The Divine Mother is without duality.
She does not allow duality; She Herself is without duality. Lord Shiva with the Divine Mother to His left side is called Ardhanareesvara. In name’s sake Shiva and Shakti are different. Like heat cannot be separated from the fire, the Divine Mother and wider universe are both same; Lord Shiva and the Divine Mother are Nirdvaita, with the meaning not two or dual is the interpretation of this Nama.
Dvaita means which has two different forms. The Divine Mother as Ekakini is also Bhuma (many) rupa as aggregate of all existing things in this universe. So, She does not realize other things than Herself. In creation state, She is Bhuma rupa but cannot be in Dvaita rupa. Through Her blessings, Her devotees leave their Dvaita feeling and realize the Brahman, the Supreme State, is one interpretation of this Nama.
People following a duality
point view do not accept this concept. Even a non-dualist (Advaita) accepts the
view that everything is dual until one reaches the Supreme Brahman. When one
reaches there, he does not see anything perishable or finite in nature. As
Chandogya Upanishad (Vll.24. l) says, “There is infinite in which one sees
nothing else, hears nothing else, and understands nothing else. That which is
infinite is immortal; that which is finite is mortal.
The Divine Mother is without the sense of duality.
C N Nachiappan
Singapore, 22 November 2021/ updated 28 August 2024.
References:
1.
The Thousand
Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center,
San Ramon, California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon
2.
Shri Lalitha
Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’
societies, Trichirapalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.
3.
The Lalitha
Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam,
Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by
Shrimath Swami Sithbavandar
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