Why are there so many Gods in Hindu culture? : Conversation series
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"Bhakti is so far from reality. How does one show Bhakti with honesty while dancing, if one doesn't believe in these images and gods? This is a question that I am often asked, so I have tried to explain how I see Bhakti in this short conversation. "
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The first time I came across this concept is via Sadhguru. Here in Turkey everyone looks down upon this worshipping so many Gods idea. But then my Indian husband cleared the doubt between a Devata and the Creator. Or the lack thereof. What a sublime and elegant idea! Love from Turkey ❤️
Hinduism is the best religion ever in the universe..... Even if we say there are many creators...then also we are right. Thats why we dont care as to who looks down on us....we cudnt care less. Thankfully you got a indian husband who will bring you to this nice culture leaving the wild tribe culture of savages.
If you truly follow the ideas in Santana Dharma you won't look upon anyone as savages. 🙏🙏🙏
@@dancerukmini but how can we ignore the middle ages when waves and waves of turkish tribes attacked india...demolished temples...looted our wealth....abducted our women and sold them in markets in middle east. Isn't it bit of a stretch to simply ignore what history taught us and look away frm facts in the name of peace ?
It's a very simple understanding if there are a billions of people on earth why can't be there be many gods in the cosmos...the source of creation is one...never understand these monotheists fighting for supremacy of their one God...which they themselves can't understand ...but can only fight...
@@shubhraparashar4021 absolutely right....
Great discussion! I was raised a very devoted Christian but it was so much about sin and punishment and made no sense so I was lost for many years until I found Hinduism. It showed me how all regions could be real. Bhraman is God and we as unique humanbeings place characteristics on that.
it must feel like born guilty when you are told that life is a sin isnt it?
BHRAMAN is not God. It is what it is.
@@vishnuvardhan3047 I understand. I know you are right. it depends on your definition of god. If you define god as where this universe comes from then it is but I know what you are saying.
@@vishnuvardhan3047 Brahmin is the one who is educated and knowledgeable.
Anyone can become brahmin
@@Vamshk There is a Difference between Brahmin and Brahman. Brahmin is an Educated person while Brahman is The Reality. The Supreme Consciousness.Present in all material things yet Transcendents the Material World.
Some Hindus fail to realize the depth of their faith.
Don’t be focused on “some Hindus”. Focus on yourself, your life, because every moment spent is lost forever.
And if you understand what she is saying then you should understand that those "some Hindus" and you are "one" but only in different form.
So please you first deepen your own knowledge of what you call "Hinduism"
Most.
Religion is for self personality development not to become moral police of others. Main reason why their are so much discord and violence due to religion.
@@amritsharma9181 The violent rise of Abrahamic religions is the most violent period in human history.
Yes, Hindus are not polytheists, they are pluralist. There aren't many gods in Hinduism, there are many ways of thinking about God. The ultimate reality is only 1 (Acc. to rig veda).
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Definitely
Why everyone have problem with many gods? Hindus does have many gods and being a hindu i feel proud about it!
@@technotrack5959 they have been condisioned to think about 1 types of way is the right way and not the actual reality is different everyone had their own reality and path
It is absolutely enchanting to behold Sarasvati and Lakshmi perfectly contemplated in the light of your whole being!
Pramans!!! ❤️
That's what I love about Hindu culture. It's open to everyone.
It would say it moves with time but some are reluctant to move it so get a bit stuck in their old ways. Have you seen a picture of Krisn (or Krisna)? He appears in many colours: blue, white and black and the amount of wisdom of his words are remarkable.
@Jaagruk Bharat not caste. It's Varna system, send varna is based on profession
@Jaagruk Bharat I am not religious but I believe new people who do believe in Hindusim are without caste. Caste is just a medieval concept which needs to be assigned to history otherwise people will get stuck in time like the teachers of Islam.
One of the most profound messages explained in such a simple, and the most elegant and beautiful way!!!! You are beautiful inside out…. ❤️
Thank you so much 🤗
Indeed. She has explained a very very complicated subject in simple way.
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Nice explanation. Someone in a group asked this question to swami Vivekananda in the west. He asked that person to remove his coat and pass it to others to wear it. Some could wear it with great difficulty, some easily and so on. Swamiji explained similarly a single god, a single religious book thrust on masses will not work as there are varying temperaments and not all will accept a single god, a single religious book and so on. In Sanathan Dharma, we can worship the god as per our own mindset and temperment or may not believe in god at all and worship the Self(Atman).
