In Episode 1 of the Advanced Shiva Puja English podcast series Swami Satyananda Saraswati introduces the class and talks briefly about puja as a devotional practice that comes from the heart.

In Episode 2 of the Advanced Shiva Puja English podcast series Swami Satyananda Saraswati reads the Five Verses on Spiritual Discipline – a stotram authored by Sri Shankaracarya in 700 AD that encapulates the essence and method of yogic practice.

Episode 3 continues the English translation of the Advanced Shiva Puja. This podcast begins the Devata Pranam the bowing down to all the Gods and Goddess in existence.

Episode 4 continues the English translation of the Advanced Shiva Puja with the Meditation on the Five Faced form of Lord Shiva, the five aspects of the one Consciousness of Infinite Goodness. Swamiji also speaks briefly on the value of reading the mantras in English.

Episode 5 continues the English translation of the Advanced Shiva Puja. The mantras for Purification of the Mouth are beautiful and profound poetry – an excellent example of how puja transforms every activity into Divine expression.

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.