#saint shiva

[aetheling]

a tale of loss;

[fxf]

Saint Shiva's nameday is coming up and we wish to celebrate this auspicious holiday by throwing open the doors to St. Reymanaud's Cathedral and ushering in ALL and SUNDRY for warm meals and warmer conversation.

We do hope you'll join us Friday, Sept. 7th, 7-10pm EST!

[terramythos]

i have obtained the Dragon's Hung fishing rod

[hinducosmos]

Lord Shiva - Gange Avter (via eBay: Oldbollywoodposters)

[ritish16]

Anna poorne and shiva

[littlelordalphinaud]

I love writing characters that communicate differently, because my verbal ability varies wildly from day to day and I like giving my characters parts of me.

Adya mimics and mimes. They repeat back the last word or sound they heard and gesture with their hands to communicate.

Ihzi can speak in full sentences but that exhausts her and makes her feel uncomfortable and unsafe, so she uses her own dialect, and just uses the single words to get her point across.

Sai communicates with sign language, or by her Esteem, Sana, taking over their body and speaking verbally.

Raza has so many accents and languages and dialects crammed into them that they struggle to sound like they're from one place and people often struggle to understand them when they get excited and talk fast.

Tola understands Eorzean but only speaks Drivanian, relying on Ysayle to translate what's necessary to the people around them.

Nergui has a very intense stutter, so often tries to shorten her sentences so she can get them out quicker, avoiding words with W or S sounds as they make it worse.

All of these characters have varying education and intelligence levels. Nergui is an Archon, Ihzi stopped getting any education at age 5, but none of that is related to their methods of communication.

Sometimes I get self conscious, as when I've written characters with alternate communication in the past, people have accused me of ableism and mockery, when I'm only trying to give voice to my own experiences.

If you have characters that communicate in unique ways, please let me know! In replies or reblogs, I'd love to hear about them!

[gagandeepkaur92]

[saintseiyaartbykerulin]

🔥🥵quem sabe um dia posto esse inteiro…😌 Eu gostei TANTO de fazer essa bagaça, um dos desenho do Shaka mais bonitinhos que fiz 😍 Foi um pedido de uma mutual do xiiiiiss

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[anokha-swad]

[sergeantsilverbolt1]

Saint of Wonder Characters Photos Part Bonus

Others Antagonist

(Legion of Doom Members) Part 2

(Gorilla Grodd, Killer Croc, Firefly, Solomon Grundy, Deathstroke, Scarecrow, Bane, Cheshire & Lady Shiva)

[linlinsenpai]

Practicing action lines. Translating the anime only Phoenix Ikki vs Peacock Shiva fight scene into manga form.

[parveendassi]

बाइबल के अनुसार प्रभु का नाम कबीर है।

पवित्र बाइबल अय्यूब 36:5

पवित्र बाइबल अय्यूब 36:5 (औथोंडौक्स यहूदी बाइबल - OJB) के अनुसार पूर्ण परमात्मा परमेश्वर कबीर (शक्तिशाली) है, किन्तु वह लोगों से घृणा नहीं करता है। 🌱

#भगवान_कौन_है

Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj

[samcoool]

Soul Rejuvenation 🕉️ ° ° ° “Quiet the mind and the soul will speak.” ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° #meditation #morningvibes #sonyphotography #delhi #kolkata #calm #saint #sadguru #shiva #hindu #worldphotographyday #soul #peace #kashi #mallu #varanasiphotography #malayaliyathrakal #varanasighats #indianphotography #tamron18400 #travelphotography #varanasighat #banarasdiaries #vattavadadiaries (at Varanasi Aasi ghat) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl54dqQpNPy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[voidsentprinces]

Reminder: A Realm Reborn wasn't particularly about us. It was about the Eorzean Factions, it was about the Scions of the Seventh Dawn and their interactions with and thwarting Gaius and the XIVth Legion. We were just a useful champion slowly growing to fame but not truly a Warrior of Light until literally the prelude to the Castrum raiding mission.

The Parting of Glass wasn't about us either. It was, once again, about the world. And how it had begun changing after Gaius's fall and the brief period of peace away from Garlemald's Shadow. About Alphinaud beginning his arc of growth with hubris and the creation the Crystal Braves and what it might of looked like IF the Scion's good nature was lent to anyone and everyone. And thus opening itself up to the very corruption Minfilia feared to move away from the Waking Sands and to the Rising Stones in the first place.

Heavensward isn't about us. It is about Alphinaud's continue growth, learning of Ishgard's past and history. Hubris, arrogance and narrow viewing lead Alphinaud to steps of the Foundation, it has lead Estinien astray and made Ysayle believe she is a messiah incarnate. And through the journey, each of them grow as they learn the terrible truth about the Dragonsong War. Estinien in particular has his eyes opened and no longer simply seeks revenge on Nidhogg but to get to the bottom of it all. So no other shepherd's son has to live as he has. Ysayle learns she is a shade and a faux Shiva not truly Hraesvelgr's beloved or even in the same category as her. She learns swallow such delusions and embrace what Saint Shiva stood for in its entirety. Which means leaning to lay the road for peace between Ishgard and the Dragons and opening a path to this by sacrificing herself for those she loved so dearly. Alphinaud learns from all of this and more and is humbled by the duty of a knight, the fervor of a dragoon, the sacrifice of a saint, and the courage of his companions and of Sharlayan's arrogance from Master Matoya. To put others before himself and allow others to support him when he falls.

