One of the philosophical frameworks in Hinduism is the concept of the existence of an ultimate reality known as Brahman. Brahman is often described as the source and essence of everything in the universe. The Upanishads and Vedantic philosophies explore this idea through teachings such as “Tat Tvam Asi” (That thou art) and “Aham Brahmasmi” (I am Brahman). These teachings emphasize the oneness of the individual self (Atman) and Brahman.
Additionally, Hindu scriptures, such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Puranas, recount narratives and stories that illustrate the existence and qualities of various deities. Devotees may find solace, inspiration, and a sense of connection to the divine through these narratives, rituals, and devotional practices.
Moreover, personal experiences and spiritual practices play a significant role in Hindu belief. Many Hindus believe in the power of meditation, yoga, and other spiritual disciplines to deepen their connection with the divine. Through their practices, individuals may have profound experiences, visions, or a sense of union with the divine, which reinforces their belief in God.
It is important to note that the existence of God in Hinduism is deeply intertwined with faith, personal interpretation of scriptures, cultural traditions, and individual spiritual journeys. The proof of God’s existence in Hinduism is subjective and can vary from person to person, depending on their beliefs, experiences, and philosophical inclinations.
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Of late there has been a proliferation of godmen in Hinduism, offering salvation and performing miracles.
There are corporate Gurus, whose background is murky, who address world leaders, in the garb of Hinduism.
Their qualification is a few words of Hindu thoughts, some quotes and slick marketing.
There are Gurus for Yoga.
Yoga has become a school exercise!
Idiots like me imagine one has to follow Patanjali, who lays down strict code of conduct ad diet for yoga sadhana.
Today what one needs is a few mumbo-jumbo , basic lines in yoga and slick marketing.
Horrible!
Self styled godmen.
Please check my Posts on yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
Hinduism does not approve of Prophets, Godmen.
Sanatana Dharma, Hinduism is personal.
It does not allow brokers between you and God,after all He is your father.
You do not need a broker to talk to your father.
Nor does Hinduism believe in Prophets.
Vedas and Smritis do not approve of or condone these Godmen or Prophets.
There is no concept of Prophet or Godmen in Hinduism.
One strives to realize Oneself.
Paths travelled by great men are shown.
They are only indicative.
Each Man/woman has to find His/Her salvation.
It is purely personal and determined by one’s disposition, Swabhava.
No one can convert any one , in the real sense ,against his swabhava, Nature.
Lord Krishna, in The Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, towards the close of the discourse to Arjuna, in the battle field of Mahabharata, says to Arjuna,
I have briefed you the secret of secrets, you decide what to follow, according to your nature, after analysing what is good for you’
This comes from Lord Krishna, an Avatar of Vishnu!
Arthur osbourne records thus on his discussion with Ramana Maharishi, the great Saint of this century.
When asked about his not accepting Sishyas , Disciples,Ramana Maharishi replied.
‘Who is a Guru and who is a Sishya?
All are Brahman.
and if you are hungry, only you should eat, not Me.
So search for reality on you’
Though the article has received acceptance, there have been some comments in Facebook communities and by way of personal omments to my mail ID, about me questioning the Guru system of Hinduism
What I have written here is about Godmen and Prophets, who have no place either in Sruthi and Smriti.
However the Guru systemws practised during the Veidc and subsequent periods to teach Vedas and guide individuals in the Dharmic path, with no intent on the part of the teacher to ern money.
And the concept of Guru, Acharya and Updhyaya are laid down.
Excerpt from my earlier Post.
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Vedas have Chapters.
One who teaches these parts is called Upaadhyayaa.
He takes compensation for this service.
‘एकदेसम तु वेदस्य वेदान्गान्यबी वा पुन:: यूअध्यापथि वृथ्यर्थं उपाध्याय: स उच्च्यथे I’-Manu Smriti.
Whereas one who does Brahmopadesam at the time of Upanayana and follows up with Teaching of the vedas is Called Acharya.
Guru is one who seeks you out, if your yearning is sincere.
He knows your yearnings ,assesses your capacity and initiates you in the process that suits you, for individuals are unique ,so are the paths to Realization.
Guru is the Mentor while others are facilitators to study Veda
If people believe in Godmen and at later date they come to know that they have been misled, there is no point in blaming Hinduism as Hinduism, I repeat does not approve of Godmen and Prophets.
