Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

MahaShivaratri celebration at Pune Branch

February 10, 2012

Shri Adi Shankaracharya

Every month, the night prior to Amavasya (Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi) is called maasa Shivaratri. In the month of maghaa (Chandramana panchang), it is celebrated as Maha Shivaratri.

This year, MahaShivaratri at Sringeri Math, Pune, will be celebrated on 20 feb 2012 (Monday).

Abhishekam will be conducted from 9PM to 12 midnight. Eleven (11) vidyarthis and adhyapak from Ved patshala of Alandi kshetra will recite laghu Rudram (11 * 11 times).

Please contact Dharamadhikari’s office for further details.

Weapons do not cut This (Atma); nor does fire does burn It. Water does not wet (nor drown) nor does wind dry It. This (Atma) cannot be slain, nor burnt, nor wetted, nor dried up. It is changeless, all-pervading, stable, immovable and eternal. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
Do not be proud of wealth, people (relations and friends), and youth. All these are snatched by Time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Mohamudgara
Today God is altogether ignored and this is the cause of all our suffering and misery. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
By God’s grace, we have obtained a human birth, the power of discrimination and someone to teach us about the ultimate, truth. If we still remain lazy, we will be wasting a marvelous opportunity. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
No man is omniscient. Hence man should not have the ego that he knows all. It is ego that leads man astray and drives him to commit sins. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names