tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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S'aivism and S'aktism
Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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all manifestations. As Sakhare says, He is the origin and source of the universe and is the Parabrahman, as the Vedantins are pleased to call Him. He is self-conscious. The vibration of the perfect egoity is His s'akti and through it He holds and visualises the entire universe of objects as "This is". The Vimars'a, the perfect Egoity, is the S'akti.
S'iva manifests Himself with the help of His unique power as the Linga and Anga; Linga being the God, the object of worship of the Angas which are the individual souls (jivas) that worship the Linga. The power with the help of which S'iva manifests Himself in these two aspects is inalienable with Him, and it can never be dissociated from Him. It is a part of His nature, and therefore, the doctrine of the Vira S'aivas is described as the S'aktivis'istadvaita-affarera), monism qualified by the S'akti. God is characterised by Sakti. The ralation of this power with Sakti is one of essential identity(samarasya-19) which means the union of two things which are identical in their essential nature. The idea of Samarasya is peculiar with the Lingayatas. The whole world of names and forms exists in S'iva as His own externalization, an object of His own enjoyment. S'akti is the Atmavimars'a or Prakās'avimars'a, the expressive nature of S'iva Himself, and it works wonders in obedience to S'iva's will, which again is nothing but a phase or mode of His power. She possesses the common nature of S'iva and is styled Dharmacāriņī
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1 Sakhare M. R.: History and Philosophy of Lingayat Religion, p. 431.