Shiva Temple Estonia

23/09/2026

Have you noticed how a simple task can help you feel more present?

You w**d a flowerbed. Tidy up. Carry something from one place to another. At some point, you are simply present with what you are doing.

At the Shiva Temple in Lilleoru, we call caring for a sacred place seva. It is an opportunity to offer your time and attention to something greater, while also noticing what happens within you. Sometimes the work brings a sense of peace; sometimes it brings impatience. You can notice both.

On Saturday and Sunday, 26 and 27 September, we will come together for a weekend of seva at the temple. We will care for the temple grounds, do some autumn gardening and tidying, and share lunch together. You can join us for the whole weekend, for one day, or for as long as suits you. No previous experience is needed.

You are warmly welcome.
More information and registration: https://www.shivatempleestonia.org/event-info/temple-seva-day-4

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Kas oled märganud, kuidas mõtted võivad rahuneda siis, kui teed midagi lihtsat oma kätega?

Rohid peenart. Koristad. Kannad midagi ühest kohast teise. Ühel hetkel oled lihtsalt selle tegevuse juures.

Lilleoru Shiva templis nimetame püha paiga eest hoolitsemist sevaks. See on võimalus anda oma aega ja tähelepanu millegi suurema hüvanguks ning märgata samal ajal, mis toimub sinu enda sees. Mõnikord toob töö esile rahu, mõnikord kärsituse. Mõlemat saab tähele panna.

Laupäeval ja pühapäeval, 26. ja 27. septembril koguneme templis seva nädalavahetulese, et hoolitseda koos templiala eest. Teeme sügishooaja aia- ja korrastustöid ning sööme ühiselt lõunat. Võid tulla terveks nädalavahetuseks, päevaks või nii kauaks, kui sulle sobib. Varasem kogemus ei ole vajalik.

Oled oodatud!

Lisainfo ja registreerumine: https://www.shivatempleestonia.org/et/event-info/temple-seva-day-4

16/09/2026

Doubt – some webs are so fine that you notice them only when the light makes them visible.

We are sharing a personal experience from someone who took part in a yagya. On the yogic path, we do not encounter only what is beautiful and uplifting – inner purification also brings our more hidden and darker corners into view.

“I went to the Ganesh Chaturthi yagya with a prayer to see and discern my own inner obstacles – those things that affect my life but which I am not yet able to see myself.
During the yagya, it seemed as though nothing particularly significant was happening. There were no great experiences or overwhelming moments. On the contrary, because of my own thoughts and feelings, it was difficult for me to be there, and at times it seemed as if the process had no effect at all.

And yet it did. The effect of what had taken place during the yagya only began to reveal itself after the ceremony.

I felt empty inside and looked at my life, at the difficulties and challenges I had been facing for a long time. Suddenly, an insight appeared in that emptiness. I began to see what I had asked to see.

I saw the invisible doubt living within me.

Not the kind of doubt that shouts or paralyses, but something very subtle and intelligent. It appeared as sobriety, rationality and sound judgement, and that was precisely why it had remained unnoticed for so long.

I saw how doubt had become like an almost imperceptible veil through which I looked at the world, at others and at myself. It had become a filter of perception, quietly beginning to determine what I saw and how I saw it.

Patañjali names doubt – saṃśaya – in his sutras as one of the inner obstacles in human life. Only now did I begin to understand how subtly such an obstacle can operate.
When doubt permeates everything, life does not necessarily collapse dramatically. Meaning simply begins to fade, aspiration weakens, and life starts to lose its colours.

None of this was easy to look at, but I understood how valuable this insight was. Life-changing. I also understood that this knowledge had come to me through the yagya. I can only feel deeply grateful for the opportunities to take part.

Knowledge makes visible what had been there all along – like a spider’s web that only becomes clearly visible when the sunlight falls on it at the right angle.”

