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21oha “krkCnh esa vkpk;Z fouksck Hkkos dh izklafxdrk

Atmalinga Shiva Tu

Some would call it the “Universal Prayer.” The meaning of which is as follows:

Om Thou art that, Thou art Narayana, God, in the form of man;
Thou art the Embodiment of perfection and the perfect master;
Thou art the enlightened Buddha; Thou art Subramanya and Ganesha, the remover of
obstacles;
Thou art the Sun-fire;
Thou art Brahma, the Creator; Mazda, the God of Parsees, the Great One;
Thou art Jehovah and the Divine Mother, the creative Energy;
O Lord! Thou art the Father of Jesus;
Thou art Rudhra, the Transformer, and Vishnu, the Preserver;
Thou art Rama and Krishna;
Thou art Rahim, all kindness, always giving and expanding;
Thou art the Tao;
Thou art Vasudeva, the Sustenance of all, omnipotent and omnipresent;
Thou art Hari, Destroyer of illusion, the blissful Spirit;
Thou art unparalleled, beyond time and fearless of adversities;
Thou art Shiva, Creator of the lingam, Symbol of the formless Absolute. (The lyrics and the
meaning are retrieved from https://offering.wordpress.com/songs/om-tat-sat/ on Janaury 17,
2017.)
12. Vinoba, MovedByLove (2017 edition), p. 194. The1994 edition (p. 185-186) has lesser
details, in comparison.

13. Bhoodan, 26.11.1958, p. 252 as quoted in Tandon, Selections from Vinoba, p. 43. It is in
tune with the theology of incarnation (and also the ‘Indwelling Presence’).
14. Harijan, 17.6.1950, p. 139 as quoted in Tandon, Selections from Vinoba, p. 28.

15. As quoted in Tandon, Selections from Vinoba, p. 28.

16. In the same wavelength, he speaks also about the evils in Hindism, Buddhists, Islam, etc. See,
Tandon, Selections from Vinoba, p. 29.

17. Like any other modern Indian author, he was a Unitarian, never fitting into the Trinitarian mode
of God. Christianity.
18. Random Reflections (March 1971), 233 as quoted in Tandon, Selections from Vinoba, p. 6.
He rejected the view of some sociologists that ‘God’ would disappear as the darkness of
ignorance is removed from the minds of the people. Rejecting atheism all together, he held that
science cannot take the position of the atheists who say, “God does not exist.” Science will say
that it is an open question. A decision must await research.

19. “The existence of God is felt (and not proved rationally). If the existence of soul is disproved,
the existence of God would stand refuted. His existence depends upon the existence of soul.”
See for details, the many quotes in Tandon, Selections from Vinoba, pp. 7-9.
20. Vinoba Pravachan, 2.6.1959 as quoted in Tandon, Selections from Vinoba, p. 9. According
to Vinoba, the progenitors of atheists are the (so called) theists; atheism is a consequence of the
institutionalization of religion.
21. Harijan, 16.10.1949, p. 277 as quoted in Tandon, Selections from Vinoba, p. 12.

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