The Oneness of Shiva and Kailash
By Swami Bikash Giri
Om Namah Shivaya -
This five letter mantra is devoted to Lord Shiva, the great God of gods, the
great God, the absolute Lord over the three spheres. All the universe is an
extension of the self born Shiva. He is the ruler of this universe which is
only the expression of His infinite variety.it is He who had expressed Himself
through the universe. He is thes supreme of all univese forces, and universal
forces, and themover behind all streams of force. Shiva or Mahadev is the omnipresent
God, the absolute Brahma and an expression of His force is Mahamaya (greatesr
illusionary), the primordial force.
We know of Shiva as the Absolute Father, the Absolute Brahma. The numerous manifestations
in the world all happen from this spirit of expression. The active force working
within every object is oriented and controlled by the primordial force of Shiva.
His grand power is present in every particle, every atom of the whole created
universe alongwith mahamaya. he absolute omnipotent is complete and slitary.
The visible world spreads out the expressions of that Shivshakti-these various
expressions are His grant designs in order to be one again. Different expreiences
in the whole range of human consciousness0 the mystery of births and deaths,
the beauty of nature, horrible calamities,mental happiness and pain compels
the human mind to wonder about the world. The mind wavers from deasure to uncertainty
to assurance. Man began to search for the great cause behind all this, and found
great soul the emanation of the centralized absolute.
Man discovered three different entities within this centralised and formless
power. The three entities are engaged in creation, maintenance and destruction
of the universe. The centralised power has three incarnations-Brahma the creator,
Vishnu the preserver and Maheshwar the destroyer. These three powers are active
upon all the plants, stars, men, animels, birds and trees in this universe and
the prime centralised power is with them. Absolute Brahma, the centralised power
of the universe, resided at the peak of Kailash.
The snow capped luminous peak of Kailash is the home of the Absolute God of
gods. It is from here that the mahashakti (greatest force) conducts the whole
world through its three entities.
In the north of India lies the famous lord of he mountains, the Himalayas. The
Himalayas are great in height, its lakes are great in holiness, its earth is
great in trees, its womb grat in minerals and jewels. Beautiful animals and
birds in their multicoloured attire, the peaks around hold the power to take
the beholder deep down the recesses of realization.
As far as I know, the Kailash Manasarovar region is the holiest in the Himalayas,
with its unique spiritual appeal. Any person, of whatever race religion,organisation
of community, with however disturbed a mind, may find stability and solace here.
It happens unknowingly, whatever one wants it or not. But, as a man with a running
nose doesn't enjoy the fragrance of a rose or as the radio needle fixed as a
certain radio station does not receive signals of holy places requires special
nostrils to appreciate it.
The whole Himalayan region from Bhutan to Kashmir, north of India, is known
as the Kailash Land. The Kailash peak is situated in the upper middle zone of
the range running from Kashmir to Bhutan. The peak-idd to the snow topped ranges
and the seat of the centralised power moving the universe has a beauty unparalleled
among other Indian peaks. The Kailash Land covers such a Large area that the
peak is often called Sumeru Parvat (the North Pole)- abode of the Absolute Brahma.
All great peaks of the Himalayas have a strange and powerful soulfulness it
seems great man have turned into peaks after ages of medication. It seems at
times, that some unseen cxonsciousness has decided to reside within these creation
of nature, and this consciousness is immersed in a deep slumber. It was born
only to lose itself into the Absolute Brahma. Leaving the world to the three
great powers, the trinity, it has been resting in this bone corner of the world.
The seats of this trinity are situated south of the Kailash, which lies in the
upper northern part of India. Badrinath, the residence of the Preserver Vishnu,
is south of Sumeru; to its west Kedarnath, the residence of Shiva the destroyer;
to its east Om Mountain the seat of Brahma the creator of the world. Centrally
northto these three holy seats stands mount Sumeru. All the world is administeredby
the trinity of the creator, preserver and the destroyer. India is the site and
container of this centralised power. When oppression and evil rise to alarming
heights on earth, the preserve Vishnu incarnates in India in human from to bring
the world to the right path again. Sometimes, Lord Shiva too doms the human
garb to illumine man towards true religion and knowledge.
