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CHINMAYA SHIVAM

Chinmaya Shivam

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Episode 1: 01 - Sadhana - Introduction - 16th March 2024

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2024/03/21

We begin a new series of satsangs on Sadhana. Each session we learn about a sadhana and then practice it. This is the introductory session about what is sadhana(spiritual practice)? Who is a sadhak(seeker)? What is the sadhya(goal)? Who is a siddha(Accomplished one)? What are the different types of sadhanas? We also learn about Prana-Vikshana or breath observation as a sadhana and how it must be done? Please do like, comment, share and follow "Chinmaya Shivam". Please support this podcast

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Episode 477: 094 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva :...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/04/01

Mahaadevah - The greatest of the gods. All gods derive their power from the Supreme Lord Shiva. Those who drink nectar and become immortal are gods. One who drinks poison and is immortal is Lord Shiva. He is great and is the Lord. He is Mahaadeva. Vedas praise this quality of Shiva . तमीश्वराणां परमं महेश्वरं तं देवतानां परमं च दैवतं In sāmba purāna , his greatness is described . पूज्यते स सुरै : सर्वैर्महांश्चैव प्रमाणत: धातुर्महेति पूजायां महादेवस्तत: स्मृत: He is worshipped by all

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Episode 474: 091 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva : Mrdah -...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/03/25

Mrdah - One who makes us happy. Lord Shiva is the source and embodiment of all. In Shiva Mahimna Stotram, Gandharva King Pushpadanta praises Lord Shiva's form which protects the world, with the name Mrdah. जनसुखकृते सत्वोद्रिक्तौ मृडाय नमो नमः janasukhakṛtē satvōdriktau mṛḍāya namō namaḥ One who makes the beings happy and one who uses sattva guna fully, i bow to that mrdah. This name is also praised by the Vedas. It is one of the 3 most important names of Lord Shiva.  Achyuta, Ananda

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Episode 473: 090.2 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva :...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/03/24

Paashavimochakah: Paasha - that which binds us or ties us. Vimochakah means who liberates completely. We are bound by our habits, attachments to objects, people, situations, our actions, emotions, thoughts, desires, ego and ultimately the root cause of everything - Ignorance. One who frees us from all these types of bondages is Lord Shiva. Please support this podcast by pressing the follow button and support Chinmaya Mission Mumbai projects taken up by Swami Swatmananda, through

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Episode 472: 090.1 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva :...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/03/22

Paashavimochakah: Paasha - that which binds us or ties us. Vimochakah means who liberates completely. We are bound by our habits, attachments to objects, people, situations, our actions, emotions, thoughts, desires, ego and ultimately the root cause of everything - Ignorance. One who frees us from all these types of bondages is Lord Shiva.Please support this podcast by pressing the follow button and support Chinmaya Mission Mumbai projects taken up by Swami Swatmananda, through

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Episode 471: 089 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva : Ajaha -...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/03/11

Ajah: One who is birthless. Birth is one of the 6 modifications of the body. He is beyond that. Hence ajaha. Birth - cessation of prior non-existence or unmanifest to manifest. He is beyond both. This quality of the lord is praised in the Vedas . अजात इत्येवं कश्चिद्भीरु : प्रपद्यते रुद्र यत्ते दक्षिणं मुखं तेन मां पाहि नित्यं ajāta ityēvaṃ kaṡcidbhīru : prapadyatē rudra yattē dakṣiṇaṃ mukhaṃ tēna māṃ pāhi nityaṃ Please support this podcast by pressing the follow button and support

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Episode 470: 88 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva :...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/03/08

Khandaparashuh: One who holds an axe which destroys everything. It also means one who holds a broken axe. The Lord's axe broke when he killed Gajasura, symbolic of Lust. He holds the axe as a reminder to us to overcome Lust. Please support this podcast by pressing the follow button and support Chinmaya Mission Mumbai projects taken up by Swami Swatmananda, through generous donations. Contribution by Indians in INR can be made online using this link:

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Episode 469: 87 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva :...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/03/07

Shaashvatah: Eternal. In the Vedas Lord Shiva is described as: "I was the one who existed in the beginning, I am the one who exist in the present and I am the one who will exist in the future. Nothing else exists apart from me." Please support this podcast by pressing the follow button and support Chinmaya Mission Mumbai projects taken up by Swami Swatmananda, through generous donations. Contribution by Indians in INR can be made online using this link:

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Episode 468: 86 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva :...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/03/04

Shuddhavigrahah: One whose form is pure. Lord Shiva's form is made of pure sattva guna. Due to his destructive role, many think he is tamasic. But the Lord's nature is Pure Bliss and Sattva. Appayya deekshita in bramhatarka stava says निद्रालुता न तव शंकर शक्यशङ्का क्रौर्यं किमप्यनुचिते विषये न दृष्टं नान्योपिकश्चन गुणस्तमसोविकार : शङ्क्या कथं तव बुधैस्तमसाभिभूति: O Shankara! You don't have sleepiness, there is no doubt of your capability. Lord! your cruelness is not seen in any

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Episode 467: 085 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva :...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/03/02

Saatvikah: One whose body is made up of sattva. Lord uses Tamo Guna to destroy the Universe, but His body is made up of Sattva. Though Lord Shiva is above all the Gunas. He is Nirguna by nature and He takes up Pure Sattva when manifesting as forms. The Lord also Sattva guna in his devotees by blessing them with gyaana ( wisdom ) and bhakti (Devotion ). Please support this podcast by pressing the follow button and support Chinmaya Mission Mumbai projects taken up by Swami Swatmananda,