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Kahtlus - mõni võrk on nii peen, et märkad seda alles siis, kui valgus selle nähtavaks teeb.
Jagame meieni jõudnud isiklikku kogemuslugu yagyal osalenult. Joogateel ei puututa kokku ainult ilusa ja ülendavaga – sisemine puhastumine toob nähtavale ka meie varjatumad ja pimedamad nurgad.

“Läksin Ganesh Chaturthi yagyale palvega näha ja eristada enda sisemisi takistusi – seda, mis mõjutab mu elu, kuid mida ma ise veel ei näe.

Yagyal ei toimunud justkui midagi erilist. Ei suuri kogemusi ega raputavaid elamusi. Vastupidi, mul oli seal omaenda mõtete ja tunnete tõttu raske ning hetkiti tundus, nagu poleks sellel protsessil mingit mõju.

Ometigi oli. Yagyal toimunu mõju hakkas end avama alles pärast tseremooniat.
Olin seesmiselt tühi ja lihtsalt vaatasin oma elu, selles olevaid keerukusi ja raskusi, millega olin pikalt silmitsi seisnud. Ühtäkki tekkis sellesse tühjusesse taipamine. Hakkasin nägema seda, mida olin palunud. Nägin endas elavat nähtamatut kahtlust.

Mitte sellist, mis karjub või halvab, vaid väga peent ja intelligentset. See paistis kainuse, ratsionaalsuse ja arukusena ning just seepärast oli see nii kaua märkamatuks jäänud.

Nägin, kuidas kahtlus oli nagu udupeen loor, mille kaudu vaatasin maailma, teisi ja iseennast. See oli muutunud vaatamise filtriks, mis hakkas märkamatult määrama, mida ja kuidas ma näen.
Patañjali nimetab oma suutrates kahtlust – saṃśaya’t – üheks sisemiseks takistuseks inimese elus. Alles nüüd hakkasin mõistma, kui peenelt võib selline takistus toimida.

Kui kahtlus imbub kõigesse, ei pruugi elu dramaatiliselt kokku kukkuda. Tähendus lihtsalt hajub, pürgimus nõrgeneb ning elu kaotab värve.

Seda kõike ei olnud kerge vaadata, kuid sain aru, kui väärtuslik see teadmine on. Elumuutev. Sain ka aru, et see teadmine tuli mulle yagya kaudu. Saan olla ainult sügavalt tänulik võimaluste eest osaleda.

Teadmine teeb nähtavaks selle, mis oli kogu aeg olemas olnud – nagu ämblikuvõrk, mis joonistub selgelt välja alles siis, kui päike langeb sellele õige nurga alt.”

09/09/2026

When was the last time you were truly in silence?

Not simply in a place without noise, but in a way that something within you also became quiet.
In everyday life, our attention is constantly moving — thoughts, emotions, tasks, decisions, the next thing that demands our attention. Silence may always be there, but often we simply do not notice it.

Shivaratri is the night of Shiva.
Shiva represents pure consciousness — that silent awareness which is present before our thoughts, emotions, and the stories we tell about ourselves.
At night, when the world around us also becomes still, it may be easier to turn from outward movement toward the inner and notice what remains when the movement within us settles.

Tonight, at 11:45 PM, a Shivaratri yagya will take place at the Shiva Temple – a sacred fire ceremony in honour of Shiva, the silence within you.

You can participate in person or online.

More info here: https://www.shivatempleestonia.org/event-info/yagya-shivaratri-21

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Millal sa viimati olid päriselt vaikuses?

Mitte lihtsalt kohas, kus ei olnud müra, vaid nii, et ka sinu enda sees jäi vaikseks.

Igapäevaelus on meie tähelepanu pidevalt liikumises — mõtted, emotsioonid, tegemised, otsused, järgmine asi, mis vajab tähelepanu. Vaikus võib olla olemas kogu aeg, aga sageli me lihtsalt ei märka seda.
Shivaratri on Shiva öö.

