thanks, Carde, this is a gem of knowledge I didn't know.
On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 5:36 PM, "cardemais...@yahoo.com" <cardemais...@yahoo.com> wrote: FWIW, Wikipedia: Tamas is also a Guna or Quality that is much needed to counter Evil, as an example Bhairava Incarnation of Lord Shiva is a Tamasic Avatar, and Lord Shiva Himself out of the Trinity represents Tamas, where Shiva drinks the poison of his devotees to get rid of their sin, hence absorbing the Tamo-Guna of devotees, in Devi worship, there are many goddesses which incarnate within the Shakta sect of Hindusim where goddess are offered animal sacrifice.
