5thVelvi(1995) - Experiencing (or realizing) oneness is wisdom; experiencing multiplicity is ignorance. | ஒன்றென உணர்வது ஞானம், பலவாக உணர்வது அஞ்ஞானம்!

Even in Soundarya Lahari, our Acharya Shankara has spoken of this truth. The Supreme Power, Jagadambika, when worshipped, manifests the three divine functions under Her domain—creation (srishti), preservation (sthiti), and dissolution (samhara), that is, the acts of bringing forth, sustaining, and withdrawing. To carry out these cosmic duties, She brought forth three distinct energies.Therefore, rather than worshipping these three separately, if one worships the Primordial Energy— Rajarajeshwari, Bhuvaneshwari, Paradevata—it is equal to worshipping all deities, for She is their source.Where does this Goddess dwell? She is present from the very beginning as everything, and She abides as pure awareness in all living beings. As the Bhagavad Gita declares: “O Arjuna, I am the true consciousness in all creatures; among the senses, I am the mind.”Life itself transforms into intellect; intellect becomes mind; and through the senses, the mind experiences pleasure and pain, which then return again into the mind, intellect, and the living being.Thus, to realize that this One alone exists as everything is true knowledge (jnana). To perceive unity is wisdom; to think in terms of multiplicity is ignorance. As Sri Ramakrishna beautifully said: “Oneness is knowledge; multiplicity is ignorance.”Send us Fan MailLet Wisdom Flourish!Let Peace Prevail! Let us protect Mother earth!Let us protect the Universe! Santhosamhttps://universalpeacefoundation.org