June 04 2018

Title

Nithyanandeshwara Sadashiva Devasthanam | Vishesha Deeksha

Description

Glimpses from Vishesha Deeksha Initiation by Paramahamsa Nithyananda

Paramahamsa Nithyananda initiated disciples and participants of the Nithyanandam program into Vishesha Deeksha.

To deepen the experience of Mahasadashivoham in the disciple, Sadashiva blesses the disciple with the Deeksha called Vishesha Deeksha.

Through this Deeksha, the disciple is given access and the right to connect with Sadashiva through Shiva Puja. In the Vishesha Deeksha, the disciples are given a Shiva Linga for their personal Puja (Atmartha Puja) by the Guru.

In Kamika Agama Purvapada, Sadashiva shares the significance of worshiping the Shiva Linga:

agnihotrāśca vedāśca yajnasca bahudakshinah sivalingārcanasyaite kotyamsenāpi no samāḥ

"Maintaining the sacrificial fire in one’s own house, systematic study of the Vedas, performing sacrifices, which involves many kinds of fees in great measure - all these activities cannot be equal to even 1/1,000,000 parts of the greatness of the worship of Shiva Linga."

4 June, 2018