Hindu Advaita?

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Dennis Waite wrote:

> V. M. Sundaram said: - "The word God means the Universal Consciousness.

> When an Advaitin worships say, Sun -God, he does not think of the

> physical Sun

> as God ; He worships the Universal Consciousness which appears as the Sun.

> Similarly he worships the Universal Consciousness which is appears as the

> Wind,

> River, Rama, Kaali, any idol, etc. etc. That these apparitions are also

> denoted by the word God is a shortcoming of the English language."

>

> Excellent! This is the clearest (and simplest) justification/explanation. I

> have heard. Thank you. (Mind you, whilst it seems this must be true for

> Advaitins, one presumes it is not universally true for Hindus?)

>

> Dennis

 

Hinduism, unlike other religions , does not prescribe one path

for all.

Its basic tenet is " Truth is one; it is spoken of in many ways" (ekam

sat, vipraa

bahudaa vadanti).

 

A number of doctrines dealing with the relationship between the

individual

being and God have been developed.

 

Dvaita (dualism) considers jiva as the creature and God as the creator

; and,

as such , separate from one another.

Vishishhta-advaita ( qualified non-dualism) accepts God as the whole

and jiva

as a part if His being.

Advaita (non-dualism) regards jiva as identical with God in the ultimate

analysis.

 

All the doctrines are derived from the same scriptures viz. Veda and

Vedanta

( aka Upanishhads). Thus they all fall

under the broad umbrella of what is called Hinduism,

 

V.M.Sundaram

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