Shiva tähistab puhast teadvust — seda vaikset teadvelolekut, mis on olemas enne meie mõtteid, tundeid ja lugusid iseendast.
Öösel, kui ka maailm meie ümber vaibub, võib olla lihtsam pöörduda välisest liikumisest sissepoole ja märgata seda, mis jääb alles siis, kui meie enda sisemine liikumine rahuneb.

Täna hilisõhtul, kell 23.45 toimub Shiva templis Shivaratri yagya – püha tuletseremoonia Shiva, sinu enda sees oleva vaikuse auks.

Osaleda saab kohapeal või veebis.

Rohkem infot leiad siit:
https://www.shivatempleestonia.org/et/event-info/yagya-shivaratri-21

05/09/2026

It was a true joy to once again welcome the Ambassador of India, Ashish Kumar Sinha, together with his wife, to the Shiva Temple.

The visit offered an opportunity to deepen an already established connection and to share more of the meaning of this place, the living spiritual tradition it carries, and the teachings passed on at Lilleoru.

Although Estonia and India are geographically far apart and our cultures have developed in very different circumstances, encounters like this reveal that, despite the outward differences carried by our cultures and traditions, there is in fact much that connects us — something deep and universal.
A deep respect for nature as a living and meaningful whole, shaped by forces and principles that influence human life and with which we can learn to relate consciously. We are also connected by the understanding that beyond outward differences lies the human aspiration to understand ourselves, life, and that which connects us as human beings.

This lies at the heart of the teachings shared at Lilleoru: to look beyond visible differences and deepen our understanding of the universal principles and forces at work both within us and in the world around us.

Meetings like this remind us that knowledge, sacred places, and genuine human connection can build bridges across cultures and national borders.

We sincerely thank the Ambassador and his wife for the warmth of the visit. You are always warmly welcome back to Lilleoru. 🙏

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Oli suur rõõm taas tervitada Shiva templis India suursaadikut Ashish Kumar Sinhat koos abikaasaga.

Taaskohtumine andis võimaluse avada lähemalt selle paiga tähendust, siin elavat vaimset traditsiooni ja Lilleorus edasi antavat õpetust.

Kuigi Eesti ja India asuvad teineteisest kaugel ning meie kultuurid on kujunenud väga erinevates oludes, saab just sellistes kohtumistes nähtavaks, et hoolimata välistest erinevustest, mida meie kultuurid ja traditsioonid kannavad, ühendab meid sügavamal, universaalsel tasandil tegelikult väga palju. Esiteks austus looduse kui elava ja tähendusliku terviku vastu. Arusaamine, et inimese elu kujundavad jõud ja printsiibid, millega on võimalik õppida teadlikult suhestuma. Ja teadmine, et väliste erinevuste taga ühendab meid inimese püüd mõista iseennast, elu ja seda, mis meid inimestena seob.

See on ka üks Lilleorus edasi antava õpetuse keskseid tähendusi: liikuda nähtavatest erinevustest sügavamale ning õppida tundma universaalseid põhimõtteid ja jõude, mis toimivad nii inimeses kui ka teda ümbritsevas maailmas.

Sellised kohtumised tuletavad meelde, et teadmised, pühad paigad ja vahetu inimlik kontakt võivad luua sildu üle kultuuride ja riigipiiride.

Täname suursaadikut ja tema abikaasat sooja kohtumise ja külastuse eest. Olete alati siia tagasi oodatud! 🙏

02/09/2026

At Thursday’s late-night fire ceremony, we will celebrate the birth of the embodiment of divine love, the wisdom of the Siddhas, and the grace of the Cosmic Mother.

The legends of the sacred scriptures are more than stories. Their characters and events can be seen as reflections of processes unfolding within the human inner world. In this way, they become living teachings that we can consciously relate to through the fire ceremony.

According to the legend, Krishna is born in the prison of King Kamsa. Kamsa has been foretold that his rule will one day come to an end through the child of his sister Devaki. He therefore keeps Devaki and Vasudeva imprisoned and seeks to destroy their children as they are born.

