Shiva Sadhana: Practice

Panchakshari, Mahamrityunjaya, Shri Rudram and Chamakam, Rudrabhisheka, Bilva-Bhasma-Rudraksha-IshtaLinga (with Lingayat reform), Shivaratri and Pradosham, meditation the Shiva way. The practices that make Shiva present in daily life.

Lessons in this chapter

• Panchakshari: Om Namah Shivaya in Practice — Five syllables, how to actually use them
• Mahamrityunjaya: The Mantra for Hard Times — Markandeya's gift to the world
• Shri Rudram: The Hymn Chanted for Three Thousand Years — Namakam, Chamakam, and Shiva Mahimna Stotram
• Rudrabhisheka: Bathing the Linga — Milk, water, honey, curd, ghee
• Bilva, Bhasma, Rudraksha, and the Ishta-Linga — Sacred objects and Basavanna's Lingayat reform
• Shivaratri and Pradosham: Why Night, Why Twilight, Why Monday — The Shaiva calendar in practice
• Dhyana: Meditation the Shiva Way — Stillness without becoming cold

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