Hey

[Guest guest]

Hey Kallikaputra, I think you should design a functional sadhana for this

newsgroup. One that's totally complete so that people may get the benefit

of your knowledge. I am not complementing you. Just as however, I might

tell a chef, "hey that tastes good, let's put it on the menu." The chef

knew it tasted good or they wouldn't have made it. They need not have a big

head about it. They have many other menus already. So maybe you can make a

complete small sadhana and really make your desire to help something which

can be practically acted upon. As you have acted alone perhaps you can now

help those who also must act alone.

[Guest guest]

Dear Rudra Joe

 

I can personally give sadhana to a person, like I

have with lots of people this is because there has to be an assessment made.

Those who want to invoke devi no doubt the first sadhana they have to do is

of either dakini, hakini, yogini or shakini; out of them I only provide that

of dakini since I am well versed and practised in her sadhana. Those who

call on Lord Vishnu must always start with Hanuman and those who call on

Shiva must start off with a shiva gana like kubera.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Namaste, Son of Kalika --

 

You seem to be implying that a <sadhana> (regular practice) to one of the

Great Gods must be preceeded by an "introduction" from a more personal

deity.

 

At the Ganesha Hindu Temple in Flushing, I once met a devotee who said

that, while he considered himself a Shaiva (Shiva-worshipper), he

realized that Shiva had a bad temper and was often inebriated, so he

always prayed to Ganesha to intercede for him with Lord Shiva. (As the

Remover of Obstacles, I imagine Ganesha could be used thus with almost

any other deity.)

 

I notice that the interceding deities you suggest (Dakini, Hanuman, and

Kubera) have something in common -- they all normally assume a "two-armed

form," perhaps making them more attuned and sympathetic to the human

condition?

 

Are there interceding deities you would suggest to Ganapatyas

(worshippers of Ganesha as Supreme Being), or Sauryas (worshippers of the

Sun as Supreme Being)?

 

I have long considered myself a Shakta, but most Shaktas are devotees of

either Durga or Kali, and my <bhakti> is strongly drawn to Sarasvati.

Whom would you suggest I turn to, to intercede for me in this case?

 

-- Len/ Kalipadma

[Guest guest]

I think there is a confusion, Shiv is the formless God whereas Shiva is the

husband of Parvati. Shiv remains undefined but Shiva is said to be the most

benevolent deity out of all. He is the kindest and most loving and no one

can match this since he has no bias or discrimination for his devotes wither

they be evil or good. He is the essence of the Anahata his more volatile

form (the formless) is referred to as Shiv and in this form too there is

neither he or she.

 

What you are talking about is indeed just another point of view, lets put it

this way. You Are making a circuit for a light blub but the energy source is

too great so you will need a resistor hence this primary deities are invoked

as the resistor. It is not about personality about the accelerative power.

The Mrityunjaya mantra can instantaneously turn your endocrine system,

testicles and pituitary gland to excreed a fluid known as Amrita that makes

you immortal. That is why it is known as the mantra that defeats death and

it also allows you to exceed the forth dimension and realise the other

multiple dimensions so time (MAHA KALA) is realised as Adya Kala and so on.

 

This power is too strong and your molecular structure nor your atma can

withstand this thus another diety is invoked to take some of the excess

power, not just any diety but one that is metaphysically related thus you

get an amplification process occurring which allows you to excel even

furthur.

 

The form you are refering to is either Bhairava or Rudra. Shiva in general

is extremely benevolent and thus he is regarded to be the greatest of the

gods due to this factor.