Guest guest Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Oh Nair-ji ! Awesome post!!! I was simply by the MAYA ( MAGIC) of these words in your post ... Bhakta-Shakta Nair-ji writes... ( Talking about dogs, here is the case of an avadhUti. glittering stud on her nose at Kanyakumari temple, I sauntered over to a ramshackle KAli temple at almost land's end from where Malayalam kIrtans of Chottanikkara dEvi were emanating. An old Malayali priest worshipping a fierce idol of KAli MA greeted me. When I rose after prostrating before the idol and took prasad, my eyes fell on the photograph of an old woman on the wall and enquired with the priest who it was. He said she was a still-living avadhUti, about 235 years old, with whom he had spent about thirtyfive years. He gave me a photograph of the lady after performing pUja, which showed her almost naked surrounded by several dogs. I asked him where I could meet her. He said he didn't know her present whereabouts but I could make her out anywhere as she is always surrounded by a herd of dogs. ) Yes! Nair-ji ! This reminds me of another Great AVADHOOTTA Shri DATTATREYA ! Have you seen the Icon of Lord DATTATREYA? He is surrounded by Four Dogs ... What do the Four dogs reprsent? The four vedas ; They follow the Lord as "hounds of heaven, watchdogs of the ultimate Truth". They help the Lord in "hunting" and finding pure souls, wherever they may be born. and what does the word Avadhoota stand for? >From the Avadhoota Gita by Shri Dattatreya The significance of the letter *A* is that the Avudhuta is free from the bondage of hopes is pure in the beginning, middle and end and dwells ever in joy. The syllable *VA* is indicative of him by whom all desires have been renounced whose speech is wholesome and who dwells in the present. The syllable *DHU* is a sign of him whose limbs are grey with dust - whose mind is purified- who is free from all diseases - and who is released from the practice of concentration and meditation. The syllable *TA* is significant of him by whom the thought of Truth has been made steady who is devoid of all thoughts and efforts and who is free from ignorance and egoism. http://www.upnaway.com/~bindu/anantayogaweb/avadhuta/chap08.htm - 7k - Indeed, Nair-ji- you are so fortunate that you were able to see Devi in all her forms from her sowmya rupa as Kanyakumari to her fierce form as KALI and then also see a picture of an avadhooti woman saint ...old but learned and her naked body representing the 'naked' truth that the whole universe is covering her with consciousness!! (digambari) and i love the concluding verse in your post! She is both Yarn and cloth !! She is as 'real' as real can get!! AS our Parivrajaka Swami Vivekananda says so eloquently, "She ( the Divine Mother) can show Herself to us in any form at any moment. The Divine Mother can have form, rupa, and name, nama, or name without form; and as we worship Her in these various aspects, we can rise to Pure Being, having neither form nor name. The sum total of all the cells in an organism is the person; each soul is like one cell, and the sum of them is God. And beyond that is the Absolute. The sea calm is the Absolute; the same sea in waves is the Divine Mother. She is time, space, and causation. Mother is the same as Brahman and has two natures: the conditioned and the unconditioned. As the former She is God, nature, and soul. As the latter She is unknown and unknowable. Out of the Unconditioned came the trinity: God, nature, and soul -- the triangle of existence. This is the Visishtadvaita idea. [A reference to so-called qualified nondualism, one of the streams of the Hindu tradition. Brahman is That Which alone is, and than Which there is no other. Ed.] A bit of Mother, a drop, was Krishna; another was Buddha; another was Christ. The worship of even one spark of Mother in our earthly mother leads to greatness. Worship Her if you want love and wisdom. " Yes, Nair-ji, i knew it!! There will not be A DULL MOMENT once you arrive on the scene. You have certainly met my expectations , if not exceeded them!!! and now how are you going to answer this criticism? Srinivas-ji, another learned member of this satsangha , says there is no mention of Radha and terefore there is no such person as Radha!! now, Nair-ji, can YOU COME TO MY RESCUE ON THIS? can there be a Krishna withoutt Radha? CAN THERE BE A MOON WITHOUT MOONLIGHT? can there be Sandalwood without fragrance? thank you so much for a most illuminating post!! Jaya sri Guru Dattatreya! Jaya Mahakali! Jaya gurudeva! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 Namaste Adiji. Thanks for your wonderful interpretation of the word avadhUta. Well, I now feel I must hurry back to my village in India and pay my respects to Mani (the neighbourhood dog of my previous post). Perhaps, one of the vEdAs has already begun giving me company and protecting me too! I am one-quarter avadhUtA. LOL. About the alleged criticism by Srinivasji, I find that you have answered it in your enlightening words. What more can I add, Adiji? There can't be a Krishna without Radha! There can't be a Devi without me! (LOL again and again.). CN asked us to undo the difference. Then, Radha is Krishna, I am the Devi, and miTyA (ouch!) is Real. And, now if anyone gets at me for that last statement, it is your responsibility to protect me, Adi Maaaaaaa! PraNAms. Madathil Nair __________________________ advaitin, "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16> wrote: ...............> > Have you seen the Icon of Lord DATTATREYA? > > He is surrounded by Four Dogs ... > > What do the Four dogs reprsent? > > The four vedas ; They follow the Lord as "hounds of heaven, > watchdogs of the ultimate Truth". They help the Lord in "hunting" and > finding pure souls, wherever they may be born. > > and what does the word Avadhoota stand for? .................. > and now how are you going to answer this criticism? > > Srinivas-ji, another learned member of this satsangha , says there is > no mention of Radha and terefore there is no such person as Radha!! > now, Nair-ji, can YOU COME TO MY RESCUE ON THIS? can there be a > Krishna withoutt Radha? CAN THERE BE A MOON WITHOUT MOONLIGHT? can > there be Sandalwood without fragrance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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