tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post7101106113623876530..comments2024-03-24T16:46:26.733+05:30Comments on Indian Temples & Iconography: An encounter with Lord ShivaKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-71914398351081376522010-03-24T11:30:19.927+05:302010-03-24T11:30:19.927+05:30The 'Hindu belief' about Shiva being '...The 'Hindu belief' about Shiva being 'Ardhanarishwara' (Half man and half woman) - to start with - and the Christian belief of Adam being alone in the beginning and 'Eve being created from one of his own ribs', both support the idea of existence of one and only formless God reached in the 'past'...<br /><br />And, appearances of multitude forms as result of 'JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-37571382176911152062010-03-22T08:29:42.699+05:302010-03-22T08:29:42.699+05:30Hi Kavitha, As an average man would generally say,...Hi Kavitha, As an average man would generally say, 'Every coin has two sides', although one knows that he obviously takes for granted or overlooks the third ('3', 'Om', the symbol adopted for the unseen and immortal energy represented by 'Treyambakeshwar'): The blank or 'neutral' side, which is absolutely necessary for the so-called two sides ('positiveJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-51283745482409353382010-03-19T06:28:51.702+05:302010-03-19T06:28:51.702+05:30Hi Kavitha, As I have said earlier also, wise anci...Hi Kavitha, As I have said earlier also, wise ancient 'Hindus' realised the truth, (ie, 'satya' that is 'satva' or essence, as in the saying, "Brevity is the soul of life"), of physical form to consist of two components: the external form that is mortal, temporary or illusory, while it is the internal energy form (called soul) that alone is immortal...And that JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374795168555108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-19649576982110212372010-03-17T19:34:28.373+05:302010-03-17T19:34:28.373+05:30"By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire ..."By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." Bhagavad-gita 9.4Jaya Vijayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386068633536343299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-36870221313702432732010-03-17T13:09:23.685+05:302010-03-17T13:09:23.685+05:30Gosh I wish I had your eyes to see the magnetic sa...Gosh I wish I had your eyes to see the magnetic saint walk by.Lucky you..Sanctified Spaceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365658724923939631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-35561862958104075802010-03-16T22:34:40.936+05:302010-03-16T22:34:40.936+05:30Jai Gangadhar, Jai Jaleshwar
God is impersonal but...Jai Gangadhar, Jai Jaleshwar<br />God is impersonal but powerful enough to personify itself in any form. Lord Shiva also called 'Bhola', personifies itself and has been seen in body by his devotees. Only the Bhakta can see him but he can not prove/show it to the world if asked. God's presence is only a feeling which stays there for a while and goes away like a flash. But His presence Jawaharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402282673799757826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-53509655639245850662010-03-16T22:07:35.994+05:302010-03-16T22:07:35.994+05:30Om Namah Shivaya...
Thank you for sharing your ex...Om Namah Shivaya...<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your experience regarding the foreign sadhu in Rishikesh. Not only in Rishikesh, but all over Bharata-varsa (as well as the world) there are many foreigners who are practicing some sort of Vedic lifestyle (some privately and some openly).<br /><br />It is mentioned in sastra that during the Kumbha-melas, some of the devas/devis appear as Jaya Vijayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10386068633536343299noreply@blogger.com