Guest guest Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 , MSR <abhayambika wrote: > 1) You say " few have the capacity *as she should be worshipped* " - >is > there only one way! And will a mother ignore a sincere praise or > offering from her child. Even a mother of this world gets excited >will > go gaga when her little child just learning to speak call her out >with > love - even by any name. Here you are taking about avyAja karuNa >muuRtiH The shAstra speaks of devI as mother because it is the source of this world. This devI is neither strI nor puruSha nor neutral. Another reason for calling it mother maybe for human-relatability. IMHO it is not correct to extend human sentiments prevalent in mom-child or father-child relationships to devI or shiva. A jewel may be made from a gold bar. Will the gold bar listen to the jewel's cries...A very poor example..but i am in a rush here... All this sounds good to hear..but it(i.e. devI) is not human and so is may not be logical to extend/attach that which in human perception are known as sentiments to devI. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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