Saivism Q & A 2

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Om Namah Sivaya How many causes are there for an effect? There are three, namely, material cause, instrumental cause and efficient cause. The (clay) earth is the material cause, the (potter's) wheel is the instrumental cause, and the potter is the efficient cause, of the effect which is the pot. What are the material cause, instrumental cause, and efficient cause of the effect which is the manifested universe called bodies, instruments, the universe, and objects of experience?

The material causes are three, namely, pure maya, impure maya, and prakriti; the instrumental cause is the Sakti of Siva and the efficient cause is Lord Siva What is the Sakti of Siva? The Power of Siva which is inseperable from Siva like the heat of fire which is inseperable from fire. What are the bodies attributed to Siva? They are three, namely something which has no form, something which has form and no form, and something which has form. What names are given to Lord Siva when He has these three types of Divine Bodies? When He has no form He is given the name Sivam, when He has a body which has form and no form He is given the name SadaSiva, and when He has a body which has a form He is given the name Maheswara. Is the body of Lord Siva like the body of us souls? The body of the souls is made up of constituents like skins, bones, etc., according to their two karmas (good karma and bad karma). But the body of Lord

Siva is made up of divine qualities which are His Power and which for the purposes of meditation and puja by the souls are treated as if they are parts of a body. Does Lord Siva Himself perform the five activities? In pure maya He Himself performs the five activities. In impure maya He abiding in Anathesurar performs. He (Lord Siva) abiding in Srikanda Rudra through that Ananthesuarar perfroms the five activities in prakriti. Srikanda Rudra abiding in Brahma performs Creation, abiding in Vishnu performs maintenance, and abiding in Kaala Rudra performs destruction. Of what sort more is Srikanda Rudra? He is the divine teacher who makes known the Saiva Agamas. He is the Lord who bestows punishments and grace on the Devas like Brahma and Vishnu, on the Rishis and on those like the 63 saints. He is the Diety who is worshipped by those persons who have entered the Saiva religion and obtained "Samaya Deeksha" (Samaya Deeksha = initiation of a person into the Saiva religion by a guru who with appropriate ceremonies communicates Sri Panchaakshara which is the five lettered mantra of Siva to that person.) What are the names of the Saktis of the five called Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Maheswara and SadaSiva? The Sakti of Brahma is Saraswathy; the Sakti of Vishnu is Lakshmi; the Sakti of Rudra is Uma; the Sakti of Maheswara is Maheswari and the Sakti of SadaSiva is Manonmani. --- By Sri Arumuga Navalar Sivaya Namah

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