Why Does Hinduism Have So Many Gods? || Acharya Prashant (2016)

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Video Information: 3rd Myth Demolition Tour, 28.2.16, Rishikesh, India

Context:
~ Why Does Hinduism Have So Many Gods?
~ How does Hinduism justify idol worship?
~ Why many religions forbid idol worship?
~ How are the God & servant the same?
~ How to establish relationship between the center & it's expression?

Bible Quote:
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
The servant is not greater than his lord;
neither he that is sent greater
than he that sent him.
~ John 13:16 .

Music Credits: Milind Date
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00:00 Without exception, India has worshipped everything because everything is coming from there.

00:14 Just as you keep to your heart a letter that has been sent by the beloved, don't you?

00:25 What do you do with a letter that has been kissed and sent to you by the beloved?

00:30 What do you do to it?

00:34 You keep it here.

00:35 You don't throw it away.

00:38 Hinduism sees this world, the entire world with all its diversity, as a letter from the

00:49 beloved.

00:50 Now the beloved can't be kissed, so the Hindu kisses the stone.

00:56 The beloved can't be kissed, so the Hindu kisses the river.

01:07 That does not mean that Hinduism believes in many gods.

01:13 Of course, the truth is not even one, let alone many.

01:20 The truth is a great void, but it manifests itself variously.

01:29 And all aspects of the manifestation are divine.

01:32 They have been worshipped.

01:33 Now pay attention.

01:47 If you make a particular statue, then it is idol worship.

01:55 But what if you say that all statues are statues of God, would you still call it idol worship?

02:02 When the Bible says don't worship idols, it is assuming that you will make one particular

02:10 statue.

02:11 But what if you say that all forms, a statue is a form.

02:16 What if you say that all forms are the forms of the formless?

02:26 If you worship one particular form, of course, you are just taking one idol and sticking

02:35 to it.

02:37 And that is false.

02:40 But what if all forms, form itself, the universe itself, reminds you of that?

02:54 What would be the quality of that mind that looks at the river and is reminded of the

03:00 great void?

03:01 What would be the quality of that mind which looks at a child, which looks at a nude woman

03:10 and is reminded of nothing but the truth?

03:13 All forms and any form.

03:18 That is what Hinduism talks about.

03:35 [Music]

Why Does Hinduism Have So Many Gods? || Acharya Prashant (2016)

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