Why aren't Indians intrigued by the idea of an almighty god who is the creator and ruler of all things and has the power to decide what to do with all beings? What discredited him? What does it contradict in the Indian subconscious and philosophy? #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
There are a few questions here merged as one and I am answering from a particular Hindu perspective (Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis, Buddhists, Sikhs and animists are also “Indians”.) #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
Firstly to establish the identity of a CREATOR - he, she or it should demonstrate the qualifications of that post. #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
Just as you would not employ a secretary who knows nothing about computers, or entrust yourself to a surgeon who knows nothing about anatomy or #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
get your Tax return done by an accountant that doesn’t know math, so why would you accept a creator who knows nothing about the universe and how it works? #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
None of the available sacred texts that promote a “creator” can demonstrate that the applicant has a thorough working knowledge of the laws of physics or the expanse of the Universe. #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
Secondly, in order for creation to occur there must be three causes, using the example of the potter we have:- #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
Efficient cause - the potter
Material cause - the clay
Auxiliary causes - the wheel, time, water, modelling tools etc. #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
Now in respect of the Universe - let’s assume for the sake of argument, that an Almighty God is the efficient cause of this universe of 2 trillion plus galaxies, expanding into space. #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
From where did the material and the auxiliary causes come? The material cause being energy (E=MC2).
We Hindus do not hold with the absurd idea that something can come from nothing, (nothing is what rocks dream about!) #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
And if you say that God is the cause - then the cause must be inherent in the product (just like ghee is the product of milk as the cause) – #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
so in other words Universe consisting of energy (Shakti) is a transformation of the Cause and not a different product. So once again the idea of an invisible immaterial creator of a material/energetic universe, different to him or herself is rejected. #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
Conclusion - the Universe is eternal, and as such has no need of a creator. It undergoes cycles of contraction and expansion, alternating between potentiality and actuality and has no point of beginning and ending. #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
Thirdly if we accept the idea of a creator different to the Universe, who created the Universe from nothing, and given the inconceivable vastness of the universe #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
why would said Almighty absconding Creator be so concerned with tiny insignificant creatures on a very insignificant grain of sand whose lives in relation to timelessness are not even a blip on the radar of eternity? #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
So in conclusion there are three theological perspectives of God and her relationship to the universe. All three models are found in the various schools of Hindu philosophy the one most popular and preferred is PANENTHEISM. #SanantanaDharma#Hinduism
Also because He is the destroyer of the devatas, as per a Smrti shloka quoted by Svaami Vijayeendra Teertha Shripaadagalu, in Shaiva-Sarvasva Khandanam of Nyaayamauktikamaala.
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ब्रह्माणमिंद्रं रुद्रं च यमं वरुणमेव च ॥ ८६ ॥
निगृह्य हरते यस्मात्तस्माद्धरिरहोच्यते ।
Being the destroyer who destroys Brahmaa, Indra, Rudra, Yama & Varuna, he is known as ‘Hari’.
Shukracharya: A great knowledgeable person who was respected even by Devas and Saints. He was an expert in Political Science. He founded the Shukra Niti. In his niti he has laid down the following points:
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One should never reveal certain things in front of others.
It’s great if you are loved and respected by all, but don’t show it off in front of others- doing so will lower your respect in the eyes of others
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If you have to face insult at any point in your life, it’s best to keep it to yourself; telling that to everyone you know will make you feel insulted in front of others as well.
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Tantra is an abstract religion, it doesn't have a clear definition. Different seekers define it differently, many not even consistent with each other. Tantra, though, is clearly recognized as being very different from the ancient Hindu Vedic tradition. #SanatanaDharma#Hinduismtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Before trying to delve into tantrism, it is important to understand that this is not a single coherent system. It is rather a tradition that gradually evolved from an accumulation of practices and rituals, in order to attain the grace of the divine. #SanatanaDharma#Hinduismtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The practitioner of tantra uses his own prana or divine energy in order to harness it to the universal prana, thereby attaining his goal. The goal in question could be either spiritual, material or both. #SanatanaDharma#Hinduismtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Tantra in Hinduism could be considered to be parallel to the Hindu Vedic tradition. Tantra contains written records of the Agama, which comes in four main parts, as follows: #SanatanaDharma#Hinduismtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Jnana or metaphysical knowledge
Yoga or meditative practices
Kriya or ritual practices
Charya or ethical and religious principles of conduct #SanatanaDharma#Hinduism
Most of the staunch Hindu Vedic practitioners, however, consider the Tantras to be anti-Vedic in character and hence, altogether shun both the cult and the practitioners of the same. #SanatanaDharma#Hinduismtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The universe consists of a Mahabrahmanda, or grand Cosmos, and of numerous Brihatbrahmanda, or macrocosms evolved from it. As is said by the Nirvana Tantra, all which is in the first is in the second. #spirituality#Cosmostwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In the latter are heavenly bodies and beings, which are microcosms reflecting on a minor scale the greater worlds which evolve them. "As above, so below." This mystical maxim of the West is stated in the Vishvasara Tantra as follows: #spirituality#Cosmostwitter.com/i/web/status/1…