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The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

#1136 - Why Shiva Attacked Brahma | Spirituality

The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

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4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Sadhguru tells the story of why Shiva ripped off Brahma’s fifth head, and how Shiva explored the nature of creation to attain to a point of absolute stillness. Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.org Sadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app Official Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.org Sadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the podcast, Sadguru of Mystics and Mistakes. When we say Shiva, generally he is always referred to as Swambu because there is no particular moment of creation,

0:28.1

there is no particular source of creation, is by himself. That's why the word Shiva means that which is not.

0:38.0

That which is not does not happen at a particular time does not happen through something.

0:48.0

It is there.

0:50.0

So Shiva was... was the creator Rama came and started creating. So various galaxies, the planets, the life forms, the humans, everything came forth

1:10.8

out of him. Creation got into its grind of movement and Shiva who was still opened his eyes and opened his eyes and started looking at the creation.

1:25.0

As you observed the creation, he saw people were going through all kinds of struggles, pains,

1:35.2

miseries, agony, various levels.

1:39.8

Here and there there was a little bit of pleasure and joy. So when he saw this he did not like the

1:46.8

creation. He looked around, then he saw Brahma was so absolutely proud of his creation.

1:56.6

He was looking at his creation, great pride and joy.

2:00.6

Then he found two eyes were not enough.

2:04.0

So he popped one more head to look at this side.

2:08.0

He didn't want to miss anything.

2:09.0

Then he popped one more and one more.

2:11.0

Then he popped a fifth head like a crown for his pride not to look

2:16.8

at anything in particular just to crown himself with an extra head.

2:31.0

When Shiva saw that this Brahma is so gloating about such a miserable creation, he got mad.

2:34.8

He attacked Brahma and plucked his fifth head out.

2:40.2

Now he has only four, you know.

2:42.3

Brahma screamed in pain and said,

2:44.0

why are you doing this to me?

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