Munger, Aug. 16 -- Padma Bhushan awardee and renowned yoga guru Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati, spiritual leader and successor to Swami Satyananda Saraswati, has said that Shravan worship of Lord Shiva should not remain confined to rituals but should become a means of transforming one's thoughts, behaviour and everyday life.

In his message on Shravan spiritual practice, Swami Niranjanananda said the essence of Shiva should be experienced and expressed through one's life. The journey, he said, should move from worship towards inner experience and transformation.

He said Shiva represents the movement from unrest to peace, ignorance to knowledge, bondage to freedom, selfishness to service and ego to surrender.

The Swami said Shravan provide...