Talk:Hindu views on monotheism

Don't merge with Hinduism. Every time I write a section on this, it gets deleted. This should be a separate article like Karma in Hinduism.

Raj2004 12:24, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

I question this comment

 Hindus all believe in one God but differ in their conceptions.

as there are branches of Hindu Philosophy which apparantly do not believe in one god

Indeed, the Vedas are absolutely polytheistic.141.213.185.150 23:46, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

To say that the Vedas are polytheistic is to flaunt your ignorance and simple approach to life. Unlike Abrahamic scriptures which give absolutes, Hindu scriptures are a little more vague. All the other revealed scripture such as the Upanishads commentate on the Vedas and say that there is one supreme soul and that by worshiping the 33 Hindu Devatas, one is really worship the Supreme Inner Self that those souls are a part of (and that we are apart of) - the Inner Self that transcends all as the Supreme Almighty and that is immanent as the All-Pervading Supreme Force. Even the Vedas state this.

We call this Inner self Brahman ("Male"). Brahman (consciousness) is the potential form of Shakti ("Female"), or Divine Energy. Maya (divided into ignorant and intelligent) is the kinetic form of Shakti. All Hindu scriptures state this - they just simply give different names to Brahman and Shakti. Armyrifle 22:37, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

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"However, according to the Bhagavad Gita (one of the most important Vaishnava scriptures) whatever form of God one worships it is in fact worship of Vishnu. "

Ehhhhhhh, no it doesnt!

In the Gita, nowhere does Krishna says he is a form of Vishnu- this was added by later Vaishnav texts. Krishna says "In Adityas I am Vishnu, in Rudras I am Shankar", showing he above both Vishnu & Shiva.

And the Gita isnt a "Vaishnav scripture"- it is the main book of Hindus, a summary of Vedas & Upanishads.

A possible NPOV? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.105.216.254 (talk) 18:46, 19 October 2007 (UTC) The Gita isn't Vaishnava, but people can use the Gita to expound Vaishnava views or even Smarta views(take Adi Shankara's commentaries: 'Gita Bhashyas') just like no two people can experience the same thing in the exact same way you know...Domsta333 (talk) 03:02, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

What about the Atheistic branches of Hinduism

Like Samkhya and Mimamsa? They'd probably have a rejecting view of monotheism —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.22.53.86 (talk) 09:04, 10 June 2008 (UTC)