7 Secrets Of Shiva Quotes

“The elephant goad represents Yama, the god of death and bondage. Ganesha thus acknowledges the life-giving aspect of nature as well as the life-taking aspect of nature.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“Brahma splits Brahmanda into three parts: me, mine and what is not mine. This is Tripura, the three worlds.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“FEAR OF DEATH LEADS TO two kinds of fears as it transforms all living creatures either into predator or prey. The fear of scarcity haunts the predator as it hunts for food; the fear of predation haunts the prey as it avoids being hunted. Nature has no favourites. Both the lion and the deer have to run in order to survive.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, 7 Secrets of Shiva

“Thus while Ganesha helps devotees move from south to north, Kartikeya himself moves from north to south for the benefi t of devotees. While as Ganesha tempers materialistic cravings with spiritual insight, Murugan tempers his martial attitude with divine grace and romantic emotions. Thus the Goddess helps Shiva connect with humanity through her two sons.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“The difference between Agamas and Nigamas is that Agamas focus on the worship of a deity with form, i.e. saguna brahman, while Nigamas focus on the worship of a formless deity, nirguna brahman.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“Brahma is God who creates all forms, hence is called the creator; but he has not yet found the perfect form and is still yearning and searching, making him unworthy of worship. Vishnu is God who has realised that no form is perfect and so works with the limited forms. This is why he is called the preserver and is worshipped in various forms. Shiva is God who breaks free from all forms, having found all of them limited, hence he is the destroyer who is worshipped as the linga.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“Goddess is nature and God is how nature is perceived by the human imagination.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“From imagination comes our vision of the world, our vision of our future, and most importantly our vision of ourselves, who we are and what we want to be.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, 7 Secrets of Shiva

“Every event in our life is determined by past actions. So every moment is as it is supposed to be. But it is possible to change one’s fate and fortunes. The dance of Prakriti can change if Purusha intervenes. For that one has to invoke Purusha through acts of determination that demonstrate desire and devotion.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“Vedas are the earliest sacred scriptures of Hinduism and are full of abstract hymns containing esoteric concepts. The Puranas were written later and use stories and characters to make those esoteric concepts more accessible.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“Only humans can conceptualise the idea of infinity. Only humans can communicate such an abstract idea using various forms such as words and symbols. This is because humans are blessed with imagination. It is the one thing that separates us humans from animals. Humans can imagine because we have a highly developed brain, the cerebrum, with an especially large frontal lobe. This anatomical difference separates us from the rest of nature. So much so that in Samkhya, the Indian school of metaphysics, humanity or Purusha is seen as being separate from nature or Prakriti. This difference is seen as fundamental in the study of metaphysics. Because humans can imagine, the notion of a reality beyond the senses, a reality beyond nature, has come into being. Without the cerebrum there would be no imagination, and hence no notion of God! In nature, all things have form. Each of these”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“The ego is the product of imagination. It is how a human being sees himself or herself. It makes humans demand special status in nature and culture. Nature does not care for this self-image of human beings. Culture, which is a man-made creation, attempts to accommodate it.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“Within Infinite Truths lies the Eternal Truth Who sees it all? Varuna has but a thousand eyes Indra, a hundred And I, only two”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“Without the cerebrum there would be no imagination, and hence no notion of God!”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, 7 Secrets of Shiva

“One option is to spend our lives ignoring the reality of life, like monkeys spellbound by the rattle-drum. We can focus on meaningless activities that keep us busy, help us pass the time, and prevent us from getting bored or distract us from introspecting and reflecting on life. The other option is to introspect and reflect on life. We can ask ourselves what shapes our decisions and where does our self-image come from. Why are we in certain situations like the petrified deer and in other situations like the dominant lion? We will realise that notions such as victim and villain and hero are all imaginary constructions, stories within our head and stories that we receive from society. In other words, they are maya, constructions to fortify ourselves from fear, subjective realities that make us feel powerful.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, 7 Secrets of Shiva

“When the reference point is aham, not atma, when the world is only Brahmanda not Prakriti, one is as deluded as one who is intoxicated.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, 7 Secrets of Shiva

“If people around us behave like deer, it means we are behaving like lions. If people around us behave like lions, it means they see us as deer. If people around us behave like dogs, friendly or hostile, it means we matter to them.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, 7 Secrets of Shiva

“BUT BRAHMA STUBBORNLY REFUSES TO take the journey towards Purusha. He is determined to find identity and meaning through Prakriti alone. Brahma divides subjective reality into two parts: what belongs to him and what does not belong to him. Property is thus created. It is humankind’s greatest delusion through which humanity seeks to generate meaning and identity.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, 7 Secrets of Shiva

“we cling to ‘me’ and ‘mine’ and are wary of what is ‘not mine’. We call this love, but it is in fact attachment as they give us identity and meaning.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“his size, change his shape. He seeks independence from nature. Withdrawing from nature is the first step in this process. Detached from nature, a Tapasvin feels no pain, hears no sound, sees no image, tastes no flavour and smells no odour. In art, Tapasvins are shown as seated in cross-legged positions with creepers around their feet, termite hills over their bodies and serpents slithering around their necks. These men are intellectually, emotionally and physically liberated from all things material. A traditionally decorated Shiva-linga without a mask”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, 7 Secrets of Shiva

“Every event in our life is determined by past actions.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

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― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“Shiva-linga then is thus at once, the self-stirred phallus of the Tapasvin, the reverse flow of his semen, the burning of Tapa, the endless pillar of fire and the form of the formless divine. This is the Stanu, the still pillar of consciousness, the fountainhead of imagination, around which nature dances.”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva

“from that of other Tapasvins. Many Asuras and Devas”
― Devdutt Pattanaik, Seven secrets of Shiva