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Re: ARTICLE : Swami Vivekanand on origins of Shiva Lingam
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Subject: Re: ARTICLE : Swami Vivekanand on origins of Shiva Lingam
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From: jaldhar@braincells.com (Jaldhar H. Vyas)
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Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 17:41:49 GMT
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Dhruba Chakravarti (dchakrav@netserv.unmc.edu) wrote:
: Jaldhar H. Vyas (jaldhar@braincells.com) wrote:
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: : In Sankhya the three gunas are part of prakrti and Ishwar or Purusha as
: : they call him is completely distinct.
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: Dear Jaldharji:
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: Thank you for this post. I picked out this statement because it is
: another issue where a choice must be made. As I have read, it is true
: that the sAMkhya describes the purushha and prakR^iti to be distinct,
: however, in the SBG, Sri KR^ishhNa has said that the two are not
: independent.
The Bhagaved Gita and Puranas don't teach Samkhya and Yoga, they teach
Vedanta. Vedanta took some of the terminology of those darshans and used
it for its own purposes. I should have mentioned this. But even with
this qualification a Shaiva would not agree that Shiva Bhagawan is the
"destructive aspect of God" as the previous poster said.
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