--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Indian metaphores like Shiva/Nagaraja will never again be universal > > > symbols, > > > > > > What is Nagaraja, and what does the word mean? > > Thanks > > OffWorld > > ********** > > I believe Tat Wala Baba was sometimes called "baba naga" (mr. snake or > daddy snake) because of his his friendly relations with snakes (naga > http://www.santosha.com/asanas/naga-print.html ). So nagaraja means > king of the snakes...Shiva wears a snake ( > http://www.gurjari.net/ico/Mystica/html/shiva.htm ). > > http://www.yogiphotos.com/chap2a.html And the point being that the symbol of Shiva is a metaphor since God is formless!! (Or all forms but not any one form) Shiva is merely a representation of the inconceivable, to get stuck on the form is to miss the point. BillyG. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
