Sunday, July 13, 2014. To, All Members, How many Gods? :- ............................ I will relate to you an event from my personal experience. Once as a brahachari I was traveling from delhi to madras in a train. There were two other persons besides me in the compartment. I occupied one corner. The other two corners were occupied by the other two. The man who was sitting in the other corner of my seat was reading a book and the other person asked him :- what are you reading? Gita what is Gita? Gita is a scripture who gave out this scripture? Lord Krishna who is he? he is God what about Rama? he is also God what about Siva? he is also God What about Narayana? Narayana is also God then what about Ganesha and all the rest? they are also Gods ai, how many Gods have you got? this poor man did not know much. He said we have many Gods dont you get confused? I do not, in my Puja room I have all Gods, I do aarati to them, I have no problem, no confusion at all but the other man said it must be confusing no sir, it does not confuse me at all it has to be confusing the other man said, and he began telling a story. He seemed to be a long time appointed missionary. No reflection upon the person because this is common of all missionaries. Even every Christian should know this and a hindu should also know this. So then this missionary told a story : Two persons happened to be traveling together. One of them was a hindu, the other a Christian. On the way, there was a wide river. Neither of them knew swimming but they discovered that there was only knee deep water in the river so they thought they could cross it. Thy entered the water, and all of a sudden, an upstream dam burst and there were flash floods. The water started rising and came up to the neck, there was water everywhere and they were in fear of drowning. the hindu man started praying O rama where are you please come and help me Lord Rama heard this call and rushed to help the man, but before Lord Rama could reach and save him,t he man lost patience and started calling Lord Krishna oh krishna please come and save me so lord Rama went away, then without waiting more for Krishna he called Lord Siva, and and then Lord Ganesha and before any of them could reach he called a different name out, and thus drowned. On the other hand, this christian prayed to Jesus for help oh jesus please save me! and there came a log of wood floating in the river. He caught hold of it (and left the poor hindu drowning... this is my addition!) The christian crossed the river and for a Hindu because there were so many Gods there was confusion. When this story was concluded thus hindu who was reading Gita, listening to the story, was in a corner. He felt greatly cornered. He had no answer to give. The christian fellow, while telling the story was also covering me, looking at me now and then. Now he looked at me very triumphantly and victoriously with a winning smile. I also smiled back and said to him that is an interesting story yes he said and came towards me. As a brahmachari with a beard and a peculiar dress, I should be a real catch for him, so he came and sat before me and said see what a confusion there is? Then i said it is really an interesting story. When did it happen? he said well... well I.. I I said ok, dont bother. Let us say it happened on a friday at four o clock. If it was any other day, any other time, that is also ok with me Ok, go ahead he said Then I asked him how many christians are there in the world? oh there are millions ok, let us say on this friday at 4 o clock, there was in London a man who was knocked down by a car in the street and was crying oh jesus please save me there was another person who was attacked by somebody in the streets of paris, he too called out to Jesus to save him. Then one in south Africa, in Johannesburg, there was a woman in a maternity hospital in great pain. She also cried oh jesus save me now please tell me, where will jesus go? if he goes to save one prson, the others will drown. On the other hand look at the hindu Gods. If lord rama goes to save the brahmin in india, Krishna can save the other, and Siva can save the third, Ganesha; the fourth, and so on. Isnt it really wonderful how many gods who can come to the rescue, rather than being just confined to one? Friends I must admit one thing. My logic is not particularly sound, in fact it is more ridiculous than his. But when someone talks ridiculous you have to talk more ridiculous. That is all that is required in this kind of confrontation. Whether you call him Jesus, or Krishna, if the Lord wants to save you he will be invoked in any name and form. A finger is just a finger. The little finger can be looked upon as a small part or aspect of the body. But the same finger becomes a means, by touching which someone can draw my attention by merely touching my little finger. Similarly a particular aspect of creation is called devata, a deity and the same devatA can be a form in which we can invoke the whole Lord. That is how it is. And therefore the many gods are only different aspects of the same Lord and the same Lord is invoked through all the deities just as the same person is invoked by contacting or worshiping any part of the body. There is only one God... there is ONLY God. Swami Dayananda Saraswati.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 11:15:16 +0000
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