21/05/2026
🌹Adi Siva🌹
Siva is an adi guru. A Siddha is one who attained superhuman powers - Siddhis or Jivanmuktha.
Adi Sankara is the main traditional teacher of Jnana Yoga, which is usually regarded as the highest yogic path.
Even Patanjali states that liberation or self-realization is gained by knowledge, not by any other means and makes yoga a means of achieving that higher knowledge.
The Siddahas master Yama, Niyama, Renunciation, Mauna, Desa, Kala, Asana, Mulabandha, Deha samyam, Drik Sthithi, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Atma Dhyana and Samadhi.
They possess ashta siddhis. They are anima, laghima, garima, mahima, esitva, vasitva, prakamya, bhukti siddhi.
A Siddha with a divine body is Siva himself. He is beyond the barriers of time, space and human limitations.
A Siddha is freed from all wants (anya-abhilasha).
He is the one who has attained flawless identity with the Reality.
Our scriptures mention Siddha ashrama is a secret land deep in the Himalayas, where great yogis, sadhus and sages who are siddhas live.
The concept is similar to Tibetan mystical land of Shambhala.
Siddha aahrama is referred in many Indian epics and Puranas including Ramayana and Mahabharata.
In Valmiki Ramayana it is said that Viswamitra had his hermitage in Siddhasrama, the erstwhile hermitage of Vishnu, when he appeared as the Vamana avatar.
He takes Rama and Lakshmana to Siddha ashrama to exterminate the rakshasas who are disturbing his religious sacrifices.
Kashmir Shaivism refers siddha guru who can by way of Saktipath initiate disciples into Yoga.
Siddhars have transcended the ahamkara, have subdued their minds to be subservient to their awareness.
A Siddha seeks Jivanmukthi - freedom from human constraints and weaknesses; and not Moksha the total liberation from existence.
He lives among us and yet he is secluded.
A Siddha is also a Kavi. Sage Sukra son of Bhrigu Maharshi and Kavyamata Ushana.
He knew the Guhya vidya and brought the dead back to life (Sanjivani vidya).
The 18 Siddars of South India from Agastiyar to Boghar and others); Nath Siddhas who follow Matsyendranatha and Goraknatha.
The Siddhas were proficient in yoga, alchemy, magical powers and other occult practices.