[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Worlds Largest Mercury Sivalingam Installed in Ujjain

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UJJAIN, INDIA, November 14, 2005: Siddha Ashram has completed construction of a temple that is the first one of its kind in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism), as it has a large Sivalinga consisting of 1500 kilograms of Parad (mercury), the largest in the world. The opportunity to have darshan, the touch and worship of this Parad Sivalinga is accredited to one's holy and good deeds done in the previous and present life. The temple and Parad Sivalinga are located on the grounds of Siddha Ashram, Ujjain, India..The founder and head of Siddha Ashram is Acharya Mahamandaleshwara Swami Nardanand Paramahansa Maharaj. The focus of the sadhana (spiritual practices) taught by Swamiji is Kundalini Shaktipat Yoga Meditation, including practices of Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra

 

 

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Mercury Shivalingam of Ujjain

from The Siddha Ashram, India

 

Nov 20 2005

 

The Siddha Ashram of Swami Nardanand Paramahansa have completed the

construction of a 1500 kilogram Parad (Mercury) Shivalingam, which is

the largest of its kind in the world . The Shivalingam and its temple

are located at Siddha Ashram, Ujjain in central India.

It is believed that an opportunity to see, touch and worship this

Parad Shivalingam is accredited to one's holy and good deeds done in

the previous and present life.

 

Why Mercury?

 

In Hindu scriptures mercury is regarded as the best of all metals.

The following is the purport of a sloka from Rasyog Chintamani:

 

" Sphatik is better than paashan, padmaraaj than sphatik, Kashmir

jewel, pushparaaj, i.e., lahasunia than Kashmir jewel, panna than

lahasunia, neelam than panna, godanti or gomed, mauktik than vidrum,

silver than diamond, gold than silver, diamond than gold and parad

(mercury) is yet better than diamond. "

 

Therefore a 'lingam' (phallus) of Lord Shiva made of the best of all

the metals should without doubt defy any parallel.

 

Why Mercury Shivalingam?

 

This analogy of mercury with the human mind is found in Tantra

literature: All the metals and sub-metals send out waves. Mercury is

an unstable metal just as man's mind is the most wavering. When

mercury is stabilized, its waves solidify. This process causes effect

on the mind. If one meditates beside a parad Shivalinga, the mind

naturally gets concentrated. Therefore, a solidified form of mercury

is of great significance because it is extremely helpful in

concentrating the mind.

 

The founder and head of Siddha Ashram is Acharya Mahamandaleshwara

Swami Nardanand Paramahansa Maharaj. The focus of the sadhana

(spiritual practices) taught by the Swami is Kundalini Shaktipat Yoga

Meditation, including practices of Yoga.

 

***************

 

In this era of modern Gurus and God men, individuals come up with all

sorts of innovations to gain cheap publicity and self-importance for

self-sustainance. Krishna devotees will not be fooled by such

gimmicks.

 

Krishnanujan

 

guruvayur , jayamol vijay <jayamolvijay>

wrote:

>

> Reply to shakti shakti <hindushakti2000> wrote:

> >World's Largest Mercury Sivalingam Installed in Ujjain

>

>

> i wonder do we really need more temples ,or restoration of temples

already we have.I am tired of all these new avatars and swamijis they

always work for their name, thier ashram and eventually they become

maharaja...acharya...swamy...

> ext.If god is supream then I refuse to bow my head to these

demigods,I would like to bow my head again and again to that supreme

power. Let us stop worshipping and calling these people maharajas.do

they really deserve it?

>

>

>

> >shakti shakti <hindushakti2000> wrote:

> > World's Largest Mercury Sivalingam Installed in Ujjain

>www.hindunet.org

>

> > UJJAIN, INDIA, November 14, 2005: Siddha Ashram has completed

>construction of a temple that is the first one of its kind in

Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism), as it has a large Sivalinga consisting of

1500 kilograms of Parad (mercury), the largest in the world. The

opportunity to have darshan, the touch and worship of this Parad

Sivalinga is accredited to one's holy and good deeds done in the

previous and present life. The temple and Parad Sivalinga are located

on the grounds of Siddha Ashram, Ujjain, India..

