Vedas clearly define him as unborn, formless and unchangeable. Its absolutely rubbish to say that godalmighty is formless alone. Vedas very clearly define god as changeless, formless, everperfect and all capable at all times without requiring any further changes on temporary or permanent basis. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read essence of vedas. The vedic literature do not deny the formless aspect of god. 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. World christianity belief about god being formless contradicts the holy bible.
Debate of form and formless god across religions is. The vedic literature explain that god, krishna, is a person. Debate of form and formless god across religions is settled once for all by sri ramakrishna. In his autobiography, parmahansaji raised a question aboutwhen shall i find god. Even many theists think that, in the ultimate issue, god is formless. The vedas an englishonly, indexed version of the 4 veda samhitas in one document issue 1, draft 2 compiled by the dharmic scriptures team november 24, 2002 ano bhadraha kritavayo yantu vishwataha let noble thoughts come from every side rg veda 1. The others are yajur veda or yahurveda, sama veda and atharva veda. Pictures of lord krishna playing a flute are commonly dismissed as quaint, mythological representations of the ineffable, faceless divine. Supreme formless and ineffable reality nirguna brahma as. Vedas reveals one god but hinduism filled with 33crores of gods vedas reveals god as spirit atman or brahman and no form whereas hinduism worship god in the form of various nonvedic idols of. O vedic hindus, how do you worship your supreme formless. The concept of god in hinduism by swami krishnananda. Most of the sects that make up this movement were founded in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Now, you raised some good points about god walking in eden, the israelites seeing someone seated on a throne, etc.
If vedas say so, i would suggest put all the vedas in to garbage. Samved satguru rampal ji maharaj is that guru who gives naam jaap in 3 stages. Vedas mention supreme god as brahman not to be confused with brahma of trinity. Formless and ineffable nirguna brahma as described in vedas. After the incorporeal god has revealed the perfect knowledge of the veda in the heart of a human being by virtue of his presence within it, he teaches it to others through speech. A number of hymns in the vedas describe god in details. Each of these groups of gods came from different religious texts.
Supreme god kabir appears in the form of a guru and gives jaap of three naams. Presently, the founder of arya samaj, maharishi dayanand, has been considered to be the complete scholar of the vedas. The vedic gods were around first, as the vedas were written around 1500 b. Likewise god is in form and the light emanating from his body is formless. It is believed that knowledge of vedas are trasnfered to rishisages directly by the brahman formless god. There are writings in many places in the vedas that almighty god is not formless.
Rig veda or rigveda means praiseverse of knowledge. God is the universal consciousness, the ocean of bliss which can only be experienced. In the vedas the universal god brahman is formless, ineffable. Hindus, according to vedas you should worship only one god, then why you are not following the vedas. An ignorant man may say how a book can be without beginning or end. Rather, they explain that beyond the formless, impersonal realization of god is the highest understanding of the absolute truth as the supreme personality of godhead. Another point worth analysis is that all these alternate theories like advait god and. Supreme god in christianity according to the bible jagat. It was revealed by god to man in the earliest times.
The rig veda is the oldest of them and it consists of 1,028 vedic sanskrit hymns and 10,600 verses in all. Holy samved sankhya 1400 keyi dev supreme god kabir who brings tatvgyan to the world is the amighty grod. Every hymn of the vedas is like a part of a three dimenstional jigsaw pussle, which when. No wise, goddesiring man in the world considers the four vedas rigved, yajurved, samved and atharvaved to be wrong. Bhagvad gita or any other book has to be interpreted as per vedas. In major schools of hindu philosophy, it is the material, efficient, formal and final cause of all that exists.
It is ego that most of the people respect the idol worship as well as formless gods worship mentioned in vedas but when as aspirant follows the vedas, his mind becomes stable, he then only accepts worship of formless god and not others. The kathopanishad has it that god is the root of this tree of world existence. Brahman connotes the highest universal principle, the ultimate reality in the universe. Dont know where you find that the vedas say god is bodyless or have no. Arya samaj and maharishi dayanand consider vedas to be true.
The realisation of god is regarded as the supreme blessedness or shreyas, as apart from preyas or temporal experience of satisfaction. None but god alone reigns and rules over the whole universe. How can one dare to do such blasphemous acts with a gods book. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. If this is true then how paramahansaji was able to have an argument with god.
This article is the second part of my earlier article on the vedic concept of god, where in i have tried to further simplify things based on reader comments and queries what god is not. In genesis, in the creation of the universe, on the sixth day, god created humans in his own image. For people who read things in their simplest form, i do not recommend this, or any religious text, as it will be pointless, and you will derive nothing from it. Every time god engages in creation he manifests that knowledge and then that knowledge was coming down through the ears. Take a note that brahman is not any kind of energy but it is pure consciousness of space. Since the mind could only comprehend and derive inspiration in a language that it can understand and interpret, the saguna brahman, iswara in the form of various manifestations became the object of devotion and personal brahman the highest god of hinduism in hindu scriptures. Vedas a treasure of unlimited knowledge the ancient as well as present learned of eternal knowledge of vedas have clearly stated that right from the beginning of the creation till now. Reciting vedic scriptures, doing vedic yagnas and vedic. Verily he is one single, indivisible, supreme reality. Smritisramayana and mahabharat and purana stories and law books and story. On contrary vedas state that he is able to perform all his duties at all times maintaining his unchangeable identity.
