For this, we have to understand the worship method of the present Hindus. The method of worship for the present Hindus is directly influenced by the Panchayatan principle of Adi Shankara.
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What is Panchayatan?
At the time of Darsi Adi Shankar, Hindu society was divided among many communities, in such a manner, all simply worshiped their god and scattered among themselves.
At such a time, Adi Shankaracharya accepted the five major sects and absorbed the other sects into him, Shiva, Shakti Vishnu Surya and other natural gods and gods
Isht Dev can be any of you and he said that now Hindu will respect and respect these five gods equally.
Like in this plate of worship, in this you can place the center you want to worship and the other gods on the four corners.
Temples were also built on this Panchayatan style. Such temples also have one main deity and temples of the other four deities.
Now understand
At that time, these three sects were Shiva, it is known that Shaivite, mother Shakti of Parvati and Gajanan of Ganesha were actually Shaivas before Gajanan, but at that time, they too had formed separate groups, Shaiva and Shakta always had an ideological one. Important for others
Beginning of worship
Shiva has been worshiped in different forms since ancient times, in the Indus Valley Civilization, he was worshiped as a Yogi as Pashupati, in the Vedas he is mentioned as Rudra and in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, his worship is mentioned.
In the Shvetatara Upanishad he has been accepted as Brahm. He is also included in the Trimurti. He also does all three works of the Trimurti. To understand the Shaivite tradition, see these pictures. There are two types of tradition, one is the tradition from the Puranas and the other. The non-mythological tradition which is the tradition of Jyotirlinga comes from the Puranas, on the other hand there is non-mythological tradition.
Now we look at the non-mythological tradition
6 major sects of non-mythological Shaivite cult know
One thing is special among the non-mythological Shaivite sects is that a person of any caste can occupy the highest position. Just as people from all castes have been becoming Mahants in the Nath Panth, in the same way in Karnataka, people of all castes have also become monasteries of monasteries in Lingayat and Vokalinga society.
-Nath / Siddha
First and foremost, you do not know the most talked about Yogi Adityanath, it is not possible, but here it will not be about Yogi Adityanath, but it will be about the religious leader. Has special faith, so Yogi Adityanath often mentions Gautam Buddha in his religious talk.
He says his Adinath to Lord Shiva
This community is known for its hatha yoga, although this cult was started by Matsendra Nath, but its roots are related to an earlier Shaivism cult, there was a special emphasis on yoga, for Raja Yoga and Hatha Yoga. The cult is known,
These are people who believe in Shaivite tradition, Buddhist tradition and Yoga tradition equally, their literature is also influenced by them and along with that the words of Nath yogis have also been written.
Also, the literature of the Nath tradition has been written in Hindi, due to which people who know Hindi literature will know that Nath literature has a great contribution in the development of Hindi.
Yogi and Nepal Connection
Recently, when Yogi Adityanath gave a statement on Nepal, the Prime Minister of Nepal was aggravated because the devotees of Gorakshnath are in large numbers in Nepal, the Gorkha society of both Nepalese and Indians attach themselves to this cult, and after hundreds of years someone He has come to such a large political post from the community and he is also the head of his family in more than 10000 countries and abroad, India has monasteries in North and South India Karnataka, Goa as well as Bengal and Tripura.
Pashupati
You must have heard the name of the idol of a Pashupati in the Indus Valley Civilization, this is the same, you must have also read that the mother goddess was worshiped in the IVC, I feel that this too was something like unity of Shiva and Shakti. You must have heard Kalamukh and Kapalik, they also come from Aghori
Kapalik, the skull uses the same human skull and worships Kalmukh, he gives an artist vaccine. They worship Bhairava, the Aghori form of Shiva.
The texts of this cult were quite secretive, which were shared among just a few people, in such a way it became quite a mysterious cult.
Shaivite theory
Its past is more than 3000 years old, its roots are associated with both Kashmir and South India, in fact it originated from Kashmir, but at present it is predominant in the south, the literature of this cult is written in the name of Agam Nandinath which is Kashmir. He came to South India and did many compositions, then after that 3 more people contributed to this community.
Kashmiri Shaiv tradition
As the name itself suggests, it must have developed in Kashmir, but it was also expanded in Tibet, Nepal along with the Himalayan regions.
Its great literature and philosophy is also available
This is influenced by Adi Shankaracharya's philosophy of monotheism, the relationship between Shiva and his devotee in Kashmiri Shaivism is not with the owner and slave but it is of equality, it is said that devotion based devotion is not good for everyone, as I have understood. They say
You do not have to find Shiva in idols but you have to find them in your life, but there is no fanaticism of not worshiping idols. Triambakaditya, a disciple of Rishi Durvasa, is called the first Kashmiri Shaiva Guru. His disciple Sangamaditya has established Shaivism in present Jammu and Kashmir. It was also called another name Trika Shaiva, Trika means Shiva, Shakti and Atomic
This Kashmiri Shaiv has spoken of 36 elements.
Among those who believed in Kashmiri Shaivism, there were kings like Kanishka and Lalitaditya, who had composed Shiva Sutras in present-day Srinagar.
The prominent Shaivite Guru in Kashmir was Abhinav Gupta, Mirabai has also written many compositions dedicated to Shiva in the Kashmiri language.
After the arrival of Islam, many temples and massacres have reduced the number of people of Kashmiri Shaivite society.
Veer Shaiv
They are presently found in Karnataka, Veer Shaiva and Lingayat originate from the same root, the Lingayat sect started by Basavanna, they wear Shivalinga around the neck.
This society is politically very active in Karnataka at this time
Gajanan
These were more in Maharashtra. He used to worship Ganesha
Overall, the spectrum of Shiva is very large, it is available to extremists such as Nagas and Aghoris and is also available to the poor weaker castes of society, it is also for those who believe in Puranas and also for those who do not believe in Puranas. It is also in the Vedas and they were also in the Indus Valley Civilization before the Vedas, being the main center of yoga and meditation, it is also available to those who seek personal mental peace.
There is no hardcore attitude in life style, you can adopt any style, Shiva is not the owner here, you are like your friend, he does not impose his own will, Shiva meets you on that path as you wish.
Thanku
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