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Here our affirmation of faith is written in English, Tamil and Sanskrit. This simple statement contains many layers of truth. It is the ghee condensed from the curd, made from the milk of understanding.<\/em>\u00a7<\/a><\/p>\n HIMALAYAN ACADEMY<\/small>\u00a7<\/a><\/p>\n G<\/samp><\/span>od Siva is Immanent Love and Transcendent Reality.\u201d That is our affirmation in English. It summarizes the beliefs and doctrines of the Saivite Hindu religion.\u00a0Immanent<\/em>\u00a0means \u201cpresent throughout.\u201d\u00a0Transcendent<\/em>\u00a0means \u201cbeyond.\u201d By repeating this affirmation, we assert that God is both manifest and unmanifest. He is present throughout the world and He also transcends it. He is personal Divine Love and impersonal Reality. We repeat \u201cGod Siva is Immanent Love and Transcendent Reality\u201d when going to sleep and again while awakening. This statement brings us close to Siva and prepares us for the day. In Tamil it is Anbe Sivamayam, Satyame Parasivam. In the Sanskrit language it is Premaiva Sivamaya, Satyam eva Parasivah. In French it is Dieu Siva est Amour Omnipr\u00e9sent et R\u00e9alit\u00e9 Transcendante. We can use it like a mantra and recite it 108 times. We can write it down 108 or 1,008 times as a sadhana. Repeating this affirmation, we impress our mind with the ultimate truths of our religion so that these memories give us strength in times of distress, worldliness or anxiety. It reminds us that God\u2019s immanent love protects and guides us. Through the day, it lifts our mind into useful thoughts and keeps us from harm\u2019s way. Reciting this affirmation draws us into Siva consciousness. Other religions also have affirmations of faith. For example, Christians have the Apostle\u2019s Creed and Muslims have the Shahada. Followers treasure their affirmations, repeating them often individually or as a group.\u00a7<\/a><\/p>\n GURUDEVA:<\/small><\/strong>\u00a0God Siva is Immanent Love and Transcendent Reality\u201d is what we have when we take the milk from the sacred cow of Saivism, separate out the cream, churn that cream to rich butter and boil that butter into a precious few drops of ghee.\u00a7<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here our affirmation of faith is written in English, Tamil and Sanskrit. This simple statement contains many layers of truth. It is the ghee condensed from the curd, made from the milk of understanding.\u00a7 HIMALAYAN ACADEMY\u00a7 God Siva is Immanent Love and Transcendent Reality.\u201d That is our affirmation in English. It summarizes the beliefs and doctrines of the Saivite Hindu religion.\u00a0Immanent\u00a0means \u201cpresent throughout.\u201d\u00a0Transcendent\u00a0means \u201cbeyond.\u201d By repeating this affirmation, we assert that God is both manifest and unmanifest. He is present throughout the world and He also transcends it. He is personal Divine Love and impersonal Reality. We repeat \u201cGod Siva <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-path-to-siva-a-catechism-for-youth","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u00a7<\/a><\/p>\n