Siva and Vishnu Puja

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Namaste Gajendravispute, thank you for your excellent input too! Its

wonderful to have such learned friends such as Anil and yourself who

take time to contribute. We are very blessed indeed.

 

Aum Aum

 

 

, gajendravispute

<no_reply wrote:

>

> Namaskar,

> Absolutly agree with Anil. i was about to write the same thing.

> Both Siva and Vishnu are equal (There is story in Shiv Purana when

> there was a fight between Vishnu and Brahma about who is great

among

> both then Shiva arrived and created Jyoti in between them after

that

> Vishnu accpeted that Brahma is great gracefully so Shiva offered

> Vishnu equal importance to him.) Siva created vishnu from his left

> vaksha (chest) and vishnu created brahma from his nabhi lotus.

> Since Siva and Vishnu are equal we should worship both of them

> equally. One who fights for Vishnu is great or Siva is great are

the

> most stupid people wasting their time in unnecesary thing instead

of

> worshipping them.

> And yes whenever Vishnu took avatar he worshipped Siva *(Rama

> worship Siva Rameshwar is temple, krishna as Gopaleshwar - which is

> Siva.) when siva took avatar he worshiped Vishnu (Hanuman was

> devotee of Rama, Sankacharya written vishnu sahasranama.) Also most

> of the time they took avatar at the same time to protect each other

> and to establish the vedanta dharma like Hanuman to protect Rama ,

> Padmapada(avatar of vishnu) to protect Sankaracharya.

>

> Sankaracharya proposed the Panchayatan pooja with any one of your

> eshta devata and other four gods will help you in completing the

> pooja (they will remove the obstacles).

>

> recent example is Sant Narhari who was devotee of Siva and never

> wanted to worship or even see other god but he saw Siva in vittal

> mandir at Pandharpur.

> Puranas are full of vishnu praising shiva (In Shiv puran) and Shiva

> praising Vishnu (Srimadbhagvat) this is just to increase faith in

> your eshta devata.

> So both are equal and never fight for who is great and waste your

> time even though you are vaishnava or Shaiva.

>

> Om hari hara

>

 

> > , " Anil Kumar "

> > <yogi75ank@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Dear Narasimhaye,

> > > Namaste,

> > > Adding my two pence worth to your views.

> > >

> > > After reading some of our puranas / religious texts and growing

> up

> > in

> > > a Hindu family I feel that the idea of GOD in Sanatana Dharma as

> > > Shiva, Vishnu, Devi or Mother Goddess is that they are all

Divine

> > > manifestations of one absolute reality which can be neither

> > > identified as male or female but an omnipotent entity which

> > > encompasses the male and female aspect as we humans percieve.

> > > Different people are by birth tuned to have affinity to a

> certain

> > God

> > > or Goddess which makes them their Isht devata or devi. Every

> Devata

> > > or Devi has their own attributes and a speciality which

> identifies

> > > them from the others.Although I have no idea of how things

> advance

> > in

> > > the spiritual path but reading online and by personnaly

> interacting

> > > with some on the spiritual path, I feel that when the sadhaka

> > > advances on the spiritual path, he feels and experiences

silence,

> > > peace and ananda within himself and everywhere around him.He

> doesn't

> > > feel any seperation between him and the existence around him.

> > >

> > > So to think of Shiva as supreme or Vishnu as supreme and then

> > > worshipping them is like losing the essence of worshipping that

> > > particular Diety. Our puranas and other religious scriptures

> and

> > the

> > > Mahabharat and Ramayana contain many instances where both the

> > > incarnations of Shiva and Vishnu worship each other and glorify

> each

> > > other in fulfilling the mission of devatas wherein a particular

> > demon

> > > or demoness can only be vanquished by either one of them due to

> > their

> > > specific powers or attributes

> > >

> > > I do not know if the sadhaka meets or has darshan of his Isht

> devata

> > > or devi during the sadhana or at the end of it. Maybe other

> > > enlightened members can throw some light and pass on their

> > > experiences.

> > >

> > > Aum Namah Shivaya

> > >

> >

>