Guest guest Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 65) Sri Bhandasura-vadhodyukta-sakti-sena-samanvita — Confers powers to devotees to conquer their egos. — Grants true realisation of Ultimate Reality. Sri Lalita Sahasranama, C. S. Murthy, Ass. Advertisers and Printers, 1989.) " The Siva-sutras (1, 5, 6 and 21) say, " The effort (udyama) is called Bhairava; when united with Sakti-cakra, the involution of the universe comes. When Sakti is united, the creation of the body comes to exist. When the bhuta (body) is united, the separation of the bhutas, the composition, etc. of the universe come. " . . . All these and other things comes to a Yogin when he realizes Sakti. Just as virility is latent in boyhood and manifest itself in youth, the various powers (saktis) that are in the jiva, remain latent by reason of ignorance. When an effort is made all these shine forth. This is the purport of the above quotation. " R. A. Sastry, Lalita-Sahasranama, The Adyar Library and Research Centre, Madras, 1988, p. 67. " It is true that there is plenty of material in the Koran that is more egalitarian than the western Christian tradition, which was heavily influenced by the misogyny of Greek thought. Perhaps the most fundamental is that the Islamic God does not have a gender. Arabic may refer to him by use of the male pronoun, but he is never described as " father " or " lord " as he is in the Judaeo-Christian tradition. Indeed, the Islamic God has characteristics that are expressly feminine; one of his most important " names " is al-Rahman (the All-Compassionate) from the Arabic rahma , which comes from the word rahim , meaning womb. In Islamic mysticism, the divinely beloved is female. " The Guardian, Saturday December 8, 2001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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