Stanzas

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Thank you Marcus for that beautiful post we just received. Tonight I am

playing the postman and so I will forward this to a couple of other

lists.

 

Harsha

 

Gemini wrote:

> Below are the six stanzas on

> salvation. Chanted in Sanskrit transliteration, these stanzas are

> presented here in English. Beautifully written, they proclaim the True

> nature of Self...I am Shiva! Shiva in his immanent aspect is above

> creation. The eternal witness; unchanging, eternal, full, omnipotent,

> omnipresent, timeless, and of omniscience. Shiva in his immanent

> aspect is the divine Parashakti. From Sadashiva ascending to the gross

> form of Purusa, all is the creative Shakti or power of Shiva. This

> world is Shakti in the creative display of countless offshoots of the

> three primary energies. These are Iccha Shakti (divine Will), Jnana

> Shakti (divine Knowledge), and Kriya Shakti (divine Action, or

> Movement). These are the three primary energies of the one Parashakti,

> which branch off into innumerable currents. The product of which is

> this world. Shiva is no-thing (transcendant). Shiva is all things

> (Parashakti). Shiva is never one thing. This is the message of the Six

> Stanzas of Salvation: I am

> Shiva!

> NIRVANASHATKAM Six Stanzas on

> Salvation 1. I am neither the conscious nor the unconscious mind,

> neither intelligence nor ego, neither the ears nor the tongue nor the

> senses of smell and sight, neither ether nor air nor fire nor water

> nor earth. I am consciousness and bliss. I am Shiva! I am Shiva! 2. I

> am neither the prana nor the five vital airs, neither the seven body

> components nor the five sheaths, neither speech nor hands nor feet nor

> anus nor sex organ. I am consciousness and bliss. I am Shiva! I am

> Shiva! 3. Neither aversion nor attachment, neither avarice nor

> delusion, neither arrogance nor the feeling of jealousy, at all,

> neither righteousness nor wealth nor pleasure are mine. I am

> consciousness and bliss. I am Shiva! I am Shiva! 4. I am neither

> virtue nor vice, neither pleasure nor pain, neither mantra nor sacred

> place, neither Vedas nor sacrifices. I am neither the food nor the

> eater nor the act of eating. I am consciousness and bliss. I am Shiva!

> I am Shiva! 5. Neither death nor doubt nor caste distinction, neither

> father nor mother nor even birth are mine, at all. I am neither

> brother nor friend, neither Guru nor disciple, indeed. I am

> consciousness and bliss. I am Shiva! I am Shiva! 6. I am without

> thought, without form. I am all-pervasive, I am everywhere, yet I am

> beyond all senses. I am neither detachment nor salvation nor anything

> that could be measured. I am consciousness and bliss. I am Shiva! I am

> Shiva! Hail the true

> Guru. MahabhaktiM