Seventh Edition§
Copyright © 1995
by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami§
Śaiva Dharma Śāstras, The Book of Discipline of Śaiva Siddhānta Church is published by Himālayan Academy. All rights are reserved. This book may be used to share the Hindu Dharma with others on the spiritual path, but reproduced only with the prior written consent of the publisher. Designed, typeset and illustrated by the swāmīs of the Śaiva Siddhānta Yoga Order, 107 Kaholalele Road, Kapaa, Hawaii, USA 96746-9304. §
PRINTED IN USA§
ISBN 0-945497-69-5 (HARDCOVER)§
978-1-934145-51-7 (EBOOK)§
THE WATERCOLOR ON THE COVER IS THE 1994 WORK OF NEW YORK ARTIST VERA ROSENBERRY, COMMISSIONED by Himālayan Academy. In it she has depicted the ancient and modern Hindu global experience. The entire left half of the painting, executed in traditional two-dimensional Rajput style, depicts Hinduism in olden days. The right side of the art portrays contemporary Hindu experience, modern life around the world as lived today by nearly one billion Hindus. Not only does the artist change the subject, but also the style, so the right side is executed in three-dimensional form. In the middle, appropriately, stands Gaṇeśa, as Pañchamukhagaṇapati, the five-faced, nine-foot granite Deity worshiped today by members of Śaiva Siddhānta Church at our dharmaśāla in the country of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The Sanskṛit Aum is the artist’s central image, signifying the presence on Earth of Sanātana Dharma, and the omnipresence of the Divine, as revealed in the Vedas—two of the major truths woven throughout this sacred volume. §