Krishna is born at midnight, in darkness and danger. Yet at the moment of his birth, Vasudeva’s chains fall away, the prison gates open, and the newborn Krishna is carried across the Yamuna River to a place of safety, where he can grow.

Seen inwardly, this story carries a profound message:
the prison – our fears, limitations, old patterns, and ego-created identity;
midnight and darkness – the moment when there seems to be no way forward and everything appears lost;
Kamsa – the old inner order that seeks to preserve control and protect familiar patterns;
Krishna’s birth – the emergence of the True Self, inner clarity, true knowledge, and divine consciousness;
the falling of the chains and the opening of the gates – the beginning of freedom from limitations that once seemed insurmountable;
crossing the Yamuna – the understanding that new inner knowledge may initially need protection, care, and time to grow strong.

When real transformation begins, the old inner order may resist. Doubt, fear, the need for control, old habits, or even the desire to abandon the path may become stronger. At the same time, new inner knowledge may still be tender and need time to mature.

Krishna’s birth reminds us that even the darkest moment can contain the seed of freedom and true knowledge.

Yet Krishna is not only a symbol of liberation and wisdom. He also embodies divine love, joy, beauty, and playfulness. He reminds us that the spiritual path is not only about effort and self-transcendence – its deeper fruits can also be lightness, openness, joy, and love.

Thus, turning toward Krishna during tomorrow’s fire ceremony may mean both liberation from that which imprisons us and opening to that which is naturally alive, loving, and joyful within us.

The ceremony will also be offered in deep gratitude to Mahasiddha Agastiyar, the great realized Siddha who continues to serve humanity, and to Bhuvaneshwari, the Divine Mother, who holds, nourishes, and embraces all of creation within the infinite space of consciousness.
More information can be found here:
https://www.shivatempleestonia.org/event-info/yagya-krishna-janmasthami-agastiyar-argha-bhuwaneshwari

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Neljapäevasel hilisöisel tuletseremoonial tähistame jumaliku armastuse kehastuse sündi, siddhade tarkust ja kosmilise ema armu.

Pühakirjade legendid pole vaid lood – nende tegelased ja sündmused peegeldavad inimese sisemaailmas toimuvaid protsesse. Nii muutuvad need elavaks õpetuseks, millega saame ka tuletseremoonial teadlikult suhestuda.

Krishna sünnib legendi järgi kuningas Kamsa vanglas. Kamsale on ennustatud, et tema võim saab lõpu tema õe, Devaki lapse kaudu. Seetõttu hoiab ta Devakit ja Vasudevat vangistuses, et nende sündivad lapsed hävitada. Krishna sünnib südaööl, keset pimedust ja ohtu. Tema sünni järel langevad aga imekombel Vasudeva ahelad, vanglaväravad avanevad ning vastsündinud Krishna viiakse üle Yamuna jõe turvalisse paika, kus ta saab kasvada.

Selles legendis olevale saab anda otseselt inimeses toimuvaga seonduvaid tähendusi.
vangla – meie piirangud, hirmud, vanad mustrid ja ego loodud identiteet;
südaöö ja pimedus – hetk, mil väljapääsu justkui pole ja lootusetus paneb uskuma, et kõik on kadunud;
Kamsa – ego kaitsemehhanism, harjumuspärane identiteet ja vajadus kontrollida ning vanu mustreid kaitsta;
Krishna sünd – tõelise Mina, selguse, sisemise teadmise ja jumaliku teadvuse esiletulek inimeses;
ahelate langemine ja vanglaväravate avanemine – uue äratundmisega hakkavad seni ületamatuna tundunud sisemised piirangud oma jõudu kaotama;
Yamuna ületamine ja turvalisse paika jõudmine – uus teadmine vajab alguses kaitsmist ja hoidmist, et see saaks kasvada ja tugevaks saada.