Indeed a profound yet a simple way of following the CREATOR 👌👌😇🙏
@@mayakotiwale2800 and Tat Tvam Asi - meaning You (conscious and immanent soul) are (already) that (conscious, transcendent and omnipresent divine) regardless of whether you realize it or not because without the conscious and immanent soul or divine nothing can exist or nothing can be perceived in its current form or no duality cycles can happen eg Birth/decay (including reincarnation cycle), wave/particle, energy/matter, man/woman, manifestation/concealment (not creation/destruction), wake/sleep, freezing/melting, summer/winter etc
This is Sankhya Vedic metaphysics (around which the whole hindu/dharmic tradition was built) which can be validated by logic, double slit quantum experiment and embodied experience (direct knowledge through focus and meditation)
An example of Vivekananda is just something limited by his time. Logic is not the answer to God. Because, If he were to do the same with 10% Spandex , sure the coat would snug fit all of them . So a flawed logic , limited by its time. If one cannot accept on God for the entire Universe , Then God becomes a problem , which in itself is a problem , there will be contest between Gods or Consensus as all Gods are of equal power. Ok , You can create something ,but I will destroy it says another GOD as they are all powerful. Failed Logic that will be to have multiple Gods...
@@indianmilitary ... In simple words you are trying to say what's inside is outside and vice versa...
In Marathi we say, "Pindi te Bramhandi" (As below so above).
And Sankhya philosophy revolves around the Principal of Non-duality (Adwait Tattva). Which is why we say, "Ahm Bhramsmi".. And after sometime this " ahm" is also expected to drop... Just becoming one with that Supreme Intelligence or The SOURCE..
@@vajraayudha5062 very stupid thinking. But still it's uncomfy for a small size spandex to fit into a obese person
Rukmini is grace personified. Just a powerful presence.
This is the BEST answer to this question that I have ever heard in my life. Thank you!
I remember, as a boy, hearing a Christian missionary preach to a crowd in India. Among other sweet things he was telling them was that if he gave a blow to their idol with his stick, what could it do? One of his hearers sharply answered, "If I abuse your God, what can He do?" “You would be punished,” said the preacher, "when you die." "So my idol will punish you when you die," retorted the Hindu.
Why does a Christian go to church? Why is the cross holy? Why is the face turned toward the sky in prayer? Why are there so many images in the Catholic Church? Why are there so many images in the minds of Protestants when they pray? My brethren, we can no more think about anything without a mental image than we can live without breathing. By the law of association, the material image calls up the mental idea and vice versa. This is why the Hindu uses an external symbol when he worships. He will tell you, it helps to keep his mind fixed on the Being to whom he prays. He knows as well as you do that the image is not God, is not omnipresent. After all, how much does omnipresence mean to almost the whole world? It stands merely as a word, a symbol. Has God superficial area? If not, when we repeat that word "omnipresent", we think of the extended sky or of space, that is all.
As we find that somehow or other, by the laws of our mental constitution, we have to associate our ideas of infinity with the image of the blue sky, or of the sea, so we naturally connect our idea of holiness with the image of a church, a mosque, or a cross. The Hindus have associated the idea of holiness, purity, truth, omnipresence, and such other ideas with different images and forms. But with this difference that while some people devote their whole lives to their idol of a church and never rise higher, because with them religion means an intellectual assent to certain doctrines and doing good to their fellows, the whole religion of the Hindu is centred in realisation. Man is to become divine by realising the divine. Idols or temples or churches or books are only the supports, the helps, of his spiritual childhood: but on and on he must progress.
He must not stop anywhere. "External worship, material worship," say the scriptures, "is the lowest stage; struggling to rise high, mental prayer is the next stage, but the highest stage is when the Lord has been realised." Mark, the same earnest man who is kneeling before the idol tells you, "Him the Sun cannot express, nor the moon, nor the stars, the lightning cannot express Him, nor what we speak of as fire; through Him they shine." But he does not abuse any one's idol or call its worship sin. He recognises in it a necessary stage of life. "The child is father of the man." Would it be right for an old man to say that childhood is a sin or youth a sin?