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Episode 466: 084 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva :...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/03/01

Anekaatmaa: One who is in the form of many lives. All the beings are the Lord himself as there is nothing which exists other than the Lord. It is not that One Infinite Truth has split up into many beings. It is the One Truth appearing as many beings. Like the Sun reflecting in thousands of pots of water.Please support this podcast by pressing the follow button and support Chinmaya Mission Mumbai projects taken up by Swami Swatmananda, through generous donations. Contribution by Indians

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Episode 465: 083 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva :...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/02/27

Ashtamoortih: One who takes eight forms and protects the beings. The 5 elements, sun, moon and Jiva form the Eight-fold Nature or Ashtadhaa prakriti with which the creation is made. For each of these, there is a specific form of Lord Shiva. The eight forms of Lord Shiva are Bhava - water, Sharva - earth, Rudra - fire, Ugra - air, Bheema - space, Mahaadeva - moon, Eeshaana - Sun, Pashuupati - Jiva or embodied soul. All these eight element forms are collectively called as

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Episode 464: 082 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva :...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/02/25

Digambarah: One whose clothes are the directions. In the Vishwaroopa or Cosmic form of the Lord, the directions are his clothes or dresses. The word Digambara is also used to express the meaning dress-less or naked. Some forms of Lord Shiva are contemplated on without dress, Eg. Bhikshaatana, Bhairava etc. It also means that He wears such a simple dress like tiger skin that He is almost naked. Please support this podcast by pressing the follow button and support Chinmaya Mission Mumbai

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Episode 463: 081 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva :...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/02/24

Ahirbudhnyah: Of the form of Ᾱdi-Śeṣa. The word ahi means a serpent; here it is Ᾱdi-Śeṣa. The word budhna means base; here it means the base (bottom) of the Cosmic Egg (brahmāṇḍa), the pātāla. As Ᾱdi-Śeṣa, Śiva supports (pervades and envelopes) the whole Cosmic Egg. The Viṣṇu-Purāṇa says, ‘Rudra, in the form of Saṅkarṣaṇa, bears the three worlds.’ Saṅkarṣaṇa, in the form of Śeṣa, is no other than Rudra. In this name, the two words ahiḥ and budhnya together make one name. Please support

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Episode 462: 080 of 108 Names of Lord Shiva : Sthanuh...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/02/23

Sthānu: One who is still and without movement. The Lord in the form of trees is called sthānu. It also means a pillar. In this context it refers to the one who manifested as a fiery column ( the great Jyotirlinga which has neither a beginning nor an end). One who was waiting standing still even without a slight movement to destroy the three demon cities is also addressed as sthānu. We move from one place to another as we are present only in one place at one time . The Lord is omnipresent

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Episode 461: 151 - Vivekachoodamani - Verses 574 to...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/02/20

Talk 151 Verses 574-581This final talk further reiterates that bandhan and mukti, bondage and liberation are a figment of Maya and do not exist in Pure Consciousness. The concept of birth and death is also negated, and what exists is the Absolute Reality alone. The Guru assures his disciple that this secret Supreme Knowledge is the essence of Vedanta and he stays immersed in Absolute Bliss.The last few verses expound on the glory of this prakrana granth, Vivekachoodamani.Please support this

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Episode 460: 150 - Vivekachoodamani - Verses 565 to...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/02/19

Talk 150 - Verses 565-573Just as the light of the Sun dispels darkness and the fears associated with it, the light of Knowledge dispels ignorance and all its effects, and the entire Universe merges into Brahman. All conditionings are destroyed and the knower of Brahman becomes Brahman. The non-dual state of Pure Consciousness or kaivalya is experienced as brahmabhava. As bondage, non-apprehension and misapprehension are all eliminated, the Jivanmukta is released from the cycle of birth

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Episode 459: 149 - Vivekachoodamani - Verses 556 to...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/02/18

Talk 149 Verses 556-564For the Man of Realisation, it matters not where, when or how his physical body drops.This aspect is explained through several examples like the moulting of the snake’s skin, the leaves that fall from a tree, the role that an actor plays, the destruction of a flower or fruit - all of these do not affect the source they came from. The Jivanmukta, similarly, is unaffected by the condition of his body, having shed body identification completely. In Verse 564 it is said

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Episode 458: 148 - Vivekachoodamani - Verses 549 to...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/02/17

Talk 148 Verses 549-555 The crux of all sadhanas is to remove body identification, and the Man of Realisation having known Brahman, becomes Brahman. His body is like the sloughed snakeskin which may move with the wind, simulating the body of the Jivanmukta which moves by the pranas. Several analogies beautifully explain this aspect of non attachment of the Man of Perfection. He remains intoxicated by the ‘wine’ of the bliss of the Self and lives as Shiva himself, the best amongst the

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Episode 457: 147 - Vivekachoodamani - Verses 544 to...

CHINMAYA SHIVAM ·

2021/02/16

Talk 147 Verses 544-548Continuing the discussion on the Jivanmukta, he is described as one who is ever satisfied, always content, with or without any material comforts and having an equal vision at all times. His attributes are explained through pairs of opposites - e.g. acting in the world yet inactive. Completely bereft of all body identification, the Man of Realisation experiences no pleasure, no pain. For an ordinary seeker it is difficult to comprehend the life of such a person and

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