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Re: Siva as yogi?
In an eloquent manner, Hari Krishna Susarla
<susarla.krishna@studentserver1.swmed.edu> elucidated:
>Matt Stanley wrote:
>>
>> Greetings, all...
>>
>> Something I've been curious about: why is Siva seen as Lord of
>yoga?
>> Does he have special characteristics or aspeccts that make him yogic?
>Any
>> response would be apprecited.
>>
>
>As a matter of fact, Lord Shiva is the greatest devotee of
>Vishnu, the Supreme God. This is confirmed by the statement in
>the Bhagavatam: vaisnavanam yatha sambuh. When Shiva is seen
>chanting on japa beads, eyes closed and seated in meditation, it
>is because he is meditating on Lord Vishnu's transcendental
>form and chanting His holy names.
>
>This information is not something most Shaivites appreciate,
>because they want to believe that Shiva and Vishnu are on the
>same level. But as far as the scriptures are considered, Shiva,
>though an expansion of Vishnu, is still in the position of His
>devotee.
Of course, this post ignores all the OTHER scriptures.... :-)
Which is understandable, since they are rejected by his sect, and it
is appropriate for devotees to respect the decisions of their sect.
However, note that Ram (an incarnation of Vishnu) was a devotee of
Shiva.
In the Shaivite scriptures, the word "Shiva" is used for all the same
aspects of God that "Narayana" is used for in the Vaisnavite
scriptures.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.......
Be seeing you,
Ken
kstuart@snowcrest.net
send error messages/bounced messages to ken@macshasta.com
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References:
- Siva as yogi?
- From: ms018c@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Matt Stanley)
- Re: Siva as yogi?
- From: Hari Krishna Susarla <susarla.krishna@studentserver1.swmed.edu>