Tõelise muutuse lähenedes võib vana sisemine kord sellele vastu hakata. Võivad tugevneda kahtlused, hirm, kontrollivajadus, vanad käitumismustrid või isegi soov kogu teekond pooleli jätta. Samas võib uus teadmine olla alles õrn ja vajada küpsemiseks aega. Krishna sünnilugu võib seega tiivustada edasi liikuma, meenutades, et kõige pimedamas hetkes võib peidus olla potentsiaal saavutada vabadus ja teadmine.

Kuid Krishna ei sümboliseeri ainult vabanemist ja sisemist teadmist. Temaga seostuvad ka jumalik armastus, rõõm ja mängulisus. Krishna meenutab, et vaimne tee ei pea olema ainult raske eneseületamine – selle sügavamaks viljaks võivad olla ka kergus, rõõm, ilu ja armastus.

Nii võib homsel tuletseremoonial Krishna poole pöördumine tähendada korraga nii vabanemist sellest, mis meid vangistab, kui ka avanemist sellele, mis meis on loomupäraselt elav, armastav ja rõõmus.

Homne tuletseremoonia on pühendatud ka sügavaks tänuks suurele siddhale, Agastiyarile, kes täielikult vabanenuna on inimkonda aitamas ning jumalikule emale Bhuwaneshwarile, kes teadvuse lõputus ruumis hoiab ja toidab kogu loodut.

Rohkem infot leiad siit:
https://www.shivatempleestonia.org/et/event-info/yagya-krishna-janmasthami-agastiyar-argha-bhuwaneshwari

26/08/2026

Tomorrow, the Hayagriva and Raksha Bandha Yagya will take place at the Shiva Temple – a fire ceremony connected with knowledge, clarity, the ability to learn, and protection.

In the Hindu tradition, Hayagriva is an important deity of scholars and spiritual knowledge – or, in other words, a principle. He is depicted as the horse-headed form of Vishnu, and one of the best-known legends about him tells how the lost Vedas – sacred knowledge – are recovered through him. Hayagriva therefore represents the principle through which lost knowledge can become visible and understandable once again.

In our own experience, too, there is much whose meaning remains hidden at first. Some knowledge is already within us before we are able to put it into words or recognise it. Hayagriva represents the ability to discern what is true, to see connections, to understand the principle behind an experience, and to bring knowledge that is already present into conscious awareness.

A person may be highly intelligent and know a great deal, yet still fail to understand reality and remain caught in the same inner patterns. Knowledge does not always arise simply because we have heard or read something. We also need the capacity to be teachable – to be willing to notice, receive, and allow knowledge to truly take root within us.

And even what we have once understood can become lost to us again. Clarity can fade. An important intention can dissolve into the routines of everyday life. We may know our direction and still move away from it.
This is where Raksha Bandha comes in.
Raksha means protection, and bandha means binding or connection. Its meaning can be approached through a question:
what within me is so valuable that it needs to be protected?
Clarity.
Awareness.
Right knowledge.
Dharma – the right direction.
And bandha means:
I bind myself to it.

In tomorrow’s yagya, these two closely related principles come together.
Hayagriva helps knowledge become visible and understandable.
Raksha Bandha helps us preserve what has become truly valuable and clear to us.

One may come to the yagya with a very simple intention: that our capacity to learn and understand may deepen, that the knowledge we need may arise at the right moment, and that we may have the strength to remain connected to what we have recognised as true.

Find more info here:
https://www.shivatempleestonia.org/event-info/yagya-hayagriva-jayanti-raksha-bandhan

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Homme toimub Shiva templis Hayagriva ja Raksha Bandha yagya – tuletseremoonia, mis on seotud teadmise, selguse, õppimisvõime ja kaitsega.

