Lord Siva, the Master Yogin: Swami Krishnananda.
======================================================================================================= Sunday 26, July 2026 06:50. Articles Divinities and Saints: Lord Siva, the Master Yogin: Swami Krishnananda (Spoken for Sivaratri in 1973) ========================================================================================================= Maha Sivaratri is the glorious annual occasion when we offer special adorations to Lord Siva as the austere and the contemplative aspect of God the Almighty. We conceive God as glory, as creativity, and as austerity. Vishnu is glory and magnificence, Brahma is creativity and force, and Siva is austerity and renunciation. It is said that God is the embodiment of six attributes, of which renunciation is one. We may wonder how God can renounce things. He is not a sannyasi; He is not an ascetic like a vairagyi or a sadhu. What is He going to renounce? How can we conceive Siva as an austere yogin or a renunciate? What does He reno...