Guest guest Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Namaskar Anil, thank you so much for excellent response. Anil, its not 2 pence worth, its gold! Agree with you absolutely. Its great that you've pointed out the differences so clearly and mentioned that : " " " " " " 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. " " " " " About whether sadhakas 'meet' their Ishta Devata and gain Darshan during or after sadhana, it depends on the bhakti of the devotee, how long he/she had practised the same sadhana and whether there is past life propensity between sadhaka and deity. Some sadhakas, 'meet' their Ishta Devata and gain Darshan shortly after commencing sadhana but this is rare. Many have to practise for a long time with faith, focus and patience. One of the world's greatest sadhakas was Sri Sri Ramakrishna who received true Darshan from Maa. Of course He was a saint and we are only ordinary mortals. But from worshipping our Ishta Devata with sheer bhakti, we can also gain some degree of darshan. When the darshan comes, there are always signs posts and we will have the 'instinctive knowing'. Also agree with you that it will be nice to hear from other friends with their experiences. Aum Namah Shivaya , " 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 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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