I have seen many Hindu's God or Idol so far I wonder why they look kind a scary and hid**us ? how can you guys make different between devils and your gods? just wandering..
2007-10-26 03:01:49 · 7 answers · asked by singularity 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
garlic J,
we dun make idols..
2007-10-26 03:09:58 · update #1
To put it simply, one of the greatest attributes I feel that the more ancient religions possess is the balance of good and evil. The Gods and Goddesses don't just possess seemingly "good" traits as the New Testament God, but also ones that aren't thought about nowadays as being positive.
By the way, I don't believe they look hideous. Perception is everything. Make an attempt to keep an open mind, especially when thinking about these types of subjects.
2007-10-26 03:10:25 · answer #1 · answered by Essence of Naivete 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Every deity has a personality, unlike your static god (except for the huge and sudden shift from "Ima kill everyone!" to "free love"). Every deity in Hinduism can be pleased or angry, and their duties are not usually considered good or evil, but necessary.
Take Shiva, for example. He is, basically, the avatar of destruction. He is not seen as a demonic force, but the provider of what is necessary for the world and universe to continue. Life leads to death, just as death leads to life.
2007-10-26 10:18:21 · answer #2 · answered by 雅威的烤面包机 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wonderful things are in each and every religion of the world, Hindus are no different...... Moreover the fact is that the confident airy voice of your innate conscience is the voice of God. God is alive and breathing. He is living through you, human race, Nature and Universe. He is intercommunicating every moment with everyone through his/her innate conscience. God is Omnipresence, Omniscience and Omnipotent. He is Universal intelligence. You, human race, Nature and Universe are undivided part of Him. Material abundance does not make anyone rich. Poor are those who live and die without experiencing presence of God within. Therefore, consider such poor people and help them realize God within themselves. Who cannot see Him within cannot see Him without and beyond.
2007-10-26 11:01:46 · answer #3 · answered by vittalkoppal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hideous ness is in the eyes of the beholder.
The many arms,etc are symbolic of divine power and protection
Devils are opposed to the ultimate wel fare of others and the divine is dedicated to the ultimate welfare of others.
Every religion has its "embarrassing episodes' in its stories and scriptures but they are to be interpreted spiritually and morally
The bloody symbols and expressions of Kali or Durga ,for example, express the exactitude of justice,the "savagery' of the total dedication of maternal care and the need for repentance of wrong doers.
2007-10-26 10:18:23 · answer #4 · answered by James O 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
how can you make a difference between your god and the devil and they are not called gods but called demi gods and did you know that you guys took the word Christ from our Supreme God named Krishna and see what our Supreme God created 1,700,000 years ago
http://www.rootsweb.com/~lkawgw/adamsbridge.html
and you guys worship idols too you know when you go to church you see Jesus you pray to him and you ask him to forgive for sins and isnt that a worship of idol what ever you may call it but its still idol worship
did you know in the bible there are many murders done by your so called god
For example, God kills 70,000 innocent people because David ordered a census of the people (1 Chronicles 21). God also orders the destruction of 60 cities so that the Israelites can live there. He orders the killing of all the men, women, and children of each city, and the looting of all of value (Deuteronomy 3). He orders another attack and the killing of “all the living creatures of the city: men and women, young, and old, as well as oxen sheep, and asses” (Joshua 6). In Judges 21, He orders the murder of all the people of Jabesh-gilead, except for the virgin girls who were taken to be forcibly raped and married. When they wanted more virgins, God told them to hide alongside the road and when they saw a girl they liked, kidnap her and forcibly rape her and make her your wife! Just about every other page in the Old Testament has God killing somebody! In 2 Kings 10:18-27, God orders the murder of all the worshipers of a different god in their very own church! In total God kills 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered.
2007-10-26 10:07:25 · answer #5 · answered by garlic J 3 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Hinduism, the world’s oldest religion, has no beginning--it precedes recorded history. It has no human founder. It is a mystical religion, leading the devotee to personally experience the Truth within, finally reaching the pinnacle of consciousness where man and God are one. Hinduism has four main denominations--Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism and Smartism.
