Bhujagendra Ishaya

Bhujagendra

Bhujagendra (भुजगेन्द्र) is a Sankrit word. It is composed of bhujaga (भुजग) and indra (इन्द्र). While bhujaga stands for snake (bhuj a curve, and ga that goes), indra is a name that is assigned to various gods.

When put together, Bhujagendra is often translated as lord of the serpent or great serpent.

Bhujagendra is also the name of the cobra that Śivā wears around his neck in the pictures.

Śivā is the god of destruction in the course of life (creation, preservation, destruction) and is also associated with the colour black and the Raja Tamas (the centrifugal inertia, the tendency to decay, to dispersion, to annihilation, to non-existence, to darkness, to emptiness. Dispersion is the end result of all differentiation, all time and all space).

Ultimately, this force serves the dissolution of ignorance.

My personal experience with the name

I personally was given the name on 24/08/2018 by my teacher with the following meaning:

  • The Serpent King
  • The megacosmic snake / world snake
  • The support of the universe
  • An aspect of Śivā

 

When I received the name, I was extremely happy, even though no one actually knows how to pronounce it correctly (IPA: bʰuɟəɡeːnd̪rə). On the one hand, because in mythology the snake is related to the dragon, and the latter, as a power animal, has been a long and faithful companion on my journey. Secondly, because I really felt that it reflected my essence.

The following week, I had an exciting experience in terms of my self-perception: My new name allowed me to realise how small I thought of myself. It’s difficult to really describe this experience. The closest I can come to it is the idea of a vacuum that helped me to grow into my potential – or rather, to align my self-perception with reality.

After the experience I just described, the name became an icon that helped and continues to help remind me of my true purpose, my calling, and also my power. But I am not attached to the name. I honour it just like my other names and I am happy when my essence is honoured through its use. But I am also happy when people address me with the various variations such as Bhuj, Bhuji-Bhuji, or simply B.

Karpura gauram Karunavataram

करपूर गौरम करूणावतारम
संसार सारम भुजगेन्द्र हारम |
सदा वसंतम हृदयारविंदे
भवम भवानी सहितं नमामि ||

karpūragauraṁ karuṇāvatāraṁ
sansārsāram bhujagendrahāram |
sadāvasantaṁ hṛdayāravinde
bhavaṁ bhavānīsahitaṁ namāmi ||

White as camphor, the incarnation of kindness
The essence of creation, garlanded by the Serpent King
Always dwelling in the lotus of my heart
Christ and the Holy Spirit together, I surrender to God.
(Translation: Maharishi Sadashiva Isham)

Pure White like Camphor, an Incarnation of Compassion,
the Essence of worldly existence, whose Garland is the King of Serpents,
always dwelling inside the Lotus of the Heart.
I Bow to Shiva and Parvati (Shakti) together.
(Translation: devshoppe.com)

Ishaya

Ishaya is also a word in Sankrit. It is composed of Isha, which stands for the experience of highest human consciousness or Christ consciousness. While the final syllable -ya stands for support. So an Ishaya is someone who supports the experience of the highest human consciousness, in oneself and also in others. Although Ishaya is also used as the name of a group of monks or a particular tradition – and often exclusively – for me it is rather the expression of an attitude to life or an enquiring, conscious, recognising mind.

So to regard Ishaya merely as a title that is bestowed upon one – and can also be withdrawn again – would not, in my eyes, be a true expression of the power that lies in this word. For me, an Ishaya is someone who does not cling to faith or knowledge, but who is willing to get to the bottom of the truth and stand up for it even when it seems to contradict everything. Someone who has the humility and courage not to know. Someone who does not choose the appearance of security on the outside, but follows their own, very individual path, loving, helpful, strong, but also vulnerable, grateful and wise.

Ishaya is therefore not a tradition, nor an ancestral lineage, but the expression of love in the Now.

My personal experience with the Ishaya

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Monk

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Meditation Teacher

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