HINDUISM

Hello friends , i am going to tell you about HINDUISM ,(SANATAN), actually the word HINDU came after the entry of Turks, Arabs because this area was start at the east side of INDUS RIVER but they called it as SINDHU later it became HINDU . How and why it survives thousands of years, why the god and goddess emerges with time, all the topics i am going to cover here.........

SO LETS START----

When Europeans came to India for trade purpose they were shocked much after seeing such great diversity, because their won history was not allowing him to think in this way. But they are smart enough to understand the reasons behind it so they followed the policy of  "WHITE MEN'S BURDEN", means they were send by GOD to make you literate, but internally they were aware of India's rich culture and diversity. Most of the big scientist also adopted HINDUISM after studying the INDIAN SCRIPTURES, because the new theories are totally based on those concept which were written thousands of years earlier.

I WILL DISCUSS IT ALL BUT FIRST START WITH CORE CONCEPT OF HINDUISM

it is very difficult to describe the thousands of years heritage on paper but still we can say HINDUISM is the most liberal, most flexible, containing N number of thoughts, N number of rituals, which grown up with time and still growing up and much more.


CONCEPT OF SANATAN DHARMA-

       involvement of

•  BRAHMAN = ultimate power or ultimate energy or ultimate soul
•  ATMAN = human soul, part of Brahman
•  MAYA = Prakriti , human body

           maya is the world around us, in which we live ,survive and die.

• MOKSHA = libration from worldly things. Atman back to Brahman through various process such as meditation .

GOAL OF LIFE AS PER SANATAN DHARMA OR HINDUISM 

By adopting those ways which can liberate you from the cycle of life that is birth and death and finally merge in to ultimate reality .

THREE RULES TO UNDERSTAND PURPOSE OF LIFE

1. To know the ultimate reality directly i.e. BRAHMAN
2. To understand the soul with in us i.e. ATMAN 
3. creation of GOD in the form of IDOLs , no religion in the world allow to create or destroy the image of GOD except in HINDUISM  because the scriptures tells that the real power is beyond our limits, that power is everywhere. 

      What is BRAHMAN -

     

             ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते ।
                 पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥

    

                 Om Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-Idam Puurnnaat-Puurnnam-Udacyate |
                 Puurnnasya Puurnnam-Aadaaya Puurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate ||

  

                 meaning- infinity is BRAHMAN, and ATMAN is also infinite, infinite comes from 

                 infinite and still remains infinite.

          

HOW HINDUISM reflecting the MODERN SCIENCE ?

1- GEETA SHLOK -

      नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः।

      न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः !!

     meaning-  weapons neither kill the soul , nor fire can burn it up.
                       neither water can make it wet , nor air can dried it up

    

      

soul is determined as ENERGY in present days and EINSTEIN told the world that
   
"ENERGY neither be created nor be destroyed, it only changes the forms,"
   same like human soul which changes the bodies

2- KARMA CONCEPT -

   what you think and what you do every thing is creating your balance sheet, for every good, creation of positive karma and for every wrong, creation of negative karma.

means your every action in daily life has a reaction i.e. the concept given by NEWTON -" every action has a equal and opposite reaction''

we can understand it by the database server of GOOGLE , he count all the things we searched same as our daily acts counts in the great grand master server of karma.

3- THEORY OF RELATIVITY -
    
  same as  the VEDIC concept of time difference of BRAHMA and HUMAN

4- CONCEPT OF MULTIVERSE or PARALLEL UNIVERSE also given in scriptures.


REPRESENTATION OF BRAHMAN-

here in the above diagram MAYA or WORLD runs into 4 YUGAS named as-

1. Satya yuga              = 17,28,000 years
2. Treta yoga               = 12,96,000 years 
3. Dwapar yuga          = 8,64,000 years 
4. Kali yuga                = 4,32,000 years 

      in the ratio of 4:3:2:1

CORE CONCEPT OF HINDUISM-

1- ATMAN
   

      BRAHMAN i.e. undivided consciousness is the source of all ATMAN
      ATMAN i.e. nonmaterialself never changes , driver of the body
   
      eg.  CAR = human body , DRIVER = atman 
      here CARS will be come and go but DRIVER will be the same 
      BODY can not run without atman same as CAR can on run without DRIVER
   
      see the image-

2- REINCARNATION AND SAMSARA-

      SOUL attains new body after death based on three facts-

•  state of mind at death
• unfulfilled desired 
• KARMIC records i.e. our database created as per our thoughts and tasks.

      SAMSARA meaning seeking body from one to another (mentioned above in diagram 1 all the 6        forms)

      CONSCIOUSNESS prasent in all forms of life but only humans can use it

3- LAW OF KARMA

   

    HUMANS have only free choice, remaining works on their instinct.

    human = life of responsibility

    KARMA =ACTION + THOUGHTS

    ACTION = REACTION 

•     positive action creates positive karma

•     negative actions creates negative karma  

•     records maintained in KARMIC BALANCE 

•    +ve karma = upgradation 

•    -ve karma  = nikarma = degradation

•    akarma      =  neutral    

•    where to move only humans have free choice by maintaining KARMIC BALANCE

•    emergence of concept of PAAP and PUNYA

•     in HINDUS there is no HELL or HEAVEN only KARMA decides your MOKSHA or 

             CONTINUE CYCLE of birth and death 



       EXAMPLES -
     
        No one can be immune from the KARMA even GODS also
     
        LORD KRISHNA's whole family lost due to his KARMA in MAHABHARATA war due to
        the curse of GANDHARI

        Curse of VRINDA toVISHNU which become the base for RAMAYANA

4- PRAKRITI, MATTER, GUNA-
    
     ATMAN trapped in successive body made of prakriti, matter, and guna.
     Matter is temporary and inert
   
     GUNAS

•  SATTVA - LIKE GOD - pure 
•  RAJAS   -  LIKE KING -creation, enjoyment, greed
• TAMAS   -  IGNORANCE - bad karma, madness 

    It is the choice of SOUL to select SATTVA, to reach Brahman, to select RAJAS , for live in   
    society and TAMAS to move lower stages like plant, animal, reptile etc.
 
