(Continued...)
All this importance given to Shakti in the Shaiva and Shakta schools is
avoided in advaita, with all the evoluted appearances from Brahman being
branded as the effect of MAyA and we being asked to discredit them.
But even in the way the Shaiva and Shakta schools
go, the question can be asked; Somehow or other, it is the hierarchy of these
Shaktis that bind us to this samsAra. Why then praise that Shakti and worship
it with hymns like Soundaryalahari?
This is the key question. The answer is, MAyA
Shakti even in the Shakta schools does not end there. It is also the jnAna
Shakti as we saw above. And the bottomline of it all is that this same Shakti as
jnAna
Shakti graces us with Knowledge and Enlightenment
in the end. And in the meantime She shows Infinite Love towards us in order to
take us back into her fold. That is the greatest anugraha that She does for us.
And that is why we worship Her and pray to Her for Release.
(Continued...)
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