Quotations

Will somebody go to a teacher and say, “Break the images I have made of myself so that I can see what is real?”

When everything is destroyed and one is left with no hope whatsoever, there comes Shiva’s support.

In Sanskrit, ‘Shivam’ also means ‘auspiciousness’.

Of the Trinity that creates, preserves and destroys, Shiva comes only at the end.

Freedom is like the Wheel of Enlightenment – the rim symbolizes mindfulness while the hub stands for moral discipline

You cannot practice freedom because it has no preset design or pattern.

The Tandav Nritya of Shiva seeks to free you of all intrinsic conditioning

True consciousness is to transcend all images we create in our minds.

Of Shiva’s armaments, one is the ‘paasha’ – noose.

Though we may think we are human, in essence we are actually ‘pashus’ – animals.

Humility is the understanding that one doesn’t know; or that, perhaps, there is more to know.

According to the Rishis, Truth cannot be grasped and can only be understood by going as close as possible to it.

In the name of modern thinking and scientific enquiry, sadly some throw all traditions aside. 

In this journey of understanding higher levels of consciousness, one has to be free of all burdens of the mind.

On this path to the Truth, we may think that we are denying ourselves many things.