>

> >The founder and head of Siddha Ashram is Acharya Mahamandaleshwara

>Swami Nardanand Paramahansa Maharaj. The focus of the sadhana >

(spiritual practices) taught by Swamiji is Kundalini Shaktipat Yoga

>Meditation, including practices of Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra

>

> Om Namo Narayanaya:

>

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!! Sri Rama Jayam !!

 

Trying to bring some more things to enrich this discussion.

 

1) There is a famous 'Doha' of Kabirdas - " Guru Govind dou khade .. Kakhe lagoo

paye .. Balihari Gurudev ki, Govind diyo dikhaye "

 

That is, " I visualize Guru & Govind (Lord) standing before me .. But to whom

shud I bow first .. Never doubt - bow first to Guru who lead you to the

doorsteps of Govind !'

 

2) Poonthanam also cries for the grace of his very dear Guru as " Gurunathan

thuna cheyka santatham .. Thirunamangal navinmel eppozhum ! " as if reciting

Krishna's name with Guru's grace will only bear the real fruit.

 

3) Hanuman chalisa begins with - " Sri Guru charan saroj raj nij man mukuru

sudhaar ... Baranau Raghuvar vimal yash jo dayak phal chaar " which means " I

cleanse my dirty heart with the dust of Lotus-foot of my Guru & then only will I

be eligible to sing the glory of Rama ! "

 

4) Let us observe Arjuna. He enjoyed the company of Govinda (Krishna) right from

his very childhood. He treated Krishna as his best friend & playmate. But

Krishna blessed him with the piousness & immortality of Bhagavad GITA only &

only when Arjuna had accepted him as a GURU, leaving behind all other

relationships. The same applies to Uddhavar also.

 

5) Bhagavattam starts with Parikshit's urge to discover a guru who will bring

him immortality. To be noted that Srimad Bhagavattam being the textual form of

Krishna also repeats - " Narayana - Akhilaguro ! " so many times.

 

So high is the GURU seated !

 

A saying goes like this - " If Sri Mahadevar is angry with you, your GURU will

reach to your protection, but in case your GURU is unhappy even 1000 Mahadevars

cannot aid you ! "

 

Hare Krishna

Hare Rama

 

 

 

 

guruvayur [guruvayur ]On

Behalf Of krishnanujan

Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:02 AM

guruvayur

Re: [Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Worlds Largest Mercury Sivalingam

Installed in Ujjain

 

 

Hari-Om

=======

Krishna Prasad,

 

Yes, We all should have or had, a Gurunathan or a teacher from whom

we learned the basic lessons in school and went on to have lecturers

and professors in Colleges and Universities.

Now, to have a Guru in one's personal life is different.

It is said that we do not find a Guru but The Guru finds us, when the

time is ripe- and it is not every true devotee of the Lord who comes

across a Guru or vice versa in his/her present life.

A gurunathan (teacher ) who teaches you ABCD in school is quite

different from a GURU, who is a spiritusl master / head of a religious

sect. A guru leads you towards the path of self-realization.

So how do we recognize a genuine Guru?

 

 

Who's A Guru?

 

All About the Hindu Spiritual Teacher

 

 

Guru is the God, say the scriptures. Indeed, the 'guru' in Vedic

tradition is looked upon as one no less than a God. 'Guru' is a

honorific designation of a preceptor as defined and explained

variously in the scriptures and ancient literary works including

epics. The English word 'guru' has its etymological origin in the

Sanskrit term. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English

defines it as " Hindu spiritual teacher or head of religious sect;

influential teacher; revered mentor " .