The Far Edge of Fate isn't about us. It was about how Ishgard carries on after Thordan and the Heavens Ward are shown to be the monsters they are. How the remnants of the church, the knights of Ishgard, and the civilian population react to the realization with rejection. How facing off against Nidhogg possessing Estinien, the Warriors of Darkness, and the machinations of Ilberd force Eorzea and Ishgard to look inward and know truly where they should go from there. To ignore the easier road and take the higher path no matter the strife and hardship it provides them. Because when they reach the otherside they would be better for it. Finding that courage, after five years of procrastinating and hemming and hawing, the Eorzean Alliance finally begin to mobilize to free Ala Mhigo from Garlemald and perhaps take on the Empire itself.

Stormblood isn't about us. It is about Doma and Ala Mhigo fighting for the survival of their people and cultures. Facing the parts of their society that were spurned and used as tools of hatred against their principles. That provided the necessary cracks required for Garlemald to break them down and oppress them in the first place. And how reforging under those values and those long histories of violence can make a new path and come to terms to over throw the tyrants who fed on their weakened states and make a strong unity still.

A Requiem of Heroes wasn't about us, it was about the world facing down the barrel of war with Garlemald. And uncovering its origins, its founding father was an Ascian. How Varis is forced to face down the lie as Elidibus wears the skin of his son and the great grandfather he and other Garleans were taught was a walking god in all but name was a sham and a daemon bent on causing more pain and suffering than mankind ever deserved. How the effigies of hate and pain choose to use their fervor to help their people instead of turning against them once more. How every person can change and be given a second chance. How that second chance is what that person requires or if they are pushed the wrong direction, can caused tragedy to unfold. And lastly, it is about our companions, slowly. One by one. Being dragged to the unknown. The story slowly taking away the players on the stage until finally...

Shadowbringers was about us. It was about how we were instrumental to the world so much that it lost nearly all hope in another timeline. How a group of your fondest friends began and how your comrade's furthest decendents acting on the hope of your legend and stories. To provide a plan of action and lead to happier world. How even when everything seems lost and gone and your purpose seems to turned everything around you into twisted monstrosities. That you can bring the night and wait in comfort for a dawn to bring better days. And the tenacity of your aid providing a world on the brink, the love, the compassion, the understanding, the strength, and the will to stand up to a flood of destruction and spit fate in the eye. Even it costs them everything, they keep fighting until they can see a brighter tomorrow.

Death unto Dawn was about what the tomorrow brings. How it could be another fight but to find what is WORTH fighting for. The memories of those you fight and lived amongst, old studies and things of the past being made to provide the answer to the future, making right wrongs even against those you had wronged unfairly, and to gather together and keep each other safe. You are not alone out here. There are those who will help you along to a brighter future.

Endwalker was about you and yours. About how everyone reacts to an uncertain future in different manners. How some would make ready to flee at the approaching storm, while others would fight, and others might even push you further to the edge. But even when all is lost, call upon the memory of happier times to light the way with hearts aligned shining brilliantly against despair and finding your place amongst those memories.

Growing Light was about us teaching another to hear, feel, and think and experience the world seemingly gone. That everything needn't be give or take. It can be a charitable, warmer place if we make it. It can be kinder and even in the face of unrelenting and undying destruction. Hope will spit out a tooth and stand up once more.

I say all of this because, I've seen people mad that Dawntrail is leaning hard about being about Wuk Lamat and others. To which I say so what if Dawntrail is about Wuk Lamat and Koana? So what if its not about us? We've had four story lines about us. Now we must impart what we've learned to the future as they face similar and sometimes overwhelming odds. To stand tall against the onslaught and make their own choices, their own way to bring a smile to all they hold dear. How family needn't be blood related, they can just be a group who sit down at the table at the end of the day. And speak, laugh, cry, and love. Unto this trail to dawn we shall light way for the future of our world and everything this new dawn brings is worth it.

[aranyaani]

I've been thinking about this saint from the 12th century Karnataka, Akka Mahadevi. She was a great bhakt of Shiva, specifically her Ishta was Srisailam's Mallikarjuna. One of the handful of people who had attained such a high state of vairagya that at one point of her life she even gave up on wearing clothes. A true digambari.

Once, she even got a marriage proposal from a king but whether she married him or not is up for debate. But in the end she rejected him and decided to go from Karnataka, where she was born, to the Mallikarjuna temple in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh. She spent the rest of her life in the forests of Srisailam and eventually passed away in the forest.

Anyway, I can't stop thinking about what kind of liberal society she must have lived in that a) she outright rejected a king's marriage proposal and somehow came out of it alive (looking at you, Henry VIII) and b) she was walking around fully naked and instead of telling her to cover up or that she was being immodest, the people of that time had nothing but respect and reverence for her and even regularly gave her alms. I can't imagine anyone reacting that way in this era

She composed around 450 couplets on Shiva during the short 30 years of life she lived.

Her couplets were even part of our school syllabus

[littlelordalphinaud]

Roughness

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