Guest guest Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 fact Hindus actually believe in only one supreme God, called "Brahman". Brahman is a supreme spirit that permeates everything. BUT: Brahman is not a being in the sense that Christians think of God as a being - Brahman is entirely impersonal, and entirely impossible to describe. Everything in the universe is part of Brahman, (including each one of us), but Brahman is more than the sum of everything in the universe. So what about all those Hindu gods you see in the temples? Read on… One God and many Gods There is only one ultimate reality, Brahman. But that ultimate reality shows itself in many forms, and some of those forms are called Gods. The gods Brahma, Vishnu and Siva, for example, are different aspects of Brahman: Brahma reflects God's divine work of creating the universe · Vishnu reflects God's work in keeping the universe in existence Siva reflects God's work in destroying it. Vishnu has appeared on earth in the past at times of crisis, in 9 different forms (a 10th form is yet to appear). Thank you Aravind Photos Got holiday prints? See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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