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63 Devotees of Shiva   The Buddhist Devotee

Devotion to Shiva had been expressed in all sorts of ways by His devotees.
The Lord sees only the sincerity and intention behind the expression. The story of the devotee of Buddha who worshipped Shiva exemplifies this.
There was a Buddhist near Kancheepuram who intensely longed for liberation from the cycle of births and deaths and deeply studied the various scriptures. At last he realised that only by devotion to the Lord, one can attain self-realisation by His Grace and thus escape the compulsions of Karma and the consequent repetition of births and deaths.
...  Please read the complete article in the print version of SPIRITUAL IMPRESSIONS
( Vol.1 No. 1 March - April 2001)