Guest guest Posted June 10, 2003 Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 Why are they? In Hinduism it is common to regard one's Ishtadevata as supreme and all other deities as aspects or manifestations of him/her. For instance, the Shaivas regard Shiva as Parabrahman and respect Vishnu, Krishna, Brahma, etc. as aspects or manifestations of Shiva and the goddesses such as Lakshmi, Radha, Sarasvati, etc. as aspects or manifestations of Shakti-Devi. The Shaktas also respect the other deities. But the Gaudiya Vaishnavas seem to hold the view that only Krishna is god, all other deities are mere demi-gods. Why? Did Sri Chaitanya preach that? Is this view shared by all Vaishnava sects, or are there branches of the Vaishnava tradition that follow the classical Hindu tradition? On which scriptures do they base their view, and on whose interpretation of these scriptures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 Dear Members: If you have any answer to Mr.Kafka's questions , Please send it to him directly and not to the list . Thanks. V.Sadagopan At 02:26 AM 6/11/03 +0200, you wrote: >Why are they? >In Hinduism it is common to regard one's Ishtadevata as supreme and all other deities as aspects or manifestations of him/her. >For instance, the Shaivas regard Shiva as Parabrahman and respect Vishnu, Krishna, Brahma, etc. as aspects or manifestations of Shiva and the goddesses such as Lakshmi, Radha, Sarasvati, etc. as aspects or manifestations of Shakti-Devi. >The Shaktas also respect the other deities. >But the Gaudiya Vaishnavas seem to hold the view that only Krishna is god, all other deities are mere demi-gods. >Why? Did Sri Chaitanya preach that? >Is this view shared by all Vaishnava sects, or are there branches of the Vaishnava tradition that follow the classical Hindu tradition? >On which scriptures do they base their view, and on whose interpretation of these scriptures?<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> ><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> ><STYLE></STYLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=#ffffff> > > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why are they?</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In Hinduism it is common to regard one's >Ishtadevata as supreme and all other deities as aspects or manifestations of >him/her.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For instance, the Shaivas regard Shiva as >Parabrahman and respect Vishnu, Krishna, Brahma, etc. as aspects or >manifestations of Shiva and the goddesses such as Lakshmi, Radha, Sarasvati, >etc. as aspects or manifestations of Shakti-Devi. </FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Shaktas also respect the other >deities.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But the Gaudiya Vaishnavas seem to hold the view >that only Krishna is god, all other deities are mere demi-gods.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why? Did Sri Chaitanya preach that?</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is this view shared by all Vaishnava sects, or are >there branches of the Vaishnava tradition that follow the classical Hindu >tradition?</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On which scriptures do they base their view, and ></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>on whose interpretation of these >scriptures?</FONT></DIV> ><br> > ><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > ><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> ><tr bgcolor=#FFFFCC> ><td align=center><font size="-1" color=#003399><b> Sponsor</b></font></td> ></tr> ><tr bgcolor=#FFFFFF> ><td align=center width=470><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td align=center><br><a href="http://rd./M=247865.3425083.4707139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170 5075991:HM/A=1482387/R=0/SIG=16niofaep/*http://ads.x10.com/?bHlhaG9vaG0xLmRh d=1055609872%3eM=247865.3425083.4707139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705075991:HM/ A=1482387/R=1=1055609872%3eM=247865.3425083.4707139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=17 05075991:HM/A=1482387/R=2" target=_top><img src="http://ads.x10.com/?Z3lhaG9vaG0xLmRhd=1055609872%3eM=247865.3425083.470 7139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=1705075991:HM/A=1482387/R=3" alt="" width="300" height="250" border="0"></a></td></tr></table></td> ></tr> ><tr><td><img alt="" width=1 height=1 src="http://us.adserver./l?M=247865.3425083.4707139.1261774/D=egrou pmail/S=:HM/A=1482387/rand=498981538"></td></tr> ></table> > ><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> > > ><br> ><tt> ><BR> >Oppiliappan<BR> ><BR> ></tt> ><br> > ><br> ><tt><a href=""> Terms of Service</a>.</tt> ></br> > ></BODY></HTML> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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