5 Vital Things about Emptiness

The temple is the focus for all aspects of everyday life in the Shaivait community – religious, cultural, educational and social. The temple is also the place where one can transcend the world of man.

Shaivait’s  believe that their lives are merely stages in the progression to ultimate enlightenment. The temple is a place where God may be approached and where divine knowledge can be discovered.

Our main focus is to spread religious and philosophical system of South in which is worshiped as the supreme deity. It draws primarily on the Tamil devotional hymns written by saints from the 5th to the 9th century, known in their collected form as Tirumurai. Meykanadevar (13th century) was the first systematic philosopher of the school.

Shaiva-siddhanta posits three universal realities: the individual soul (pashu), the Lord (pati—i.e., Shiva), and the soul’s bondage (pasha) within the fetters of existence. These fetters comprise ignorance, , and the delusory nature of phenomenal reality (maya). Acts of service and good conduct (carya), structured worship (kriya), spiritual discipline (), and deep learning () enable the soul to be freed from bondage.

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