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Re.Shiva and Vishnu



Well, it is those who have not really understood the Godhead as 
portrayed in the Vedas and Upanishads( and I am sure there is just a 
handful who have) are those that still argue over Vaishnavism and 
Saivism.The Brahman or the Infinite God, the Formless,Omnipotent all 
Powerful source of this Universe ('Yadas Sarvani Bhoothani 
Bhavanthiyadhi yugagame, yasmimsa pralayamyanti punareva yugagshaye') is 
neither Vishnu or Shiva. He manifests as the Creator(Brahma), the 
Propagator(Vishnu) and the Destroyer (Sankara),and He is all three of 
these in One.Vishnu as the Propagating Form of the Absolute Godhead, is 
believed to have taken several incarnations, but when Vaishnavism refers 
to Narayana the reference is not to any of the Incarnations but to the 
Infinite Godhead.In the same way, that the Absolute God pervades and 
controls the movement of the Universe right from the Atom itself is very 
beautifully portrayed in the Cosmic Dance of Nataraja.Shivam in Saivism 
once again refers to the Absolute ParaBrahmam. Each of these sects of 
Hinduism have evolved with the beautiful ideology of single minded 
devotion to the Form that appeals the most to each one, but I think that 
has been lost with time. What remain are unnecessary arguments.