The spreme being who contains that great centralised power is seated in meditation
in India, his ethereal being spread over heaven, earth and the netherworld.
His great head with mass of hair reaches Kailash which is also called Heaven.
Its peak is the bran of the supreme being. Kedarnath, Badrinath and Om Mountain
are his three eyes. Mathura and Vrindavan is the region of supreme being's heart
and Puskar (near Ajmer) is his naval. The region of supreme being has become
the playful sport of Vishnu at the region of his naval. Brahma is present in
the form of fire and Dathatreya charan in Girinar are his feet. In the Heaven
of Mt. Sumer, there is the huge, beautiful and radient tree of Imagination,
and gods, goddesses and saints are seated in meditation there. In the Kailash
Land, there is a bright throw studded with jewels, made of alloy of various
rich metals before which white royal swans play about. here also is a great
field, ahead, full of various rich metals and presious stone sand in its middle
stands a bowl containing the nectar of immortality-gods become immortal after
drinking out or it; far away is a great blue lotus, holy and extremely beautiful
heavenly dance there. In te Manasarovar region nearby, plenty of holy places
reverberate with the glory of the great Shiva-their heads are bowed in reverence
to him. The silvery glowing peaks surrounding then are filled with a spiritual.
In the far western corner of India stands the Grinar mountain, where the three
manifestation Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwar reside in their juvenile forms. The
united form of this Trinity exists under the name of Dattatreya. The feet of
the Eternal Supreme being are situated in these Girnar mountains.
India is mostly the land of Hindus. In Hindus mythology, Shiva is not only the
immortal God, but also the greatest self born deity. the word 'Shiva' means
the author of welfare, the satisfier of human desires, whose glory enables the
destruction of the evil-door and the shower of prosperity. The sole eliminator
af all evils is the peerless God-Satyam-Shivam_Sundaram.
Where truth is, there is shiva and beauty; where Shiva is, beauty and truth
also are and where beauty is, Shiva and truth reside there too. That unparalleled
constant indivisible halo is the absolute Brahma. In the good old days, awareness
of Shiva arose in human consciousness. Shiva is the supreme hindu deity, but
who is the founder of religion? At the root of all religious are their founders
or exponents like Hajrat Mohammed in Islam, Jesus Christ in Christianity etc.
But who is there in Hinduism? This is a difficult question, because the exponent
of classical hinduism is Mahadeva himself, the ancient centralised power of
Absolute Brahma who seat is in India. The ancient power expresses itself through
the Hindu religion, which may be called the greatest. Hinduism does not exert
pressure on believers in their creeds. Whenever evil and oppression in the religion
rises, God himself becomes incarnate in India to protect it.
"yada Yada hi dharmasya glanirbhabati
bharat
Abhyuthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srijamyaham
paritranaya sadhunam vinashaya cha dushkritam
dharam sansthapanarthaya sambhabami yuge yuge"
(When ever religion in India is filled with scum and malpractice rises, I am
created to redeem the good and destroy the evil-doers, to re-establish true
religion in all ages)
The story of these incarnation in Hinduism are found in the Puranas; many saints
also have come downto protect true religion in various ages. Within this country
and religion lies a special power that produces a strength in men. This force
may be both downward and upward, if it is upward, it takes man to his salvation
and if contrary, becomes instrumental in maligning religion. That is why much
malignancy develops and God has to come down himself to ride religion of them.
At their base, all the religion are a search for the Great power they are all
one. But this power expresses itself through classical Hinduism: it is situated
in northern India and affects India most. being a Hindu land, Hinduism is powerful
here in India, where numerous saints have been born. India is suitable land
their communion with the centralised power. We are Indian and Hindus are not
elecating our country and religion?
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