Scriptures Speak on Love of God

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Namaste Mates,

 

Some excerpts from the wonderful catechism book, "Dancing With Siva"

by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (Gurudeva):

 

Whatever the merit in any sacrifice, austerity, offering, pilgrimage

or place, the merit of worship of the Sivalinga equals that merit

multiplied by hundreds of thousands. (Karana Agama)

 

First there should be purification of one's self; secondly,

purification of the site; thirdly, there should be the cleansing of

the worship materials, forthly purification of the Linga; fifthly,

purification of the mantras should be done. Thus there is the five-

fold purification. (Karana Agama)

 

Even the incompetentm indeed, should worship, ending with the

offering of sacrificial food, ending with light. He who daily does

this shall obtain progress toward the Auspicious. (Karana Agama)

 

There is no difference between devotion and perfect knowledge. A

person who is engrossed in devotion enjoys perpetual happiness. And

perfect knowledge never descends in a vicious person averse to

devotion. (Siva Purana)

 

What has learning profited a man, if it has not lead him to worship

the good feet of Him who is pure knowledge itself? They alone dispel

the mind's distress who take refuge at the feet of the Imcomparable

One. (Tirukural)

 

Om Namah Sivaya,

SY Zenith