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Rashmirathi (Rashmi: Ray of light Rathi: One who rides a chariot (not the charioteer) Rashmirathi: Rider of the chariot of light) is a Hindi epic written in 1952, by the Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'. [1] The epic poem narrates the story of Karna, who is regarded as one of main protagonists of the Hindu epic- Mahabharata.
Vaishnavism, Shaivism, and Shaktism worship the Hindu deities Vishnu, Shiva, and Devi as the Supreme God respectively, or consider all Hindu deities as aspects of the same, Supreme Reality or the eternal and formless metaphysical Absolute, called Brahman in Hinduism, or, translated from Sanskrit terminology, Svayaṁ-Bhāgavan ("God Itself").
Dyauṣ the "Sky" god, also called Dyeus and Prabhāsa or the "shining dawn", also called akasha or sky, Pṛthivī the "Earth" goddess/god, also called Dharā or "support" and Bhumi or Earth, Sūrya the "Sun" god, also called Pratyūsha , ("break of dawn", but often used to mean simply "light"), the Saura sect worships Sūrya as their chief ...
In the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy, Isvara is neither a creator-God nor a savior-God. [86] This is called one of the several major atheistic schools of Hinduism by some scholars. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] Others, such as Jacobsen , state that Samkhya is more accurately described as non-theistic. [ 90 ]
Instead, they suggest God should be kept in mind constantly to simultaneously achieve dharma and moksha, so constantly that one comes to feel one cannot live without God's loving presence. This school emphasized love and adoration of God as the path to "moksha" (salvation and release), rather than works and knowledge.
Atithi Devo Bhava, also spelt Atithidevo Bhava (Sanskrit: अतिथिदेवो भव), English translation: A guest is akin to God, prescribes a dynamic of the host-guest relationship, which embodies the traditional Indian Hindu-Buddhist philosophy of revering guests with the same respect as a god.
Early in childhood, Saint Tukdoji Maharaj performed rigorous penance and spiritual exercises in self-realisation. He was an orator and a musician who composed more than 3000 bhajans (spiritual poems) in Hindi and Marathi, having performed for the spiritual teacher Meher Baba in 1937 [2] and 1944. [3]
In much of Hindu thought, there is no concept of a singular benignant god or goddess and a distinct evil power. All the deities are facets of the one Brahman, the progenitor of everything, including both positive and negative aspects of life. However may the many goddesses appear on the outside, they are essentially embodiments of Shakti.