Guest guest Posted April 12, 1999 Report Share Posted April 12, 1999 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 1999 Report Share Posted April 12, 1999 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. Mahabhakti M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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