I'm a Hindu, I believe the cobra is sacred. It is non different than Sri Lord Shiva. I was a snake charmer's cobra in a past liife. I really love cobras. I would like to reincarnate, and be a cobra in India, in a cobra temple (spending my days in bliss, coiled around the deity of Sri Lord Shiva). I don't believe this animal birth would be a waste of an incarnation. Would it help if I said prayers to the Sacred Cobra? Or meditated on Sri Lord Shiva's Cobra? Could Sri Lord Ganesha answer my prayer? I'm very serious about this. I was also a cobra worshiper in a past life. I felt great bliss worshiping the cobra. I also felt the presences of Sri Lord Shiva in the cobra. I believe if I were a cobra, in a cobra temple, or at a cobra festival (nag panchami); I could experience the bliss again. I think it would be good karma, because I would help the devotee to experience Sri Lord Shiva. Please, only serious answers, from Hindus. Thank you very much.
2007-02-26 03:29:50 · 5 answers · asked by Nagaraja 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
First you must realise that the cobra in Lord Shiva iconography is not just a serpent of flesh and blood. THAT Cobra is a mystical class of being called the Naga, who can confer upon humans messages from the gods in the form of teachings, wealth and luck.
The cobras on earth are just a representative of the mystic cobra, not necessary a mystic one. If you were reborn as a worldly cobra, according to Hindu's teaching of Karma, you future incarnations would continue to spiral towards a lower and lower rebirth, for the worldly cobra can do nothing but kill in order to survive, and being a hindu you will know, Killing, creates the karma to be born in a lower and lower state on the spiritual cycle.
Now... to be a Naga Cobra, or a Celestial Cobra, and be imbued with their Great Wisdom, their powers of mesmerising gaze and their ability to take on extremely beautiful humanoid forms is not as easy as it may seem. One needs to take the ascetic practices of purifying the body in order to create enough merits to take rebirth as a celestial naga being NOT a normal animal body. And because the Sacred Cobra is a great symbol of piercing wisdom studying, memorising and understanding the holy texts will prepare your mind for the rebirth and last but not least, great faith and prayers to the great Lord himself, to please take a rebirth close by his side and to serve him as an avatar to his supreme wisdom... symbolised by the Divine Cobra coiled around him...
It is an incredible priviliege if the Lord grants you that wish, and will purify many lifetimes of negative karma for you to return to him soon.
2007-02-26 03:44:32 · answer #1 · answered by Tiara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is no serious question by any standard !
For humans there is only re-birth no reincarnation !
If you claim to know your past life you should either be an extraordinary individual or a complete and total liar !
If your claim is true then you should also know how did you attain human birth ?
You should also be aware of the fact that there are only broad guidelines no guarantees that you will take a particular form if you did do certain karma's.
You should also know that human form is the highest which is attained by good deeds over several lower births.
You have to fall from the present status to be born as a snake.
In case you did do bad karma there is no guarantee that you'd be born as a cobra it could be an earthworm.
Better get some theoretical knowledge from some learned and wise Guru.
Stop roaming in the realm of dreams.
Born as a human, strive as a human to attain higher bliss through self realization. You should aim to move upwards not plunge down.
Be SERIOUS certain matters are beyond the understanding of humans and they are not to be played around with !!
2007-02-26 04:00:42 · answer #2 · answered by madhatter 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O son of Kunti, that state he will attain without fail.
Mahäräja Bharata, although a great personality, thought of a deer at the end of his life, and so in his next life he was transferred into the body of a deer.
2007-02-26 03:53:14 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are two ways that i know of, 1 abuse a cobra, 2 request to become one at time of death. Since you revere the cobra id reccomend the second one, and not the first one.
2007-02-26 03:32:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You wish to irritate Hindus ??
Try again...
2007-02-26 04:22:17 · answer #5 · answered by ۞Aum۞ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