forms of God

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Copy and paste from Kamakoti.org -- 50 Divine thoughts -- From Periavaal's

speech

 

 

 

Why so many Gods? Is it not enough to have only one? Other religions speak of

one God only and not many. We are assailed by such doubts. We eat to satisfy

hunger, the stomach becomes full, there is no trouble or hunger. Then why can't

we take cooked rice alone? Why should we eat so many side dishes? So, if we eat,

it is just not to fill the stomach, but we want food tasty to the palate and

pleasing to the eyes.

 

Parameswara and Sriman Narayana are one and the same in reality. They are not

two. This is the conclusive view of all the sastras. Names differ, forms are

different, occupations vary, but the reality which is within Them is one and the

same

 

Upaasana is dhyaana or concentration of meditation. A form is required for

concentration. Reality is always the same and changeless. God, as the Ultimate

Reality, is Formless. But Upasana of a Form is done with a purpose, namely, the

attainment of a given benefit. The purpose to be attained by worshipping or

concentrating on a Form differs. The scriptures tell you how to meditate and on

what all Forms and with what results. For Upasana, you have to follow the

Sastras or Scriptures. The different upasanas are all aids in the path to the

ultimate goal, namely, understanding Reality. Scriptures prescribe Upaasana n

order to train the mind to concentrate. Upasana is the affair of the individual;

there is nothing collective about it.

 

 

 

 

Ganapathy --- Vijaya

 

" Jai Bhavani " - - - - " Jai Sri Lalitha Maha Maha Tripura Sundari "

 

" Sarvam Shakti Mayam Jagath "

 

 

 

 

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