Atharvaveda the atharvaveda praises god in book 20, hymn 58 and verse 3. Dont know where you find that the vedas say god is bodyless or have no images. It is ego that most of the people respect the idol worship as well as formless gods worship mentioned in vedas but when an aspirant follows the vedas, his mind becomes stable, then he only accepts worship of formless god and not. The rig veda is a must read book for anyone who is researching the origins of religion, or the origins of man. So god has unlimited qualities like formless, omnipresent, etc.
It doesnt directly say formless, but we interpret it that way as something that cant be seen would logically lack form. In the same way, god instructed human souls by virtue of his omniscience and omnipresence without the use of the organs of speech. Nirguna brahman was the concept of the ultimate reality as formless, without attributes or quality. Devas, the expansions of brahmangod into various forms, each with a.
They are the original scriptures of hindu teachings, containing spiritual knowledge encompassing all aspects of life. Vedas reveals one god but hinduism filled with 33crores of g. What then is the significance of the statements in shruti vedas, where god is described as formless and without any qualities. The question is how vedic hindus worship their supreme formless god brahman. The god with form limited consciousness of mind is unified with formless god unlimited consciousness of brahman vedas mostly describe nirakar nirguna brahman which is formless, omnipresent, eternal consciousness. The vedas are considered the earliest literary record of indoaryan civilization and the most sacred books of india. By doing yagna, vedic hindus worship their supreme formless god brahman. This proves, therefore, that god is formless, if he were to possess a body, another person would be required to make the different organs of his body, such as eyes, ears and the like, for he, who is the product of the combination of the different parts, must have.
Shiva lingam scientific meaning and significance religions. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Gist of all the holy scriptures like vedas, bhagavad gita, quran, bible, shiv puran, vishnu puran, durga puran is that kabir sahib is supreme god. Another point worth analysis is that all these alternate theories like advait god and soul and nature are all one and same. They have themselves translated the vedas into hindi, in which it is clearly written that god lives in the upper lok world. Sacred books of the east, volume 15, the upanishads part ii page no 253 the vedas vedas are considered the most sacred of all the hindu scriptures. Sacred books of the east, volume 15, the upanishads part ii page 263. Yajurveda the following verses from the yajurveda echo a similar concept of god. God lives in eternal place which has also been called. Had people consulted these books, they would not have fallen into this error, viz.
Brahman as a metaphysical concept is the single binding unity behind diversity in all. First and foremost, god as described in the vedas is not some super human being with super human powers, who creates the universe, life forms, and then punishes or rewards people based on his own laws sending. In sundara kanda of valmiki ramayana also, god is said to be formless and infinite, how could rama in earthly bodily form fulfill these conditions. In the vedas it is written that you cannot make any form for the god, you should not pray worldly things and you should not pray manufactured things. On the contrary, the vedas are books of knowledge, they are not religiously affiliated nor do they belong to a particular race or. One can not break the rules and regulations of god mentioned in vedas. If there is ego, neither a formless god is realized nor difference between idol or formless god is established. Vedas very clearly define god as changeless, formless, everperfect and. What is the difference between vedas, upanishads and. Adorable god created the rig veda, sam veda, atharva veda and yajur veda. If there is ego neither a formless god is realized nor difference between idol or formless god is established. Ishwar of vedas god of christianity minus the concept of trinity minus the.
Preface the praises to a formless god that this book illustrates and discusses are those composed by lowcaste saintpoets of the nirguni or sant movement of hindu and sikh devotion in north india. If you say that ishwar is both formless and with form, it is not possible. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of hinduism known as the vedas. These vedas was not the name of book, they referred to gods knowledge. In vedas it is mentioned that there is only one god who is. Not many people are aware of the vedas and those who do are often mistaken that it as a religious book similar to the bible or koran. His guru explained that he had already found god ever new joy is god.
The philosophical maxims of vedic literature have stood the test of time, and the vedas form the highest religious authority for all aspects of hinduism and are a. God is formless because this is the primary meaning of the vedas. Even though god is widely recognized as the greatest person, his form and personality are not widely known about. All religions agree on this concept without any dispute. Shiva lingam scientific meaning and significance many believe that linga means male reproductive organ and shiva lingam is phallus, the symbol of generative power in nature. The actual reason why vedas are the most sacred hindu books. Oneness of god is the axis round which the philosophy of vedas revolves. What do the vedas say about the form of god vedas clearly describe.
The concept of god in hinduism varies in its diverse traditions. Irfi islamic research foundation international, inc. You cant have light formless without a source in form. That is why vedas very clearly define god as changeless, formless, everperfect and all capable at all times without requiring any further changes on temporary or permanent basis. Download the rig veda free pdf ebook and audio version. These vedic gods formed the basic structure of the hindu framework. In vedas it is mentioned that there is only one god who is body less. In gita, why importance is given to feeding priests for the dead persons soul, while vedas are strictly against any such practice. It is the pervasive, infinite, eternal truth and bliss which does not change, yet is the cause of all changes. But this is a wrong assumption even by many hindus due to. Hindus, according to vedas you should worship only one god. The prasna upanishad says that god is the supreme prajapati or creator, in whom are blended both the matter and energy of the universe.
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