{"id":945,"date":"2026-08-18T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=945"},"modified":"2025-08-24T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T03:00:03","slug":"lesson-129-dancing-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-129-dancing-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 129 \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\/2025\/02\/DwS-Lesson-129.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 Nature of the Holy \u0100gamas?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u015aLOKA 129<br>The \u0100gamas, San\u0101tana Dharma\u2019s second authority, are revelations on sacred living, worship, yoga and philosophy. \u015aaivism, \u015a\u0101ktism and Vaish\u1e47avism each exalts its own array of \u0100gamas, many over 2,000 years old. Aum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BH\u0100SHYA<br>In the vast \u0100gamic literature, tradition counts 92 main \u015aaiva \u0100gamas\u201410 \u015aiva, 18 Rudra and 64 Bhairava\u201477 \u015a\u0101kta \u0100gamas and 108 Vaish\u1e47ava Pa\u00f1char\u0101tra \u0100gamas. Most \u0100gamas are of four parts, called p\u0101das, and possess thousands of metered Sanskrit verses, usually of two lines. The chary\u0101 p\u0101da details daily religious observance, right conduct, the guru-\u015bishya relationship, community life, house design and town planning. The kriy\u0101 p\u0101da, commonly the longest, extols worship and temples in meticulous detail\u2014from site selection, architectural design and iconography, to rules for priests and the intricacies of daily p\u016bj\u0101, annual festivals and home-shrine devotionals. The yoga p\u0101da discloses the interior way of meditation, of r\u0101ja yoga, mantra and tantra which stimulates the awakening of the slumbering serpent, ku\u1e47\u1e0dalin\u012b. The j\u00f1\u0101na p\u0101da narrates the nature of God, soul and world, and the means for liberation. The Tirumantiram declares, \u201cVeda and \u0100gama are Iraivan\u2019s scriptures. Both are truth: one is general, the other specific. While some say these words of God reach two different conclusions, the wise see no difference.\u201d Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is the Nature of the Holy \u0100gamas? \u015aLOKA 129The \u0100gamas, San\u0101tana Dharma\u2019s second authority, are revelations on sacred living, worship, yoga and philosophy. \u015aaivism, \u015a\u0101ktism and Vaish\u1e47avism each exalts its own array of \u0100gamas, many over 2,000 years old. Aum. 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