Comments on: The Vedic Concept of God – II

By: Vedicbuddha

Vedicbuddha — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:39:00 +0000

I agree, Buddha was a great reformist. Buddha was one of the greatest embodiments of the Vedas that mankind has ever known.
I follow both his and the Vedic teachings, because they are not two, like some people think. Together they are actually one powerful, wonderful system of thought.

By: Saurabh Khare10

Saurabh Khare10 — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:09:00 +0000

Please throw some light on the concept of avatars. As you said Sai baba, Buddha, Mahavira are the spiritual leaders and realized persons what do you say about Ram and Krishna who are not considered as Gurus but Avatars.
Eagerly waiting for the reply.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:39:00 +0000

The Greek mythology is heavily influenced by the Indian Mythology. Not just mythology, but the science, mathematics, culture – they all had an Indian influence. Voltaire has said on record that Pythagoras went the banks of Ganges to learn the Mathematics of the Brahmins. India during those days was what MIT and other US universities are today. Students from all over the world visited Indian universities like Takshashila, Nalanda etc in those days for higher education and to specialize in different streams. Sanskrit texts were being translated into different foreign languages.

http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/takshashila-taxila-oldest-university/

By: Jbsankhe403

Jbsankhe403 — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:39:00 +0000

hey gurudev u must see the greek mythology it looks as if they’ve derived it from hindus or it maybe that there really were gods and vedas gave them other names and greeks gave them other names

By: Abhicool

Abhicool — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:52:00 +0000

hey Gurudev
Are the the prof in MNIT bhopal??

By: Gurudev

Gurudev — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:50:05 +0000

Very well said Dr. Shailesh.

By: Dr Shailesh G

Dr Shailesh G — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:33:40 +0000

God is something that becomes as unachievable and pervading as we grow in knowledge, God will keep on growing with our knowledge! even the earliest people couldn’t know the real one mover! they did say “aham brahmasmi” – we contain part of His, we share some trace of His but the creations are enormously pervaded so the edges are unapproachable.
everywhere in universe or creation there is this conversion of energy and matter, the manifested, erceptible into unseen, formless! Its difficult for any mortal like us to actually comprehend and even guess about God (not the deities like varun, indra etc). We are still far from having even minuscule idea about God. The celestial clouds give rise to everything- basic elements to the organic ones that formas the H, He occupying nearly 95% of universe and other matter- like dark matter etc..and other unseen, unfelt to the organic components that gave living beings ! materially that distance runs in many trillions and trillions of light years and that is still counting but we are amiss from some advanced technique that can spiral us across this stupendous barrier. Wevare still short of it. When we’d be advanced even more than the yet-not-seen ETs the God would still be far from us. There is no point of chasing Him. This the earlier vedic people realized, so they said find the God inside you, HE is found in the very minuscule to the very huge, you can find based on your own efforts and abilities!
This is not philosophy though science actually originated as so and I can’t some references for it but we still have disciplines where you cannot share an experience that you yourself achieved! That’s very intresting mystery!
but the God must be thought, remembered and discussed, always!
not for some faith, but for the vastness and complexities that run in finding him for the wise and seekers!

By: Dr Shailesh G

Dr Shailesh G — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:15:00 +0000

good to know yeah…

By: Gurudev

Gurudev — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:24:33 +0000

Very true. The western concept of God is not the same as the supreme Hindu God. The supreme paramathma or the supreme concsiousness of the universe as described in Hinduism is not some man like being, but is a genderless, formless, opinionless, attributeless all pervanding supreme consciousness for which there is no equivalent in modern religions.

By: Bala N. Aiyer

Bala N. Aiyer — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:47:08 +0000

The term “God” in English is being wrongly assigned in Hindu Terms of Bhagawan and Paramatma. These two are not the same. The correct term for “god” is Deva or Devathas or the angels or spirits and celestial beings like Indra, Varuna, Agni, or the Village devathas like Ayyanar, Muniyandi etc. These are NOT the Supreme Paramathma but subordinate workers whom Hindus also worship in Vedic rituals as also Village Tamasika Puja rituals. But, prayers to the Supreme ParamaSiva, Narayana or Parasakthi keeps these Upa-Devathas under control to do only good to the Devotees who pray. This is why, we do a Ganesha Pooja prior to any Vedic ritual.
The article by Gurudev is very good and we must keep that in mind.