Hayagriva on hinduistlikus traditsioonis oluline õpetlaste ja vaimse teadmise jumalus, teisisõnu printsiip. Teda kujutatakse Vishnu hobusepealise vormina ning tema üks tuntumaid legende räägib sellest, kuidas kaduma läinud veedad – püha teadmine – tuuakse tema kaudu tagasi.
Hayagriva esindab seega printsiipi, mille kaudu kaduma läinud teadmine saab taas nähtavaks ja mõistetavaks.

Ka meie enda kogemuses on palju sellist, mille tähendus jääb esialgu varju. Mõni teadmine on meis olemas juba enne, kui oskame seda sõnastada või ära tunda. Hayagriva tähendab võimet eristada, mis on tõene; näha seoseid; mõista kogemuse taga olevat printsiipi ning tuua juba olemasolev teadmine teadvusesse.

Inimene võib olla väga intelligentne ja teada väga palju, kuid siiski mitte mõista tegelikkust, jääda ikka samadesse sisemistesse mustritesse. Teadmiseks ei piisa alati sellest, et oleme midagi kuulnud või lugenud. Vaja on ka võimet olla õpetatav – valmis märkama, vastu võtma ja lubama teadmisel endas päriselt kohale jõuda.

Aga isegi see, mida oleme kord mõistnud, võib meie jaoks uuesti kaduma minna. Selgus võib hajuda. Oluline taotlus võib argipäeva sisse ära lahustuda. Võime teada oma suunda ja ikkagi sellest eemalduda.

Siin tuleb kõrvale Raksha Bandha.
Raksha tähendab kaitset ja bandha sidumist või ühendust. Selle tähendust võib vaadata küsimusena:
mis minus on nii väärtuslik, et seda tuleb kaitsta?
Selgust.
Teadvelolekut.
Õiget teadmist.
Dharmat – õiget suunda.

Ja bandha tähendab:
ma seon ennast sellega.

Nii kohtuvad homsel yagyal kaks omavahel väga lähedast printsiipi.
Hayagriva aitab teadmisel saada nähtavaks ja mõistetavaks.
Raksha Bandha aitab hoida seda, mis on saanud meie jaoks tõeliselt väärtuslikuks ja selgeks.

Yagya'le võib tulla väga lihtsa taotlusega: et meis suureneks võime õppida ja mõista, et vajalik teadmine võiks õigel hetkel esile tulla ning et meil oleks jõudu hoida seda, mille oleme enda jaoks tõelisena ära tundnud.

Rohkem infot leiad siit: https://www.shivatempleestonia.org/et/event-info/yagya-hayagriva-jayanti-raksha-bandhan

19/08/2026

"I take time.

So that the place can open itself to me. Or rather – so that I can become still enough to open myself to the place.

When I go to the temple, I do not go there just for a moment. I give myself several hours. Because there are things that do not reveal themselves immediately. Not because they are hidden, but because there is still too much movement within us.

I know that Shiva is pure consciousness – the very ground of awareness, without which knowing cannot arise. For me, Shiva is not something separate from myself. He is a state in which I meet the deepest aspect of my own being.

And I know that Shakti is energy. The manifestation of knowing. In the Shiva Temple, she is Brahand Nayagi – the subtle primordial energy that I have sensed within myself as an almost imperceptible wave of love, as though quietly smiling in secret. It cannot be grasped. It can only be noticed, and then gently followed. As I do that, it naturally grows stronger.

When I do this, my awareness also becomes subtler. Something opens.

I have been present since the birth of the Shiva Temple. I have visited and served this place for years. And yet, being close to something for a long time does not necessarily mean that you have fully understood its essence.

On one occasion, once again, I gave myself time.

I was in the temple, and there was a question within me: How do I serve Shiva? How do I serve Shakti? How do I serve consciousness? And does any of it really make a difference?

I could not find the answer by thinking.
At some point, after I had remained in silence long enough, something happened.

Suddenly, the understanding opened that I had been alone for a very long time.
Not for years. Not for one lifetime. It felt as though it had been for eons.
There was no one and nothing here. And all that time, I had been searching. Waiting. Striving towards something. As though somewhere there must be someone or something I had yet to reach.
But there was not.

