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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P-Q R S T-U V-W-X Y-Z See also Hindu-Requirements; Hinduism and Zoroastrianism They call Him Indra,
Mitra, Varuna, Agni or the heavenly sunbird Garutmat. The seers call in many ways
that which is One; they speak of Agni, Yam, Matarishvan. Him
who is without beginning and without end, in the midst of confusion, the
Creator of all, of manifold form, the One embracer of the universe -- by
knowing God, one is released from all fetters. The
Primordial Vastness is the sky. The Primordial Vastness is the sphere of
space. The Primordial Vastness is the mother, the father, the son. The
Primordial Vastness is all the Gods, the five sorts of men, all that was
born and shall be born. May
I attain to Vishnu's glorious mansion where the faithful rejoice, where,
close beside the Strider, within His highest footstep springs the well
of purest honey. I am the ruling
Queen, the amasser of treasures, full of wisdom, first of those worthy of
worship. In various places, divine powers have set Me. I enter many homes
and take numerous forms. He
who bestows life force and hardy vigor, whose ordinances even the Gods
obey, whose shadow is immortal life - and death - what God shall we
adore with our oblation? Who by his grandeur has emerged sole sovereign
of every living thing that breathes and slumbers, he who is Lord of man
and four-legged creatures, what God shall we adore with our oblation? When
a man knows God, he is free: his sorrows have an end, and birth and
death are no more. When in inner union he is beyond the world of the
body, then the third world, the world of the Spirit, is found, where the
power of the All is, and man has all -- for he is one with the One.
Whatever exists and wherever it exists is permeated by the same divine
power and force. Recognition
of the world as the manifestation of Shakti is worship of Shakti. Pure
knowledge, unrelated to objects, is absolute. When milk is
poured into milk, oil into oil, water into water, they blend in absolute
oneness. So also the illumined seer, the knower of the atman, becomes
one with the atman. Let us
worship Him, the pure-formed One, the cloud which, emitting a rain of
unthinkable joy, satiates the hearts and eyes of its followers, as if
millions of rain clouds had poured down, the stay of the Great Silence,
called by many names, described by many religions, the embodiment of
ineffable degrees of spiritual happiness. O God of
mercy who performs the dance of illimitable happiness in the hall of
inconceivable Intelligence! Oh thou Preceptor who art named Neelakanth!
Oh thou Preceptor of wisdom who art of the form of Vishnu! Oh thou
Preceptor who art of the form of the four-headed Brahmaa, the author of
Ved! O thou who discharges the duties of a Preceptor in all religions!
Oh thou who as Preceptor enlightens in love those followers who have
implored thee not to abandon them. Worship, by
offering sweet-scented flowers, the God who is the Infinite Lord of all.
Give reverence to your tradition's God, who the whole world and all that
lives pervades. Before the body falls, revere the God who both the One
and many has become. Whatever you
see, see as Shiv and do not be distressed, O mind! Those who are free
from agitation and who the senses five control will surely win the bliss
of Shiv. The path prescribed by your religion you should always tread,
and live in changeless, silent contemplation. Whatever you see, see as
Shiv.
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06/09/11