Shiva: Stories and Teachings from the Shiva Mahapurana Paperback – October 4, 2013

My two favorite books on Shiva are Shiva: Stories and Teachings from the Shiva Mahapurana by Vanamali and Shiva: The Lord of Yoga by Frawley.

The author is clearly a bright soul! It’s not surface level, or overly complicated and theological. It’s a beautifully written, thoughtful book, and the physical quality of the book and paper is good too. No tiny print or cheap scans. You’ll agree within your first 5 or 10 minutes reading it. Great purchase, I’m very satisfied.

Explained and filled in many blanks in my knowledge about Shiva, Parvati, Vishnu, Brahma, and the ancient Hindu pantheon. We have been watching Hindu videos on You Tube without knowing the Hindi language and wanted to understand what was going on better. Reading this book clarified a lot! I especially appreciated the transliterated mantras, the extra lists and the glossary. My meditations have really been enhanced and I feel more intimate with the massive active consciousness of the Lord of the Cosmos. A little old lady wrote this book, you can find racier versions of this material. Being a little old lady myself, I was much relived at the dignity with which the stories were presented. I only wish the book could have been much thicker with more in depth intricacies, but that would not be one book. Good job condensing the essentials! I will re-read this one. Aum, Namah Shivaya!

Shiva + Shakti. Nice stories of Lord Shiva. The bond between Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. The life of Gods and the past-times of Lord Shiva.Any Hindu who wants to know who really is Lord Shiva should read this.

Another inspiring book by this devout writer. I truly felt a personal connection with Mahadev after reading this beautiful text.

The best Shiva book I have read

I love this book. It tells of Shiva which is my favorite of Trimurtis. It explains many different aspects of Shiva instead of him just being the destroyer, which is more realistic. If he was just the destroyer he be more akin to a messenger or angel than a personification of the one God. Iy even tells you how you can worshio him/her and even speaks of Shakti/Shivaa. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in eastern religion.

Vanamali is pure in devotion and illuminates the pages and the mind. I felt bereft after I finished this book for it was as though my practice of prayer was lessened significantly. I then read her book on Krishna which was excellent as well.