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The God with an elephant’s head  The word “Ganesha” is formed by the words: “gana” and “isha”. “Gana” means all beings which have name and form and “isha” meaning Lord or Master. Ganesha is the name given to Shiva’s second son, because he became the master of the entire creation.
Ganesha or Ganapati is an extremely popular god in India. He is invoked in order to remove obstacles as well as in the beginning of all important actions: traveling, building a house, writing a book or even a letter, to obtain paranormal powers and the capacity of discrimination. He is the god of education, knowledge and wisdom, literature and the fine arts. All spiritual rituals in the Hindu tradition start with the invocation of Ganesha. In the tantric tradition, it is considered that Ganesha protects and guides sexual relationships, orientating them in a spiritual direction. He is regarded as being the embodiment of tantric mysteries. |
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Vishnu is one of the essential divinities of Hinduism. He represents the aspect of the Supreme Reality which maintains and sustains creation. The endless creative power of Brahma gives life to all beings, and the infinite force of maintaining of Vishnu protects this life. His worshippers, called Vaishnava, spread Vishnuism, which today constitutes one of the biggest spiritual orientations of the Hindu tradition. Like the Supreme Feminine Energy, Shakti, Vishnu has “a thousand names”, which symbolize all the many aspects or faces of him. Their daily repetition by his worshippers is a living proof of their belief and fervour.  “Vishnu, The maintainer, sustains everything in Creation and has the infinite power to manifest himself under an infinity of forms. In the great Cosmic Ocean, he supports himself both on the Son of the Infinite and on the ancient Spirit of existence, who is the Master of the Universe.” – Vishnu Purana “Lakshmi is the adored lover of Vishnu; she is as beautiful as ten million Sun-rises and she is considered by many to be the embodiment of sensuality. With her charming eyes like lotus and decorated with garlands of lotuses, she is the eternal mistress of all beings. Lakshmi, filled with love, supports herself Vishnu’s thighs and she is the one who offers to the people prosperity in their life.”- Lakshmi Tantra
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Siddhartha now also realised why he had struggled in vain with this Self when he was Brahmin and an ascetic. Too much knowledge had hindered him: too many holy verses, too many sacrificial rites ,too much mortification of the flesh, too much doing and striving. He had been full of arrogance: he had always been the cleverest, the most eager always a step ahead of the others, always the learned and intellectual one, always the priest or the sage. His Self had crawled into his priesthood, into his arrogance, into his intellectuality. It sat there tightly and grew, while he thought he was destroying it by fasting and penitence. Now he understood it and realised that the inward voice had been right, that no teacher could have brought him salvation. |
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Read more... [An exerpt from Siddhartha by Herman Hesse]
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