Shiva is the Consciousness of Infinite Goodness. His dance is the dance of transformation and his drumbeat is the rhythm of all creation.
In this podcast series, Swami Satyananda Saraswati reads the English translation of the puja mantras, stopping at certain points to provide further explanation and answer questions.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 1. Beginning - In Episode 1 of the Advanced Shiva Puja English podcast series Swami Satyananda Saraswati introduces the class and talks briefly about puja as a devotional practice that comes from the heart.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 2. Five Verses on Spiritual Discipline - In Episode 2 of the Advanced Shiva Puja English podcast series Swami Satyananda Saraswati reads the Five Verses on Spiritual Discipline – a stotram authored by Sri Shankaracarya in 700 AD that encapulates the essence and method of yogic practice.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 3. Bowing to All the Gods and Goddesses - Episode 3 continues the English translation of the Advanced Shiva Puja. This podcast begins the Devata Pranam the bowing down to all the Gods and Goddess in existence.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 4. Meditation on Shiva - Episode 4 continues the English translation of the Advanced Shiva Puja with the Meditation on the Five Faced form of Lord Shiva, the five aspects of the one Consciousness of Infinite Goodness. Swamiji also speaks briefly on the value of reading the mantras in English.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 5. Purifying the Mouth with Water - Episode 5 continues the English translation of the Advanced Shiva Puja. The mantras for Purification of the Mouth are beautiful and profound poetry – an excellent example of how puja transforms every activity into Divine expression.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 6. Sankalpa - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja which discusses how to take the Sankalpa, the spiritual vow, to perform the worship of Lord Shiva, the Consciousness of Infinite Goodness.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 7. The Song of the Resolve of Shiva - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class discusses the Shiva Sankalpa Stotram in which we pray "May my mind be filled with that firm determination of Shiva, the Consciousness of Infinite Goodness."
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 8. Worship of Ganesha - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. In this part of the puja we invoke Ganesha, the Lord of Wisdom and the Remover of All Obstacles, who is the first to be worshiped in any puja.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 9. Meditation on Ganesha - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class continues the discussion of Ganesha puja with the Ganesha Dhyanam or the meditation on Ganesha Divine Form.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 10. Establishment in the Hands and Body - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Classes covers the establishment of the Seed Mantra of Ganesha "Gam" in the hands, Kara Nyasa, and the Body, Anga Nyasa.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 11. The Highest Meaning of Ganesha - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Classes is the English translation of the Ganeshatharvashirsham, the Highest Meaning of Ganesha. This Stotram defines the understanding of Ganesha as the Supreme Divinity.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 12. 108 Names of Ganesha - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva puja is the English Translation of the 108 names of Ganehsa which describes his various names and qualities.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 13. Proclamation of Merits and Eternal Blessings - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the translation of the mantras of the Advanced Shiva Puja covers the Punya Havacana and the Svasti Vacana, which proclaim the blessings and merits created by performing the worship of Shiva.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 14. Purification of Water - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class is gives the English translation of the mantras used for creating a vessel of purified water. This water is then used to bless and purify all the articles of worship.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 15. Purification of Flowers and Hands - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This is part of the Shiva Puja Class is the translation of the mantras used in the Pushpa Suddhi and Kara Suddhi. These mantras are used for purifying the flowers to be offered in worship as well as purifying the hands.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 17. Establishment of the Pot - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class goes over the Establishment of the Pot, the Kalasha Sthapana. In this pot of the various energies, all the gods, and all existence are gathered together.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 16. Worship of Shiva - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class gives the meaning of the beautiful mantras of the worship of Shiva's Five Faces. Each of these faces represents a different eternal aspects of the one Supreme Divinity.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 18. Establishment of Life - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja class is the translation of the Prana Pratishta, the Establishment of Life. In this part of the Puja life is being established in the pot, in which the energy of our deity is established.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 19. The Song of Establishment of Life - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class is the translation of the Prana Prathistha Suktam. The Prana Prathistha Suktam is the Song of the Establishment of Life explaining all the energies and divinities gathered together in the Kalasha (the pot).