    MOKSHA is for ATMAN going above to SATTVA and merge in Brahman.

   EMERGENCE of GODs to control all the three GUNAS

• Brahma - to control SATTVA
• Vishnu - to control RAJAS
• Mahesh - to control TAMAS

4- MAYA 

      

   
     Above three guna mislead the ATMAN and trapped in MAYA 
     Which results in wrong perception i.e. Atman identify BODY as Brahma 


     Temporary body i.e. money and family leads to Race, Gender, Nation, Caste leads to frustration leads to redoubling of efforts leads to create a deeper swamp which again fall us in to MAYA i.e. temporary body 
    
    There is no real world its a desert mirage 

     HINDUISM renounced the material world, it tells us to meet our need in a dignified manner not the greed.

5- LIBERATION OR MOKSHA 

    it is the merging of human soul in to Brahman soul 
 
    MAYA easily can misleads us in this world so with the help of a GURU or TEACHER we can attain the moksha.

    Our scriptures helps to understand what is real or what in not.

    Final goal of life is merge with the Ultimate truth by two ways

1. like when a water drop merges with ocean , here one lost its properties after merging
2. or like a parrot on a green tree here both will look a like but both have their different identities.

7- WHAT IS GOD 

    BRAHMAN                 = supreme spirit or ultimate reality

    ANTARYAMI             = GOD with in us

    BHAGWAN                = GODs as a person 

    PARAMATMAN       = supreme self

    ISHWAR                    = Controller 

    ISHWARI                  = Deity

    PARAMESHWAR    = Supreme controller 

    PRUSHOTTAM        = supreme in humans 

    DEV                            = god

    DEVI                          = goddess 

  

GOD and GODDESS- representation and meaning of all main GODS of HINDUISM

1. BRAHMA god of creation , creation is not possible without KNOWLEDGE so goddess of knowledge SARASWATI came with BRAHMA  
2. VISHNU preserver of the universe, but need of RESOURCEs  to preserve the universe so LAXMI goddess of resources emerged
3. SHIVA the destroyer , to destroy the universe for next creation there was a need of POWER , so goddess SHAKTI (PARVATI) emerged as power.

     when we praise them in human form - SAGUN

     when we praise without human form - NIRGUN 

     

    MEANING OF VISHNU IMAGE 

    

    here every thing in this image has its own meaning like 

    OCEAN represents the world in which we are born

    SNAKE with multiple heads represents the MULTIDIMENSIONAL TIME and UNIVERSE

    ROUND TAIL of SNAKE on which VISHNU is sitting is representing the CYCLE of life

    VISHNU the driver of your body 

    BRAHMA on lotus is our CONSCIOUSNESS 

    and in foot side LAXMI i.e. maya, money, she is sitting on the foot side, which shows never show      greed, use Money only as resource, do not let it to be dominate us.

  

    MEANING OF ARDHANRISHWAR-

       Hinduism accepts all form of human life i.e. men, women and all the possible combination of             men and women eg homosexuals

       DASHAVATAR -

       

       it shows the evolution of life later given by DARVIN's theory of evolution

       

1. Matsya (fish) –  reprasent the first form of life which evolved in ocean
2. Kurma (tortoise) – then next life form which can survive both in water and land
3. Varaha (boar) – next life form which can only survive on land
4. Narasimha (half human, half lion) – the dual nature of human and animals. When humans were living like animals
5. Vamana (the dwarf brahman)- short hight 
6. Parshurama (the warrior) – human nature which shows anger
7. Rama (the prince) – human nature which shows its discipline 
8. Krishna (the cowherd) – human indulged in worldly affairs and still get moksha
9. Buddha (the Enlightened One) – human with great knowledge 
10. Kalki (the horserider) is yet to appear

       GOD SHIVA's FAMILY-

        

         SHIVA - (the man)Adipurush, destroyer of arrogance 

         SHAKTI - (the lady) PARVATI - in 9 forms from MOST HUMBLE to MOST  

         DESTRUCTIBLE (mother KALI)

        

         GANESH - (the child with elephant head) is source of infinite wisdom 

  

         KARTIKEYA - worrier GOD 

     KALI MATA -  mother of destruction 

      

   

         when SHAKTI becomes uncontrolled then it converts herself in to KALI 

   

         unstoppable power, complete destruction, like NUCLEAR weapon 

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VISHNU AND SHIVA

                                               
                                           REQUIRED THINGS IN VISHNU WORSHIP

                                           
                                                                 DHATURA FRUIT 

                                                                      BEL LEAVES 

                                                         USED IN SHIVA's WORSHIP

       VISHNU represents material growth hence HINDUS used BUTTER , GHEE, CHANDAN purchased by money means material gains.

       SHIVA represents the vairagya, withdrawal from worldly affairs hence in his worship HINDUS used BEL leaves , DHATURA fruit , and ASHES, all available free of cost.

CONCLUSION-

  

        HINDUISM offers multiple ways to reach to divinity such as by doing YOGA such as GYAN yoga  (MEDITATION), HATH yoga (give unbearable pain to body for attaining moksha), KARMA yoga (by doing good WORKS in society), BHAKTI yoga (by worshiping GOD) .

        HINDUISM is not a religion but it is a thought and a though can never be end it always evolved with time. So same happens with HINDUISM , its rich scriptures defines the depth of SANATAN dharma or HINDU dharma. 

   

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