And when this finally became clear, the striving ended.
I was no longer searching. I myself remained my only companion.
I turned my gaze inward and embraced myself as my own.
And precisely there, something awakened that I had not expected.

A deep aliveness. Love.

Not love for something or someone, but love that simply is. And within it, there was no longer any loneliness. Because nothing was missing. Everything was there. Wholeness.

Living wholeness.

It seems to me that this is where Shiva and Shakti reveal themselves in their purest form.
Shiva – that which is.
Shakti – its aliveness.

After that, my relationship with the temple changed. Through direct experience, I came to understand more deeply what Shiva and Shakti in this temple mean to me. And I also began to understand the work of the temple differently.

Perhaps the deepest work of a temple is not to give us something more. Perhaps its work is to help what is unnecessary become still – the inner noise, tension, habitual patterns, and endless striving – until awareness once again becomes clear and subtle enough.

So that knowing can reveal itself.

And so that from that knowing, change can arise.

I will continue to visit this temple.

And when I go there, I will give myself time."

— Inga

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"Ma võtan aega.

Selleks, et koht saaks mulle avaneda. Või õigemini – et mina suudaksin piisavalt vaibuda, et avaneda sellele kohale.

Kui ma lähen templisse, ei lähe ma sinna korraks. Võtan endale mitu tundi. Sest on asju, mis ei avane kohe. Mitte sellepärast, et need oleksid peidetud, vaid sellepärast, et meis endis on veel liiga palju liikumist.

Ma tean, et Shiva on puhas teadvus – teadvustamise alus, ilma milleta ei ole teadmise tekkimine võimalik. Shiva ei ole minu jaoks miski, mis asub minust eraldi. Ta on seisund, milles kohtun iseenda kõige sügavama aspektiga.
Ja ma tean, et Shakti on energia. Teadmise avaldumine. Shiva templis on ta Brahand Nayagi – peen algenergia, mida olen tajunud vaevumärgatava, justkui salaja naeratava armastuse lainena enda sees. Seda ei saa haarata. Pigem saab seda märgata ja siis vaikselt järgida, misjärel ta võimendub loomulikult.
Kui ma seda teen, muutub ka minu teadvustamine peenemaks. Midagi avaneb.
Olen olnud Shiva templi sünni juures. Olen seda paika külastanud ja teeninud aastaid. Ja ometi ei tähenda kaua millegi lähedal olemine veel tingimata, et oled selle olemust lõpuni mõistnud.

Ühel korral võtsin ma taas aega.
Olin templis ja minus oli küsimus: Kuidas teenida Shivat? Kuidas teenida Shaktit? Kuidas teenida teadvust? Ja kas see üldse midagi muudab?
Ma ei leidnud vastust mõeldes.
Ühel hetkel, kui olin piisavalt kaua vaikuses olnud, toimus midagi.
Korraga avanes arusaamine, et olen olnud väga kaua üksi.
Mitte aastaid. Mitte ühe elu. Justkui eoonide kaupa.
Siin ei olnud kedagi ega midagi. Ja mina olin kogu selle aja otsinud. Oodanud. Püüelnud millegi poole. Nagu kusagil peaks olema keegi või miski, milleni mul tuleb jõuda.
Aga ei olnud. Ja kui see lõpuks pärale jõudis, lõppes püüdlemine.
Ma ei otsinud enam. Ainsaks kaaslaseks jäin ma ise.
Pöörasin pilgu sissepoole ja võtsin enda omaks.
Ja just selles kohas ärkas midagi, mida ma ei olnud oodanud.
Sügav elusus. Armastus.
Mitte armastus millegi või kellegi vastu, vaid armastus, mis lihtsalt on. Ja selles ei olnud enam üksindust. Sest midagi ei olnud puudu. Kõik oli olemas. Täiuslikkus.
Elav täiuslikkus.

