Hindu Monism God
What is Monism?
Monism means the doctrine that only one Supreme Being exists or it also means that a theory or doctrine that denies the existence of a distinction or duality, between matter and mind, or god and the world. Monism is the metaphysical and theological view that all is one, that there are no fundamental divisions and a unified set of laws underlie nature.
Elements of Monism:
Monists believe that the universe, the God of the Pantheist, simply does not exist. In addition, monists can be Deists,Pandeists, Theists or Panentheists; believing in a monotheistic God that is omnipotent and all-pervading, and both transcendent and immanent. There are monist polytheists and panentheists in Hinduism particularly in Advaita and Vishistadvaita respectively, Judaism especially in Kabbalah, in Christianity especially among Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox and Anglicans and in Islam among the Sufis, especially the Bektashi.
Hindu Monism:
In Hinduism, Monism is found in Rigveda, which speaks of the one being-non-being that ‘breathed without breath'. Of all the world's great religions, Hinduism is the most difficult to define. It did not have any one founder. It has many "scriptures" which are authoritative but none that is exclusively so. Hinduism is more like a tree that has grown gradually than like a building that has been erected by some great architect at some definite point in time. Hindus themselves refer to their religion as the "eternal system,"(everlasting) or Santana dharma. The Persians coined the term “Hindu” after the "Indus" or "Sindu" River.
The first systems in Hinduism that clearly, unequivocally expound absolute monism. Adi Shankaracharya expounds Advaita and Vedanta. These Advaita and Vedanta are the part of the six Hindu Systems of Philosophy, which are based on Upanishads. It places that the ultimate monad is a formless overwhelming Divine Ground called Brahman. This sort of monistic thought also extends to other Hindu systems like Yoga and non-dualist Tantra. The other types of monism are from the school of Ramanuja or Vishistadvaita admits that the Universe is part of God or Narayana, a type of either Pantheism (rare worship that admits or tolerates all Gods), or Panentehism (the belief that God is greater than the Universe) sees a plurality of souls and substances within this Supreme Being. The Upanishads are the concluding portions of the Vedas and contain the developed essence of Vedic teaching. They teach that any man can who strives for it reach a divine state. The individual personality is denied, being considered part of the world of illusion, or maya, the merging and the obliteration of the self in the sea of the "One Reality," or god. They teach that every aspect of the universe, both animate and inanimate, shares the same essentially divine nature. The system for interpreting the Vedas, called Vedanta, was established, and it remains the leading school of Hindu philosophy in India today.
The formation of the Bhagavad-Gita manifests a turning point in Hinduism. It is the theoretical basis of popular Hinduism. The concept of the avatar, or embodiment of deity, was introduced and became very popular. The avatars are the warrior gods who accomplish over sin and evil by flattering what could be termed redeemers within the evil world of maya. There are three major paths to salvation discussed in the Gita and accepted generally by all Hindus today. These methods of attaining salvation are karma marga (method), which is the way of disinterested action; bhakti marga the way of devotion; and jnana marga, which is the path of knowledge or mystical insight. Those who hold to the monistic philosophy of Vedanta use jnana as a means of achieving their self-realization through perceptive awareness.
Conclusion:
Compare to all monism's Hindu Monism has a great place in spirituals of the world. In Hinduism the People believe Rama, Krishna, Buddha, Kalkin, and Jesus are considered as avatars of incarnation of Vishnu. In Bhagavad-Gita Krishna declares, “I am the prince of demons”. Thus we see that the Hare Krishna cult , along with all the other forms of Hinduism, is in reality the worship of Satan.
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