ISHWARA - (Supreme Reality)

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ISHWARA (Supreme God) is not a jealous God because all gods are

aspects of HIM, imagined by His worshippers. In the words of Bhagavan

Shree Krishna:

 

" When any devotee seeks to worship any aspect with faith, and when

worshipping any aspect he wins what he desires, it is none other than

MYSELF that grants his prayers. However men approach ME , so do I

welcome them, for the path men take from every side is MINE. "

 

 

The Hindu deities are not viewed as seperate and rival powers, but as

fifferent functions , different aspects, different ways of

understanding and approaching the one Reality, the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. Gods and goddesses are the varied expressions

of the one all-pervasive Reality.

==It has been said that images are to the Hindu worshipper what

diagrams are to the geometrician. The Hindu devotee, while he will

generally have one particular form of God - his/her ishta-deva on

whom his devotion centers, moves easily between one god and another.

The same idea carries over into the human sphere. Krishna and Rama

are not, strictly speaking , gods but Avatars, 'Descents'- human

incarnation of Vishnu - since He is the upholder of the world. This

idea is cleary brought forth in the following doctrine of the

Artharva Veda.

" He is the one, the one alone, in Him

all deities become One alone "

 

Hindu method of worship adapts itself with infinite grace to every

human need.

Every aspect of life is worship. " Let my walking be circumambulation

of You " , wrote Sree SHANKARACHARYA . " Let my speech be the recitation

of Your holy mantras. When I lie down to sleep, may it be prostrating

to You. "

To quote Dr. S. Radhakrishnan on Bhagavad-Gita:

'Even those who worship other gods (anya-devatah) , ancestral

deities , elemental powers , if they do so with faith,then their

faith is justified, for the Divine accepts every form conceived by

the worshipper.'

 

 

 

 

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Jai SHree Krishna !

In the devotional service of Bhagavan Shree Krishna !