It may be of interest to note that even Lord Rama and Krishna were not worshiped in the same way we worship them today, during their time.
They were respected because of their actions, in the case of Krishna ,He was even abused!
Everyone was ( at least many were) engaged in following Dharma as enshrined in the Vedas and were attempting to realize self.
I have written a number of articles on the spread of Sanatana Dharma throughout the world.
Sri Lanka,
Malaysia,
Thailand,
Laos,
Korea,
Indonesia,
Cambodia,
Vietnam,
Japan,
Philippines,
New Zealand,
Australia,
US,
South America,
Central America,
Greece,
Romania,
Turkey,
Germany,
Iran,
Iraq,
Afghanistan,
Russia,
China.
You may check my posts for each of these countries.
As I have been attempting to study the references to Sanatana Dharma through various sources, including works in other languages, I have requested Beatrix Laurens, France, (a regular reader of my posts) to suggest French references.
I am aware that French is the most suited langauge suited for Philosophy, apart from Sanskrit.
I was sure that there are bound to be references.
I was suggested a site and I have been promised more.
As I was going through the site, I chanced upon a Link that threw up interesting information about Lord Krishna.
I shall be writing on Rama Influence, sourced from the site mentioned by my friend a later as I have to study the material in-depth as it makes startling revelations.
Now,
I have been able to establish from reliable sources that.
1.Christianity was nothing new and was sourced from elsewhere.
2.There was Sanatana Dharma presence in the middle east.
3.Interesting that The Jews were the descendants of the Yadavas, Lord Krishna’s Clan.
Twenty two tribes left India after the Mahabharata War.
After the epic battle of Mahabharata, exodus from India began .
Many tribes fled from India towards the North and West.
It has come to light that one of the tribes, Ailahs fled to the middle east and the Arabs called their God as Allah, from the Sanskrit speaking tribes Ailah.
Ailas were a part of Yadavas and Pauravas who took part in the Mahabharata battle.
5.Sumerian culture’s Link with Sanatana Dharma has been dealt with in detail in my earlier Posts.
6.We have the 786 of Islam being the OM of Hinduism.
7.There was Shiva Temple in Mecca.
8.Also in Jordan, Petro Jordan Shiva temple.
9.The Greeks had a fascination for Krishna and we have many legends of Krishna in Greece and there is enough evidence to suggest that the Greeks worshiped Lord Krishna.
11.Then we have the Tamil connection to Hitti Empire, Mittani,Incas, Aztecs,Mayas.
12.The ancestors of Celts wereBrahmins.
I shall be writing on the similarities between Sanskrit and Irish Languages
Additional information has come to my notice about the Temple of Solomon( I shall be writing on this later) and about Krishna in Greece and Krishna was the God of the Greeks.
Dome of The Rock.
Abraham’s Tomb.
‘In about 1900 BC, hundreds of thousands of native Indians emptied Northern and Central India and fled to the Middle East after Krishna’s Dwarka sank under the water.( I have reservations on the date here)
..*his family together and fled either to the Middle East or to what is now Iraq. Only some gigantic natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods could have caused such an exodus. It was at this time that the Saraisvati and the Indus changed their proper beds. The Saraisvati dried up…( Possible as Krishna’s son Pradhyumans’ city is in Russia-please refer my post on this)
The word Jerusalem is derived from Sanskrit: Yadu-Ishalayam, meaning “The Holy Rock of the Yadu Tribe.” Lord Krishna was a Yadu. The Moslems still revere this huge rock under the Dome of the Rock on Jerusalem Temple Mount.
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Until now, I have been wondering why Krishna’s name did not appear in Jerusalem after his arrival there. Yet, the name of the king of Jerusalem,Melchizedek, the mentor of Abraham, did. I once thought thatMelchizedek was the name of a certain person. I made this mistake by thinking that a prince and a son of a Kassite king, Melik-Sadaksina, was a supernaturally endowed prince, magician and spiritual giant. I thought he had accompanied Krishna, Abraham, and Sarah to the Middle East. Later on, I came to realize that the Sanskrit word Sadhaka applies to anyone who is an adept, a magician, one possessed of supernatural powers gained by worshipping a deity or by uttering magical chants……
‘Krishna and his family probably fled to Iraq. But I’m certain that they went to Jerusalem. The word Jerusalem is derived from Sanskrit: Yadu-Ishalayam, meaning “The Holy Rock of the Yadu Tribe.”
