Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Vedanta at the rescue


Close up #2, originally uploaded by RebeVane.



There is so much misunderstanding about vedanta and hinduism, but it was nice to read one person who had a nice vision of the position of vedanta amidst hinduism and the various conceptions of god. Here is an excrpt:


I understand that Hindus have a variety of "gods," yet underlying Hinduism is Vedanta, which asserts the One that cannot be named. As I see it then, Hinduism, allows for different manifestations of God, but believes in an underlying oneness.

See the full text (and political context)

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