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of sincere devotion (bhakti) and one of moral and spiritual discipline. Deliverance means to them the realisation of samarasya-identity in the qualified form, and the experience of the blissful state of S'iva. It does not mean in the least, the absorption of the finite individual soul into the Parasiva or Parabrahman but the retention of it in a highly evolved form in the company of the Lord Siva, enjoying Siva's blissful company. Sakhare interprets it in a different way and says that the aim of S'ivayoga is not only to rise above ordinary ignorant worldconsciousness but to bring the supramental power of the Divine consciousness down into the ignorance of mind, life and body, to transform them to manifest the divine life in matter.' It aims at bringing down the Divine from the heaven to the earth by gradually purifying the senses and the mind, the vital and mental medium of layers to make them worthy of the manifestation of the S'iva to bring down the Divine peace, joy, and light on the earth. The Viras'aivas also admit the possibility of the living liberated soul (Jivanmuktas) who are free from ego and manifest the Divine peace and joy while alive.
Saktism-शाक्तवाद The S'aktas, who are called so for they choose their Deity of worship ( Istadevata - setant) S'akti. The S'aktas are the “Tāntrikas" and they share to a large extent the philosophical views of the
1 Sakhare M. R. : History and Philosophy of Lingāyat Religion, p. 574.
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