Saiva Siddhanta A Path of Devotion and Meditation  Bodhinatha
provides information on various sects of Saivam and then
describes the padas of Nalupadasaivam which "are what each human
soul must pass through in many births to attain its final goal
of moksha." Mahavakyam of Sivayogaswami which include summa
(silence) are bestowed.  Unedited Transcript:  But first there's
some research I did which is related to that when I was
preparing a talk a few years ago. I was searching in our Tamil
Lexicon--big dictionary, it's about that long on my shelf,
University of Madras--and it's the most interesting dictionary
I've ever found because it has so many fascinating religious
words. You know you go through the normal English dictionary and
not very much is religious. But you go into this dictionary and
quite a bit of it is religious, so this has to do with Saivam,
Saivism. Saivism in Tamil is Saivam. "The religion which regards
Siva as the Supreme Being [that's a good definition right?] and
is exclusively devoted to his