Theism and Vedas
THE CHAKRA
By Gurushankar Swaminathan
INDIA---What is Theism? In traditional sense, it is the belief in at least one God. Monotheism is defined as the belief in only one god and polytheism is defined as belief in many gods. The abrahamic faiths like Islam follow monotheism where Allah is the supreme god and none except him. The faith follows a male centric god and there is no other name than Allah. The abrahamic God is isolated from the nature and everything is GOD’s. The very definition of the word theism has a lot of smearing of Abrahamic theology in it. The metaphysics based on Vedas and Upanishads are beyond any form of theism be it monotheism or polytheism, as they point to “reality” which cannot be described by terms like monotheism or polytheism. The Vedic discourse recognizes the “reality” both in its formless and manifest aspects. Vedic metaphysics is not dependent on the need for believing in a human messenger to attain salvation. [link]
By Gurushankar Swaminathan
INDIA---What is Theism? In traditional sense, it is the belief in at least one God. Monotheism is defined as the belief in only one god and polytheism is defined as belief in many gods. The abrahamic faiths like Islam follow monotheism where Allah is the supreme god and none except him. The faith follows a male centric god and there is no other name than Allah. The abrahamic God is isolated from the nature and everything is GOD’s. The very definition of the word theism has a lot of smearing of Abrahamic theology in it. The metaphysics based on Vedas and Upanishads are beyond any form of theism be it monotheism or polytheism, as they point to “reality” which cannot be described by terms like monotheism or polytheism. The Vedic discourse recognizes the “reality” both in its formless and manifest aspects. Vedic metaphysics is not dependent on the need for believing in a human messenger to attain salvation. [link]
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