Guest guest Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 So Says Sai This is a day dedicated to Shiva that is in each one of you. From the Himalayan ranges down to cape (Kanyakumari), the entire land is resounding today to the authentic declaration 'Shivoham', 'Shivoham' and to the adoration 'Om Namahshivaaya'. Since thousands pray here and elsewhere in lakhs and crores, the Linga is emanating from Me, so that you may derive the bliss that pervades the world through Lingodbhava (emergence of linga). The manifestation of linga is part of My Nature. These Pandits (Scholars) explain it as reminiscent of an epochal event in the past when Shiva challenged Brahma and Vishnu to gauge the height and depth of Linga form that He had assumed. They failed and had to accept the defeat. But the Linga emerges, as a result of prayer and grace. You have to recognize in this event a glimpse of Divinity, a sign of infinite Grace. Just as 'Om' is sound symbol of God, the Linga is the form of the visible symbol of God, the most meaningful, the simplest and the least endowed with the appendages of attributes. Lingam means that in which this Jagath (world of change) attains laya (mergence or dissolution). Leeyathe. All forms merge in the Formless at last. Shiva is the principle of the destruction of all names and forms, of all entities and individuals. So, the Linga is the simplest sign of emergence and mergence. Source: Sathya Sai Speaks Vol. IX; P. 13-14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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