tradition, he was one of Shiva’s devotees who assumed the form of a bull because the human body was not strong enough to contain his devotional ecstasy for Shiva. Nandi the bull is depicted in most Shiva temples. He is usually seated, facing the figure of Shiva. Nandi symbolizes the soul of man longing for God. He also represents the soul who is in deep contemplation of Shiva as the supreme Reality. Shiva will help you to unlock your supreme Reality.
Devotion to Shiva
The worship of Shiva is rooted in the tradition of bhakti yoga, the path of union with God through love. The devotee chooses a specific deity or incarnation of God to whom he gives all of his devotion. He loves this aspect of God more than anything or anyone else.
Singing bhajans, with voice and heart upraised in sublime praise to Shiva, is one of the ways devotees move closer to their Lord. They also pray to him, emulate him, have faith in his grace and compassion, and venerate his image. In bhakti yoga, the deity represents the Atman—the indwelling God, the imperishable, undecaying core of man. As the disciple adores his chosen ideal, he not only unfolds his own latent divinity but he also becomes one with his beloved. The goal of the lovers of Shiva is to gain shivatva, the nature of Shiva.
As the soul cultivates supreme love for Shiva, he comes as the Guru to save the soul, to awaken her to her inner reality and to purge her of all lesser loves. By continually contemplating his name and image, by forsaking all that is not Shiva—the distractions of the mind and the temporary delights of the senses—the soul becomes solely a creature of the divine will. She is moved and animated by Shiva’s cosmic dance, until she and Shiva are at last one. “None know where the Lord [Shiva] resides,” says Tirumular, the saint and yogi who wrote more than three thousand hymns to Shiva. “To them who seek him he resides eternally within. When you see the Lord, he and you become one.”
Attributes of Shiva
Shiva is a study in contrasts. He symbolizes both contemplation and action. He is often shown deep in meditation as a mendicant yogi. As the Maha Yogi, or great yogi, he is the King of Yogis, the supreme embodiment of the spirit of asceticism. Shiva also personifies the dynamic universe. In the Hindu scripture Kurma-Purana, Shiva says: “I am the originator, the god abiding in supreme bliss. I, the yogi, dance eternally.”
According to Hindu belief, Shiva performs a variety of dances. One of his dances is called the Tandava. This is his dance of creation and destruction. Shiva dances the universe into being, sustains it and then dances it out of existence at the end of an age. The most celebrated representation of Shiva is that of Nataraja, the King of Dancers, or Lord of the Dance. The place of Nataraja’s dance is the golden hall at the center of the universe. This golden hall represents the heart of man. One Hindu hymn that celebrates Shiva’s dance says that “as he dances, he appears in the immaculate lotus of the heart.”
Mount Kailas
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Mount Kailas is Shiva’s throne and the location of his paradise. This majestic mountain is the highest point of the Kailas mountain range in the Tibetan Himalayas. Hindus revere Kailas as the most holy mountain in the world and make pilgrimages there.
The relationship of Shiva with his devotees is an intensely personal one. Although he resides at Kailas, his favorite home is in the heart of his devotees.
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