spending the night with shiva
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JoniPosted
Fri 05 Feb 2010 12:00am
on the day by even avoiding water (nirjala vrat). The Shiva Lingam is worshipped throughout the night. Mantras and Hymns to please Lord Shiva are chanted, including the shiva panchakshari mantra "Om Namah Shivaya".
It is believed that who utters the names of Shiva during Shivratri with utmost devotion is freed from all sins and liberated from the wheel
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spending the night with shiva
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Joni YungPosted
Fri 05 Feb 2010 8:16pm
on the day by even avoiding water (nirjala vrat). The Shiva Lingam is worshipped throughout the night. Mantras and Hymns to please Lord Shiva are chanted, including the shiva panchakshari mantra "Om Namah Shivaya".
It is believed that who utters the names of Shiva during Shivratri with utmost devotion is freed from all sins and liberated from the wheel
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What is the difference between Vedic mantra and Vaishnav mantra?
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Donna T.Posted
Mon 17 Jan 2011 6:40am
http://www.facebook.com/notes/swami-nikhilanand-ji/mantras-q-a-with-swami-nikhil
Question: What is the difference between Vedic mantra and Vaishnav
mantra?
Answer by Swami Nikhilanand:
Technically, vaishnav means anyone worshiping Krishn, Ram, or Vishnu.
So a vaishnav mantra is a mantra related to Krishn, Ram, or Vishnu.
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Shiva Ratri Festival : Feb. 27
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Peter A.Posted
Sun 20 Feb 2011 12:00amShiva Ratri is the celebration festival for Lord Shiva , one of the three presiding deities of the material world.
To manage the material world , Lord Krishna incarnates as three guna avatars , Lord Vishnu , Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva.
Guna means qualities, and each of the deities presides over a specific quality of material
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OM NAMAH SHIVAYA : Shiva Rea & Dave Stringer in da House
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Peter A.Posted
Fri 12 Sep 2008 11:51pmShiva Rea & Dave Stringer rocked the house at this evening's Shivaratri Celebration @ Exhale Venice.
Backed by a 7 piece band & an amazing back-up singer , Dave Stringer got the energy level of the kirtan going early on. If you have never attended kirtan with Dave, I encourage you to do so.
Shiva Rea asked the packed Surya ( sun ) studio
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Winner of the Shiva Rea DVD!
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Rachel M.Posted
Tue 10 Feb 2009 10:59am
It was awesome to see how you all have incorporated yoga into your daily routine.
The older I get, the more valuable it is becoming to me.
The winner is number #7!!
Congratulations!
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Shiva Rea DVD Giveaway
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Rachel M.Posted
Wed 29 Apr 2009 10:47pm
“Yoga is the means of yoking our awareness to the deep rhythms that heal and integrate us in an age that challenges our inner compass to stay [...]
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shiva rea DVD giveaway: get it before it hits stores
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Lindsey LewisPosted
Mon 27 Dec 2010 9:00amShiva Rea, she of the uber vinyasa flow style and creator of the renowned Yoga Trance Dance, is releasing a new DVD tomorrow. Power Flow Yoga has, and I quote, "3 hours of energetic vinyasa to mix and match with the Shiva Rea yoga matrix!"
If you want it, it's yours--well, you can be entered to win.
Just share this post with your Twitter friends
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Vandana Shiva: The Living Soil, Crop Diversity, and Fossil-Fuel Free Agriculture
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Chelsea GreenPosted
Thu 04 Dec 2008 7:18pm
Vandana Shiva argues in favor of crop diversity and healthy, pesticide-free soil in this essay from Alternet.org (excerpted from Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis).
The industrialized, globalized food system is based on oil. It is under threat because of the inevitability of “peak oil.” It is also under threat because [...]
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Shiva Rea : RAI
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Peter A.Posted
Sat 13 Sep 2008 5:06pm
One of the " rock star " yoga instructors as profiled by the LA Times; I first heard about Shiva Rea from Paula C. , a Carioca yogini , who had attended one of her workshops @ the now defunct Sacred Mvt. in Venice.
Shiva Rea is known for her style of vinyasa flow yoga . She also uses tunes to create the mood for her classes and workshops
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