Yoga:-
Adiyogi Shiva Statue |
Adiyogi Shiva Statue, recognized by the Guiness
World Records as the "Largest Bust Sculpture” in the world; the
statue is for inspiring and promoting yoga, and is name d Adiyogi, which means "the first yogi", because Shiva is known as the originator of yoga.
Shiva
is considered the Great Yogi who is totally absorbed in himself – the
transcendental reality. He is the Lord of Yogis, and the teacher of Yoga to
sages. As Shiva Dakshinamurthi, states Stella Kramrisch, he is the
supreme guru who "teaches in silence the oneness of one's
innermost self (atman) with the ultimate reality (brahman).”
The
theory and practice of Yoga, in different styles, has been a part of all major
traditions of Hinduism, and Shiva has been the patron or spokesperson in numerous
Hindu Yoga texts. These contain the philosophy and techniques for Yoga.
These ideas are estimated to be from or after the late centuries of the 1st
millennium CE, and have survived as Yoga texts such as the Isvara Gita (literally,
"Shiva's song"), which Andrew Nicolson – a professor of
Hinduism and Indian Intellectual History – states have had "a profound and
lasting influence on the development of Hinduism".
Other
famed Shiva-related texts influenced Hatha Yoga, integrated monistic (Advaita
Vedanta) ideas with Yoga philosophy and inspired the theoretical
development of Indian Classical Dance. These include the Shiva
Sutras, the Shiva Samhita, and those by the scholars of Kashmir
Shaivism such as the 10th-century scholar AbhinavGupta. Abhinavagupta
writes in his notes on the relevance of ideas related to Shiva and Yoga, by
stating that "people, occupied as they are with their own affairs,
normally do nothing for others", and Shiva and Yoga spirituality helps one
look beyond, understand interconnectedness, and thus benefit both the
individual and the world towards a more blissful state of existence.
Trimurti:-
An art depiction of the Trimurti, with Shiva depicted on the right, at the Hoyesaleswara Temple in Halebidu. |
The
Trimurti is a concept in Hinduism in which the cosmic functions of creation,
maintenance, and destruction are personified by the forms of Brahma the
creator, Vishnu the maintainer or preserver and Shiva the destroyer or
transformer. These three deities have been called "the Hindu
triad" or the "Great Trinity". However,
the ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism feature many triads of gods and
goddesses, some of which do not include Shiva.
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