Concept of God



Concept of God -  



In Ramayana(sacred scripture) it has been clearly stated that supreme personality of godhead can be worshiped in two 
ways.
1 - Virtue-less and formless - Nirakar (nigun)
2 - Concrete, personification - Sakar (sagun)

 The word God is not Hindi word. This is English word which was accepted during British rule. In west they have concept of God. So same was taught to Indian kids in school during British rule.

 In India there are thee words which are used to identify the God -

 1 Ishvara    - Virtueless and formless
2 Bhagvan - Personification, Concrete, Avatar (God)
3 Devata    -   Demigods

1 Ishvara     

is formless. Ishavara has no gender. It is an energy which did controlled atomic explosion in space to create the world. By this explosion, DNA was formed and  human body was formed by DNA.  We can connect our-self to this supreme personality of Godhead through meditation.  During this atomic explosion one light came out from middle. This light is represented by Shivling(Symbol of creation).
An individual can achieve meditative stage only through free service to human kind and Yoga.

 Lord Ram also did worship to symbol of creation and gives message to people to serve the humanity to get closer to Ishvara.

2 God

Every body is not able to live in austerity  and can not practice Yoga & Pranayam (breathing exercises) along with principals like celibacy, moral values, notabilities. That is why their concentration is week and find meditation hard. 
So sages introduced the concept of God(Avatar/Incarnation/personification of Ishvara), Lord Ram was accepted as Avatar/Incarnation because he had moral values which could motivate the general public to live peacefully in society. Lord Jesus was God in west because he had moral values which motivated people and brought people closer to humanity. Indian sages started the practice of worshiping Avatars in concrete form with ceremonial ways. Indian sages thought if continuously people will pray in front of an deity(Image worship), they will also practice principals of God. Read more

 In today's time we see the failure of this system. People go to temple to ask for wishes and do not follow morals practiced by God. Nobody wants to follow the path of God Ram and God Krishna. This is the main reason of degradation of society.

3 Demigods (Devta) 

Vedas (Holy book of Hindus) explain the 33 kind of demigods. These demigods were natural elements like fire, air, water etc. First book of Veda - rigveda was written 1700 bce. In this time there was no temple.  

In 800 BCE, Brahmins(Priest) did the personification of these natural elements. They asked people to worship these deities to ask for wishes. These priests asked for money and gifts to cure the sin of the people. They made rigid customs and traditions. Priest ask people to just take name of God and demigods and their sin will be washed away and problems will be finished. This custom made the situation worst.  General public got into fear and pressure of these priest. 

So in 600 BCE,  Buddha  once again started teaching people about concept of Ishvara(formless power) which was lost in past. He asked people to give up the ceremonial ways and image worship. He asked them to follow eight limbs and these eight ways were inspired by eight limbs of Ashtanga yog. He emphasized on knowing yourself. Go deeper inside you to find Ishvara.  Buddha came for fulfillment of Hinduism. Read more

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