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Recieved: 2002/02/17 13:16
Subject: [K-list] Bhakti Yoga and imagined place in the worship of Devi
From: Alexandra Kafka

On 2002/02/17 13:16, Alexandra Kafka posted thus to the K-list:

Kindly allow me some questions about Bhakti Yoga and the worship of Devi.
In the Bengal Vaisnava tradition there is a practice where a serious practitioner is given an esoteric identity within the realm of Vrindavana by his or her guru. This includes the following details: age, colour of skin, what kind of clothes you wear, etc. The practitioner memorises maps of Vrindavana, where he or she lives, where he or she sports with Krishna, etc. Usually the identity is that of a manjari, a young girl who assists in the play of Radha and Krishna, but it could also be a friend of Krsna. This new identity is called the siddha-deha, the perfected body. It is considered to be the practitioners true identity. In meditation the practitioner enters this "reality" and the goal is to enter permanently into it at one point. This "imaginary" world is considered to be the highest reality, the cosmic drama, the eternal spiritual play of Radha and Krishna.
Does such kind of practice also exist in the Shakta tradition? Can Devi be worshiped in a similar way?
If it does not exist in the Shakta tradition, does such a practice exist in the Shaiva tradition in connection with Parvati and Shiva ?

Kind regards
OM SHANTI,
Alexandra

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