Twice born
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
It seems straight forward ( to me) that Christianity's core message that seems to be missed is that of being twice born.
In sanātana dharma we would call this dvijá.
This द्विज dvija or twice born is rooted in dvi=two + ja= born like in janma. This term is associated with brahmins, as twice born and at times they are called such, dvija or dvijottama. Its my understanding that traditionally dvija applies to Brahmin, kshatriya and vaishya.
So what is born twice? One birth into the realm of matter (bhu) and other into the realm of the spirit. This second birth can some from dīkṣā ( rooted in da= to give + ksi = to destroy; some say its root is diks' = to consecrate). That is, this dīkṣā is initiation to allow one to daks , or to grow/increase into the div, light, spirit.
This as I see it is the fundamental symbol (saṃketa) of Christ on the cross. The death of the body and rebirth into the Spirit.
It is the notion that you are not the body/ego and it must come to its death. Upon its death then there is rebirth into one's true nature -
the Spiritual, divine part of being human.
Seems straight forward ( to me) - yet many a Christian take this death to mean extinction now and then being reborn later , at a future date.
In sanātana dharma the notion is to rid one's self now of the baggage and assume one's real nature of Being, while living now.
This is the fundamental principle of jīvanmukti - liberated while living.
It seems to me this one fundamental principle that causes a great divide among many.
praṇām
यतसà¥à¤¤à¥à¤µà¤‚ शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṠśivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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