why do hindus worship many gods?

Answer 1

God is a one being, yet we Hindus understand Him in three perfections: Absolute Reality, Pure Consciousness and Primal Soul. As Absolute Reality, God is unmanifest, unchanging and transcendent, the Self God, timeless, formless and spaceless. As Pure Consciousness, God is the manifest primal substance, pure divine love and light flowing through all form, existing everywhere in time and space as infinite intelligence and power.God is all and in all, great beyond our conception, a sacred mystery that can be known in direct communion.

Hindus believe in one Supreme Being. In the Hindu pantheon there are said to be three hundred and thirty-three million Lords(divine beings). The plurality of Lords are perceived as divine creations of that one Being. So, Hinduism has one supreme God, but it has an extensive hierarchy of Lords.

Hinduism views existence as composed of three worlds. The First World is the physical universe; the Second World is the subtle astral or mental plane of existence in which the devas, angels and spirits live; and the Third World is the spiritual universe of the Mahadevas, "great shining beings," our Hindu Lords. Hinduism is the harmonious working together of these three worlds.

Hinduism is a family of four main denominations - Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, Smartism - under a divine hierarchy of Mahadevas. These intelligent beings have evolved through eons of time and are able to help mankind without themselves having to live in a physical body. These great Mahadevas, with their multitudes of angelic devas, live and work constantly and tirelessly for the people of our religion, protecting and guiding them, opening new doors and closing unused ones.
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Answer 2

Very interesting question. Hindus have a total of 33 gods, which some interpret wrongly to be 33 crores. But these gods have many names.

If one has to really understand the reason behind this question, then one has to look at the entire hindu way of life. Hindus worship many gods yes, but in essence they worship nature, the five forces of nature, wind, water, air, fire, earth and space. If you see the way each god is depicted, you will notice that there are animals, birds and plants attributed to each god, being his creations, or vehicles or gifts etc.

Here is the interesting part. Each of the plant/animal/bird attributed to some god or the other has a very important ecological role. for example, Lord Shiva has a snake around his neck. The snake is immediately revered and protected by humans. get it?

There are forests in India, which are said to be belonging to the gods and are not touched by humans no matter what. These forests today act as sanctuaries for wildlife and plant life, preserving the diversity.

Hindu scholars had foreseen human greed and thus created gods to keep the ecosystem in balance from those who did not understand it.

Answer 3

Hindus know better than the rest of the world that putting all your eggs in one basket is risky.There fore they worship many gods hoping that failing one or two,at least some other gods shall help them,when needed.This way they increase the probability of divine help in percentage terms.What happens to a Christian if Jesus doesn't help him?well,he is doomed but not a Hindu,who has other gods as stand by or in reserve.Smart,isn't it???

Answer 4

Hinduism originated mainly from India. Infact the major part of Indian population consists of Hindus. India is a diverse population, with may languages, castes and gods (each part of the population living in co-existance and recognition of each other).

Each part of the population has empahisis on a different god, but, the others are important as well. The "Many" is just the way it has been.

Answer 5

Basically Hindus believe in one and only Para BrahmaN as omni present almighty. Brahman is beyong any form or describale element. But he is manifested in many forms. All that is seen and felt is manifestation of BrahmaN through the medium of Shakti. Different Gods are specially powered manifestations. But it is difficult to make some one. who is at the bottom of ignorance, understand this. It is a very wide and large understanding.

Answer 6

Many people misunderstands that Hindus worships many Gods. How can Hindus worship many Gods when there is one and only god? Actually, all Hindus, what ever they worship they worship only one God, one supreme personality of Godhead in their different forms. If you read Hinduism nicely you will understand that there is one supreme personality of godhead and he has taken form in different ages and places. For example, there are major 24 avatars of Lord Narayan but he is Narayan in his original form. Like wise, his each and every form has different forms. Lord Shiva has his eleven rudras avatars. And there are thousands of lord Brahmas. At the end they all come from one and goes into one. You can read Srimad Bhagabatam to understand how lord Shiva and Brahma are related to Lord Narayan, how they are one and how they are different. There are similar description about the different goddess also. We Hindus must be proud that we worship god in full conscious knowledge how he is related to each and every species in this earth, how he is different from us and what is our relation with him.
We worship all the demigods and goddesses along with our god because we have knowledge about them, we are humble and grateful towards their contribution to maintain this cosmic manifestation, we love every entity, we love God.

Answer 7

The Bible says, there are many who “are called ‘gods,’ whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many ‘gods’ and many ‘lords.’” (1 Corinthians 8:5) Through the ages mankind has worshiped a multitude of gods. There have been gods of fertility, of love, of war, and of wine and revelry. In the Hindu religion alone, gods number into the millions.
Trinities of gods have flourished in Babylon, Assyria, and Egypt, as well as in Buddhist lands. Moreover, even those who scoff at the concept of an invisible, almighty God have their own gods. For example, at Philippians 3:19, the Bible says of humans who are snared in materialistic pursuits: “Their god is their belly.”

Answer 8

think of a few toddler. he's put in a school. First he learns Alphabets, then words, then sentences and then he learns theories etc. What might you assert ? Are the theories extra advantageous than sentences ? Are the sentences extra advantageous than words ? Are the alphabets inferior of all ? needless to say, it appears that evidently like. yet as you may understand right here that if he had not learn what u think of is inferior, he ought to not learn the failings u call extra advantageous. that means that each thing has its own value in existence and not something is unquestionably extra advantageous or inferior. extremely, comparable inferior issues come returned to you in existence if u extremely stay. So, Buddhism ought to in all likelihood be a choose of the hour whilst it originated, and of the placement and circumstances the place it originated. All religions have been like this. because of the fact this international runs on an stunning device of nature. so a ways as worshipping God is in contact, we don't could worship God; we could constantly worship distinctive non secular aspects like Krishna, like Rama, like Parvati and Shiva, etc. the convenience isn't worldly, it extremely is non secular. Religions charm to human beings in direction of those aspects so that they are able to be pushed to spirituality some day. so a ways as their not helping is in contact, they actually by no skill help except they see that the guy's perception in them may be extremely extreme in the event that they help. because of the fact believing with all your heart is what you opt for first and maximum, to upward push your self spiritually.

Answer 9

Your question reflects non-analytical approach to religions. Hindus are among the first to proclaim that there is only one God-Paramatma. He created Brahma, Vishnu & Mahesh to perform various tasks. Vishnu, in return, descended several times in different forms to perform different tasks. Some "avtaars" are short timed like Narsimh Avtaar. Since different tasks were performed in different avtaars, each one is adopted as different to co-memorate different virtues.

Answer 10

I studied Hinduism for awhile and for a lot of folks, the different gods represent different aspects or faces of one Creator. For others, they perceive that there is not just one God just like there is not just one human on earth. To them it is equally plausible that there are many nonphysical beings that are powerful and concerned enough with us to be considered gods.