(Continued...)
However, the ShAktaM that the Acharya projects to
us has a MAyA Shakti which is not unrelated to Brahman. There is no
brahma-Shakti talked about in advaita. Here in
ShAktaM, it is brahma-Shakti that is important. That is the ambaal.
One
of her aspects is the magic wand of MAyA. Not only that. She is Herself
the jnAna-Shakti (the power of cognitive
self-recognition) which is diametrically opposite to MAyA; and further it is
the icchA Shakti (the power of wilful
self-emanation) and kriyA Shakti (the power of creative act) also. She stands
inseparable from the ShivaM which is the
nirguNa Brahman of ShAktaM which, however, is a shade different from the nirguNa Brahman
of advaita.
(Continued...)
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