Hindu Theisms - Mono, Heno, Poly, Pan, Panen, etc.

[Jainarayan]

Vannakkam,

If I understood you properly you are seeing Sri Vishnu, Shivji, and Sri Devi as being different parts of the same whole.

My view is that it's all Vishnu. Shiva and Shakti are Vishnu in different expressions.

We could be saying the same thing or something different, I'm not sure. Either way, this adds to the beautiful of Sanatana Dharma. We are quite the diverse group

Aum Hari Aum!

Yep, we're saying the same thing. :yes: For me, Vishnu is "First Among Equals", i.e., my supreme God form. To a Shaiva, Shiva has that place, to a Shakta, Devi has that place. Just a different lens we use to see the same thing.

 

[Philomath]

I'm not really sure what kind of Theist I am anymore

 

[Aupmanyav]

Tried to organize it. Members are welcome to suggest improvement/changes. Definitions courtesy Wikipedia. You may zoom in by clicking control + or open the image in a new tab.

 

[StarryNightshade]

I think Hindus could be Transtheistic. Advaita Vedanta could be thought of as such; in addition to Monism.

 

[Fireside_Hindu]

I think Hindus could be Transtheistic. Advaita Vedanta could be thought of as such; in addition to Monism.

How is one neither atheistic or theistic? What does one "believe" in then? Is it like Humanism?

:camp:

(I'm so bad at these theism)

 

[StarryNightshade]

How is one neither atheistic or theistic? What does one "believe" in then? Is it like Humanism?

:camp:

(I'm so bad at these theism)

The way I view Transtheism is how one could view Brahman or the Tao. Maybe not necessarily "God", but still an all pervasive, infinite reality; from which all things arise and will eventually return.

 

[Aupmanyav]

SNS, in that case, it would be atheistic. I am in that boat.

 

[Kalidas]

SNS, in that case, it would be atheistic. I am in that boat.

See and this is why I think your a transtheist and not a strict atheist. A strict atheist would even deny the existance of Brahman. I feel the beliefe in Brahman but not the deities is transtheism. Brahman is not a "God" bu
y the western standard(which where these terms came from) but is sort of a God in the "gran scheme".