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    Hindu Monotheism

    Forgive me for being a bit confused in all this. The description I find here in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narayana indicates that Brahma and Narayana and Vishnu are the same thing, the ultimate supreme creator of everything. On the other hand, in this video he explains that Shiva...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    What is boring? About Jewish laws you have a point. Unfortunately people don't spend enough time studying. Why is it that popular discussion of Hinduism must always mention that there are 300 millon deities? Did anyone ever count them all?!
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Because there are so many recorded stories, names, roles, philosophies and teachings to keep track of to understand the religion. And popular descriptions of Hinduism that always remind you that there are "300 million deities"!
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    Hindu Monotheism

    What I find confusing is that I have read that each was already described to have been an ordinary human being, and is then conceived of as the Supreme God under different names and personalities. How are Hindus able to keep track of all of this complexity?! With us it's so simple and easy: one...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    And how does Krishna end up specifically as Vishnu/Narayana as a focus even among those who recognize Vishnu as Narayana?
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Does the Bhagavad Gita make room for advancing without the need of images even for sensory human beings?? And how is an avatar conceived of having "more" spirituality than any other human if Brahma/Narayana fills all creation, including every human being??
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Doesn't "Sanatana Dharma" Hindu worship allow for the concept of the conduit to be done even without any statue?? It's very interesting the way you describe it, because in the Bible when Moses was up at the mountain his brother was forced to make a golden calf, which our commentaries explain was...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    According to the description on the video, the Vedas have Shiva worshiping Vishnu as the Supreme Deity, Narayana, who himself presumably has the power to create, dissolve and recreate just as a supreme God would be expected to in any religion.
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    Hindu Monotheism

    How do Hindus distinguish between Vishnu and Krishna if it is the same person (i.e. in the Bhagavad Gita)? And since the system states that all creating carries divinity, which is omnipresent, how can there be an avatar?
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    Hindu Monotheism

    The overall website dharmacentral.com is very interesting indeed. He points to how in the Vedas Shiva is subservient to Vishnu who is Narayana, the supreme creator. And describes Shaktiism. But the similarity of the ideas of Narayana to Kabbalah is striking.
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    Hindu Monotheism

    I found this very interesting video below that clarifies the nature of Hindu monotheism based on the Vedas. The description of Narayana is almost identical to the concepts in kabbalah and hassidism. (The unique difference in Judaism is God's involvement in history starting with Genesis.)...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    I have been fascinated by what I am reading about the various Hindu traditions on wiki. It's my opinion that any thought that Hindu traditions are not monotheistic is totally wrong, and in some respects may be stronger monotheistic traditions than trinitarian Christianity, even if people might...
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    Hindu Caste System

    Very sad to hear. I have always felt sorry for the "Untouchables" especially. What did they ever do to deserve it? But then I suppose folks misuse the concept of karma as some kind of fate, to promote the idea that they are fated to live a miserable existence.....
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    Hindu Caste System

    What about the "Untouchable" caste??
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    Hindu Caste System

    I see your point. But isn't the caste occupational system built into the social and religious life of Indians? Untouchables, latrine cleaners, priests, teachers, traders, whatever......
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    Hindu Caste System

    But unfortunately the discriminatory caste sytem reinforced by the British remains until today....
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    Attachment to the Impermanent

    Is there a great deal of difference between the thought of Buddha concerning attachment to the impermanence of the physical word, emotions, thoughts, and how Hinduism or other traditions view this problem? What would really make Buddha's teachings different from those of Hinduism in this regard...
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    Hindu Caste System

    I have been reading about the Hindu caste system and its heavy rituals. Since it is apparently not really part of Hindu theology, how have serious Hindus been able to deal with it? It seems so contrary to religious thinking for people to be restricted in so many ways to either a higher or a...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    Thanks, Kirran. I'd be interested in how you or others look at these things from a Hindu viewpoint. As Jews we are familiar with divine commandments reflecting the divinely revealed will. But in the case of Hindus how does a Hindu feel he is "obligated" in a set of observances to fulfill the...
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    Hindu Monotheism

    I honestly do not have any agenda. Simply to exchange ideas and to understand others' ideas and ways of thinking for seriously. I honestly have no idea of whether anything discussed by Maimonides is even relevant in our days. Especially where people focus only on the Supreme God of Creation...
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