Vedas, as described by the scriptures, were given by god. The word veda came from the root word vid meaning to know. Free vedic astrology software download jagannatha hora, a free vedic astrology software program used by hundreds of thousands of astrology students and researchers. That one exists on its own, and the existence of cause cannot be said to. The tenth book of the rigveda regards the highest conception of god both as the impersonal and the personal. Dont know where you find that the vedas say god is bodyless or have no images. Scholar in his well known book entitled philosophy of zoroastrianism. The earliest conception of an afterlife, say, vedic scholars, was the belief that the dead reunite with mother nature and live in some other form on this earth just as wordsworth wrote, with rocks and stones and trees. The concept of god in hinduism varies in its diverse traditions. Brahman is a key concept found in the vedas, and it is extensively discussed in the early upanishads. Materially rich, poor souls are groping in the dark to find something which. After this brief introduction, we shall now try to trace the evolution of the conception of god in vedanta from the early vedic times.
The vedas teach the worship of one god who is omnipresent. Vedic concept of god hardcover january 10, 2001 by swami vidyananda saraswati author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Thus the major difference between the hindu and the muslim beliefs is the difference of. Going back to the early vedic hymns, we find an eloquent invocation to the. Indeed, the vedas compare him to other living entities of the universe and say that he is the protector of dharma, he puts you in different bodies based on your karma. The vedas are the very first scriptures of hinduism. The early hindus never believed in heaven and never prayed to attain a permanent place there. Concept of god in hinduism on what basis hindus worship god. Materially rich, poor souls are groping in the dark to find something which may satisfy the needs of their spiritual self. In vedas it is mentioned that there is only one god who is.
The very first of the sacred books of vedic culture, in fact the oldest books on earth, are called the vedas. In majority of vaishnavism traditions, he is vishnu, god, and the text identifies this being as krishna, sometimes referred as svayam bhagavan. In vedic period monotheistic god concept culminated in the semi abstract semi personified form of creative soul dwelling in all god such as vishvakarman, purusha, and prajapathy. In hindu vedic religion there is only one supreme god which exist at two different levels of reality.
The concept of god in hinduism by swami krishnananda. By this we do not mean any chronological development of the conception but only logical and psychological since the various conceptions overlap from the earliest period from time to time. Download free fire yoga guide to worship your own concept of god in sacred fire, using the sacred chants of your own religion. While science has kept its pledge to redeem mankind from ignorance and superstitions, we have to be careful lest it should go in the wrong direction. Our scriptures say that eternal knowledge of god is the vedas. About the book material prosperity without divine knowledge is a godless prosperity. These vedas was not the name of book, they referred to gods knowledge. Indeed, most hindus would attest to this, by professing belief in multiple gods. God has created all creatures including nature, human being and everything and god has sent books to humanity to know about him. Ishwar of vedas god of christianity minus the concept of trinity minus. The fourth line corresponds to the vedic concept of a single cause. Sacred books of the east, volume 1 the upanishads part i page 93.
Atharvaveda the atharvaveda praises god in book 20, hymn 58 and verse 3. Vedas and bhagavadgita are considered as the most sacred scriptures of hinduism. What is the concept of god in hinduism and other religions youtube. Which book in hinduism is the best to understand the concept of. Hinduism is commonly perceived as a polytheistic religion. While the shashtras be it vedas, agamas, puranas describe the glory of. If anybody thinks himself about the god will be like this and like this, then definitly he will go in vine. The following are a few lines where they talk about god. Vedas, puranas, upanishads, rules of manu, prayers books to god, rituals, etc.