Guest guest Posted May 7, 2003 Report Share Posted May 7, 2003 Namaste! Here is an insight (or perhaps opinion) regarding Hinduism that may be worth sharing. I've been trying to put my finger on some notion to tie it all together, given its bewildering diversity. The idea is simple. Hinduism is simply the manifestation of religious consciousness in all of its variety and colors. Whereas other religions seem concerned with packaging their beliefs into well-defined boxes, Hinduism allows the human spirit to explore every facet of divine consciousness. This may be likened to the white light of pure consciousness being split by the prism of the human mind into the many colors of the rainbow. For example, I think that perhaps Buddhism represents one color, the color yellow, due to its emphasis on wisdom and self-restraint. Advaita might be similar, or it might be the transparency of space (consciousness) in which all colors are manifested. The exuberant forms of bhakti would be more like red or pink or orange. I guess saffron has to fit in here somewhere, perhaps a mixture of the redder colors of devotion and the yellow of wisdom. But there is also the blue of infinity symbolized by Krishna's skin. And the darker colors of Kali and Durga, in so far as I understand them. Anyhow, the idea is that Hinduism is a tropical rainforest of religious experience, rather than mechanical implementation of some pre-conceived cookie-cutter intellectual dogma, as in other religions. Of course, the core of all religions is about the illumination of wisdom and the realization of higher states of consciousness. But some religions permit more freedom and color than others. What other religion allows love of the divine to be symbolized by Krishna and Radha? At first I thought this was a bit peculiar yet harmless, but now I find it rather charming. Krishna himself is very charming. I believe that there is a considerable grain of truth in this. It does seems intuitively plausible to me that the more spiritually advanced beings in the purer realms of this or other universes should have an angelic and charming appearance. That is, when they choose to manifest with any form at all. Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2003 Report Share Posted May 8, 2003 --- Benjamin Root <orion777ben wrote: > > Anyhow, the idea is that Hinduism is a tropical rainforest of > religious experience, rather than mechanical implementation of some > pre-conceived cookie-cutter intellectual dogma, as in other religions. >hen they choose to manifest with any form at all. > Om! > Benjamin > Benjamin - Excellent vison of Hinduism - Actually it is not called -ism at all - it is called 'sanaatana dharma'. -ism got attached subsequently by other religious advocates who wanted to separate it from their thinking. Hari OM! Sadananda ===== What you have is His gift to you and what you do with what you have is your gift to Him - Swami Chinmayananda. The New Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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