 

Aren't gurus more real than the gods? Basically the guru is a

spiritual teacher leading the disciple on the path of " god-

realization " . In essence, the guru is considered a respected person

with saintly qualities who enlightens the mind of his disciple, an

educator from whom one receives the initiatory mantra, and one who

instructs in rituals and religious ceremonies. The Vishnu Smriti and

Manu Smriti regards the Acharya (teacher), along with the mother and

the father as the most venerable gurus of an individual. According to

Deval Smriti there can be eleven kinds of gurus and according to Nama

Chintamani ten. According to his functions he is categorized as

rishi, acharyam, upadhya, kulapati or mantravetta.

 

The Guru's Role

The Upanishads have profoundly underlined the role of the guru.

Mundak Upanishad says to realize the supreme godhead holding samidha

grass in his hands one should surrender himself before the guru who

knows the secrets of Vedas. Kathopanishad too speaks of the guru as

the preceptor who alone can guide the disciple on the spiritual path.

 

Over time the guru's syllabus gradually enlarged incorporating more

secular and temporal subjects related to human endeavor and

intellect. Apart from usual spiritual works his sphere of instruction

now included subjects like Dhanurvidya (archery), Arthashastra

(economics) and even Natyashastra (dramatics) and Kamashastra

(sexology).

 

Such was the ingenuity of the all pervading intellect of the ancient

Acharyas that they perpetuated even shastra like thievery. Shudraka's

celebrated play Mricchakatikam tells the story of Acharya

Kanakashakti who formulated the Chaurya Shastra, or the science of

thievery, which was further developed by the gurus like

Brahmanyadeva, Devavrata and Bhaskarnandin.

 

From Hermitages to Universities

Gradually the institution of Gurukula or in-forest-hermitage, where

disciples learnt at the feet of guru for long years was evolved. The

great urban universities at Takshashila, Vikramashila and Nalanda

essentially evolved from these tiny gurukulas tucked away in deep

woods. If we have to believe the records of Chinese travellers who

visited Nalanda at that time, there were more than 1,500 teachers

teaching various subjects to more than 10,000 students and monks.

 

Legends of Gurus & Desciples

There were gurus as well as disciples of different hues to whom

references were made in scriptures and literary works. The most

popular legend is that of the amazing young tribal boy Ekalavya on

being rejected by the ace trainer Dronacharya, raised his statue and

with great dedication practised the art of archery and left behind

Arjuna, the master archer, who actually learnt the art under the

living guru. And the heartless guru asked for his thumb as

gurudakshina or fees, and made him inferior before his royal

disciple. In the Chandogya Upanishad, we meet an aspiring disciple

Satyakama, who refuses to tell lies about his caste in order to get

an admission in the gurukula of Acharya Haridrumat Gautam. And in the

Mahabharata we come across Karna who did not bat an eyelid while

telling Parashurama that he belonged to the Bhrigu Brahmin caste just

to obtain the Brahmastra, the supreme weapon.

 

The Lasting Contribution

From generation to generation the institution of the guru has evolved

various basic tenets of Indian culture and transmitted spiritual and

fundamental knowledge. Gurus formed the axis of ancient educational

system and ancient society, and enriched various fields of learning

and culture by their creative thinking. Herein lies the lasting

significance of gurus and their contribution to the upliftment of

mankind.

 

********************

 

Jai Shree Krishna !

 

- In guruvayur , Krishna Prasad <rkrishp99@g...> wrote:

>

> Hari OM!

>

> Dear Krishnanujan,

>

> Happy New Year 2006!

>

> There is nothing wrong in worshipping Guru's that means real Sat

Guru! Even

> Lord Krishna had a Sat Guru! Guru Sandeepany, How will you learn to

write

> English??? or whatever language or how would you learn to graduate

or any

> " Viday " you mastered, I hope you are not self learned there is some

or other

> teacher there. So Please think!

>

> With Love & OM!

>

> Krishna Prasad

>

>

> On 1/1/06, krishnanujan <krishnanujan> wrote:

> >

> > Mercury Shivalingam of Ujjain

> > from The Siddha Ashram, India

> >

> > Nov 20 2005

> >

> > The Siddha Ashram of Swami Nardanand Paramahansa have completed

the

> > construction of a 1500 kilogram Parad (Mercury) Shivalingam,

which is

> > the largest of its kind in the world . The Shivalingam and its

temple

> > are located at Siddha Ashram, Ujjain in central India.

