Siva dwells in all Divine Forms

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Om Namah Sivaya [1] There was once, a story goes, a man called Bell-Ears, a fanatical devotee of theLord Siva. He always went about chanting the name of Siva. In his ear-lobes he wore little bells, and whenever he heard anyone chanting the name of any other God or Goddess, he used to shake the bells violently to drown out the unwelcome sound. Lord Siva, however, was not pleased with this narrowness. One day when Bell-Ears was worshipping him, Siva, to teach him a lesson, made himself visible in a

strange form: one side of the body was Siva and the other side Vishnu. It was like saying, "Here I am, you see: I am in all divine forms." That was the idea. But Bell-Ears was such a fanatic that with his finger he closed the nostril on Vishnu's side, to prevent that God from smelling the incense! Some people never learn! [2] Sri Appayya Dikshitar was born in 1554 A.D, a great Saivite saint and he attained oneness with Nataraja of Chidambaram (the most sacred Siva Temple in South India) at his age of 72. When he went to the Tirupathi Venkateswara temple in South India, the Vaishnavas refused him admission because he was a Saivite adorned with Rudraksha and Vibhuti and due to ruthless fanatical attitude & narrow mindness of the Vaishnavas. The next morning they found the Vishnu Murti in the temple changed into Siva Murti. The Mahant was much astonished and startled, and he asked pardon of Appayya Dikshitar and prayed to him to change the idol again into Vishnu Murti. Sivaya Namah

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Superb!!!!! loved the second incident!!!

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NamasteI wish to share a small but personal experience with you. Everyday when I do puja, I would always offer flowers to Rudra, Vishnu and Brahma.( It is written that Brahma should not be worshiped in this Yuga due to the lie he told, I have not disobeyed this but pay homage in reverence to the creator for I am not his judge.)One day in meditation I saw Lord Shiva ( literally pluck me out of my body ) and then my consciousness began to expand exponentially, what I was able to see were all planets and stars etc.. then I began to expand my awareness even more, then I saw a Golden Egg, then all I saw was darkness... however when I looked up I saw Lord Shiva again except that in his body was Vishnu, Brahma and Rudra.What I was made to understand from this is that... He Lord Shiva contains all things within himself and all are his expressionsNamah SivayaBest RegardsPandit Devindra MaharajSelvaratnam Selvakumar

<selvauk wrote: Om Namah Sivaya [1] There was once, a story goes, a man called Bell-Ears, a fanatical devotee of theLord Siva. He always went about chanting the name of Siva. In his ear-lobes he wore little

bells, and whenever he heard anyone chanting the name of any other God or Goddess, he used to shake the bells violently to drown out the unwelcome sound. Lord Siva, however, was not pleased with this narrowness. One day when Bell-Ears was worshipping him, Siva, to teach him a lesson, made himself visible in a strange form: one side of the body was Siva and the other side Vishnu. It was like saying, "Here I am, you see: I am in all divine forms." That was the idea. But Bell-Ears was such a fanatic that with his finger he closed the nostril on Vishnu's side, to prevent that God from smelling the incense! Some people never learn! [2] Sri Appayya Dikshitar was born in 1554 A.D, a great Saivite saint and he attained oneness with

Nataraja of Chidambaram (the most sacred Siva Temple in South India) at his age of 72. When he went to the Tirupathi Venkateswara temple in South India, the Vaishnavas refused him admission because he was a Saivite adorned with Rudraksha and Vibhuti and due to ruthless fanatical attitude & narrow mindness of the Vaishnavas. The next morning they found the Vishnu Murti in the temple changed into Siva Murti. The Mahant was much astonished and startled, and he asked pardon of Appayya Dikshitar and prayed to him to change the idol again into Vishnu Murti. Sivaya Namah Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your free account today.

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