Mulle tundub, et just siin väljenduvad Shiva ja Shakti oma kõige puhtamal kujul.
Shiva – see, mis on.
Shakti – selle elusus.
Pärast seda muutus minu suhe templiga. Ma sain kogemuslikult paremini aru, mida Shiva ja Shakti selles templis minu jaoks tähendavad. Ja hakkasin teistmoodi mõistma ka templi tööd.

Võib-olla ei ole templi sügavaim töö meile midagi juurde anda. Võib-olla on tema töö aidata vaibuda sellel, mis on üleliigne – sisemisel müral, pingel, harjumuspärastel mustritel ja lakkamatul püüdlemisel –, kuni teadvustamine muutub jälle piisavalt selgeks ja peeneks.
Et teadmine saaks avalduda. Ja et sellest teadmisest võiks sündida muutus.

Ma jään seda templit külastama.
Ja kui ma sinna lähen, võtan ma endale aega."

— Inga

11/08/2026

The Shiva Temple grounds welcome you – a night-time fire ceremony and a guided tour are coming up.

Tonight at 11:45 PM, you are invited to take part in the Shivaratri yagya. In the stillness of the night, when nature around us has grown quiet and the movement of the day has settled, it can become easier for us to notice the silence within – that which remains when thoughts, emotions, and constant activity recede into the background.

Shiva points, among other things, to the unchanging and aware essence within the human being – the True Self, which does not arise or disappear together with our thoughts and feelings.

The night of Shivaratri is traditionally a time to turn our attention from the outer world inward, and to notice that which has been present all along.

Tonight’s yagya will take place in the new suvedhuni – the Shiva Temple grounds’ newly developing sacred fire space.

More information about the fire ceremony and registration can be found here: https://www.shivatempleestonia.org/event-info/yagya-shivaratri-20

On Saturday, 15 August, you are also welcome to join a guided tour of the Shiva Temple grounds.
During the tour, we will take a closer look at the meaning of the deities and shrines found throughout the temple grounds, why the temple has been built in this particular way, and what knowledge about the human being, consciousness, and the principles at work in nature is embodied in this place.

More information about the guided tour and registration can be found here: https://www.shivatempleestonia.org/event-info/shiva-temple-tour-at-lilleoru-9

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Shiva templiala ootab sind – tulemas on öine tuletseremoonia ja juhendatud ringkäik.

Täna öösel, kell 23.45 on võimalus osaleda Shivaratri yagyal. Öises rahus, kui loodus meie ümber on vaikinud ja päevane liikumine rahunenud, on ka meil endal lihtsam märgata sisemist vaikust – seda, mis jääb alles siis, kui mõtted, emotsioonid ja pidev tegutsemine on tagaplaanil.
Shiva osutab muu hulgas sellele muutumatule ja teadvelolevale olemusele inimeses – tõelisele Minale, mis ei sünni ega kao koos meie mõtete ja tunnetega.

Shivaratri öö on traditsiooniliselt aeg, mil tähelepanu pööratakse välisest sissepoole, et märgata seda, mis on olnud kogu aeg kohal.

Täna toimub yagya uues suvedhunis – Shiva templiala vastvalmivas püha tule paigas.

Rohkem infot tuletseremoonia ja registreerumise kohta leiad siit:https://www.shivatempleestonia.org/et/event-info/yagya-shivaratri-20

Laupäeval, 15. augustil oled oodatud ka Shiva templiala juhendatud ringkäigule.
Ringkäigul vaatame lähemalt, mida tähendavad templiala jumalused ja pühamud, miks on tempel üles ehitatud just sellisel viisil ning milliseid teadmisi inimesest, teadvusest ja looduses toimivatest printsiipidest see paik endas kannab.

Rohkem infot ringkäigu ja registreerumise kohta leiad siit:
https://www.shivatempleestonia.org/et/event-info/shiva-temple-tour-at-lilleoru-9

Sacred fire ritual on Shiva’s power