Re: What's the difference between Purusha and Prakriti?
hariḥ oṁ
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Originally Posted by
Red_Drag0n
Thanks Yajvan ji for the wonderful answer and sorry for not replying soon as i was a lil' preoccupied. So according to ur post the scriptures gives a 'pan-en-theistic' description of purusha ... Fine, but why purusha is considered masculine and prakriti feminine? ... If brahman is the source of all creation then what about purusha and prakriti? Are they expansions of brahman?
These questions you ask are reasonable... yet too with some research you will be able to answer them. How about you report back to us and let us know what you find out: your conclusions , ideas, insights and your doubts.
इतिशिवं
iti śivaṁ
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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