c/alan-watts
The largest collection of talks by Alan Watts — the British-American philosopher who made Eastern wisdom accessible through witty and profound teachings.
…that of course, that it has an array of gods but every Hindu knows that all the many gods, whether it is Indra, Shiva, Vishnu, Ganesh, whatever the name, all are aspects of one. And so no Hindu takes polytheism literally or seriously. They are simply…
…creative principle. Two is Vishnu, the preserving principle, and three is shiva, the destroying principle. And shiva is very important here. Shiva is always represented in Hindu Imagery as a yogi. He is the destroyer in the sense of being the liberator, the…
…to do their meditations along the banks of the Ganges where they burn dead bodies, because through destruction life is constantly renewed. Shiva has a paramour and her name is kali, but that is a different word than miss kali you mustn't confuse the two.…
…creative principle. Two is Vishnu, the preserving principle. And three is shiva, the destroying principle. And shiva is very important here. Shiva is always represented in Hindu Imagery as a yogi. He is the destroyer in the sense of being the liberator: the…
…to do their meditations along the banks of the Ganges where they burn dead bodies, because through destruction, life is constantly renewed. Shiva has a paramour and her name is kali, but that is a different word than this kali you mustn't confuse the two.…
…in one hand and a severed head in the other, and she is trampling on the body of her husband, who is shiva. Shiva represents also, furthermore, the destructive aspect of the deity wherein all things are dissolved so that they be reborn again. And here…