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SIVALINGOPASANA |
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accounts for the emergence of the Jyotirlingas, Ashtamurtilingas,
Panchabhutasthalas and Pancharamas. They are found atop the high
snowy hills, down below in the lovely dales; on the banks of rivers;
in the hearts of forests; amidst rivers and in the dark caverns of
long caves. Visit any inhabited area -- city, town or hamlet, you
will come across atleast one Sivalinga, either in well built
magnificent temple; or placed on a dias in the open, shaded by trees
in the least. It is no exaggeration, if proclaimed that the number
of Sivaalayas outnumber all the other temples of all the gods put
together. It is neither a poetic fancy, nor a concocted news item.
The reason too is not far to seek. Normally the linga widely
worshipped is made of granite, is found in abundance everywhere in
India; and moreover it alone can withstand the onslaughts of
weather, -nor the sculptors of Viswakarma calibre are needed for
making it. Above all, Siva is accessible to unostentatious worship
only. He demands not elaborate paraphernalia of worshipping
material. Isn't He only one among the divinities - simple and
unostentatious, and above all more lovable and most generous in
granting boons to the utmost satisfaction of the Sadhakas ? This
accounts for the ecstatic craze of the devotees to install
Sivalingas in every place and at any corner. Hence the emergence of
the oft-quoted statement -- Sarvam Sivamayam Jagat -the whole world
is filled with Siva. Is He not abiding in every object ? Howelse the
objects assume their shape, size, smell, sound, motion,
consciousness etc., if not due to
the immanence of this Supreme Deity. His presence in them can be
felt, if seen through the inner eye with unbiassed l mind and
unperturbed pure heart. Evolved souls realised
HIM thus. He is instilling devotion in the minds by His
Omnipresence. By His divine Omnibenevolence, He makes His bhaktas to
come to Him and lead a life of beatitude.
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