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dasimayya s vachanas shat sthala shat sthala theological aspect shat sthala psychological aspect shat sthala veerashaivism mysticism shat sthala steps in shiva yoga civitas dei mysticism sampadane shunya sampadane the genesis of shunya sampadane i the genesis of shunya sampadane ii prabhudeva s dialogues veerashaiva weltanschauung shakti vishista advait shakti vishishtha advaita doctrine shakti vishishta advait relative dualism the transcendental concrete virashaiva blog virashaiva darshan pearls of wisdom sayings of wisdom the importance of three english the importance of three hindi hymn of the lord shiva yoga pearls prayer yoga pearls sri allama prabhu allama prabhu s vachans allama prabhu veerashaiva prophet allama prabhu his life allama prabhu his legacy allama prabhu a literary genius i allama prabhu a literary genius ii prabhudeva s philosophy prabhudeva s dialogues sri prabhudeva and sri aurobindo sri basaveshwar basava s vachanas buddha and buddhism basava and hinduism basava and labour basava and his work basava and his mission basava and the welfare state basava and kannada literature the great socio religious reformer basava as a mystic basava as a prophet basava as a humanist basava as a statesman sri akka mahadevi akka mahadevi s vachanas akka mahadevi the genuine mystic akka mahadevi s pentagram sri chenna basaveshwar sri chennabasava s vachanas chennabasava s yoga of golden mean life of sri chennabasaveshwar chennabasavanna the poet chennabasavanna the saint chennabasavanna on sat sthala chenna basavanna on shiva yoga thus spake the sharanas sri siddharameshwar sri siddharameshwar s vachanas life of sri siddharameshwar shiva yoga technique of opening the third eye what is ishta linga what is shiva yoga how to practice shiva yoga science in shiva yoga practice more info on shiva yoga lingayat society the social aspect of veerashaivism nisus in veerashaivism i nisus in veerashaivism ii quintessence of lingayatism i quintessence of lingayatism ii beliefs of lingayats societal customs festivals prominent lingayat figures veerashaivism in 21st century future of veerashaivism places of interest sri shailya basava kalyan kudala sangameshwar ullavi abode of chennabasaveshwar solapur abode of siddharameshwar terdal holy shrine of allama prabhu dharwad holy abode of sharanas tapovan shantivan navkalyan math tapovan shantivan the samadhi temple the divine temple divya devalaya the divine temple divine temple divine sayings shraddhanajali to shri kumarswamiji shri kumarswamiji s works life and works of shri swamiji shri swamiji s hand writing comments by eminent thinkers devotee s experiences guestbook contact us you are here home search for welcome to spiritual world of veerashaiva s veerashaivism historically speaking is a fragrant full fledged and full blown flower of shaivism shaivism has flourished with minor differentiations from pre vedic times to the end of the 11th century and its exponents have hailed from the north as well as from the south but the beginning of the 12th century saw the ascendency of jainism and vaishnaivism and the decadence of shaivism by the middle of the 12th century there appeared on the horizon of the religious firmament of karnatak a great saint philosopher religious teacher social reformer all rolled into one and named basava who rescued shaivism from its decadence freed it from the shackles of varnashrama and gave it a new dimension it is this that revived regenerated and revolutionized shaivism which over the years has come to be known as veerashaivism in the words of dr radhakrishnan basava gave to veerashaivism a prophetic turn and a popular appeal veerashaivism is a form of shaivism with an integral and distinct aspect of its own the word veera prefixed to shaiva is intended to make the distinction between the two the characteristic feature of shaivism is the shivalinga form of worship in temples shivalinga being a plastic representation of the self existent truth but the distinctive mark of veerashaivism is the ishtalinga form of worship that is to say it advocates the wearing of linga upon the body of each person so that the body becomes a temple fit for god to dwell in the linga thus worn becomes a symbol of the presence of god not in the far off heavens but in the very cells of the body the wearing of linga with the constant remembrance of the divine envelops the habit of living in actual contact with god this faith has adherents numbering about eight millions