{"id":173,"date":"2026-04-21T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=173"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T03:37:18","slug":"lesson-10-dancing-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-10-dancing-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 10 \u2013 Dancing with \u015aiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DwS-Lesson-010.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Recording: Gurudeva&#8217;s cloned voice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Is the Universalistic Sm\u0101rta Sect?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u015aLOKA 10<br>Sm\u0101rtism is an ancient br\u0101hminical tradition reformed by Sankara in the ninth century. Worshiping six forms of God, this liberal Hindu path is monistic, nonsectarian, meditative and philosophical. Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BH\u0100SHYA<br>Sm\u0101rta means a follower of classical sm\u1e5biti, particularly the Dharma \u015a\u0101stras, Pur\u0101\u1e47as and Itih\u0101sas. Sm\u0101rtas re\u00advere the Ve\u00addas and honor the \u0100gamas. Today this faith is synonymous with the teachings of Adi Sankara, the monk-phil\u00ados\u00adopher known as sha\u1e47mata sth\u0101pan\u0101ch\u0101rya, \u201cfound\u00ad\u00ader of the six-sect system.\u201d He campaigned India-wide to con\u00adsolidate the Hindu faiths of his time under the banner of Advaita Ved\u0101nta. To unify the worship, he popularized the an\u00adcient Sm\u0101rta five-Deity altar\u2014Ga\u00ad\u1e47a\u00adpati, S\u016brya, Vish\u1e47u, \u015aiva and \u015aakti\u2014and added Kum\u0101ra. From these, devotees may choose their \u201cpreferred Deity,\u201d or Ish\u1e6da Devat\u0101. Each God is but a reflection of the one Sa\u00adgu\u1e47a Brahman. Sankara organized hundreds of mon\u00adasteries into a ten-order, da\u00ad\u015ba\u00ad\u00adn\u0101\u00adm\u012b system, which now has five pontifical cen\u00adters. He wrote profuse commentaries on the Upani\u00adshads, Brah\u00ad\u00ad\u00adma S\u016btras and Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101. Sankara proclaimed, \u201cIt is the one Reality which ap\u00adpears to our ignorance as a manifold universe of names and forms and changes. Like the gold of which many or\u00ad\u00adnaments are made, it remains in itself un\u00adchang\u00aded. Such is Brahman, and That art Thou.\u201d Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is the Universalistic Sm\u0101rta Sect? \u015aLOKA 10Sm\u0101rtism is an ancient br\u0101hminical tradition reformed by Sankara in the ninth century. Worshiping six forms of God, this liberal Hindu path is monistic, nonsectarian, meditative and philosophical. Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya. BH\u0100SHYASm\u0101rta means a follower of classical sm\u1e5biti, particularly the Dharma \u015a\u0101stras, Pur\u0101\u1e47as and Itih\u0101sas. 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