Sanatana Dharma, meaning “Eternal or Universal Righteousness” is the original name of what is now called Hinduism. Sanatana Dharma comprises of spiritual laws which govern the human existence.
NINE FACTS
The following nine facts, though not exhaustive, offer a simple summary of Hindu spirituality or about Hinduism.
1 Hindus believe in a one, all-pervasive Supreme Being who is both immanent and transcendent, both Creator and Unmanifest Reality.
2 Hindus believe in the divinity of the four Vedas, the world's most ancient scripture, and venerate the Agamas as equally revealed. These primordial hymns are God's word and the bedrock of Sanatana Dharma, the eternal religion.
3 Hindus believe that the universe undergoes endless cycles of creation, preservation and dissolution.
4 Hindus believe in karma, the law of cause and effect by which each individual creates his own destiny by his thoughts, words and deeds.
5 Hindus believe that the soul reincarnates, evolving through many births until all karmas have been resolved, and moksha, liberation from the cycle of rebirth, is attained. Not a single soul will be deprived of this destiny.
6 Hindus believe that divine beings exist in unseen worlds and that temple worship, rituals, sacraments and personal devotionals create a communion with these devas (divine beings) and God.
7 Hindus believe that an enlightened master, or satguru, is essential to know the Transcendent Absolute, as are personal discipline, good conduct, purification, pilgrimage, self-inquiry, meditation and surrender in God.
8 Hindus believe that all life is sacred, to be loved and revered, and therefore practice ahimsa, noninjury, in thought, word and deed.
9 Hindus believe that no religion teaches the only way to salvation above all others, but that all genuine paths are facets of God's Light, deserving tolerance and understanding.
GOD AND LORDS IN HINDUISM
God is a one being, yet we 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.
IDOLS IN HINDUISM
The idols of God and Lords in Hinduism depict one or more inherent characteristics of the deities. Each arm or head of the deity represents an important connotation or significance.
The symbolism of Siva Nataraja is religion, art and science merged as one. In God's endless dance of creation, preservation, destruction and paired graces is hidden a deep understanding of our universe. Nataraja, has four arms. The upper right hand holds the drum from which creation issues forth. The lower right hand is raised in blessing, betokening preservation. The upper left hand holds a flame, which is destruction, the dissolution of form. The right leg, representing obscuring grace, stands upon Apasmarapurusha, a soul temporarily earth-bound by its own sloth, confusion and forgetfulness. The uplifted left leg is revealing grace, which releases the mature soul from bondage. The lower left hand gestures toward that holy foot in assurance that Siva's grace is the refuge for everyone, the way to liberation. The circle of fire represents the cosmos and especially consciousness. The all-devouring form looming above is Mahakala, "Great Time." The cobra around Nataraja's waist is kundalini shakti, the soul-impelling cosmic power resident within all. Nataraja's dance is not just a symbol. It is taking place within each of us, at the atomic level, this very moment. The Agamas proclaim, "The birth of the world, its maintenance, its destruction, the soul's obscuration and liberation are the five acts of His dance."
GOD AND DEVIL IN HINDUISM
Hindu religion does not teach an unrelenting duality based on good and evil, man and nature or God and Devil. This belief of devil is a sacrilege to Hindus because they know that the attitudes which are the by-product are totally dualistic, and for good to triumph over that which is alien or evil, it must kill out that which is considered to be evil.
The Hindu looks at nothing as intrinsically evil. To him the ground is sacred. The sky is sacred. The sun is sacred. His wife is a goddess. Her husband is a god. Their children are divine. Their home is a shrine. Life is a pilgrimage to mukti or liberation from rebirth, which once attained is the end to reincarnation in a physical body. When on a holy pilgrimage, one would not want to hurt anyone along the way, knowing full well the experiences on this path are of one's own creation, though maybe acted out through others.
For more info,please visit
http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/wih/
2007-10-26 22:14:22 · answer #6 · answered by Siva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
garlic u r my hero
2007-10-26 11:08:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