Guest guest Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 All the manifestations etc., as Deities are according to the attitude of the devotee. Tamasika devotees are interested in such achievements as killing one’s enemies, wrecking vengeance etc. They adore evil deities or psychic forces like spirits and goblins. The Rajasika devotees who seek worldly prosperity, success etc., adore Deities according to the Agamas with elaborate rituals and offering The Moksa-seekers, who are Sattvika in nature, do their duties as offerings to him without claiming the fruits for themselves and adore Him in a philosophical spirit. Superior to them are Nirgunabhakts, who have transcended the three Gunas, as they abjure even liberation or Mukti, as a desire, and seek the Lord for the sake of pure and one word love merely to serve Him with their whole being without the expectation of any returns. Such devotees are above Gunas and they apprehend the Sat-Chit-Ananda Parabrahman as such, without association of the Gunas. To all the others the Sat-Chit-Ananda Parabrahman presents as Deities i.e., accounted with the Gunas of Prakrti-Tamas, Rajas and Sattva or their combinations. It must be clearly understood that this doctrine of the Deities is not polytheism. God is only one and the Deities are only His power manifestations in subtle dimensions, just as there are many power manifestations in Nature when there is the recognition of this truth their worship becomes the worship of the Supreme being Himself. A man should diligently seek for that supreme state, viz; God, having attained to which they return no more to this World; and having fully resolved that he stands dedicated to that Primeval Being (God Narayana) Himself, from whom the flow of this beginning less creation has progressed, he should dwell and meditate on Supreme Being Himself. Those wise men who are free from pride and delusion, who have conquered the evil of attachment, who are in eternal union with God, whose cravings have altogether ceased and who are completely immune from all pairs of opposites going by the names of pleasure and pain, reach that supreme immortal state, which neither the sun nor the moon nor even fire can illumine. Those who have attained that supreme self-effulgent state, they never return to this world and they become one with the Supreme Being himself. (This book can be read from www.saileelas.org/books). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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