Mythology does not relate to reality. It was an abstract way to highlight importance of various precepts of a particular religion. Existence of 330 million gods (33 crores) in Hindu mythology was meaningless… does not carry any real weightage in field of religion or spirituality! When Hindu people went to Hindu temples… they prayed to different gods as pleased […]
Pursuing Hindu mythology what do we expect gaining in life? Hindu mythology relates to parables to explain hidden deeper inner meaning of life. If we sincerely desire knowing god, realising god our indulgence in path of spirituality was mandated by god. In present times none could reach God via path of religion (rituals). Going to temples churches and mosques one […]
In the field of pure spirituality does it really matter what people said or did. People rebuked the famous the artist and painter MF Hussain for depicting Hindu goddesses in nude. It has rightly been said, “Nudity always lay in eyes of the beholder”. A married couple walking on road unmindful of watching eyes becomes prey to moral policing. Who […]
Before coming of religions (even a single religion) existed Dharma (force of righteousness). It was in such times highly evolved sages and saints of yesteryears invoked direct messages from God termed Vedas in Hinduism. Individual sages developed independent treatises, philosophies termed Upanishads. And finally came, Lord Krishna with his sermon of Bhagavad Gita. The Advaita philosophy of Hinduism propagated […]
To understand precepts of Hinduism our belief in world of souls’ atmans was necessitated. Amoeba (single cell formation), the first manifestation by a soul atman can exist in human body. For an amoeba the entire human body was not less than a cosmos (Brahmaand in Hinduism). For an amoeba residing in intestines God was like an endless tunnel. For […]
Almost all school going Hindu children believed in Allah. In junior classes we were always taught that God was one but had different names. It may be called as Sanatana Purusha, Parmatman, Bhagwan, Ishwar and khuda, Allah, Hari and Karta etc. As we grew in age, our religious beliefs narrowed. Being a Hindu we limited our belief to calling […]
As per Hindu scriptures primarily Bhagavad Gita, God Almighty (Brahman in Hinduism) was one and only one, all gods and goddesses being its manifestation, attribute. Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says to worship Brahman and not attributes of God Almighty. Whatever the manifest powers of devas in Hinduism like Indra, Varun and Agni deva as you say, the source of […]
We must never relate Hindu mythology to absolute reality. Both these philosophies had distinct paths. As per Hindu mythology Lord Brahma is the creator, Lord Vishnu the maintainer and Lord Shiva the destroyer. From absolute reality point of view all the three Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Mahesh (Shiva), part of Hindu Trinity of gods were nothing more than […]