lol.. in kerala we arent sure if shankaracharya was a hero or a villain.
we were happy asuras living under mahabali, and then vishnu showed up as vamana and ended that.
we were happy jains and buddhists, and shankara showed up and ended that.
now we are happy lazy hindus, muslims, christians, and the RSS and VHP are showing up.
a lot of the older hindu temples in kerala have buddhist idols intact, either renamed as some hindu god, or disfigured or tossed into the temple pond. even the famous ayappa aka dharma shasta (if you are telugu you probably know this temple ) is a buddhist temple converted to hinduism.
many people use to say even tirupati was a buddhist turned into temple(btw iam from tirupati)
itâs upto people what they believe in,i had my doubts,end of the day this set of rules and epics like ramanaya were created to keep society intact rather behave like animalsâŚ
Thatâs what I asked, do hindus believe in All mighty, the most merciful and the only God?
next I did nt mean to compare two faiths, practicing Hinduism is different from Islam definitely but what other factors they differ from us. Hindus believe in reincarnation, karma and there is no concept of the judgement day. Is that true ?
had to google bit on judgement still not clear,defferent sects defferent views closet thing i think of this in hinduism is yugas
hinduism has like 4 yugas,each one finish with destruction of all beings and new civilization starts,but sins heaven/hell would happen after death not until judgement day
also some sects believe in karma whatever mistakes you have done will come to hunt you in current lifetimeâŚ
About reincarnation yes hindus believe in that,but there were some defference
first theory is like every being as 7 lifes,born as defferent animals in each lifetime final one being human
second one is like human being born in continous cycle of hatred ego all other bad stuff until he does good deeds to get moksha to be one with god or become part of him
about one single god yes vedas tells there is just one single existance which doesnât have any shape or form,all the x number of gods are just x number of ways to reach him ,even ALLAH can be that god
hinduism doesnât restrict to particular religionâŚ
As you said above (underlined) that all the x number of gods re just x number of ways to reach him (one single god). The religion of Islam also says the same thing. The âAlmighty Allahâ in his book âQuranâ and in those books which revealed before Qurâan, called us to âworship only one existance and that is âHimâ and none elseâ. And how one can reach to âHimâ? He sent Messengers/Prophets who called towards âOne Godâ. But those Messengers/Prophets never claimed to worship them along with âOne Godâ. So the number of gods which referred as x numbers are referred in Quran as Messengers/Prophets. If we follow the saying of Messengers/Prophets (x numbers of gods) than we can reach to âone godâ. Before I proceed further I would like to know:
1- Vedas is written by whom?
2- How Vedas describe the 'One Single existance i.e. one god?
3- Does Vedas says to worship more than 'One single existance?
Iâll appreciate if you quote the verses from Vedas in support.
There are lot of unexplained mysterious in this worldâŚ
the complex structure of cell is sufficient to call bluff of atheists
I dont want to copy and paste
Right on brother. But just cuz we dont fully understand something scientifically does not mean we should start accepting any other random theory, there is no end to them. You follow one, some one else follows another, and then you put each other down for following a different theory.
problem is unlike quran/bible vedas donât define religion,there are many forms through which religion is passed,with likes vedas/bhagavadgita/upanishads this are just one of the form
they use story tellings,folk songs other ways through which religion is passed
about single god in vedas,itâs hard to tell same vedas has all mention of many nature gods like Agni,vayu,sun,moon with indra god of gods is the leaderâŚ
for understading single god theory you have to understand something called âOMâ which is begining to everything
Hindus believe that as creation began, the divine, all-encompassing consciousness took the form of the first and original vibration manifesting as sound âOMâ.[SUP][3]](Om - Wikipedia)[/SUP] Before creation began it was âShunyÄkÄshaâ, the emptiness or the void. ShunyÄkÄsha, meaning literally âno skyâ, is more than nothingness, because everything then existed in a latent state of potentiality. The vibration of âOMâ symbolizes the manifestation of God in form (âsÄguna brahmanâ). âOMâ is the reflection of the absolute reality, it is said to be âAdi Anadiâ, without beginning or the end and embracing all that exists.[SUP][3]](Om - Wikipedia)[/SUP] The mantra âOMâ is the name of God, the vibration of the Supreme. When taken letter by letter, A-U-M represents the divine energy (Shakti) united in its three elementary aspects: Bhrahma Shakti (creation), Vishnu Shakti (preservation) and Shiva Shakti (liberation, and/or destruction)
The Almighty God in His Book Chapter 3 verse 19, says: âIndeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islamâ. What your religion book says about your religion?
Moreover Iâm trying to talk about similarities between Islam and different religions yet you are telling me about the differences. May I ask you a question that 'are you a well learned of your religionâs book? If you ask me I will say âNo Iâm notâ but Iâm trying my best to learn my religion book as well as trying to understand the other religion too.
see problem is unlike the hebrew/bible/quran hinduism doesnât have concept of one holybook and prophets on how to lead a text book lifeâŚ
god has given you this life to make ur own decisionsâŚ
in hinduism god himself reincarnates leads defferent kinds of idle life to follow,bhagwan ram always followed righteous path where as krishna followed logic like whats is always best thing then good thingâŚ
you canât say one path is better then other. it is for humans to decide their own fate instead of blindly believing in something
