pUrNamadah pUrNamidam...Ishta Nishta

[Guest guest]

Respected Nairji ,

 

i read your brother's comments on Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu etc/ I

would like to share this verse from Vairagya Shatakam . You may pass

this along to shri Narendra, if you so desire.

 

mahezvare vA jagatAmadhIzvare

janArdane vA jagadantarAtmani |

navastubheda pratipattir asti me

tathApi bhaktis taruNendu zekhare ||84||

 

(Vairagya Shatakam. 84)

 

I make NO difference in substance between Siva,

the Lord of the universe and Vishnu,

the inmost Self of the universe.

But still my devotion is attached to the *One*

on Whose crest there is the crescent moon.

 

 

Here the Saint (Bhatruhari) says that Really there is No

Difference between Lords Shiva and Vishnu. (acintya-bheda-abheda)

But still, he is by nature Attached to Lord Shiva.

 

This is called 'IshTa-NishTaa' or the dedication to one's own Ideal.

 

(adapted from the translation by Swami Sri Madhavananda of Advaita

Ashrama)

 

courtesy - ishta gossti- pyari_hari

 

**********************************************************************

in reality,, one can meditate on whatever form of God/ess that is

appealing to you.

 

you can even meditate on formless BraHman as 'Aum'

 

AUM NAMAHA SHIVAYE!

 

aUM GURAVE NAMAHA