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Hinduism Paper

The Hindu's have always known this characteristics of human nature,
each of them adored and worshipped.philosophy of freedom of action,
for the reason that they had a perfect religion, a religion on which one
aspect of God was characterized as human, and their various Deva's are
nothing but different human make-ups of nature. One must clearly
understand that Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are not three independent
deities. They represent the same power (the Supreme Being), but in
three different aspects. Just as a man may be called a doctor, father or
husband based upon the tasks he performs, the Supreme Being is called
Brahma, Vishnu or Shiva when conceived as performing the three
different cosmic tasks of creation, preser-vation, and
dissolution/recreation. "The oneness of the three gods Brahma, Vishnu
and Shiva is brought out by the mystic symbol AUM where 'A'
represents Vishnu, 'U' Shiva and 'M' Brahma."
Hindu religion is often labeled as a religion of 330 million gods.
This
misunderstanding arises when people fail to grasp the symbolism of the
Hindu pantheon. According to the Hindu scriptures, living beings are
not apart from God, since He lives in each and every one of them in the
form of atman (BG 10.39). Thus each living being is a
uniquemanifestation of God. In ancient times it was believed that there
were 330 million living beings. This gave rise to the idea of 330 million
deities or gods. Actually, this vast number of gods could not have been
possibly worshipped, since 330 million names could not have been
designed for them. The number 330 million was simply used to give a
symbolic expression to the fundamental Hindu doctrine that God lives
in the hearts of all living beings. I believe Hinduism at least influences
their everyday life by devotional traditions; their lives are so imbued
with spiritual meaningful aspects that spiritually are never far from
one's mind. Rituals from a cradle to the cremation...