SAIVA-SIDDHANTA

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204 THE FOUR PATHS,
(Tiruv&chaka).
How then can we attain to this end? This is the consider
ation of the Practical Religion. And our systematic treatises
devote considerable space to the treatment of this question.
This is the chapter on Sadana in the Yedanta Satras and in
the Sivajnanabhodha.
As a necessary prelude to this, the nature of the Deity
and of the Soul has to be discussed.
NATURE OF GOD.
According to the greatest sage of our Tamil-land, Saint
TiruvaJJuvar, He is .&$ and ^anpeueor, our Supreme Lord
and Master, the author of our being and regeneration, He is
the Pure Intelligence and the Transcendent one, ajir&)jajem, and
is
ir, He is without likes and dislikes, QsuessrtEtps*
Br t
dwells in our heart LDeorrLAen&GujQgpfBr and He
the occean of love and mercy J>IJDSM $ ^Kp&adr.
The Upanishats speak of Him as
the Highest great Lord
of Lords, God of Gods, King of Kings, the Highest abode, as
God, the Lord of the world, the adorable." "He is the one God
hidden in all beings, all pervading, the afltaratma of all beings,
watching over all works, dwelling in all beings, the witness,
the perceiver, the only one, the Nirguna being. His High
Power (Sakti)
is revealed as manifold, as inherent, acting as
force and knowledge."
"He is Siva (the Happy and Blissful). He brings good
and removes all evil, the Lord of Bliss, as dwelling
Atma the immortal, the support of all."
"No
within the
one has grasped Him above or across or in the middle.
His form cannot be seen, no one perceives him with the eye."
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That God, the maker of all things, theParamatma, always