About Avatar and m/f boies.....response, Pt. II (cont'd)..

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Continued from Pt I...

 

Satish, I really would like to see what Meher Baba said, if you can

please post, since you started it with the statement of how an avatar

can only come in a 'male body'. But until then, I would like to post

some of the definitions I found on 'avatar' from some of my books:

 

 

Avatar - Incarnation of God on earth (excerpted from "HINDUISM, An

Introuduction, Shakunthala Jagannathan)

 

 

avatara "Descent". - A God born in a human (or animal) body. A

central concept of Saktism, Smartism and

Vaishnavism. See: _incarnation, Ishta

Devata, Vaishnavism_"

 

incarnation: From _incarnate, "to be made flesh." The soul's taking

on a human body. --DIVINE INCARNATION: The concept of _avatara_.

The Supreme Being's (or other Mahadeva's) taking of human birth,

generally to reestablish _dharma_. This doctrine is imiportant to

several Hindu sects, notably Vaishnavism, but not held by most

Saivites. .

(the above 2 definitions from "DANCING WITH SIVA, Hinduism's

Contemporary Catechism" by Satguru Sivaya Suybramuniyaswami

 

 

avatar - (descent) An incarnation of Divine Copnsciousness on earth

in an act of free will in order to accomplish a Divine purpose. "for

protection of the good, for the destruction of evil-doers, and to re-

establish righteousness, I am born from age to age." _Bhagavad Gits:

Ch. 4, v. 8. Hindu tradtion gives an account of ten incarnations of

_Visnu. (excerpted from: BLESSED SOULS, The Teachintsof Karunamayi,

Vol. I"

 

 

To be continued...

 

Kathy

, safar_x <no_reply> wrote:

> Dear Erica and Kathy, After having read overwhelming post of Dainya

> Maduri, I am using the same page for posting this message. From a

> posting from either of you, I was asked to post more from 2 to 3

> pages of the book I referred to. I shall do it for sure, but may be

> after a wile. In this post I am going to narrate a story as given

as

> a supplement to "HOW A MASTER WORKS" by Ivy O.Duce, then Murshida

of

> Sufism re-oriented,USA. The story goes as follows:-

> Famuos saint Moosa(Moses), is said to having direct conversation

> from God; and this conversation was held daily from a secluded hill

> top. One day while Hazrat Moosa was going to that particuler hill

> top, he saw a poor man sitting the road side absorbed in some self

> engrossed activity.He held a mud piece and was feebly uttering. "O!

> Allah. If you meet me some day, I would not let you go before you

> come to my hut and I shall feed you with my own hands, annoit you,

> dress you, decorate you and pay a Namaz..." Hazrat Mossa's ears

> caught these words,and he became very angree, thinking that this

> wreched poor illetrate creater is insulting Allah, Who is so great

> that He can not be limited to any worldly form. With a good notion

> Hazrat admonished the fellow, and asked not to utter such words

> of "Kufr". The poor man, with awe, agreed to and then Hazrat

> proceeded for the hill top. That day hazrat kept waiting, but no

> voice was heard by him from heavens. Next day too, Hazrat could not

> get the oppartunity to hear to His Lord's vioice. Days passed on

and

> with passing of each day Hazrat's uneasyness increased. One day on

> the hill top. he was in tears, and uttered, "o Allah! why dont you

> talk to me now? I am feeling great agony". Sudenly avoice came from

> the skyes, "All creation is Mine. O Hazrat! Blessed you are that

you

> have attained so much purity to have been able to talk to Me;But

who

> gave you authourity to tell the creatures of My creation as to how

he

> or she adores me?".... It is said that Hazrat was conferred God-

> Realisation same day.

> The purpose of this story post is to impress upon the "Love-God"

> facter irrespective of who is/was/shall be God-Incarnate, or what

is

> correct about male and female bodies. Although, I have made a

pledge

> to post 3 to 4 pages from the book, i quoted,but wiuld certainly

like

> to know if any one of us in the group had acces to the book I

> pointed ?

> Lots of pure unadultereated LOVE

> Satish

> P.S. - I am still over powered by Dainya Maduri verses. Thanks for

it