God is not limited by the form, transcend the form, but at same time has all the forms, being the source of everything (all thing is an emanation of God) and omnipervasive. We dont treat the image like God, but we worship what the icon symbolizes. Being God in everything, everything is a portal to have a meeting with God. Matter (Prakriti) is part of God; matter has form, so God has material form (s) too. Saying that God has a spiritual form is an oxymoron and a nonsense. Shanti. All the glories to Dakshinamurty Shiva.

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aum namah sivaya

Siva is both Creator and creation, all pervasive and transcendent. In Tamil, this idea is encapsulated in the phrase "Anbe Sivamayam Sathiyame Parasivam," which means "Siva is immanent love and transcendental reality."

Rational Philosophy




Saiva Siddhanta is a rational philosophy. The concept of Satkariya vatham is similar to the scientific concept that matter and energy get transformed from one form to another.

The universe, according to the Big Bang theory in science, had an origin from a cosmic egg and expanded to the present state. Even time was born from it. The Siddhanta concept of maya and its products has a close parallel with this scientific view.




Referring to the universe, the 20th century Scientist Albert Einstein said, It is an expanding Universe. The Saiva saint Manickavasakar made the same statement more than about 12 century ago. Even the verbal usage, virinthana (expanding) in his statement appears to be the same.

ing to the universe, the 20th century Scientist Albert Einstein said, It is an expanding Universe. The Saiva saint Manickavasakar made the same statement more than about 12 century ago. Even the verbal usage, virinthana (expanding) in his statement appears to be the same.

The Siva- Sakthy concept where the static and dynamic aspects are attributed to the one and the same Being is akin to the 20th century scientific discovery regarding the duel aspect of atomic particles. These particles were found to exhibit the characteristics of particle and wave at one and the same time. Many such examples can be shown to draw parallels between Siddhanta concepts and scientific views.

Manifestatios of Lord Siva




God Siva in His inherent form is formless. To bestow grace to the souls He manifests in various forms. His manifested forms are grouped into three categories. They are arupa(aruvam) form (without a body), rupa (uruvam)form (with body) and rupa-arupa (aruvuruvam) form (with and without body). The image of Siva Linga (Sivalingam) is symbolic of the last category, which is the intermediate stage between the other two. Other manifested images of Siva are symbolic of the second category. The images of Ambikai, Nadarajah, Dakshnmoorthy, Ganapathy, Murugan etc., belong to this category.

Saivism does not encourage worship of minor deities and those alien to it. If any benefit is derived by worshipping them, it is only temporary and of a psychological change. Often such worship becomes a hindrance to spiritual progress.

The image of Sivalingam is often misinterpreted by many. Lord Siva, when taking various manifested forms, acts first on Natham which is the first Siva tatva. This tatva is denoted by a vertical line. Then He acts on the second tatva called Vindu, which is denoted by a dot. Then he acts on the third tatva called Sathakkiyam. It is here He takes the manifested form called Sivalingam. The vertical upper portion of Sivalingam is, therefore, indicative of natham and the bottom circular portion is indicative of vindhu. The image of Sivalingam is symbolic of Sivas arupa rupa form. It is actually without any definite form and in an amorphous state.