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Shiva The God of Destruction - Absolute Stillness & Movement | Hindu Religion/Mythology Explained

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  1. [Music] [Music]
  2. for life to continue to be on a constant evolution every single particle which constitute this universe have to abide by
  3. existential laws established by some transcendental entities before anything could ever be born the pre-existing must perish and vanish from
  4. existence a perpetual cycle of creation and destruction birth and death which keeps the universe
  5. balanced and somehow preserves it from chaos in hinduism there's a godly entity pretty much accountable for this eternal
  6. cycle of life the god shiva whose name in some accounts can be translated as that which is not
  7. the auspicious god regarded as the destroyer within the supreme triad of deities with vishnu the preserver and brahma the
  8. creator whom together formed the holy trinity of hinduism shiva is a quite complex figure as he may represent goodness
  9. benevolence and can also serve as a protector he is associated with time and particularly with the destruction
  10. of all things nevertheless his role as the god of destruction is intricately involved with creation the implication is that without death
  11. life cannot possibly exist and therefore personifies the inexorable passage of time and out of destruction as he creates new
  12. life [Music] according to indian traditions the universe is thought to regenerate in
  13. cycles which means that this destruction is not arbitrary but constructive at the end of each cycle he ends the
  14. world which in turn allows the coming forth of creation this conception of his role can make us understand why many perceive
  15. shiva as the absolute nothingness simply because according to the process of the universe everything comes from nothing and goes
  16. back to nothing he is the womb from which everything is born and the oblivion into which everything would be sucked back
  17. everything comes from shiva and inevitably goes back to shiva for practitioners of shiva devotion he is by himself the principle
  18. manifestation of ultimate divinity shiva is perceived in shaivism tradition as the great god the supreme lord who creates protects
  19. and continually transforms the universe in practice shiva stands with vishnu in the goddess shakti where he is depicted as a combined
  20. figure of himself on the right in vishnu on the left while in another fused representation he appears with his female counterpart in
  21. the same configuration as with lord vishnu this represents the synthesis of masculine and feminine energies of the
  22. universe and illustrates the union of these principles as the root and womb of all creation
  23. in such regard it seems likely that shiva and the goddess may have had roots in the pre-aryan civilization of the indus valley mythology
  24. if we pay enough attention there's an indus valley seal depicting a three-faced figure sitting cross-legged in a yogi style
  25. suggesting the great yogi ascetic that the god was meant to become in later hinduism [Music]
  26. in the vedas it's believed that the figure of shiva like we know him might be the result of a combination between various older vedic deities many think
  27. that he may have particularly evolved from the vedic god of storm and emerged into a single major divinity although he is thought to be an older
  28. pre-indo-european god whose attributes appear on seals from the indus valley civilization as previously mentioned
  29. it was not until the second century bce that the god came into his own as the equal and sometimes the superior of vishnu
  30. while being worshipped by his fellow gods as mentioned in the mahabharata [Music] the powerful deity may be represented in
  31. slightly different ways depending on a particular culture but the most common depiction of shiva shows him in a sitting position with his
  32. legs crossed the typical posture of ascetic meditation while holding a variety of significant items
  33. the god may as well appear standing on his right leg with the left one folded in front of the right knee and holds the trishula that
  34. quite resembles to a trident as his mighty weapon he is often seen carrying a rosary while having vasuki
  35. his snake garlanded all around his neck in this guise he usually represents lord of the dance who performs the tandava within a circle of fire
  36. portraying the never ending cycle of time being a divinity so heavily associated with the cyclic occurrence of
  37. destruction in creation shiva possessed the corollary attributes to both events among which the divine ball of flame
  38. responsible for destruction while the drum often fastened to his trident is held accountable for creation
  39. shiva equally has three horizontal white stripes and bears a third vertical eye on his forehead which burns desires to ashes
  40. that eye can transmit his inner radiance with such power that could wreak havoc anything it has gazed upon in order to lift the curse placed on
  41. chandra the god of the moon lord shiva told him to take refuge in his matted hair to protect him from the male addiction
  42. chandra thereafter devoted himself to the god reason why he is depicted wearing the headdress of a crescent moon
  43. which adorns his overall personality the skull often seen by his side represents the fifth head of the creator god
  44. brahma which he decapitated to get rid of his pride over the imperfection of humans nature while in the meantime asserted his own
  45. authority but shiva was condemned to carry that head for a long period before he was purified in the ganges river
  46. that this myth seems to have more than one related version [Music] to settle an agreement between brahma
  47. and vishnu regarding the accountability of whom had created the universe shiva made a pillar of light which appeared in front of both divinities
  48. who curious about it decided to find the extremities of the strange pillar taking the form of a swan brahma went upwards flying while vishnu in the form
  49. of a boar went down digging and finally after searching they both couldn't find anything no matter how far they went
  50. vishnu came back admitting that he couldn't find the end and bow down which on the other hand was not the case for brahma who lied about finding the
