--- In [email protected], wmurphy77 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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/
