I am Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, as well as Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati. Srimad Devi Bhagavatam, VII.33.13-15

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The Enlightener Herself is Shiv, Vishnoo, Barmaa

 

Gurmukh naadang, gumukh vaydang, gurmukh rahe-aa samaa-ee. (stanza 4)

Through the Enlightener's Word is attained the Mystic Sound; Through

the Enlightener's Word, the Divine Knowledge; And through the

Enlightener's Word is realized the All-Pervasiveness of God.

 

Gur eesar, gur gorakh barmaa, gur paarbatee maa-ee.

The Enlightener Herself is Shiv, Vishnoo, Barmaa; The Enlightener

Herself is Paarvati, the Mother-Goddess....

 

Su-ast aath, baanee barmaa-o. Sat suhaan sadaa man chaa-o. (stanza 20)

Obeisance to Her, who is Herself Mahamaya, the Primal Word and

Barmaa. She is Truth, Consciousness, and Bliss....

 

Aakhaih barmay, aakhaih ind. Aakhaih, gopee tai govind. (stanza 25)

The Barmaa and Indr utter Her Greatness, So also the Gopees and

Krishna.

 

Aakhaih eesar, aakhaih sidh. Aaakhaih, kaytay keetay budh.

Shiv and Sidh speak of Her Glories, so also many gnostics created by

Her....

 

Aadays, tisai aadays. Aad aneel anaad anaahat, jug jug ayko vays. (stanza 29)

Obeisance, obeisance to Her, the Primal, the Immaculate, without

beginning, without end, Immutable through all ages.

 

Aykaa Maye, jugat viaaee, tin chalay parvaan.

The Mother was conceived alone in some mysterious way and She

procreated three deities.

 

Ik sansaaree, ik bhandaaree, ik laa-ay deeban.

One was Creator (Barmaa), one Sustainer (Vishnoo), and one Destroyer

of the world )Shiv).

 

Jiv tis bhaavai, tivai chalaavai, jiv havai phurmaan.

The world moves as She ordains and as She pleases.

 

Oh vaykahi, onaa nadar na aavai, buhutaa ayho vidaan.

She sees all, but no one sees Her: this is a great wonder. (stanza 31)

 

Japji Sahib

 

 

" I am Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva "

 

" I am Manifest Divinity, Unmanifest Divinity, and Transcendent

Divinity. I am Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, as well as Saraswati,

Lakshmi and Parvati. I am the Sun and I am the Stars, and I am also

the Moon. I am all animals and birds, and I am the outcaste as well,

and the thief. I am the low person of dreadful deeds, and the great

person of excellent deeds. I am Female, I am Male, and I am Neuter. "

 

Srimad Devi Bhagavatam, VII.33.13-15, cited in Brown(a), p. 186.

 

 

Devi is the source of Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh-vara

 

" The Devi, as Para-brahman, is beyond all form and guna. The forms of

the Mother of the Universe are threefold. There is first the Supreme

(para) form, of which, as the Vishnu-yamala says, " none know. " There

is next her subtle (sukshma) form, which consists of mantra. But as

the mind cannot easily settle itself upon that which is formless, She

appears as the subject of contemplation in Her third, or gross

(sthula), or physical form, with hands and feet and the like as

celebrated in the Devi-stotra of the Puranas and Tantras. Devi, who

as Prakriti is the source of Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh-vara, has

both male and female forms. "

 

Shiva and Shakti

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" She is said by munis to be the ancient womb of the universe "

 

" In the Brahma Pr., in the Lalitapakhyana, Devi says, " My male form

is bewildering the milk-maids. " In the same place Visnu says to

Virabhadra, " The ancient Sakti of the Lord is divided into four

forms, that Sakti becomes Bhavani in its ordinary form [bhoga], in

battle she takes the form of Durga; in anger that of Kali; and she is

also my male form. "

 

The Kurma Pr. when Himavin praises Devi says, " I salute thy form

called Narayana, O Lalita, which has a thousand heads, which is of

infinite energy, having a thousand arms, the ancient Person,

reclining on the waters. "

 

In the Kurma Pr. when Siva showed his universal form to Mankanaka,

the latter said: " What is this terrible form of thine, facing every

side; who is she shining by your side? " Thus questioned, Siva, after

explaining the glory of his own nature, says, " She is my supreme maya

and prakrti of triple qualities. She is said by munis to be the

ancient womb of the universe. " "

 

R. Ananthakrishna Sastry, Lalita-Sahasranama

The Adyar Library and Research Centre, Madras, 1988, p. 338.

 

 

" Of these four great ancient civilizations, working knowledge of the

inner forces of enlightenment has survived on a mass scale only in

India. Only in India has the inner tradition of the Goddess endured.

This is the reason the teachings of India are so precious. They offer

us a glimpse of what our own ancient wisdom must have been. The

Indians have preserved our lost heritage. [...] Today it is up to us

to locate and restore the tradition of the living Goddess. We would

do well to begin our search in India, where for not one moment in all

of human history have the children of the living Goddess forgotten

their Divine Mother. "

 

Johnsen, Linda, The Living Goddess: Reclaiming the Tradition of the

Mother of the Universe, pp. 176, 181.

Yes International Publishers (St. Paul, Minn., 1999).