Siva Purana

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I'm hearing that some of the newer translations of the Protestant

bible refer to God as She. Some of the Jewish esoteric writings have

titles for God that mean He/She/They

 

But, I'm afraid that pretty much all of the old holy books, regardless

of religion, have the same problem. (sigh) I haven't seen a lot of

emphasis on women in Buddhist writings, either.

 

The ladies on this l/s can certainly testify as to the efficacy of the

beads for ladies. :-)

 

 

, "ShiningLotus"

<shininglotus@c...> wrote:

> Dear Miss Sy

>

> Thank you for your generous words

>

> Something in the Puranas that have noticed and is kind of bothersome

>

> The writers always talk about men wearing Rudraksa and mostly use

the word he in this context

>

> Whatever happened to people writing about the Womankind wearing

Rudraksa and useing the word She. Since there wouldnt be any Mankind

without Womankind a person would think some of the Holy Books would

say She and talk about Ladies Wearing

>

> Havent found this yet

>

> Thanks

>

> DharmaDev

>

> Syzenith <syzenith> <syzenith>

>

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> Sunday, January 19, 2003 2:11 PM

> Re: Siva Purana

>

>

> Namaste Devaji,

>

> Thank you for this Siva Purana. I've not come across this text so

> its very useful for me. Printing it out to keep. Thank you for your

> Divine Darshan always.

>

> Om Namah Shivaya,

> Sy

>

>

> "srdharmadevaarya <shininglotus@c...>" <shininglotus@c...> wrote:

> > He who wears Rudraksa round the hands and arms and over the head

> > cannot be killed by any liveing being. He shall roam the world in

> the

> > form of Rudra

> >

> > He shall be respected by the Gods and Asuras always. He shall be

> > honored like Siva

> >

> > Even the devotees of Visnu and other deiteis shall unhesitatingly

> > wear the Rudraksa. Especially the devotee of Rudra shall wear the

> > Rudraksa always

> >

> > From Sanskrit Names compiled by the Integral Yoga Institute

> Yogavill

> > Virginia

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> > Rudra ( m ) 1. The remover of pain 2. Lord Siva Vedic Name 3. The

> > 114th name of Lord Vishnu as listed in the Vishnu Sahasranama. In

> his

> > commentary Sri Sankara states " 1 ) Withdrawing all beings at the

> > time of cosmic dissolution and causing them to cry (rodayati) the

> > Lord is called Rudra 2 ) It means He confers (rati) good (rudam)

> 3 )

> > Again He is thus called as He destroys (dravayati) pain (ruh) and

> its

> > cause". The Linga Purana says " As the Lord removes (dravayati)

> pain

> > (ruh) and its cause hence Siva the Supreme Cause is called Rudra".

> 4.

> > pl. A group of eleven gods whom Yajnavalkya describes in the

Brihad

> > Aranyaka Upanishad. Which are the Rudras ? The ten ( sensory and

> > motor ) organs in the human body with the mind as the eleventh.

> When

> > they depart from the mortal body they make ones relatives weep.

> > Because they make them weep (rodayanti) the are called Rudras. See

> > the Bhagavad Gita X:23

> >

> > Rudrani ( f ) The consort of Rudra ; a name of Goddess Durga

> >

> > Aum NamaSivaya Sivaya Nama Aum

> > Aum Namo Bhagavate Rudraya Namah

> > Aum Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

> > Aum Hrim Shrim Klim ParamEshwari Swaha

> > Aum NamaSivaya Sivaya Nama Aum

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