Re: Shiva as the greatest Vaishnava?
Pranam
Originally Posted by
adevotee108
Namaste,
(How do Vaishnava (but non-ISKCON) people regard Shiva?)
You will find Sri Vaishnava and Madhavas hold similar views to Iskcon, although they are not as vocal as the iskonites, there are other Vaishnava who see no difference, Tulsidas Goswami In his manas has utmost praise for Lord Shiva he has written this poem for Shiva which sums it all up;
Tulsidas writes Rudrashtak in Uttara kand of Ramcharita manas.It begans as -"Om namami shami shan nirvaan rupam; vibhum vyaapakm brahmn vedam swarupam"
it means -salutations o vibhu, o moksha personified, all pervading brahmn, ved personified ,Ishwar of Ishaan, and the lord and master of all Shiva"
Valbhachrya of pusti marg although steep in their bhakti of Krishna are not averse to Lord Shiva,
Shree Lingashtakam the eight verses are some say were written by Valbhacharya
swaminaryan a recent sect an off shoot of Sri sampraday, per their teaching believe Lord Shiva to be God
Jai Shree Krishna
Last edited by Ganeshprasad; 22 June 2011 at 09:09 AM.
Rig Veda list only 33 devas, they are all propitiated, worthy off our worship, all other names of gods are derivative from this 33 originals,
Bhagvat Gita; Shree Krishna says Chapter 3.11 devan bhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah parasparam bhavayantah sreyah param avapsyatha Chapter 17.4 yajante sattvika devan yaksa-raksamsi rajasah pretan bhuta-ganams canye yajante tamasa janah
The world disappears in him. He is the peaceful, the good, the one without a second.
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