Lord Krishna was a Yadu.
The Moslems still revere this huge rock under the Dome of the Rock on Jerusalem Temple Mount.
(The India We Have Lost,Paramesh Choudhary)
I have additionally shown in this article that the New Testament words for Jesus all refer to Lord Krishna and his holy names. The early Christians were convinced that Melchizedek was just a prior incarnation of Jesus Christ, The remains of the Nag Hammadi manuscript entitled Melchizedekseem to confirm this. Melchizedek, king of Jerusalem and mentor of his son Abraham, was none other than ancient India’s God Krishna. The early Christians thought that Jesus was a reincarnation of Krishna, for who else had the name Yesu Kristna, Isa, Krishna, etc.?”
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Many people don’t understand what is meant by Joshua’s remark about “the other side of the flood.” They think he was referring to the Noachide flood. He was referring to the time when God Krishna’s Dwarka and Haran province, in today’s Gujarat, sank under water in about 1900 BC. Abraham, Sarah, and their followers escaped southward, to the coastal ports of Kalyan and Sopara (Sophir or Sauvira), in Maharashthra. From there, they sailed northward to the Middle East. Sarah (Sarsvati) embarked from the port of Kalyan. At one time, Kalyan was located closer to the coast, but is now located more than 50 miles inland. Sarasvati is the patron saint of Kalyan. The patron saint of Sophir or Sauvira was Parasu Rama (possibly a name of our biblical Abraham/Brahma).
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan… (Joshua 24:2-3.)
The questions the younger generation asks of about Hinduism are very intelligent and thought-provoking.
They do not accept anything at face value.They ask questions that are very pertinent and if we answer them, they are motivated to study Hinduism.
Vishnu,Brahma,Rama, Shiva, Krishna.
Asking them to follow Hinduism, because it ought to be followed puts them off.
As I have been mentioning in many of posts that my desire is to explain Hinduism, to the extent I know, in simple terms and many youngsters have been on to me over phone, email with questions.
Recently I had this question.
In The Mahabharata, Duryodhana chose the army of Lord Krishna, the Narayana Sena, instead of the unarmed Krishna for the Mahabharata Battle.
Krishna acceded the request and was with the Pandavas during the Mahabharata Battle.
The question is,
Did not Krishna abandon His army and desert them?
Why did He do so?
Was He not responsible for the deaths of his army personnel?
For no fault of their own?
Where is Krishna’s Dharma?
When we study the Avatars of Rama and Krishna we may notice that while Lord Krishna was aware of the fact that he was the incarnation of Lord Vishnu at all times, Rama did not have any idea that he was , save the occasion when the Sakthi Ayudha od Ravana, granted to him, neared Rama’s Chest.
He remembered He was Lord Vishnu,chanted the Pranava, OM and the Sakthi Syudha, which never fails, was shattered.
Even this instance Rama for got immediately.
And Rama had this feeling of Aham.
That is He identified Himself as human Being and went through the gamut of emotions and sufferings that are unique to Humans.
He was attached To Dasaratha, Brothers, Sita,Hanuman and considered Ravana as enemy as a Human would!
But Krishna had no-no such attributes.
In fact it does not mater to him personally by way of gains whether Duryodhan won or Pandavas succeed.
Both were his cousins.
Yet he chose the Panadavas, though army wise they were weaker.
Why ?
Because it was to protect Dharma .
He never had any personal feelings or score to settle with any one though they have wronged Him.
He killed them because they had to be killed to protect Dharma.
Sisupala was Krishna’s nephew and Krishna promised his mother that He could bear with 100 insults but would bear no more.
At the Rajasuya Yaga of Yudhistra,at the time of performing the Akrora Pooja, paying the first respect in an assembly,when Krishna was chosen for the honor, Sisupala started abusing Krishna in the vilest terms.
Krishna was listening tho all of them with a smile.
Bhima asked Krishna as to why Krishna was tolerating Sisupala instead of killing hi, Krishna replied that He has promised Sisupala’s mother that he (Krishna) would bear 100 insults.