If a man can realise his divine nature with the help of an image, would it be right to call that a sin? Nor even when he has passed that stage, should he call it an error. To the Hindu, man is not travelling from error to truth, but from truth to truth, from lower to higher truth. To him all the religions, from the lowest fetishism to the highest absolutism, mean so many attempts of the human soul to grasp and realise the Infinite, each determined by the conditions of its birth and association, and each of these marks a stage of progress; and every soul is a young eagle soaring higher and higher, gathering more and more strength, till it reaches the Glorious Sun.
Unity in variety is the plan of nature, and the Hindu has recognised it. Every other religion lays down certain fixed dogmas, and tries to force society to adopt them. It places before society only one coat which must fit Jack and John and Henry, all alike. If it does not fit John or Henry, he must go without a coat to cover his body. The Hindus have discovered that the absolute can only be realised, or thought of, or stated, through the relative, and the images, crosses, and crescents are simply so many symbols - so many pegs to hang the spiritual ideas on. It is not that this help is necessary for every one, but those that do not need it have no right to say that it is wrong. Nor is it compulsory in Hinduism.
One thing I must tell you. Idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible. It is not the mother of harlots. On the other hand, it is the attempt of undeveloped minds to grasp high spiritual truths. The Hindus have their faults, they sometimes have their exceptions; but mark this, they are always for punishing their own bodies, and never for cutting the throats of their neighbours. If the Hindu fanatic burns himself on the pyre, he never lights the fire of Inquisition. And even this cannot be laid at the door of his religion any more than the burning of witches can be laid at the door of Christianity.
To the Hindu, then, the whole world of religions is only a travelling, a coming up, of different men and women, through various conditions and circumstances, to the same goal. Every religion is only evolving a God out of the material man, and the same God is the inspirer of all of them. Why, then, are there so many contradictions? They are only apparent, says the Hindu. The contradictions come from the same truth adapting itself to the varying circumstances of different natures.
It is the same light coming through glasses of different colours. And these little variations are necessary for purposes of adaptation. But in the heart of everything the same truth reigns. The Lord has declared to the Hindu in His incarnation as Krishna, "I am in every religion as the thread through a string of pearls. Wherever thou seest extraordinary holiness and extraordinary power raising and purifying humanity, know thou that I am there." And what has been the result? I challenge the world to find, throughout the whole system of Sanskrit philosophy, any such expression as that the Hindu alone will be saved and not others. Says Vyasa, "We find perfect men even beyond the pale of our caste and creed."
Very well said!
@@aprilblossoms4 Credits to Swami Vivekanada. I am a mere messenger.
Swami Vivekananda , why can't we have more like him.
@@VitthalGucci They are avatars they will appear when the world is in peril..
@@VitthalGucci i’m like him , but people don’t respect me
This is the way forward - knowledge of Sanatan Dharma which is not easily articulated .
I'm a novice researcher of religions, born (Bapti-Costal) Christian now Muslim, and intermediate dancer (liturgical). This was an excellent explanation and it also explains why when I was watching her dance, I focused in on and felt you/she was having a conversation with God. Thank you for this.
"And your welcome to make your own" is a beautiful way to conclude
When Hanzel and Gretel went off into the forest, they left behind a trail of bread crumbs to find their way out. In just the same way, the Gods are various beacons given to us out of love and compassion by Devi upon the creation of this world through the power of Her Mahamaya, so we may find our way out.
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We need more of this! Such knowledge from someone like you is so good to hear!
Always did feel this but never did seek answers from anywhere.. thankful to your video.
Radha you are Ambassador of Indian culture and hinduism
Wonderful . This is exactly why Vedas are not so popular not everyone can explain and Vedic concepts they cannot be grasped without the experience.
I suggest people here to listen to Swami Sarvapriyananda for more detailed explanation on the subject.
That flowing state of mind when one starts to experience consciousness, divinity... Thank you for this conversation 🌻
Epitome of Woman’s beauty is in a simple safe and bindi……encapsulates the power of shakti 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️
Divinity expounded by the dancing goddess.
LIFE in itself is multifaceted... So it goes without saying it would need multi-craftsmanship to create those Master Pieces in different hues and shades...
Different Gods & Goddess are like those various rivers whose ultimate aim is to merge with The Ocean.. The Supreme Consciousness... And during their journey towards this Ocean these rivers do nurture The Life beautifully... 💜
Thank you so much Rukmini ji for such a beautiful video.. No wonder your dance intelligently eloquent & Divine.. 🙏💖🙏
"Luminous Beings are WE. Not this Crude Matter." ~ Master Yoda.