  51. upper end when shiva appeared in the middle of the shining pillar and upon discovering the truth
  52. he challenged brahma and cut off his fifth head as punishment while in another account shiva chopped that head off to punish the god for
  53. lusting after his own female creation sandya for the god brahma had became unholy and had given into the cravings of the
  54. flesh abandoning the work of the soul and for this sin shiva cast a curse upon the deity which was that people shouldn't worship brahma any longer
  55. the legend goes on saying that ever since brahma has been continually reciting the four vedas as a form of repentance
  56. [Music] shiva has always been known for his great power but he increased it by
  57. tricking the other gods and became the supreme deity held above all divinities there was once a conflict in which the gods were under attack and
  58. turned to shiva for help he accepted and offered to lend them half of his strength however in order to be an effective
  59. weapon strength needs to be balanced by control and none of the other gods had the ability to master his tremendous force
  60. so lord siva had to came up with a different idea if the gods combined all their strength and then lent him half of it
  61. he could become even stronger and destroy their enemies all at once [Music] after their agreement shiva quickly
  62. concentrated all of his new destructive force into shooting a single arrow which completely defeated the demons but when the battle came to an end shiva
  63. gave in to the temptation of power and refused to give it back he had become the most powerful of all deities and has kept it that way ever
  64. since another celebrated episode describes how shiva became associated with the bull
  65. nandi one day the original mother of all cows began to give birth to an untold number of perfectly white cows
  66. the amount of milk produced for all these cows was so huge that it flooded the home of shiva in the himalayas
  67. furious that his meditation has been disturbed the god struck the animals with fire from his third eye but that wasn't enough to quench his
  68. fury so the other gods sought to appease his anger by offering him a magnificent white bull which he accepted soon enough
  69. the sacred bull nandi would become the mount of shiva and would be regarded as the protector of animals [Music]
  70. however some stories claim that nandi was the unique child of a sage but was fated to die at a really young age
  71. in fear that his father would be grief-stricken after his death nandi prayed to shiva who was pleased by the prayers of the child and gave him a
  72. bell necklace as a gift the god said that he would remove the curse of early death from nandi but the child would take the form of a bull in
  73. exchange later after receiving his visit nandi and his father went to the gods abode where the young child was turned into a
  74. bull and inherited divine knowledge from shiva [Music]
  75. as with any major gods there are literally thousands of myths associated with this important manifestation of hindu
  76. divinity which illustrate his virtuous character and offer instruction on how to live a righteous life
  77. here's a story that emphasizes shiva's nature as a self-sacrifice god there was an ongoing conflict between the gods and the demons
  78. leading to countless losses in both sides which wasn't really pleasant for neither of them and came down to a truce after seeking for vishnu's advice on how
  79. they could keep fighting without any more losses the gods decided to churn up the ocean of milk to bring forth the elixir which
  80. gives its drinker immortality but interesting enough the gods couldn't do it by themselves and acquired help from their enemies
  81. but in return they promised to share the beverage of immortality so that they could all appreciate the ecstasy of an endless war
  82. in order to mix the ocean they used the holy mount mandera and the giant serpent vasuki as a turning rope one end to be pulled by demons and the
  83. other by the gods as they started churning instead of getting the elixir they were looking for a deadly poison came out from the bottom
  84. of the ocean it came up in such huge amount that it threatened to harm the entire world and there was no one willing to do anything
  85. about this once again the gods turned to shiva and begged him for help
  86. without any concern about his own well-being he collected the poison in his palm and swallowed it to save humanity from
  87. its deadly effect it's believed that his wife parvati immediately squeezed his neck to prevent the poison from spreading any further
  88. but it awfully burned his throat leaving a permanent blue scar and ever since the god has been depicted as an ascetic with a blue painted throat
  89. indicating this event the story of the mighty himalayan river genga proves that shiva values the life
  90. of others more than he does for his own to cushion the fall on earth of the holy river that personifies the goddess ganga while avoiding its impact to
  91. inadvertently cause tremendous damage to civilization shiva allowed the tauren to pass through his hair top knot which divided the
  92. river into seven separate streams so that the force of the water flowing straight from heaven doesn't wipe out all of creation
  93. prioritizing the safety of the goddess ganga and humanity over his own which once again illustrates his quality of self-sacrifice and compassion
  94. many of these myths are equally associated with the various forms of his consort sati or more precisely his female counterpart
  95. but he is also closely linked with the terrible cali and the goddess durga who are the embodiment of the feminine energy and the incarnations of parvati
  96. although she is often seen as the second wife of shiva parvati was in fact the reincarnation of sati his first wife who died out of
  97. respect and love for him the story tells how her father daksa didn't approve her marriage to the god and to mock him he held a special
  98. sacrificial feast to all divinities except lord shiva outraged that her husband was not invited to the ceremony sati immolated herself on the
  99. sacrificial fire to this absolute tragedy shiva full of anger created two demons from his hair
  100. who brought carnage on the ceremony and eventually beheaded daksha those who witnessed the massacre appealed to shiva's wrath to end the
