SAIVA-SIDDHANTA

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THE SVETASVATARA UPANISHAT.
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Nirguna. And in various passages, this Highest Being is
said to create, sustain and destroy the worlds. What some of
these people would not believe is, how a Being addressed as
Hara and Siva, Isa and Isvara could be the Nirguna Absolute
Brahman. And they frequently associate this name with the
Rudra or Siva of the Hindu Trinity. But it will be news to
these people that even the Rudra of the Trinity is Nirguna
and not Saguna. Absolutely no passage could be found in any
of the Upanishats or even in the Puranas and the Itihasas, in
which even the trinity Siva or Rudra is called Saguna.
Saguna means having Bodies (qualities) formed out of Prakriti,
and when Prakriti is itself resolved into its original condition
and reproduced by this trinity Rudra, this prakriti could not
act as his vestment.
But the Rudra and Siva of our Upanishat is clearly set
forth in other Upanishats as the fourth, chaturtamand Turiyam,
transcending the trinity ;
and the secondless.
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Satyam Jnanam, Anantam Brahma,
Ananda Rupam, Amritam Yad Vibhuti,
Santam Sivam Advaitam"
( Tait Up.)
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Sivam, Santam, Advaitam
Chaturtham, many ante,"
(Ra matapini).
Dhyayeteesanam, pradhyayedavyam,
Sarvamidam, Brahma Vishnu Rudrendrasthe,
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Sarve Samprasuyante, Sarvanichendryanicha ;
Sahabhutaih Nakaranam Karanam Dhata Dhyata
Karanantu Dhyeyah Sarvaiswarya Sampannah
Sarveswsrah Sambhurakasa Madhye.
Siva eko Dhyayet Sivankara, Sarvam
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Anyat Parityaja.
(Atharva Sikha).
the most adorable Isana. Brahma, Visnu, Rudra,
Indra and others have an origin. All the senses originate
with the elements. The first cause and cause of causes has no
origin*. The Bestower of all prosperity, the Lord of all,
Sambhu, He should be contemplated in the middle of the