Guest guest Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Aum Sri Gurubyo Namah Great Devotees of the Lord My humble pranams to all of you. This the story told by a God-realized soul, telling the need to focus on One God or One Goddess and many with the wandering mind and its confused thoughts. Of course nobody can say how the Lord or Mother going to accept and grant their blessings upon us. This is another story of regarding the worship of the different stories. Story: Once a great bhakta of the Lord performing puja in the shrine room. A sadhu visited him and found him worshiping different deities. The puja started with the Worship of Lord Sri Ganesha, then proceeded to worship Lord Siva, then Mother Parvathy Devi, Lord Muruga, Lord Srinivasa, Mother Sri Laskshmi, Lord Rama, Mother Sita,Sri Hanuman and the list goes endless ... Each time the bhakta performed the puja, the sadhu who visited him dug at a place. Thus sadhu dug at several places and doing his work with utmost dedication. After having completed the puja, the bhakta asked the sadhu, Are you crazy? Why do you dig at several places? The the sadhu explains. As you started worshiping each deity, I have started to dig at a place. Had I dug at a particular palce I could have found water by this time. Similarly had you worshiped and performed for One deity all the time, by this time you could also have got the desired fruit from the Lord that you wanted. There are many other stories told by Mahatmas like Swami Sivananda of Divine Life Society that also really gives a glimpse of the Glory of worship of the Lord. Lokah Samasthah Sukhino Bhavanthu... Aum Namah Sivaya, With Love and Prayers, Sridhar Babu. India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 "Satish Raja Arigela" Wrote: > Some say in Kali, Chandi and Vinayaka, some Venkateshvara/Shriman > Narayana etc etc. I guess all devata-s are good enough in the end. > > Rgds Pranams, When different Gods/Goddesses are just THAT-ONE having different Gunas, could there be a possibility that a few have the Guna of bestowing jeevan mukthi faster ? If Ganapathy Upasana and Shyamala Upasana give different Siddhis to an upasaka, why can't some Devatas give Jeevan Mukthi faster compared to others ? I request the learned members of the group to explain the same in detail. pranams Prasad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2005 Report Share Posted January 26, 2005 pranams Madathil Nairji, I agree with you; but since it's told by a mahAn, there *could* be something in it for us to more deeply think about and experience. humble pranams Prasad - "Madathil Rajendran Nair" <madathilnair <> Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:03 AM Re: A question on Lalita and Anjaneya > Namaste Prasadji. > > I don't know if this answer will satisfy you. Yet, here is my two > cents worth. > > Siddhis are limited results whereas mukti is limitlessness. He who > is after realizing his own real limitlessness will not be interested > in limited siddhis although he may possess them in abundance due to > Grace acquired through sAdhana. His mind is fully focussed on the > Ultimate. So, I think it doesn't matter which dEvatA he does upAsana on. In that situation, all ishtadEvatAs should be equally Graceful > because then the dEvatA stands for the Ultimate Limitlessness which > the devotee really is and not a mere bestower of limited siddhis. > > PraNAms. > > Madathil Nair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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