Shivopasana Mantra - शिवोपासन मन्त्र by Víctor Sakshin

My take on the śivopāsana mantra, an ancestral vedic chant (from the Yajurveda) that acts as a sonic worship (upāsana) to the ultimate, supreme reality (śiva). It begins with the uttering of 22 of the most powerful and meaningful names of śiva (names of the nameless), followed then by a complete description of the śiva linga worship. The linga is an aniconic representation that represents the synthesis of the divine masculine and femenine principles, the microcosmos and the macrocosmos, primordial energy-matter and pure consciousness. It's arguably the most simple and direct "outward symbol" of the "formless Reality".

May it bring you peace, peace, peace.

Víctor Sakshin is a vocalist, composer and integral yoga teacher. Extensively trained in Dhrupad (the oldest form of North Indian Classical Music), as well as in Western Music, he approaches sound as an utterly transformative support for meditation (nāda yoga).

The soul of his work is the in-depth syncretic research on worldwide trance inducing uses of music for the expansion of consciousness.