Well, we are Hindus and you have explained so nicely.
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You have made a good explanation that transcends knowledge from the books.Your inclusive learning of Sanatana Dharma reveals your healthy mind and respect for nature is similar to my philosophy of life.Kudos Rukminiji
Thank you so much for this explanation. You shared the concept so well. In today's world we really need these insights.
wonderful explainatiom!!!
What a beautiful explanation of dharma...very good ma'am.if you raise 10 students to be like you, you would be doing a great service to humanity
Thank you for explaining this, please do more videos on hindu culture!
Because Hinduism is a beautiful religion and it is a unique religion.....but just like any other religion it is very malleable ...meaning it can be used as a weapon or it can be used to do immense betterment to the whole world.....I love it because it is so much accepting towards any other religion....wonderful video
Beautiful way of explaining. You are truly a gift from God to uplift us. Your understanding of Sanatana Dharma is so deep, and I am proud to be your fan.
The core of this age-old school of philosophies, its subtle notion of a divinity of a sort of dual nature, having simultaneously complete and sole agency as well as an all-pervasive inherence, has been extremely well -understood, captured, and articulated in this video!👍👌
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Мы с дочкой Ваши фанаты 💖💖💖
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Wow….. I am really blown away with your wonderful , simplistic explanation 🙏🏻kudos and thank you
Very well explained ...and your ART also has that Divinity , sitting so far people can feel that
omni present unseen energy 🙏🙏
Never knew that in worshipping Lord Ganesha we are actually venerating the idea of success. Thanks for enlightening on this 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for sharing. Love and blessings from Canada.
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Beautiful explanation! Very deep, with love, without judgement....
I am so glad I found this channel!
Wisdom, art and knowledge all mixed into one! 🎉🙏
Swami Vivekananda would love your little talk on Hinduism, which embraces all religions and all of life!
I have been looking for this explanation for sometime now. Thank you.
Ma'am, you are earning more respect from me day by day.. thanks for this beautiful explanation 🙏🙏❤❤
Gratitude for your wisdom teacher Rukmini! ❤️
This video itself has made me your fan❤️ so beautifully put!
Very well explained.Dhanjawad from Germany 🕉💖🛐
All your conversation series are like podcasts for me! I absolutely enjoy listening and engaging with your content. Really admire your work :)
Beautiful.♥️ Thank you. 🙏
I dont have words to say thanks, your answer is the summary of entire veda.
That perspective itself is a pure bliss! So is the bharatnatyam.
Perfectly explained.
😱😱 your beauty is Unforgettable!!!!
Moron, its just a body , that will wither , wrinkle and finally dry out or start to rot , just like any other body ... Over time , the skin sags, face changes , bones shrink, diseases set in , finally the 5 elements will disband when the dweller of the body leaves...
So Beautifully Explained ❤️
Diversity in Gods and Godesses is because of different roles they have in evolution of human consciousness, creating and preserving the universe that is best explained by Hinduism.
Absolutely 🙏.
@@preethishetty6179 The difference between the God & Goddesses is same as the difference between a generator and electricity.
I like the explanation without any written or a prepared speach, this was a true explanation from your mind and thought at the time of recording, expecting more subjects explained in a simple way relating to present lifestyle
Thank you dear Rukmini for bringing these knowledge to understanding.
Oh this is so pure, thank you so much !!
Can you please make a video on which books do you refer or read to get deep into bharatnatyam or into any vedic knowledge all over... It would be of great help... Also love your video their is always so much we take after the end of every video please keep posting more!!! Thank you
Yes, that would be great way for us to learn more. 🙏
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You are so Simple but so beautyfull you represents India women
Thank you Rukmini for explaining a great philosophy in simple way..
Thanks for describing the same fundamental truth from your perspective. It was joyful to listen to you.
Beautifully explained 😍
This is the real understanding of god and religion.
I had the same answer. Very fine answer. Thanks for understanding at this level.
Your explanation is a gift to us, explained in a simple way. You are blessed.Thank you!
so much clarity!! Beautiful :)
So many god's are better than one god
Because there are so many people
And so many problems
One god can't control all problems 😊😊😊
This is the second time I am getting a scientific and more logical interpretation of this concept...... First from sadhguru and then second from this channel............ And I loved the fact that southindiand are not just following blindly everything like here in northern side they have good logical explanation for everything that they follow...
