#lingams

[1five1two]

'Linked Lingams in yellow, burnt sienna and purple'. Loie Hollowell. 2017.

[phenomenalgems]

🌀 I love the unique patterns on this Shiva Lingam sphere--an unusual form for this revered river stone from India. Also known as a Narmadeshvara Lingam, this type of coffee-and-cream river stone is a symbol of the Hindu god Shiva. Lingams are treasured symbols which represent Shiva's power and virility. The stones are found in India's Narmada River and hand shaped, typically into the classic egg shape. In this case, the stone has been shaped into a smooth, matte orb, with graphic swirls! A beautiful example of this unique stone, perfect for display or meditation. 🌀 Locality: Narmada River, Onkar Mandhata, India. C = 6.50", D = 2.07" (54mm). 242 g (8.5 oz)--$28 on PhenomenalGems.Etsy.com. #shivalingam #shiva #hindu #narmadeshvara #india #riverstone #polished #smooth #sphere #orb #display #healing #meditation #collector #lingams #geology #altarstones #minerals #rocks #kundalini #fertility #phenomenalgems #etsy

[sumitshital]

Shiva is a space of deep silence and stillness where all the activities of the mind dissolve. #shiva #shiv #shivji #lingam #lingams #exploringmygarden #pondicherrydiaries #pondicherrytourism #pondicherry_lovers #pondicherrytrip #2021holiday #seascape #sumitshital #ponditraveldiaries #travelphotography #travelgram #iphone11promax #solotravel (at Pondicherry) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLy62xYDaz9/?igshid=19ks9bou9ms3u

[healingcrystals-crystaltalk]

Hi everyone, this is Susan. We all have junk in our baggage that we carry around with us each and every day.  One exercise you can do is to gather a bunch of rocks, write on those rocks the issues that you are holding onto.  Perhaps an old love, feelings of unworthiness, being abandoned, grudges against someone, anger at someone over something, etc.  Place all of these rocks in some sort of bag and carry it with you for a day or so.  If you don’t want to be seen doing this, then when you come home pick up the bag and don’t put it down for anything, cooking or laundry, or cleaning, or bathing the kids or whatever.   Suddenly, very soon you will see just how heavy a weight you have been carrying.  Do you really want to keep this up? Go through the bag and make a decision to let things go.  That argument you got into with a coworker, well that coworker is probably not giving it a second thought.  The person who did you wrong that you are still carrying a grudge 20yrs later has not given you a second thought.  When you release you will open up to receive those blessings you have been praying for, asking for and working yourself into the ground to achieve.   I love the Shiva Lingams.  It is a permanent staple in the crystals that I carry. The Shiva Lingam is a stone of insight, allowing the user to recognize and let go of things (feelings, emotions, etc.) that no longer serve or have been outgrown. The lingam represents the center axis of life, connecting earth with universe. As always, you can use the coupon code HCTUMBLR10 to receive a 10% discount on your order.  Thank you very much. Mitakuye Oyasin-All My Relations and Crystal Blessings, Susan

[english-tibetan-dictionary]

lingams

gnas chen nyi shu rtsa bzhi - It is recounted in the Chakrasamvara Tantra and its commentaries (as related in MK) that the world was once ruled by Bhairava, the wrathful form of Mahadeva who made the land of Magadha the seat of his power. It is said also that four devas and four gandharvas descended from the sky and established their dominion in eight places known as the eight Celestial Abodes (mkha' spyod kyi gnas brgyad). Likewise, four yakshas and four rakshasas, already on the earth, made their way to Jambudvipa where they established themselves in eight Earthly Abodes (sa spyod kyi gnas brgyad), while four nagas and four asuras came to Jambudvipa from beneath the earth, to settle themselves in eight Underground Abodes (sa 'og gi gnas brgyad). They invited Bhairava to visit their dwellings, twenty-four in all, but he, instead of coming personally, manifested in each place as a lingam to which these savage beings would make blood sacrifices. These demonic forces preva! iled from the "golden age" until the beginning of our present "era of strife and conflict." It was then, the tantra recounts, that the Blessed One, Vajradhara, knew that the time had come to subdue these unsuitable beings. Without his mind ever wavering from objectless compassion, he arose in the formidable wrathful display of a Heruka with four heads and twelve arms. He danced, and through the power of the nondual wisdom of all the Buddhas, trampled down Mahadeva and his consort together with their retinue, liberating their minds into the absolute expanse and establishing them in great bliss. The Heruka then blessed each of the twenty-four abodes as a palace of Chakrasamvara and each of the twenty-four lingams as a mandala of sixty-two wisdom deities. The sixty-two are Chakrasamvara, his consort, and his retinue: the twenty-four male and twenty-four female Bodhisattvas, and the twelve goddesses. [MR] [RY]

[mirekulous]

Water Lingams... Top left: The River of a Thousand Lingams. Cambodia. Top right: A sacred place located 10 kms from Sirsi. Bottom: another Lingam from River of 1000 Lingams, Cambodia. More images from that location: http://www.eatingchaos.com/2006/03/23/river-of-1000-lingas/