HOW MANY GODS FOR HINDUS?

Ø     Water schemes are many, water is ONE

Ø     Sources of happiness are many, happiness is ONE

Ø     Foods are varied, hunger is one

Ø     Gods are many, God- consciousness is ONE

How many water schemes are there?-rivers, oceans, seas, streams, wells, fountains and...Still more. Yet there is only one water scheme in the whole world. The water in an Indian well, the water in an African well and the water stored in your stomach, the ice in the Himalayas and the ice in Tom’s refrigerator are all destined to become one water-scheme though placed apart in piecemeal.

How many gods are there in Hindu spiritual scheme? “PLENTY”, but there is only one scheme of divinity that a Hindu experiences, that is, ‘God Consciousness’ or Chaitanya, in Sanskrit.

As river, sea, well, ocean, snow, lake, stream and pond together make ONE water scheme, all the gods mentioned in Hindu scriptures, real or fancied, created or existed uphold ONE “single consciousness” called Chaitanya.Even humans, animals and plants are the integral part of the divine consciousness scheme, according to the Vedha.

Now, you may ask this question to yourself- How many Gods do Hindus worship?

The answer is- CERTAINLY “not ONE”, neither TWO, THREE nor MANY, but ONE single consciousness which is neither HE nor SHE, but “TAT”

Hindus are not worshippers of distant- residing “ONE GOD”, but ardent Experiencers of Vedic type of God; Hindus’ God is an experience, not a bed time story.

Though we love one thousand people, we do not have ONE THOUSAND varied forms of LOVE; we rather experience only one ‘LOVE’ while loving all the one thousand people.Similarly, One hundred different situations might lead us to SADNESS, but there are no 100 types of sadness. Though gods are many for Hindus, divinity is One-Man can worship many gods, but he cannot experience many God-consciousness simply because consciousness is eternally ONE, existence is ONE and bliss is ONE.