Yoga-Maya/Shakta

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Yoga Maya And Maha Maya

 

BY SRILA BHAKTI PROMODE PURI GOSVAMI MAHARAJA

 

PUBLICATION, Feb 27 (VNN) — Part 8 of "Essence of Pure Devotion"

 

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has written of the principle of energy.

The three modes of material nature is material energy called 'Maha-

Maya and is responsible fore the material activities like creation

and destruction. As long as the living entity is engrossed in sense

gratification; till then he comes under this influence of illusory

energy. He is able to escape from this abominable material energy

only on realization of his innate blissful spiritual identity in

relation with transcendence. The question is asked do the devotees

come under any energy at all? The answer is yes, we are part of the

material energy but having escaped the realm of material energy, we

are now under the safe protection of the spiritual energy.

 

The opposition sometimes raise this question "so are you all the

worshippers of the female personification of Divine energy" (sakta)?

The answer is "yes" we are under the shelter of the personification

of spiritual energy Srimati Radharani. We are practicing devotions

entirely under Her direction. We can compare ourselves in this sense

as Saktas and are therefore non-different from the devotees

(Vaishnavas). On the contrary, those not taking shelter of this

spiritual potency but only have attraction for the material aspect

are not considered devotees but are simply sense enjoyers. In Narada

Pancaratra, Durga Devi says: "I am Your loving partner in your

delightful Vrndavana pastimes in the form of Your internal pleasure

potency". We perceive from the statement of Durga Devi that this

energy is non-dual. In the transcendental feature, this energy is

present as Srimate Radhika and in the material form manifests as the

material energy. The question is sometimes raised by the opposition

that the smarta brahmins say that the energy of Lord Siva is the

foremost energy (sakti). Why is this?

 

Read full text at:

 

http://www.bvml.org/SBPPG/eopd8.htm

(taken from vnn.org)