What Is the Nature of Saivite Theology?

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known as monistic theism, panentheism, or Advaita Isvaravada.

Roman'">Monism, the opposite of dualism, is the doctrine that reality is a one

whole or existence without independent parts. Theism is belief in God and

the Gods, both immanent and transcendent. Saivism is monistic in its belief in

alone reality and in the advaitic, or nondual, identity of man with that

reality. Saivism is theistic in its belief in the Gods, and in God Siva

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Roman'">as a loving, personal Lord, immanent in the world. Saivism expresses

the oneness of

Pati-pashu-pasha, God-soul-world, encompassing the nondual and the dual,

faithfully carrying forth both Vedanta and Siddhanta, the pristine Sanatana

Dharma of the Vedas and Saiva Agamas.

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Roman'">The Tirumantiram states, "Shuddha Saivas meditate on these as their

religious path:Oneself, Absolute Reality and the Primal Soul; the categories

three: God, soul and bonds; immaculate liberation and all that fetters the

soul." Aum Namah Sivaya.

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Subramuniyaswami Sivaya Namah

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