Originally posted by: prav2
HHappyLori,Makar sankranti ,Pongal and Bihu wishes to all forum friends..
@shruti ...Beautiful and thought provoking post..
You brought out the essence of the episode very beautifully...
Raavan is considered to be very knowledgeable ..yet did he have wisdom? All his knowledge doesn't lead him to the path of wisdom..so the knowledge in itself become superficial...
Like yesterday mandodari pointed out that just giving the position and status doesn't mean you truly respect them ...
Loved ur lines on the take of bakthi.. Yes raavan is known for his shiv bakthi...
This is just my thoughts...What is purpose of bakti..we would say its for liberalization of the soul ..yet mostly when we pray we pray for continuing the attachment as mostly we have the fear of loosing...this has bogged me from earlier days..one questions I knew the answer yet is hard to practice as the fear of loosing prevails over..
Raavan too has bakthi but the bakthi itself is aan attachment to shiv not the concept of shiv or what shiv represents as you beautifully put...
We have seen this cases in many asuras where they do severe penance and try to attain the supreme being..yet when the supreme being itself comes before them they just want the wealth and power and not himself...and selfrealization eludes them even after all the rigidity they went through in the end making it fruitless..
In contrast we can see Arjuna ,draupadi who want just the supreme being not any power or wealth and we see they get gyaan to self realize themselves and ways to lose their fear and attain liberalization...
In it essence we mostly get what we aspire and we become that...
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