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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.