Seriosuly considering Hinduism!!

[godsent 0]

As you know im christian,but have been considering Hinduism!

 

But i just need to know why some of the gods are portrayed as animals?...whats the reason behind that?

[Subham 0]

Hari OM:

 

first to become a Hindu, you would need to drop all the things you (had assumed you) know about God, like God is a seperate entity sitting some where far-off in the universe.

 

As per Gita (the most authorative text of Hinduism), God manifests himself in many forms -like lion among animals, Garuda among Birds, Vasukai among Snakes, etc., etc., so all the life-forms you see in the universe are but part of his manifestation.

 

So it is ok to worship Him in any form- divine, human, animal, bird, reptile or in His formless absolute aspect, but you should remember whichever form you choose to worship you are always worshipping Him inside the form not the form itself.

 

Also it does not matter whether the form is made of Gold, stone, wood, turmeric powder, clay , cow dung etc., the form just serves the initation purpose after which you turn the attention to the principle behind that form.

 

[Guest guest]

 

see. when God can take the form of a man, why shouldn't he take the form of animals, birds, trees etc??

 

after all God is omnipotent & omnipresent. the very question shows ur immature nature.

 

after all the omnipotent God must be everything. there cannot be something which is not God.

 

even the soul is a dwelling place of Lord.

 

'yasya AtmA SarIram'(subAla upanishad)

 

so, don't ask such silly questions.

 

 

[godsent 0]

Thanks for the reply,not so much thanks to Ravilochan becuase he immdeitaley thought i was mocking your faith,which i wasnt,u need to chill out!

[Subham 0]

Hari OM:

 

thank you for the reply.

 

it was not entirely unfounded of Ravi to assume that you are mocking Hinduism, since the first christian missionaries entered india stating that they want to learn about Hinduism but ended up saying "Vedas is nothing but some utter rubbish by ignorant Shepherds" even though later scholars corrected this mis-perception a lot of damage was already don, because the founders of modern india (people like nehru) were fully british indians, that is they viewed Hinduism from the eyes of those so-called "Scholars" and hence ended up dismissing Hinduism as rubbish without bothering to cross-check the facts (also not much material was available at that time), in fact nehru was so much unconfident about ourselves that he even refused to accept victories, un permanent seat or any thing, he always looked to the white-man of UN for guidance , since he strongly believed Hinduism is rubbish and no Hindu is intelligent enough to guide India (even though there were articles of US president seeking advice of Rajaji). india has paid (and is still paying ) dearly for the so-called "research" and the believers of that "research"

 

However as per the basic karma-theory you are responsible only for your actions, so it would not be correct to be harsh towards you for some body else faults.

 

if you really like Hinduism, there is no need to convert , (you can just follow the basic Dharma teaching but can have any name, dress, habits you like), it would be much more helpful if you can educate your christian brethren that Hinduism is not the "religion of Satan" as has been continuously feed to them, but it contains the most beautiful and true universal laws, the most important being Karma theory and ask them to learn and follow it as much as possible, so that this world will again become a peaceful and beautiful place and people can start evolving in their spirtiual scale.

[Guest guest]

 

no,i never thought that u were mocking our faith.

 

i just gave u a very practical example.

 

sorry. if it had hurt u.

 

infact, people of Semitic religion have to shed their narrow concept of God to understand Hinduism. that's what i tried to say.

[maadhav 0]

just as one should not judge you by th car you drive,

hinduism says that one should not judge a jiva/soul by the form of the body in which it resides.

 

understanding hinduism becomes very easy when one keeps an open mind keeping away all the concepts or beliefs one has learned from the semetic religions.

 

to think that you are your body is the greatest illusion you must get rid of, says hinduism/gita/krishna.

 

 

[barney 0]

Relativity in the light of Vedanta

 

In Einstein's theory of relativity, E=mc2, he postulates that mass is equivalent to energy. Both space and time, deduced Einstein, are no longer absolutes. Consider his theory in light of the Vedanta system of Hindu philosophy. All matter throughout the universe is the outcome of one primal matter called akasha. Moreover, all force, whether gravitational or electromagnetic, is the outcome of one cosmic energy called prana. Prana acting on akasha is creating or projecting the universe. Einstein had thus proven mathematically what Vedantists had known for years. Some theologians have taken the theory of relativity one step further, speculating that Einstein's mass-energy equivalence also accounts for energy and matter as true functions of each other. A God of pure energy could thus become an avatar a doctrine held by Hindus, Tibetan and Buddhists

 

[Sephiroth 0]

Also it does not matter whether the form is made of Gold, stone, wood, turmeric powder, clay , cow dung etc., the form just serves the initation purpose after which you turn the attention to the principle behind that form.

 

Take this materials mentioned about. Scientifically, they are different because their molecular bonds and energy within themselves are different, thus giving them their characteristics and state.

 

However, if one removes this bonds and energy from them, their molecules will disper and they will be nothing.

 

God is like that ... He is principle of everything and in everything, you just see Him differently.