The Inauguration Of A Grand Shiva Temple
It Happened... Sage Posada was steepverty, but determined to build a cent temple for his beloved y day he built this temple, ick, entirely within himself. Exercise took him years. g was also planning to a big Shiva temple that he had ned. The night before the grand jiva appeared in the king's told him that he could not ample inauguration because east devotee, Posada, had. to the opening of his temple. g was nonplussed. He wonders ID has built a temple grander n. He set out in search of nod finally found him ina hut in the poorest district in ere is your temple? “Demanded The only temple I have," salary, "is in my heart." This well-known legend of southern India reminds us of a profound truth: if devotion overflows, divinity will follow and serve you. Humanity and divinity are not mutually exclusive. And hence the poet Savanna’s memorable line that 'the moving' temples are those that ever shall stay' the distinctive hallmark of Indian culture is that we do not aspire to worship God. Instead we seek to embody the sacred ourselves. We do not seek to adore the divine. We aspire to instead become one with divinity. This is the only spiritual culture that is not God-oriented-an invaluable contribution to a world ravaged by wildly conflicting definitions of God. Someone once told me, "I believe there is no God.” I replied, "Really? I don't believe even that. “This culture offers you the licence to believe in the god of your dares to see not merely devotion as a technology but even god as a device! And so, God becomes a stepping stone to your ultimate liberation. How you reach your liberation, whether with or without God, is entirely up to you. But your destination is always meteor freedom-which ultimately means freedom from all concepts and beliefs. Thousands of years ago, the world's first yogi, Ad yogi, turned his attention on seven thirsty aspirants and proclaimed a radical truth: that the spiritual process is a scienceandthe supreme goal is liberation. That historic day is celebrated to this day as Guru Purnima. The vibrant plurality of paths in India today owe their origins to the incredibly composite science of yoga that he propounded in which every dimension of the human being-body, mind, emotion and energyis seen as a doorway to the divine. This is the only spiritual culture based on bedrock of science, not faith. For all problems of human wellbeing, in is the only way out.
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Courtesy: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev and Speaking Tree,Times of India
The Inauguration Of A Grand Shiva Temple
It Happened... Sage Posada was steepverty, but determined to build a cent temple for his beloved y day he built this temple, ick, entirely within himself. Exercise took him years. g was also planning to a big Shiva temple that he had ned. The night before the grand jiva appeared in the king's told him that he could not ample inauguration because east devotee, Posada, had. to the opening of his temple. g was nonplussed. He wonders ID has built a temple grander n. He set out in search of nod finally found him ina hut in the poorest district in ere is your temple? “Demanded The only temple I have," salary, "is in my heart." This well-known legend of southern India reminds us of a profound truth: if devotion overflows, divinity will follow and serve you. Humanity and divinity are not mutually exclusive. And hence the poet Savanna’s memorable line that 'the moving' temples are those that ever shall stay' the distinctive hallmark of Indian culture is that we do not aspire to worship God. Instead we seek to embody the sacred ourselves. We do not seek to adore the divine. We aspire to instead become one with divinity. This is the only spiritual culture that is not God-oriented-an invaluable contribution to a world ravaged by wildly conflicting definitions of God. Someone once told me, "I believe there is no God.” I replied, "Really? I don't believe even that. “This culture offers you the licence to believe in the god of your dares to see not merely devotion as a technology but even god as a device! And so, God becomes a stepping stone to your ultimate liberation. How you reach your liberation, whether with or without God, is entirely up to you. But your destination is always meteor freedom-which ultimately means freedom from all concepts and beliefs. Thousands of years ago, the world's first yogi, Ad yogi, turned his attention on seven thirsty aspirants and proclaimed a radical truth: that the spiritual process is a scienceandthe supreme goal is liberation. That historic day is celebrated to this day as Guru Purnima. The vibrant plurality of paths in India today owe their origins to the incredibly composite science of yoga that he propounded in which every dimension of the human being-body, mind, emotion and energyis seen as a doorway to the divine. This is the only spiritual culture based on bedrock of science, not faith. For all problems of human wellbeing, in is the only way out.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev and kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev and Speaking Tree,Times of India