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Today is Great Vedic Holiday Night – Great Night of Lord Shiva – Maha Shivaratri

Great Night of Lord Shiva - Maha Shivaratri

Great Night of Lord Shiva – Mahashivaratri is a Vedic festival in honor of Lord Shiva. The festival “Shivaratri” is celebrated several times a year, but this one (the night FEB18-19/2023) is considered the most important, which is why it bears the prefix “maha” – great, main. The Lord Shiva followers have “katha” – stories about Lord Shiva and sing hymns in his honor. Those who are awake during Great Night of Lord Shiva get material prosperity, liberation from sins and a future life in paradise. Any meditation during this night is considered 100 times stronger than some other time because of the position of the Sun and Moon at these days.

A lot of ritual ceremonies (yajnas / pujas) are held in all Vedic temples at this Great Night, people are singing mantras for Shiva, a lot of incense and oil lamps are burned.

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Sai Baba has made the following statement about Shivarati:

“The day when man is able to experience the divine state of being-awareness-bliss (sath-chith-ananda) is really the holy day of Sivarathri. Till then, man is in perpetual darkness. Until a fruit ripens on a tree, its juice is not sweet. When the fruit is fully ripe, it drops from the tree. Attachment to the tree is gone. Likewise, when a man achieves spiritual maturity, he acquires detachment (vairagya) automatically. Man has to endeavour to reach this level of maturity by spiritual practices that transform his consciousness.

Turn your minds toward the Divine. Repetition of the Lord’s names has been prescribed as a spiritual discipline to turn your mind away from the things of the world. If you devote the whole of this night to thoughts about the Lord, your minds will be transformed, even if you are not able to reach the highest state of “Over-Mind”. Ever bearing in mind the triple characteristics of the Divine –Truth, Wisdom, Eternal Brahman (Sathyam, Jnanam, Anantham Brahman)– strive to achieve the supreme goal of Man.”

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