from bhagavatgeeta book
2007-01-21 23:49:45 · 11 answers · asked by sai p 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Lord Vishnu is not the hindu god. God is not God for only a select few or large sectarian group of living beings. God is God for everyone. If God is God only for Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Jains, Catholics or Hindus he is not God at all. God is God for all.
One may call the same God by different nomenclature, viz., Allah, Jehovah, God, Isvara, Bhagavan, etc...
If Lord Vishnu is compared to a great tree, then the demigods like Brahma, Siva, Ganesh, Kali, Kartikeya, Surya etc... along with all the men, Siddhas, Caranas, Vidyadharas and other living entities, are like branches, twigs and leaves of that tree.
From Bhagavad Gita, tenth chapter, we learn that Krishna says among many groups he is the best thing represnted among that group. For example Krishna says of lights I am the radiant sun, of the Maruts I am Marici, and among the stars I am the moon.
Regarding Vishnu, He also says among Adityas,twelve of them, he is the Vishu. He also says that He is the Paramatma, who is Vishnu, residing within the heart along with the individual atma. Krishna as the source of Vishnu further says that He is the beginning, the middle and the end of all beings.
Vishnu and Krishna are the same. Vishnu and Krishna can be compared to a be a same person acting as Judge while at home is relaxed and informal. Vishnu is formal like Judge and Krishna is informal and relaxed like a person feels at home.
2007-01-22 01:15:37 · answer #1 · answered by Gaura 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My other friends have already described Lord Vishnu. I would like to add some more information.
Brahma Samhita - the texts spoken by Lord Brahma, the secondary creator - explains that:
Lord Krishna is the Adi Purusha - the original Godhead - cause of all causes.
He expands into many forms and Lord Vishnu is one of them. In fact there are many different forms of Lord Vishnu.
Mahavishnu
Garbhodakshayi Vishnu
Kshirodakshayi Vishnu
Narayana etc.
Lord Vishnu has many expansions and incarnations. There are 24 main incarnations and out of these 10 are well known.
Krishna comes as Himself in one of the incarnations.
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2007-01-22 00:21:43 · answer #2 · answered by S D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word "Vishnu" means "All pervading". One of the attributes of God in the minds of people. He is believed as a protector in the Trinity of Brahma the creator, Vishnu the Protector and Siva the destroyer. There many scriptures including "Vishnu Puranam" give more about Lord Vishnu.
2007-01-22 00:08:31 · answer #3 · answered by Brahmanyan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lord Vishnu is one part of the Hindu trimurti and is the preserver of all creation. He is depicted as blue, with four arms, and resting on the thousand-headed serpent Adishesha. He is attended to by his wife, Sri Mahalakshmi, the goddess of wealth and good fortune.
Vishnu is most known for having several avatars, or reincarnations, whereby he has saved creation from destruction. While there are several avatars, the dashavataram (ten avatars) most known are:
1) Matsya (fish)
2) Kurma (turtle)
3) Varaha (boar)
4) Vamana (dwarf)
5) Narasimha (half-man, half-lion)
6) Parasurama (sage who detested kshatriyas)
7) Sri Rama (rid the world of the demon king Ravana)
8) Sri Krishna
9) Balarama/Buddha (there are two different schools of thought that hold either one was an avatar, some believe Balarama was an avatar of Adishesha)
10) Kalki (supposed to arrive at the end of this Yuga, and rid the world of evil).
Hope this helps!
2007-01-21 23:59:25 · answer #4 · answered by lotusmoon01 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Lord Vishnu is one of the three of the trinity of gods according to Hindu Mythology. He is considered to be the care-taker of the entire creation, hence is the most beloved of the Gods and also is worshipped in many 'avataars'. Lord Vishnu is teh principle diety of the Vaishnav sect amongst the hindus. Lord Vishnu is generally depicted in a resting pose on a bed made of teh giant snake Sheshanag who also shelters Him with its hood. along side is seen Goddess Lakshmi (the Goddess of wealth) who is the consort of Lord Vishnu. He is principally worshipped in one or all of the forms known as Dasavataras as mentioned in the answer above mine.
2007-01-22 00:00:30 · answer #5 · answered by RAKSHAS 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Originally when the names were given to Hindu Gods, they were decided basing on their qualities. Subsequently they were understood in the form of human beings. In fact the Sanskrit meaning for Vishnu is SARVA VYAPAKA i.e. all pervading. He is all pervading.Similarly SIVA means Mangalakara bringing all good. This is subsequently made to understand as a human body with 3 eyes riding on a bull or in Linga form.One should try to understand the name of the God with his qualities rather than a form.
2007-01-22 00:41:38 · answer #6 · answered by ravipati 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lord vishnu is NOT hindu God. God / Ishwar / Parmatma is only 1 and he is NOT hindu or muslim etc. He is creater, unseen, invisible, without name. Devi / Devta are NOT GOD. They are special persons.
2007-01-22 00:30:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At least 10% of Hindu names will have any of Vishnu's many names, like,Ram,Krishna,Govinda, Srinivasa,Venkatesa,Narayana, Balaji.etc..
2007-01-22 02:35:57 · answer #8 · answered by balaGraju 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the " iron age civilisations"
there was one in india "vedic civilisation"
till EARLY VEDIC PERIOD we were having 5 GODS namely - "indra" {god of thunder}, "vayu" {god of wind}, "prithvi" {god of earth}, "agni" {god of fire}, "surya" {sun god}
but in LATER VEDIC PERIOD they were replaced by new Godas - Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Rama & Krishna
and answers before me had already gave you the information about "LORD VISHNU"
2007-01-22 00:42:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A God who sleeps on a snake of many heads and a goddess company him by pressing his feet.
2007-01-22 02:18:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