> > It is believed that an opportunity to see, touch and worship this

> > Parad Shivalingam is accredited to one's holy and good deeds done

in

> > the previous and present life.

> >

> > Why Mercury?

> >

> > In Hindu scriptures mercury is regarded as the best of all metals.

> > The following is the purport of a sloka from Rasyog Chintamani:

> >

> > " Sphatik is better than paashan, padmaraaj than sphatik, Kashmir

> > jewel, pushparaaj, i.e., lahasunia than Kashmir jewel, panna than

> > lahasunia, neelam than panna, godanti or gomed, mauktik than

vidrum,

> > silver than diamond, gold than silver, diamond than gold and parad

> > (mercury) is yet better than diamond. "

> >

> > Therefore a 'lingam' (phallus) of Lord Shiva made of the best of

all

> > the metals should without doubt defy any parallel.

> >

> > Why Mercury Shivalingam?

> >

> > This analogy of mercury with the human mind is found in Tantra

> > literature: All the metals and sub-metals send out waves. Mercury

is

> > an unstable metal just as man's mind is the most wavering. When

> > mercury is stabilized, its waves solidify. This process causes

effect

> > on the mind. If one meditates beside a parad Shivalinga, the mind

> > naturally gets concentrated. Therefore, a solidified form of

mercury

> > is of great significance because it is extremely helpful in

> > concentrating the mind.

> >

> > The founder and head of Siddha Ashram is Acharya Mahamandaleshwara

> > Swami Nardanand Paramahansa Maharaj. The focus of the sadhana

> > (spiritual practices) taught by the Swami is Kundalini Shaktipat

Yoga

> > Meditation, including practices of Yoga.

> >

> > ***************

> >

> > In this era of modern Gurus and God men, individuals come up with

all

> > sorts of innovations to gain cheap publicity and self-importance

for

> > self-sustainance. Krishna devotees will not be fooled by such

> > gimmicks.

> >

> > Krishnanujan

> >

> > guruvayur , jayamol vijay

<jayamolvijay>

> > wrote:

> > >

> > > Reply to shakti shakti <hindushakti2000> wrote:

> > > >World's Largest Mercury Sivalingam Installed in Ujjain

> > >

> > >

> > > i wonder do we really need more temples ,or restoration of

temples

> > already we have.I am tired of all these new avatars and swamijis

they

> > always work for their name, thier ashram and eventually they

become

> > maharaja...acharya...swamy...

> > > ext.If god is supream then I refuse to bow my head to these

> > demigods,I would like to bow my head again and again to that

supreme

> > power. Let us stop worshipping and calling these people

maharajas.do

> > they really deserve it?

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > >shakti shakti <hindushakti2000> wrote:

> > > > World's Largest Mercury Sivalingam Installed in Ujjain

> > >www.hindunet.org

> > >

> > > > UJJAIN, INDIA, November 14, 2005: Siddha Ashram has completed

> > >construction of a temple that is the first one of its kind in

> > Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism), as it has a large Sivalinga

consisting of

> > 1500 kilograms of Parad (mercury), the largest in the world. The

> > opportunity to have darshan, the touch and worship of this Parad

> > Sivalinga is accredited to one's holy and good deeds done in the

> > previous and present life. The temple and Parad Sivalinga are

located

> > on the grounds of Siddha Ashram, Ujjain, India..

> > >

> > > >The founder and head of Siddha Ashram is Acharya

Mahamandaleshwara

> > >Swami Nardanand Paramahansa Maharaj. The focus of the sadhana >

> > (spiritual practices) taught by Swamiji is Kundalini Shaktipat

Yoga

> > >Meditation, including practices of Yoga, Vedanta and Tantra

> > >

> > > Om Namo Narayanaya:

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Om Namo Narayanaya:

> >

> >

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