Bhima asked what if Sisupla were to stop one short of 100 insults.
Krishna replied that it is Destiny that Sisupala would complete 100 and be killed by Him.
Such is the detachment and performance of duty as a Karma Yogi by Krishna.
When Krishna’s son was cursed by the Rishis and they came to Krishna requesting His forbearance Krishna replied that there was nothing wrong in their curse as his son deserved it!
Or when the Hunter who slew Krishna by an arrow, prostrated before Krishna and asked for His mercy, Krishna replied that He was being killed by the hunter for His killing of Vaali hiding behind a tree and he blessed the Hunter!
Rama was elevating Himself as Divine, without Knowing He was Divinity, Krishna was Divinity posing as a Human.
The purpose of Krishna Avatar is to reduce the burden of the earth and restore Dharma.
Nothing more.
So he had no personal attachment to any one including his army.
It may also be noted that Krishna had never been a King , but only a Prince because of a Curse to Vrishnis.
Balaram was the King.
Interesting to note that Balarama was av Avatar of Adi Sesha as Lakshmana was in the Treta Yuga.
Rama vowed to serve Lakshmana in the next Avatar to Lakshmana for the devotion he exhibited to Rama nd Sita,
This He repaid in the Krishna Avatara when he took a back seat and carried out Balarama’s orders.
All the machinations Krishna indulged in th Mahabharata were when Balarama was conveniently absented at Krishna’s request!
But Balarama never knew until Krishna’s job was done.
You would have noticed that at the end of every Mantra, Pooja and at temples Om Shanti Mantra Om Shanti is chanted thrice.
Om Shanti means May There Be Peace.
Shanti Mantra.
One witnesses disturbances in the world and in one’s Mind body.
Some are due to factors within one’s control and some beyond one.
It is the Hindus way of pacifying these my chanting and thereby attempting to appease them.
Disturbances/Calamities come from,
Through one’s body,
Through the forces of Nature and
due to past actions and the Will of God.(Stains on the soul as Jains put it)
These three are classified as.
Adi Bhautikam.
Adi Daivikam and
Adiathmikam.
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Adhi-daivikam literally means “mental disturbances that come from God”—i.e. things that are utterly beyond our control: hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, tsunamis, etc. We have no control over these types of disturbances. So when we say the first shanti, we are praying, “O God, may we be protected from these obstacles that are beyond our control.”
Adhi-bhautikam literally means “disturbances that come from the world.” That means anything stemming from the world around us—mosquitoes, noisy neighbors, barking dogs, the phone ringing, family arguments. As opposed to the first category, we have some control over this second category of disturbances. We can use mosquito repellent, we can call the police on our neighbors, we can turn off the phone, we can leave the place altogether, etc. So this shanti means, “O God, may we be protected from the people and surroundings.”
The third type of disturbance is the most powerful and, at the same time, the only one over which we have total control. Adhyatmikam means “disturbances stemming from the self.” For one who is still identified with the ego, the people, places and things of this world stimulate one of two reactions in the mind—attachment or aversion. Whether we physical see someone we consider our enemy as we walk down the street or remember him during meditation, the mental turbulence that results is the same. Lust, jealousy, anger, sorrow, hatred destroy our peace’
Shanti Mantras are to be chanted and the Vedas have a separate section for Shanti Mantras.
ॐ सह नाववतु।
सह नौ भुनक्तु।
सह वीर्यं करवावहै।
तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु
मा विद्विषावहै।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
Om, May we all be protected
May we all be nourished
May we work together with great energy
May our intelect be sharpened (may our study be effective)
Let there be no Animosity amongst us
Om, peace (in me), peace (in nature), peace (in divine forces)
Oṁ Saha nāvavatu
Om=supreme god; saha=together; nau=both/ all; avatu=may he protect
saha nau bhunaktu
saha=together; nau=both/ all;bhunaktu= be nourished/ energized
Saha vīryam karavāvahai
saha=together;vīryam=energy; karavāvahai=work (kara=hand; avahai=bring into use)
Tejasvi nāvadhītamastu
tejaswi = having great energy;nau = both ; adhi = intellect/ study; tama = higher degree; astu=so be it
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