Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 Sorry, the full title of my post was "Why is Lord Hari "harder to please"?" Somehow, the last few words disappeared. !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2001 Report Share Posted December 17, 2001 Dear urochs,<br>In Hindu Mythology, Shiva is shown as God who has forsaken all cares in the world. He roams around in cremation grounds, has ashes all over him and is happy with what he gets. Vishnu (or Hari) has a royal personality. I do not know if he harder to please but Shiva is known to be easily pleased. <br>The story behind ShivaRatri actually expemplifies this. There was once a poor hunter from Varanasi. His name was Suswara. He lived with his wife and child in a small hut. Theirs was a hand-to-mouth existence. Suswara would go to the forest and hunt whatever game came his way, and thus feed his family. One particular day, he caught many small animals and birds, which he put into a sack. Encouraged by the catch, he wandered deeper into the forest in search of more game. Soon darkness set in and he turned to go home. He was a little worried as the forest was infested with dangerous animals. He did not like the idea of spending the night there. Soon it became very dark. Unable to find his way back, Suswara climbed a tree to be safe from the wild animals. Attracted by his scent, animals came lurking under the tree. Hoping to scare them away, Suswara plucked some twigs from the tree and threw them at the animals, but to no avail. Throughout the night the animals kept prowling beneath the tree. Suswara was unable to get even a wink of sleep. He kept vigil throughout the night. He plucked leaves from the tree, which happened to be a bilva tree, and dropped them on the ground. Unknown to Suswara, there was a Shivalinga at the foot of the tree; and so, although he was unaware of it, by dropping the sacred bilva leaves, Suswara was making a sacred offering to the Shivalinga. That night happened to be Shivaratri. So the hunter had unknowingly kept a night-long vigil and worshipped Shiva and Shiva appeared before him. <br>That is how easy it is to please Shiva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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