scattered all over india though concentrated mainly in karnatak it is generally conceded that in the veerashaiva faith there are five prophets and they are allama prabhu basavanna akkamahadevi channabasavanna and siddharama the life and teachings of these prophets have been an inspiring force for vibrancy of veerashaiva faith akkamahadevi is the prophet of emotion basavanna is the prophet of action while allam prabhu is the prophet of intuition or he is the messiah in the words of sri aurobindo the messiah is the divine seer will descending upon the human consciousness to reveal to it the divine meaning behind our half blind action and to give along with the vision the exalted will that is faithful and performs and the ideal force that executes according to the vision in the 12th century in karnataka there was a galaxy of lingayat saints the preoccupation of whom was to realize god and to remould the individual life and social institutions by that realization the self of the cosmos and the self of man are identically the same and so are one the self or the individual is termed anga which is chit rupa the pure conscient the self of the cosmos is termed linga which is sat rupa the pure existent and that anga and linga are one and the same is proved by the subjective mode of worship the realization of the one being in the objective world process through self awarenes is samarasya delight equal and equable in the inscriptions of mohenjo daro and harappa four distinct and clear terms are found to have referred to an amma anil and attam respectively stand for shiva shakti sharana and srishti a veerashaiva is often addressed as lingavanta or lingayata what does lingayata mean ayata means that which has come in veerashaivism there is convention that the guru or the preceptor bestows linga upon the child after it is born again the guru confers linga upon the disciple at the time of initiation in any case the linga must come from the guru and he who wears linga that has been given by a guru is called lingayata the linga worshipped in the temples goes by the name of shivalinga or sthvaralinga and the linga worshipped and worn on the body goes by the name ishtalinga ishtalinga is a miniature of shivalinga ishtalinga is an indispensable means for the practice of shiva yoga shiva yoga is a technique of opening the third eye that there is a path which brings about at inner change in man is recognized by all the great religions and the chief features of that path are described in similar terms in every one of the great faiths of the world in shiva yoga the path is characterised by six stages sat sthala namely bhakta sthala mahesha sthala prasadi sthala pranalingi sthala sharana sthala and aikya sthala from the works of param poojya shri kumarswamiji books technique of opening the third eye religion of humanity towards the spiritual nisus buddha and basava prarthana yoga shivayoga sandeshgalu virashaiva darshan mukanna kal pravaha palata anveshane mina kanna kadaliya vachangalu the virashaiva weltanschuuang virashaiva philosophy mysticism prasad vani virashaiva philosophy mysticism photo gallery young kumarswamiji zagreb satsang group russian satsang group swamiji birthday celebrations in russia with devotees from france with devotees from croatia swamiji at shanmukhanand hall mumbai swamiji at haji ali engineering college mumbai france visit in france with shri wodeyer ex vice chanceller karnataka university felicitation at pune with chief minister shri r gundu rao tapovan amrit mahostava 1985 at pune ayurveda prashala pune visit after penance in 1965 with dr hodis with shri shivaraj patil with shri govind narayan ex governer of karnataka inaugurating veerashaiva bank andheri branch with shri vilasrao deshmukh with shri k k shah ex governer of karnataka h h swamiji with dharmadhikari veerendra hegade param dharma chakra award young kumarswamiji shri swamiji s birth place at hunshikatti ex vice president of india garlanding shri swamiji shri kumarswamiji in dhyan mudra at tapovan diya shri kumarswamiji at navakalyan math videos tapovan main gate gurudeva s dhyan mandir samadhi construction 2006 hunshikatti lord anjaneya temple sri rudramuni festival fair sri rudra muni festival at hunshikatti sri rudramuni original temple ishtalinga making demonstration shri swamiji s room at saptapur naviluteerth trip divya devalaya view divyadevalyadarshanmondaymorning shri kumarswamiji life in pictures home shri kumarswamiji vachanas 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