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Hi Mary Ann:

 

You asked: *** So, in Hindu philosophy or religion, the shaktis are

all one, but not the male gods? The male gods only unite with their

shaktis with which they must be paired, but are not considered

as "one" God the way the Goddesses are all considered as "one"? ***

 

No, they are all one. All the devis are aspects of the One Shakti; all

the devas are aspects of the One Siva. And ultimately (as your pal

Ardhanareshwari attempts to teach us), the one Shiva and the One

Shakti are ultimately but aspects of each other; that is, aspects of

the the One Supreme Divinity, which is Brahman or God.

 

*** There are so many different opinions on the board of what Hinduism

is, it seems. ***

 

This is true, but I think all are aware -- to one degree or another --

of this concept of ultimate Unity. There are, of course, differences

in names or conceptualizations applied. But the idea of Unity itself

is pretty much a constant.

 

DB