Maha Shivaratri

 

March 8, 2024 (temple open all day and all night)

Maha Shivaratri is the most auspicious night, the most auspicious occasion in the whole year for human beings to realize “Paramashivoham,” to BE Paramashiva!

It is the night when an explosion of super-conscious energy happens on our planet. Vedic cosmology traces this explosion back to the Big Bang, the moment of the creation of our universe.

“You spent all your nights dreaming & sleeping… but THIS night is to WAKE UP from all the dreams.” – SPH Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam.

Scriptural References

In the sacred Vedic text Arunachala Purana, this momentous happening is depicted as the Lord Shiva (symbol of cosmic energy) taking the form of an endless shaft of light spanning earth and sky. Every year, by a fortunate alignment of cosmic forces, a tiny reflection of the same explosion happens on our planet on this night.

Spiritual Practices on This Day

Vedic science advises us to observe a fast and spend the day and whole night in prayer and meditation, to prepare the body and mind to receive the huge influx of spiritual energy. The highly charged atmosphere makes meditation effortless, allowing us to leap easily into higher states of awareness. On this night, the whole universe seems to support us for this experience. The highly charged atmosphere makes meditation effortless, allowing us to leap easily into altered states of consciousness. On Maha Shivaratri, the whole universe supports us to experience Sadashiva!

SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY:

March 8:

3:00 pm – First Jaama Rudrabhishekam 

6:00 pm – Second Jaama Rudrabhishekam

9:00 pm – Special Milk Abhishekam

March 9:

12:00 am –  Fourth Jaama Abhishekam

Sponsorship – MahaShivaratri

What is Rudrabhishekam?

Rudrabhishekam is one of the ways to worship Lord Shiva! Worshiping Lord Shiva is nothing but connecting to His energy, which directly infuses the space of responsibility in the worshiper, and makes leadership happen in the person offering the worship. When someone worships Lord Shiva in the form of a Shiva linga in the Rudrabhishekam, they are connecting with divine energy of Lord Shiva, which will give the worshiper the clarity to resolve the conflict by taking responsibility and create life as he or she wants. Rudrabhishekam is one perfect way of taking control over situations in life and completing conflicts in life. Shiva linga is an embodiment of the whole, and human beings are parts of the whole. When someone connects with the Whole, any of the incompletions they may have get fulfilled because of the totality of the Whole.

Why Offer Rudrabhishekam on Shivaratri?

Worshiping Lord Shiva is nothing but connecting to His energy, which directly infuses the space of responsibility in the worshiper, and makes leadership happen in the person offering the worship. When someone worships Lord Shiva in the form of a Shiva linga in the Rudrabhishekam, they are connecting with divine energy of Lord Shiva, which will give the worshiper the clarity to resolve the conflict by taking responsibility and create life as he or she wants. Rudrabhishekam is one perfect way of taking control over situations in life and completing conflicts in life. Shiva linga is an embodiment of the whole, and human beings are parts of the whole. When someone connects with the Whole, any of the incompletions they may have get fulfilled because of the totality of the Whole.

 

Glimpses from Previous Years’ Shivaratri Celebrations

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