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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The three godsBrahma Vishnu Shiva why three

In rig veda nature and its several manifestations get worshipped as God.
However slowly the promnence shifted from the entire phanheon of God to three supreme deities.Hindus view cosmic activity of the Supreme Being as comprised of three tasks: creation, preservation, and dissolution and recreation. Hindus associate these three cosmic tasks with the three deities, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Lord Brahma brings forth the creation and represents the creative principle of the Supreme Being. Lord Vishnu maintains the universe and represents the eternal principle of preservation. Lord Shiva represents the principle of dissolution and recreation. These three deities together form the Hindu Trinity.
One must clearly understand that Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are not three independent deities. They represent the same power (the Supreme Being), but in three different aspects. Just as a man may be called a doctor, father or husband based upon the tasks he performs, the Supreme Being is called Brahma, Vishnu or Shiva when conceived as performing the three different cosmic tasks of creation, preser-vation, and dissolution/recreation. "The oneness of the three gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva is brought out by the mystic symbol AUM where 'A' represents Vishnu, 'U' Shiva and 'M' Brahma."According to Freud, there are three levels of consciousness:
• Conscious (small): this is the part of the mind that holds what you’re aware of. You can verablize about your conscious experience and you can think about it in a logical fashion.
• Preconscious (smallmedium): this is ordinary memory. So
although things stored here aren’t in the conscious, they can be readily brought into conscious.
• Unconscious (enormous): Freud felt that this part of the
mind was not directly accessible to awareness. In part, he saw
it as a dump box for urges, feelings and ideas that are tied to
anxiety, conflict and pain. These feelings and thoughts have
not disappeared and according to Freud, they are there, exerting influence on our actions and our conscious awareness.
Various deities of worship are yogic visions of self.he Prasthanatrayi refers to three sources that form the foundations of Vedic Hindu philosophy. They are Vedanta sutras of Vyasa, Upanishats of the Vedas that emphasize knowledge, and the well-known Bhagavadgita of Vyasa. These three sources are very well known in the world literature on philosophy. The universal and eternal nature of these three sources is evident from the innumerable commentaries on them by many acharyas at different times. The three major systems are Advaita, Vishishtaadvaita of Dvaita are used to seek, understand and realize the relationship between individual, universe and God. The acharyas such as Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva who have written commentaries on these foundation scriptures have also shown through their lives the need of integrating (yoga) the practical aspects of devotion (bhakti), knowledge (jnana) and actions (karma) again three.
The gods themselves are interconnected. Brahma’s origin is from the lotus in Vishnu’s
navel. Shiva is the god who subsumes all oppositions. He is the celibate, divine yogi, who is also the perfect husband to Parvati. He brings the world to an end by his dance, but he also creates the world. He is the heart of consciousness, the lord of all beings, the divine dancer. As Ardhanarishvara, he is half Shakti; as Harihara, he is half Vishnu. Vishnu is the all-pervader, the primal person, without beginning or end. He is also known as Narayana, with his abode in the waters. He is Hari, the golden-garbed one (like the Sun), and his mount is Garuda, the eagle. During the periods in between dissolution and creation, he sleeps on the cosmic serpent Ananta (the endless). He wields in one of his hands the discus, Sudarshana, which represents time. His consort, Lakshmi, appeared out of the Churning of the Ocean. Periodically, he descends to earth as an avatara to battle evil. Two of the most popular of these avataras are Rama and Krishna.
Later blogs we can further elucidiate how the concept of three has been utiized by philosophers scientist explorers architects have used three sets of ideas or technical ideas in setting up modern vedic culture.

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