Introduction

Let the One remain in His supreme exaltation, who, actuated by the mere desire to play like a child brings into being, by means of a power inherent in Himself, the eternal illusion of a creation and destruction of the universe, and who is conceived of as keeping Himself always seated on the lotus flower grown in the inmost core of His devotee’s hearts, assuming sometimes the shape of a Deity, half-male and half female, with the moon shining on his forehead.