Shiva's Dual Personality

 

Shiva's Dual Personality

 

When Agudengba was traveling in India, he unexpectedly encountered a donkey pack transport team. The old donkey leader of the team, whom he had met before, greeted Agudengba who was passing by.

Agudengba's donkey Mahu and the familiar old gray donkey went to the river to drink water and take a rest.

The old donkey told Agudengba the legendary story about Lord Shiva:

Since Shiva had a different skin color from other gods when he was born, his appearance was more eerie and terrifying, and few gods dared to approach him. Therefore, Shiva had a relatively withdrawn personality and went to the snowy Himalayas to practice alone.

Shiva is often depicted as a murderous demon, which is his ferocious side. and is known as the god of destruction of the world. Shiva was worshiped as early as the Indus Valley Civilization. During the Vedic period, he had a low status and was called "Rudra". Later, during the Hindu period, he formed a triumvirate with Brahma and Vishnu, and became one of the three main gods.

Old Donkey: Speaking of Shiva's roots, it should be pre-Vedic. His form evolved from the fusion of various ancient non-Vedic and Vedic gods, including the evolution of the god Rudra. But in the Vedas period, he did not appear with this name of "Shiva", but was called "Rudra". Shiva's name in Buddhism is "Rudra", and he was called "Shiva" in later Hindu beliefs.

Shiva is the god of destruction and also plays the role of creation. He is the most revered god by the Indian people. He is regarded as the highest god by Shiva followers. He has eight incarnations: earth, water, fire, wind, sky, sun, moon, and sacrifice. In addition to destruction, he can also create. For the world, there is no creation without destruction. Buddhist literature calls him the Great Self-Heaven, who lives at the top of the Form Realm and is the Lord of the Three Thousand Realms.

The old man continued:

Shiva is both terrifying and benevolent in many ways.

On the benevolent side, he is portrayed as an omniscient first yogi, the patron saint of yoga, meditation and the arts. Shiva is also known as the God of Rhythm and Dance. for he loves to dance in times of joy and sorrow. When Shiva is alone, his greatest pleasure is dancing. When he dances, he can forget his spiritual unrest and gain spiritual joy while dancing. Therefore, he dances when he is happy; he is sad and angry. Sometimes, I can also dance. Shiva's practice is yoga and dance.

The dance symbolizes both the glory of Shiva and the eternal rotation of the universe, which rotates to immortalize the universe. When Shiva dances he represents the truth of the universe: he is surrounded by a halo and accompanied by swarms of jinn. Anyone lucky enough to behold this sight gazed at him, and even the devil was moved by it, and the unclean and evil souls were absorbed into his spiritual power.

At the end of an era, Shiva dances the Tandava dance to complete the destruction of the world and merge it into the world spirit.

The old donkey danced a yoga dance and sang the "Dance of Tandava" hymn:

 

Let's dance yoga together,

Let us sing the song of Tandava,

Follow the dance steps of Lord Shiva.

 

Human life is both high-spirited and decadent,

After the gorgeous ending, we can start again,

The beginning of a new dance.