{"id":52,"date":"2020-05-01T21:26:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T21:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.himalayanacademy.com\/saivite-bible\/?p=52"},"modified":"2020-06-03T04:32:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T04:32:10","slug":"discover-saivism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.himalayanacademy.com\/saivite-scriptures\/discover-saivism\/","title":{"rendered":"Basics of Saivism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u015aaivism is the world\u2019s oldest religion. Worshiping God \u015aiva, the compassionate One, it stresses potent disciplines, high philosophy, the guru\u2019s centrality and bhakti-r\u0101ja-siddha yoga leading to oneness with \u015aiva within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.himalayanacademy.com\/saivite-bible\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hero-3-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.himalayanacademy.com\/saivite-scriptures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hero-3-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.himalayanacademy.com\/saivite-scriptures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hero-3-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.himalayanacademy.com\/saivite-scriptures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hero-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.himalayanacademy.com\/saivite-scriptures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hero-3-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.himalayanacademy.com\/saivite-scriptures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hero-3-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.himalayanacademy.com\/saivite-scriptures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hero-3-1600x1065.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.himalayanacademy.com\/saivite-scriptures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hero-3.jpg 2001w\" sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u015aaivism is ancient, truly ageless, for it has no beginning. It is the precursor of the many-faceted religion now termed Hinduism. Scholars trace the roots of \u015aiva worship back more than 8,000 years to the advanced Indus Valley civilization. But sa\u00adcred writings tell us there never was a time when \u015aaivism did not exist. Modern history re\u00adcords six main schools: \u015aaiva Siddh\u0101nta, P\u0101\u015bupatism, Kashm\u012br \u015aaivism, V\u012bra \u015aaivism, Siddha Siddh\u0101n\u00adta and \u015aiva Ad\u00advaita. \u015aaivism\u2019s grand\u00adeur and beauty are found in a practical culture, an en\u00adlightened view of man\u2019s place in the universe and a profound system of temple mys\u00adti\u00adcism and&nbsp;<samp>siddha yoga.&nbsp;<\/samp>It provides knowledge of man\u2019s ev\u00ado\u00adlution from God and back to God, of the soul\u2019s un\u00adfold\u00ad\u00ad\u00adment and awak\u00adening guided by en\u00adlightened sages. Like all the sects, its majority are devout families, headed by hundreds of orders of&nbsp;<samp>sw\u0101m\u012bs&nbsp;<\/samp>and&nbsp;<samp>s\u0101\u00addhus&nbsp;<\/samp>who follow the fiery, world-re\u00adnouncing path to&nbsp;<samp>moksha.&nbsp;<\/samp>The&nbsp;<samp>Ved\u00adas<\/samp>&nbsp;state, \u201cBy knowing \u015aiva, the Auspicious One who is hidden in all things, exceedingly fine, like film arising from clarified butter, the One embracer of the universe\u2014by realizing God, one is released from all fetters.\u201d Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u015aaivism is the world\u2019s oldest religion. Worshiping God \u015aiva, the compassionate One, it stresses potent disciplines, high philosophy, the guru\u2019s centrality and bhakti-r\u0101ja-siddha yoga leading to oneness with \u015aiva within. \u015aaivism is ancient, truly ageless, for it has no beginning. It is the precursor of the many-faceted religion now termed Hinduism. Scholars trace the roots of \u015aiva worship back more than 8,000 years to the advanced Indus Valley civilization. But sa\u00adcred writings tell us there never was a time when \u015aaivism did not exist. 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