Re: Multiple Deities
namaste.
As to why we Hindus worship many Gods as Adi Shankara has advocated, these old threads might throw some light:
http://www.vedicdharmaforums.org/showthread.php?t=442
http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/sho...68&postcount=2
As to whether we Hindus can have multiple gods when we worship them in our heart, here comes the phase of bhakti-bhAvam--devotional proclivity. Initially we worship gods in duality, treating him/her as the master/parent and us as servant/child. With maturity comes the friendly notion wherein we worship a god as our friend. Only finally comes the notion of unity with the deity.
As followers of (shankara smArta) Advaita, in our worship we are required to keep the duality but at the same time be aware of the unity that the worshipper and the worshipped are one and the same, so what I actually worship is my Atman which is Brahman.
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Dear learned Members
Everyone is aware that Adi Sankara established Couple of mutts to spread the knowledge about Advaita. He also created Various path like Shaiva,Vaishnava,...etc(total 6 paths). I got a chance to visit those mutts in South India.I saw their Poojas in mutts and i have a query on this.
While Adi Sankara advised people to follow One God and get liberation through him, Why do mutts have multiple Deities in their Poojas.I could see Idols of all the deities in the pooja.( more than 10 idols of different Deities).
Im sure that they are doing for that a reason.Can anyone enlighten me on this?
रत्नाकरधौतपदां हिमालयकिरीटिनीम् ।
ब्रह्मराजर्षिररत्नाढ्यां वन्दे भारतमातरम् ॥
To her whose feet are washed by the ocean, who wears the Himalayas as her crown, and is adorned with the gems of rishis and kings, to Mother India, do I bow down in respect.
--viShNu purANam
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