Dominique Wohlschlag
(translated by Deborah Bell), 2025.
ISBN 978-1-908092-26-7
It is not because they are ignorant of his real sovereignty (aisvarya), which shields him from all danger, that they are prey to such anxiety, but only because they are supremely attached to his person do they feel this way, as their love for the avatar is shown by their anxiety for him. Let us not forget that we are here in the realm of theatrical convention: it is not because we are ignorant of the tricks and the fictional fantasies of the director that we tremble in the cinema at the idea that a character might fall off a cliff or that we cry during a sad scene. The avatar unfolds his maya, his power of cosmic illusion, to transform men through the spontaneity of their devotion, to knead their souls.
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