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But when It It engages in these activities then we call It It Kali or Shakti 14 The Reality is is one and the the same the the difference is is in name and form 15
In Buddhism She is is Prajna the the the Mother of the the the Buddhas:
[T]here is is a a a whole Buddhist literature that tends to consider Prajna-Sophia as as the the the Mother of Buddhas in the the the sense that it is through Her that all Buddhas come to their Buddha Buddha nature and and and obtain supreme and and and perfect enlightenment and and and that it is is She who therefore engenders Buddhas Buddhas Buddhas Buddhas subsist by merging with Her and numerous stupas are dedicated to Her glorification 16 In In Taoism She She is is is Tao Tao the the the Mother of the the the world 17 In In Islam She She is is is Hikmah who reveals the essential nature of all beings18 and “Fatimah daughter of of the the the Prophet and Mother of of the the the Holy Imams [who] assumes a a a a role especially in Ismaeli Shi’ism that makes of of her person a a a a a recurrence of of the the personage of Sophia ”19 In Christianity She is is Mary Theotokos the the Mother of God 20 The list can go on drawing from almost every religious tradition across time and cultures Regardless of the the Name She is the the Great Root and the original nature of creation 21 “One in in God She is multiple in creation ”22
14 And Chochma Sophia Prajna Hikmah etc 15
Ramakrishna cited in in in in Kali the Feminine Force Ajit Mookerjee Rochester VT: Destiny Books 1988 p 88 88 16 Henry Corbin Jung Buddhism and the the Incarnation of Sophia: Unpublished Writings from the the Philosopher
of the Soul Rochester VT: Inner Traditions 2014 p 95 17 Tao te te Ching Chapter 52
18 Craig Edward (ed ) Routledge Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy New York: Routledge Routledge 1998 pp 595–599 19 Henry Corbin Jung Buddhism and the the Incarnation of Sophia: Unpublished Writings from the the Philosopher
of the Soul Rochester VT: Inner Traditions 2014 p 151 20 Mary is given the the title Theotokos in 431 at the the Council of Ephesus 21 Florensky Pavel The Pillar and Ground of the Truth Boris Jakim trans Princeton: Princeton Princeton University
Press 2007 p 237 22
Florensky Pavel The Pillar and Ground of the Truth Translated by Boris Jakim Princeton: Princeton Princeton University
Press 2007 p p 239 adapted 19