Tag: Shivaratri

  • Siva is my very nature

    Siva is my very nature

    1st March 2022, Shivaratri Celebrations – Amritapuri Excerpts from Amma’s Shivaratri Message India is a land of countless religious festivals and celebrations. These festivals and celebrations support the social life of the people and increase their faith and ethical values. Among the festivals of Sanatana Dharma, one of the most important is Sivaratri.True Sivaratri means…

  • Sivaratri leads us to bliss, oneness with God

    Sivaratri leads us to bliss, oneness with God

    11 March, 2021 – Shivaratri celebrations, Amritpuri Excerpts from Amma’s message on Shivaratri Sivaratri is the night that gives us supreme auspiciousness. Sivaratri is a celebration that combines spiritual austerities, renunciation, fasting, devotion and knowledge. By worshipping Lord Siva through all of these, we attain supreme auspiciousness. This means becoming one with God. Lord Siva…

  • When we renounce the heaviest burden of our ego, we will rise to the plane of Shiva

    When we renounce the heaviest burden of our ego, we will rise to the plane of Shiva

    Lord Shiva is the supreme bliss and complete perfection of that ego-renunciation. Shivaratri is the knowledge ‘I am that perfection’.

  • Why do people cry in front of Amma?

    Why do people cry in front of Amma?

    when I got hugged, I also cried…We know why we cry. All we want is to be accepted and that is what this embrace is.

  • Transform our life into Siva

    Transform our life into Siva

    When the mind is completely dissolved, Self-knowledge dawns and the realisation of “Shivoham” happens

  • Mystery of Life is Lord Shiva

    Mystery of Life is Lord Shiva

    Life is a beginning-less and endless river, constantly flowing and changing.

  • Shivaratri is a celebration of sacrifice

    Shivaratri is a celebration of sacrifice

    Shivaratri teaches us to abandon all other thoughts in contemplation of God

  • Keep the head cool, heart warm

    Keep the head cool, heart warm

    When many thousands of people remember the Divine with a one-pointed mind, perform actions dedicated to God, and engage in worship, the very environment becomes pure.

  • Amma won’t let you sleep

    Amma won’t let you sleep

    God is watching over you 365 days a year. Shivaratri is the one night wherein we are asked to sacrifice and watch over God, taking a vow of fasting and maintain vigil at night

  • The dance of Nataraja: Shivaratri in Pune

    The dance of Nataraja: Shivaratri in Pune

    Dance, trying to see yourself as your ishta-devata.