Posted by: samir28 October 3, 2006
What is a God?
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' it was 'people' who wrote the vedas'..........well yes, people wrote the 'Vedas', so what's wrong in it? 'Bible' and 'Quran' are also written by people. At least 'Vedas' are not written by a single individual. I find it plausible as it doesn't describe 'God' as an individual or someone with supernatural powers. The basic difference between 'Gods' like Ram, Krishna, Jesus or Muhammad and the 'Brahman' of the 'Vedas n Upanishads' is that, 'Brahman' is a form of energy without any form / shape/ size or clear cut attributes from which basic elements like air / water / space etc. arise which are necessary for beginning of life forms. With time, living beings evolve from simple life form to complex forms, lastly into a human being after passing through 84 million 'joonis' / or species whatever u say. And since 'Brahman' is a form of eternal energy, it is within u and within anything that exists on earth. So u don't need to go searching for 'God' anywhere else. Just look into yourself, you'll meet 'God' the day u 'self actualise' and know ur true self. And mind u, there's a lot difference between 'Brahman' of Vedas and the term 'Brahmin'. Brahmin in current day means a particular caste, which emerged in the later day 'Puranas' and has been retained by the current day 'Hinduism'. This entity is not the 'Brahman' mentioned in the 'Vedas' and 'Upanishads'.
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