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 20. Conch Offering - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class is the translation of the mantras used for establishing the Vishesharghya. This offering is made of a conch filled with purified water.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 21. Purification of the Elements - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class gives the mantras of Bhuta Shuddhi, the Purification of the Elements. These mantras are the seed mantras of the various chakras.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 22. Dispersion of Inimical Energies - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. The mantras translated in this part of the Shiva Puja Class are the mantras for the Bhutapsarana, Dispersion of Inimical Energies, which are negative energies within our own minds.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 23. Cleansing of the Sinuses - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class translates the mantras of the Aghamarshana, the Internal Cleansing. This practice involves Jal Neti and Pranayama, Cleaning of the Sinuses and Control of the Breath.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 24. Establishment of the Letters in the External Body - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class is the explanation and the translation of the Bahya Matrika Nyasa, the practice of establishing the letters of the Sanskrit alphabet in the external body.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 25. Establishment of the Letters in the Chakras - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class explains and translates the Matrika Nyasa, the establishment of the letters of the Sanskrit alphabet, in the form of bija mantras, in the chakras.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 26. Worship of the Divine Mother’s Body - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class is the translation of the mantras used for worshiping the Divine Mother's body. This is done by touching different parts of the your own body with mudras and the recitation of these mantras.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 27. Establishment of the Internal Places of Worship - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class is the translation of the Pitha Nyasa, the Internal Places of Worship. These are the various points of the Shree Chandi Yantra, which is the yantra used in this tradition.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 28. Meditation on Shiva - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class is the English translation of the Shiva Dhyanam, the Mediation on Shiva, The Consciousness of Infinite Goodness. Shiva is extolled in his various forms, such as the eleven Rudras, the Husband of Uma, as the Supreme Guru and many others.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 29. Establishment Within - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class English translation of the Establishment Within. In this practice Lord Shiva is invited to come and reside with as in our heart and remain there until the Puja, or worship, is complete.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 30. Establishment of Life - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This is the explanation of the Bija Mantras, the seeds syllables, for establishing the divine energy of Shiva within us. In this way we recognize and remember that God is within us, even though we are worshiping him outside.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 31. Establishment - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class we take Shiva, who we have established in our heart, and establish him upon the altar. In this way we imagine God who is within in us as outside us so we can offer him our love and devotion.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 32. Offerings of Worship - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class gives the translation of the mantras used for offering the various articles of worship, which are called the Puja Naivedya. These mantras helped to define the meaning of each article that we offer to Shiva in our worship.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 33. The Armor of Shiva - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class discuss the Shiva Kavacham, the Armor of Shiva. With these mantras we establish ourselves in the Consciousness of Infinite Goodness and in this way we become impervious to everything.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 34. 108 Names of Shiva - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This is the English translation of the one hundred and eight names of Shiva. These names describe Shiva's various names and quality s such as the Great Seer of All, the Cause of Peace, Who Loves his Devotees and many others.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 35. Eight Verses in Praise of Shiva - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class is the translation of the Shiva Ashtakam, or the Eight Verses in Praise of Shiva. These eight verses give beautiful descriptions of Shiva's divine form and qualities.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 36. System of Fire Worship - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class gives the meaning of the mantras for establishing the Divine Fire and performing Shiva Yajna, the worship of Shiva while making offerings to the Divine Fire.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 37. Establishment of Excellent Circle of Dieties - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class is the translation of the mantras of the Savra Bhadramandala Devata Homa, the Sacrificial Fire Offerings to the Excellent Circle of all the Gods. This is performed at the ended of the Yajna in order to thank all the Divine Beings who present.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 38. Sam Gacchadhvam - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class is the translation of the mantras of the Sam Gacchadhvam. The Sam Gacchadhvam is a beautiful prayer calling for all to assemble together, speak together and for all minds to be in harmony.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 39. Establishment Within - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This is part of the Shiva Puja Class continues the establishment of the Divine Fire for worship. Before beginning the Fire Ceremony we establishes Shiva within our hearts, so that we can than establish him in the Divine Fire.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 40. Establishment of Life - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This is the translation of the seed mantras used for establishing life in the the Divine Fire. In this way every offering made to the fire becomes an offering to Lord Shiva. With each offering we come closer to the Consciousness of Infinite Goodness.
Advanced Shiva Puja: Episode 41. Establishment on the Fire - This is the podcast of the English explanation of Advanced Shiva Puja. This part of the Shiva Puja Class is the establishment of divinity in the Divine Fire. In the previous classes we established Lord Shiva in ours hearts and now we are taking him out and placing him his divinity within the Divine Fire.