Fwd: Shiva's twelve names

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Dear Sri Swamy, please post your translation of lingaashhTakam as well.

 

 

--- Swarna Venkateswara Swamy <truthseeker123x wrote:

> Sun, 22 Sep 2002 02:57:14 -0700 (PDT)

> Swarna Venkateswara Swamy <truthseeker123x

> Shiva's twelvce names

> Daniel Kerr <dhkerrmail

> CC: MSR <miinalochanii

>

> Dear Mr.Kerr,

>

> Om Nama Sivaya. Glad to note your interest in Siva,

> Shakti etc. The twelve names of Sri Siva which you

> referred are the Dwadasa Jyotirlinga Kshetrams, i.e.

> twelve abodes of Siva in the form of Pillar of Light

> (Jyoti means light, Linga in that context can be

> thought of as a pillar, He is considered to be the

> Central Pillar supporting the Universe). If you know

> how to pronounce Sanskrit words, it is good. else, it

> may be better to buy the CD or Audio Cassette

> containing this and other Stotras of Sri Siva. I

> presume you are residing in USA. If so, you will get

> the CDs or cassettes from many online stores.

>

> If you want to read the twelve names of Sri Siva,

> there is another way. I am giving below, the meaning

> of that Dwadasa Jyotirlinga Stotram.

>

> In Saurashtra He is Somanaatha (o is long like in go)

> In Srisailam He is Mallikaarjuna

> In Ujjain He is Mahaa kaale'shwar(e' is pronounced as

> ye in yet, but long like sa in same)

> In Omkara He is Amale'swar

> In Parli He is Vaidyanaatha

> In Dakin (South?) He is Bheemashankar (e is pronounced

> as i in in, so ee means a long i)

> In Setu Bandhan (Rame'swaram) He is Raame'shwar

> In Daarukavan He is Nage'shwar

> In Varanaasi He is Vishwe'shwara

> On the banks of Gautami He is Trayambake'shwar

> In Himalayas He is Kedare'shwar (Kedarnath)

> In Ghrushne'shwar He is Siva

>

> Phala Shruti (now listen to the reward)

>

> To the man who recites evening and morning the names

> of these jyotirlingas (Siva in the form of Pillars of

> Light),

>

> Even the memory of Sins committed in seven births will

> be destroyed!

>

> Now, that is a great promise isn't it Mr.Kerr? I do

> hope you believe in rebirth. If you do, the above

> makes sense. All of us commit mistakes and thus beget

> sin only due to ignorance of our true self, true

> nature, which is same as that of Siva (that is why an

> enlightened soul like Sri Adi Shankara answered when

> asked 'Who are you?': 'I am not the body, I am not the

> senses, I am not the mind, I am not the intellect, I

> am in fact Siva!)'. So remembering Sri Siva, that is

> remembering our true nature in the evning and in the

> morning (this is very significant, the physical

> darkness represents our spiritual darkness!, so the

> author says remember Siva in the evening and in the

> morning (next day)), removes our spiritual ignorance.

> Since Siva is being remembered as Light in the above

> Hymn, Light destroys darkness. Once the darkness of

> ignorance is removed, where is the question of sin?

>

> Sin and its opposite, Punyam both are to the astral

> body, the Sukshma Sareeram (a small body composed of

> the desires, aversions etc., the mind you can say)

> which travels from physical body to another physical

> body during its many births.

>

> Once we get self-enlightenment (again light comes into

> picture here), we realise that our identification with

> our astral body is out of ignorance. So once we get

> rid of this attachment, the bonds of previous seven

> births which have all the vasanas (seeds of desires)

> will be broken and the author of this hymn promises

> that we will be freed from the memories of the sins

> committed in the last seven birhs, i.e., all the

> vasanas are destroyed.

>

> Thanks to you Mr.Kerr, for prompting me to reply and

> get my own ideas clear.

