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Bhakti (devotion to God) consists of actions performed in dedication to the Paramatman, the individuated existence with free-will, and who is the final cause of the world; the Vedic Rishis describe the goals originating from God as Bhagavān, and the Ananda aspect of God where God has manifested His personality is called Bhagavān when ...
Purusha (Sanskrit: पुरुष, IAST: Puruṣa) is a complex concept [1] whose meaning evolved in Vedic and Upanishadic times. Depending on source and historical timeline, it means the cosmic being or self, awareness, and universal principle. [2] [1] [3] In early Vedas, Purusha was a cosmic being whose sacrifice by the gods created all life ...
The idol placed in “Rangsowmhum” is the symbolic representation of “Fraa”. “Fraa” is the depiction of ideal human being or God in human form as per the mythologies of Tangsa, Tutsa and Nocte communities. The path to reach “Fraa”, the enlightened, the liberated soul is called “Rang-lam”, (meaning “Dharma” in Hindi).
[32] [33] Müller noted that the hymns of the Rigveda, the oldest scripture of Hinduism, mention many deities, but praises them successively as the "one ultimate, supreme God" (called saccidānanda in some traditions), alternatively as "one supreme Goddess", [34] thereby asserting that the essence of the deities was unitary , and the deities ...
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 theistic traditions, satcitananda is the same as God such as Vishnu, [21] Shiva [22] or Goddess in Shakti traditions. [23] In monist traditions, satcitananda is considered directly inseparable from nirguna (attributeless) Brahman or the "universal ground of all beings", wherein the Brahman is identical with Atman, the true individual self.
Expounded in more detail, Muktananda glosses the second half of the verse as describing an "aspect of God, the inner Self", and meaning "Dwelling in everything as its inmost essence, the basis of love, supremely blissful, free from occupations and agitations (nishprapanchaya shantaya), he needs no other support (niralambaya) and yet he sustains ...
Para Brahman or Param Brahman (Sanskrit: परब्रह्म, romanized: parabrahma) in Hindu philosophy is the "Supreme Brahman" that which is beyond all descriptions and conceptualisations.