Re: One supreme god, multiple facets..
namaste Yajvan.
> It is a pleasure to talk with you again... like a warm breeze of wisdom upon one's face.
The pleasure is mine too, as your wisdom fills up the gaps in mine.
Births
'Dipping into pure awareness' (which the guru bestows upon the disciple) is what births are about is news to me and may well be true; but then, although the guru takes on the burden of karma of his disciple, the latter has still to suffer his sanchita karma, which requires an actual birth, isn't that so? Or would this sanchita karma be destroyed in the dips?
Intense longing
Yes, Shiva's grace can overrule even a mountain of karma and grant mokSha--salvation to a devotee.
रत्नाकरधौतपदां हिमालयकिरीटिनीम् ।
ब्रह्मराजर्षिररत्नाढ्यां वन्दे भारतमातरम् ॥
To her whose feet are washed by the ocean, who wears the Himalayas as her crown, and is adorned with the gems of rishis and kings, to Mother India, do I bow down in respect.
--viShNu purANam
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