Vedic Gods

[Guest guest]

I was reading in a book by a Western inspired Communist how Gods like

Shiva/Vishnu were "invented" later on, and not worshipped at all

during Vedic times. As proof, he cites the fact that in the Rig Veda,

Rudra/Vishnu have only a few shlokas, while Indra and Agni have 1000's.

 

According to him, this means Indra/Agni were more important than

Vishnu/Rudra.

 

I know there is a fault in this logic somewhere, can anyone help me

locate it?

[Guest guest]

Of course there is a logical fault! You spend 12 years in school, then

3-4 years doing a degree. Only then you do a 1-2 years Master degree.

But that doesnt mean that the 16 years in lower education you spent is

more important than the 1-2 year spent in Masters, as that will get

you the job!

 

The Vedic Rishis knew it is very hard to reach Higher up Deities like

Shiva/Vishnu, so they recommend using the help of in between Demi

Gods. So the Vedic Rishis appealed to Indra to give them Divine Mind,

Agni to give them Divine Will Power, Varun to give them

vastness(Varun is the God of Infinity- Infinite Love, Infinite Peace,

Kindness etc), Vayu for Pran control.

 

Of course you dont need these Demi Gods- you can control mind with

Rajyoga, Pran with Pranayam, **but**, this again comes to the

discussion we were having about Form or Formless. You dont have to

worship Indra as Divine Mind and ask for his powers, but it will make

the job easier.

 

Of course, these Demi Gods can only give you the powers they

represent, not more. And it is easy to get seduced by the power and

start misusing it. So you can use Chandi Power to destroy your

Tamogun/negativity, or kill someone. This is the reason that most

Gurus dont recommend calling these Divine Powers, unless you know what

you are doing and have enough Will Power to resist abusing them.

 

This misuse of powers is the reason these Demi Gods fell out of

fashion, and people stopped worshipping them. But this isnt the Demi

Gods fault!

[Guest guest]

, shanracer <no_reply wrote:

>

> Of course there is a logical fault! You spend 12 years in school, then

> 3-4 years doing a degree. Only then you do a 1-2 years Master degree.

> But that doesnt mean that the 16 years in lower education you spent is

> more important than the 1-2 year spent in Masters, as that will get

> you the job!

 

Well said...The westerner have degraded/deformed all facts about

hinduism that even hindus doubt them

 

Vedas start with simple rituals on how to get rain in time, for simple

farmers...goes on rituals for businessmen, for kings and finally in

Vedanta,...it tells the highest philosophy

 

Rigveda is a document of evolution of mind of a simple person...upto

the highest Vedanti.

 

love

[Guest guest]

> Of course there is a logical fault! You spend 12 years in school,

 

True Shanracer. It must be remembered that Vedas must not be seen in

isolation, but a part of the Vedic tradition which includes

Upanishads, Puranas and the Gita. These different books were written

for people with different mental and spiritual level, and hence stated

the same truth in many different ways, but that doesnt mean that Gods

were added later, or there are different Gods, as the shallow reading

suggests(which is what most of these so called "commentators" do).

 

As a simple example, the word Goswami is translated as Master of the

Cows. So acc. to many translations, a highly spiritual person becomes

a master of cows!

(Go also means senses, so Goswami is one who has conquered the senses).

 

This is the sort of mental level of most Western translators. But why

blame them- they had a hidden agenda, they wanted us to convert. As Dr

Frawley has stated, the surprising thing is Indians still continue to

follow these degrading views.