Stop generalizing about north and south. Pseudo secular politics is more in the south than in the north. This is despite so called south is "literate"
Such a lovely way of explanation. Love the content of this video Rukmini ma’am. 🙏
You kind of remind me of Jay Lakhani in a way that you explain your thought's of Hinduism he was a great teacher. Thank you, 🙏Namaste🕉
Unbelievable awareness. Especially considering such incredible ideas were thought of thousands of years ago by our ancient Rishi munis .
Just how good were our people back then
GOD is the life energy inside every living being..
GOD is diffused in our breath..
God is what holds life together, the building block from which the universe is made from. Ab mere se pyar gaya ki nahi??
I subscribed within 1:15 mins of watching it. Why? The depth of the topic, ease of explaining, elegance of the background, and grace of the presenter.
Can you explain it in one sentence what she is saying, it took her more than 11 minutes to just start the trend of thought
@@worldview730 You can just ignore it. Not your cup of tea.
She was explaining How to perceive Ishwara, as per Vedas.
Ma'am you yourself is divine.
We are proud of you ❤️🙏
Very beautifully explained. Enjoyed it.
Beautiful explanation. I always felt that the different Hindu deities were personified manifestations of the different aspects of life while still all being one. But, learning from you in this video has made me understand it even more! Warmed my heart! Thank you ☺️✨🌸
God bless you with what you need...
💝👌💐💕🌻😊👍 thank you 💕😊 ma'am 💖 for publishing this content and uploading it on u tube
I love this! Thank you Rukmini for your time to share your beautiful knowledge. 😍👌
Every God is the part of ultimate power.There is symbolic meaning for every God .The concept is good
Phenomenally Beautiful, Enchanting and Adorable
Very well explained🙏🙏 please keep spreading the knowledge about Indian culture🙏 The world needs to embrace the idea of pluralism& healthy coexistence for the sake of peace and prosperity...
You are nt only a dancer but also a wise woman (jnani)
Wow... what a soothing background sound...and the talk is so meditative... 🙏
well articulated ❤️
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Loved ur calmness and ur happy face....I too want this in my life ❤️🙏
Thank you sister...you have beautifully shed the light on sanatana Dharma which has been ignorantly referred to just as Hinduism and not the one that encompasses all forms of creation...
I am impressed that this is shared in detail. Many gods like not a bread 🍞 or a bagel 🥯. It’s what inside that makes them. Having a god for earth included the floor, god for material or fabric. A person can make their own god, Explanations why you have queens 👸🏽. This is very helpful and acknowledge. 🙏🏽📖😇
Very thoughtfully explained by Rukmini and encourages to further thinking on the process of evolving and the concept of super-consciousness as per Vedantic philosophy.
If the Maker made the thing, who made the Maker? This is the argument used against creationism. Creationists then argue that the Maker pre-exists, is beyond time, and is therefore neither made or destroyed. The point being - Hinduism is the only culture that has debated this to the hilt. Other cultures throw a book at you, and ask you not to question anything.
Simple. Neither Shiva not shakthi can exist without each other. They always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen eg Birth/decay (including reincarnation cycle), manifestation/concealment, wave/particle, energy/matter, wake/sleep, summer/winter, freezing/melting, man/woman/etc
Point is nothing can produce conscious Shiva and nothing can create shakhti either (intelligent energy) but in combination with conscious Shiva, shakhti changes from one form to another.
Sankhya Vedic metaphysics (around which the whole hindu/dharmic tradition was built including yoga and tantra) says that without the conscious, immanent (athma), transcendent and omnipresent shiva nothing can exist and you are that - Tat Tvam Asi - regardless of whether you realize it or not.
Beautifully said
Thank you for detailing this concept in a simple,understanding.
Great explanation ☺️ Beautiful vocal tone!
The beauty that is Sanatana Dharma.
& Namaskaram Rukmini gaaru.
Your Grace ❤️❤️❤️🧿🧿🧿
Very good explanation, please make more such a amazing videos
Great... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Awesome. Got some more clarity 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for this beautiful explanation
Glad it was helpful!
The concept of Oneness is explained in a very lucid way n V request U to make such videos frequently.
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Lots of love and respect to the Goddess of Grace you are. 🙏❤️🌼🌸