Shaivism subscribes for ascetic values and seekers often wander around with ashen faces or tilak to achieve moksha through devotion to Lord Shava. "Shiva is considered supreme and beyond His creation and it is believed that souls shares with Him all those qualities He represents which are meant to be achieved through self-purification or asceticism as a tool for understanding and practicing the way of Bliss," I wrote at merinews portal and the article was reproduced at WORLD Hindu News portal [1] .
Devout shaivites perform self-purification acts and practice yoga striving to become one with the transcendent and the immanent Shiva within. It is believed that all creation has an ultimate aim of the creation and final return of soul and cosmos to Shiva. The process of salvation in Shaivism is likened to bubbles arising and returning to water, I had added.
The basic assumptions of Shaivism are as follows
-Doctrine of Non-Avatara or not believing the incarnation of the Supreme Soul.
-Tenet of striving to remove vices for goodness to manifest
It was concluded that in Shaivism, the birth and world process is for the sake of the soul’s release. Shiva remains the same whether the world evolves or not along with a doodle art on Shiva in merinews.com [2].
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