Monday, December 26, 2011

Ask not what we can do for Lord Shiva but ask what He can do for us

Let's be honest. We would not worship Lord Shiva if he were not so easy to please. Infact, it is his quickness in responding to our prayers that attract billions to worship him. 

We have so many expectations from him that it might be useful to understand what are the five functions that he is supposed to perform (Maybe that's why he has five heads?). These functions are:

1. Creation (in the form of Brahma)
2. Maintenance (in the form of Vishnu)
3. Destruction (in the form of Mahadev)
4. Creation Illusion and hiding knowledge (I don't know which form this is in - perhaps Maya?)
5. Removing illusion and revealing knowledge (in the form of Dakshinamurti perhaps?)