  101. violence which he did after coming back to his senses and would even bring daksha back to life but with the head of
  102. a goat to grieve the passing of his wife shiva performed a funeral dance in her honor before
  103. confining himself into many days of meditation sati was eventually reborn as parvati in her next
  104. life and was remarried to shiva [Music] despite being an all-powerful god we can see through this story that
  105. shiva let anger and revenge get the better of him just as much as any human which makes him so close to mankind's inner experiences and emotions than any
  106. other divinity as the one who combines many contradictory elements
  107. there are both benevolent and fearsome depictions of shiva in his benevolent forms he is an ascetic and lover as well as a householder with
  108. his wife parvati and his children in his darker side he is often depicted as an ash smeared vagabond who either roams the graveyards killing demons
  109. or appear as the leader of evil spirits devotees of shiva worshiped him across india as the most auspicious aspect of a divinity
  110. and he is revered in many guises of his own divine supremacy as the great ascetic shiva is the ultimate in the omniscient yogi who
  111. lives an ascetic life on the legendary mount kalash in this model of the yogi ascetic the deity shows severe self-discipline and
  112. abstention from all forms of indulgence and pleasure of the flesh concentrating rather on meditation as a means to find
  113. perfect happiness representation of shiva is believed to be his destructive aspect but also the form that brings relief to
  114. those who place their faith in him while serving as the protector of vedas he is the origin of meditation and yoga which doesn't refer to a bunch of body
  115. and breathing exercises is generally supposed but instead refers to a really powerful tool necessary to raise human
  116. consciousness [Music] in reality yoga is all about understanding the essential knowledge of
  117. how life is created and how it could be taken to ultimate possibilities
  118. as the lord of the dance shiva appears as nataraja the full cosmic capacity of the god that sweeps away all
  119. ignorance represent the exuberance of creation it combines in a single image the roles of shiva as creator
  120. preserver and destroyer of the universe which conveys the indian conception of the never ending cycle of time nataraja portrays shiva's musical play
  121. that is the source of all existential movement a process through which his steps follow the rhythmic sound of universal forces
  122. the divine energy of his dance makes his hair fly to the sides a symbol which implies that through believing in shiva
  123. his devotees can achieve salvation he holds in both upper hands the dimaru that made the primordial sounds of creation
  124. and the fireball powerful enough to destroy the entire universe with his lower right hand he makes the calming abyamudra gesture that restrains
  125. fear while the other points towards his raised foot signifying refuge for the worried souls
  126. the dwarf-like figure being trampled by his right foot represents a pasmara purusha the personification of ignorance leading
  127. mankind away from the truth the purpose behind this dance is to release the soul from the snare of
  128. illusion and takes place at the center of the universe which is actually within the heart of each individual
  129. another guise which devotees generally worship shiva as through the lingam a sacred stone phallus accompanied by the yoni forming the focus of worship
  130. it symbolizes fertility or divine energy found in temples of the god many believe that the myth behind this worship came from during the time
  131. shiva was mourning the death of sati and before her reincarnation he went to a forest to live with sages
  132. but after some time the wives of the rishis soon began to pick an interest for the god out of rage the rishis first sent an
  133. antelope and then a gigantic tiger against the god but shiva swiftly dealt with them and wore the tiger skin thereafter
  134. symbolic of his famed prowess as a hunter the sages then cursed shiva's manhood which fell off in consequence
  135. as the phallus struck the ground it gave rise to a violent earthquake and inevitably scared the riches who later begged for forgiveness which was given
  136. that in turn shiva told them to forever worship his fallen phallus as the symbolic lingam
  137. while proving his superiority to brahma and vishnu the cosmic pillar of light which appeared during the fight between both
  138. divinities in fact emerged from the lingam of the god
  139. but this story of shiva's lingam is not an interpretation shared among all devotees of the god due to its phallic form a misconception
  140. was easily built around it as to be an item of worship related to sexuality but it's a mistake to think of it purely in sexual terms
  141. as the sacred word lingam could mean symbol or sign in other words the lingam is the symbolic form of the god shiva
  142. the divinity without form and the source of the infinite into which everything merged at the end of time
  143. [Music] in indian spiritual traditions shiva is a deity with the linked roles of both creator and destroyer of life however
  144. when we say shiva is the destroyer that universe he destroys doesn't always allude to what we can see and touch
  145. it's not just the material world that is involved but also the intrinsic spiritual universe existing within each individual which is made of an
  146. accumulation of events and impressions that could ruin anyone's future through the daily projection of these thoughts so in order to let mortals appreciate
  147. life and the greatness of creation shiva gets rid of illusions and imperfections of this world while paving the way for beneficial
  148. changes shiva chiefly symbolizes the coming together of opposites as his destructive power is balanced by
  149. his power of creation just like his exuberant dance is paired with the love of meditation and his quick judgment is tempered by
  150. mercy therefore shiva has absolute stillness and absolute movement
  151. the fundamental access to the source of destruction in creation thank you for making it to the end of this video
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