>

> Smartha is a person who follows Smriti, i.e. the

> Puranas, Itihasas etc., and the teachings of Acharyas

> like Sri Sankara. Smartas worship all Gods, vishnu,

> Siva, Ganesha, Sakti, Subramanya etc., without any

> problem. Saivaites worship Siva and Sakti but not

> Vishnu. Vaishnavites worship Vishnu, Lakshmi etc., but

> not Siva, Ganesha, Subramanya, Sakti.

>

> Buddhi and Siddhi are represented as the wives, or

> consorts of Sri Ganesha. But He is also supposed to be

> celibate, i.e. a Brahmachari. So we can think of a

> non-physical relationship between Sri Ganesha and

> Siddhi and Buddhi. Ganesha can be thought of as the

> Self (Pure mind) and is always accompanied or

> manifested by Intellect (Buddhi) and ability to carry

> out jobs (Siddhi). That there is no sexual

> relationship means that the mind is free from desires.

>

> Dear Shri Ravi (moderator of Amba-L Group)!

>

> Namaste. The above is a very long mail and it may not

> be of interest to other readers who may be knowing all

> the above and more. So I have replied to Mr.Kerr

> separately with a copy to you. If you feel anything in

> it will be of interest to others, you are free to post

> that portion to Amba-L or any other list.

>

> Recently by Siva's grace, I had the good fortune to

> translate the meaning of Lingashtakam into english for

> the benefit of another devotee of Siva. If you are

> interested or if any other member is interested, i can

> send it separately. Or it can be posted on a suitable

> Siva site. Thanks.

>

> With Sata Koti Namaskarams to Sri Siva, Sakti.

>

> Swamy SV

>

> Note: Mr.Kerr, Swamy is a part of my name given to me

> by my parents at my birth. It does not make me a holy

> man, a Sanyasi. Ravi knows it, but you may get

> confused. You can address me simply as Swamy if you

> want but not as Swamyji!

>

> Message: 3

> Mon, 16 Sep 2002 10:34:27 -0700 (PDT)

> MSR <miinalochanii

> New member: Daniel Kerr

>

>

> --- Daniel Kerr <dhkerrmail wrote:

> > "Daniel Kerr" <dhkerrmail

> > -owner

> > Sat, 14 Sep 2002 11:02:37 -0500

> > Re: File - Ambaa

> >

> > To Ambaa-l Moderator:

> >

> > I am a devotee of Ma and Lord Shiva from the U.S.

> > I have done some simple pujas and homas.

> > Presently I mostly just do japa and meditation.

> > I was greatful to receive the shivAShTottara shata

> nAmAvaLiH from the

> > Shaivam Home Page (www.shaaivam.org) which helped me

> with my

> > pronunciation of Lord Shivas 108 names.

> > Does anyone know of a similar rendering for Lord

> Ganesha? Anyone

> > have any information on Lord Ganeshas (rarely

> mentioned) shaktis Shri

> > Buddhi and Shri Siddhi?

> >

> > I also like this list of 12 names of Lord Shiva, but

> wish that I knew

> > where the syllable breaks and the vowel accents

> were. Spelling may

> > be wrong, but it's how I got it off a shiva site.

> > Appologies.

> >

> > Saurashtra Somnatha Cha Shrishaile Mallikarjunam

> >

> > Ujjainyam Mahakalomkare Mammaleshwaram

> >

> > Parlyam Vaijnatham Cha Dakinyam Bheem Shankaram

> >

> > Setu Bandhe Tu Ramesham Nagesham Daruka Vane

> >

> > Varanasya Tu Vishwesham Tribakam Gautamitate

> >

> > Himalaye Tu Kedaram Ghurmesham Cha Shivalaye

> >

> > Aetani Jyotirlingani Sayam Prataha Prathennaraha

> >

> > Sapta Janma Kritam Papam Smaranen Vinashyati

> >

> > Om Shanti Shanti Shanthih

> >

> >

> > Question: What is a smaarta?

> >

> >

>

> =====

> in search of truth and with prayers to Govinda to help reach that

> goal in this life itself, and with best wishes to you that your goals

> may be reached,

>

> yours sincerely,

>

>

>

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