Fwd: I thought the universe had many gods. What about the Hindu Trinity (Brahma, Vishnu,and Shiva)?
Dr Satish Gosain (Sri Krishna Hari Das)
From: neha -shri krishan dasi <koolgu...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 3:52 PM
Subject: Fwd: I thought the universe had many gods. What about the Hindu Trinity (Brahma, Vishnu,and Shiva)?
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The first tier of universal management consists of three executive heads: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Each is such a powerful controller that they are sometimes given equal status within Vedic literature—and inaccurately called “the Hindu Trinity” by Western scholars. TheSrimad-Bhagavatam explains that Vishnu is God, or a full expansion of Krishna, whereas Brahma is a finite soul, and Shiva is in a category of his own, slightly less than God. Both Brahma and Shiva are servants of Vishnu, empowered by Him for universal work.
- Vishnu is in charge of primary creation, as well as maintenance and the mode of goodness
- Brahma is in charge of secondary creation and the mode of passion
- Shiva is in charge of destruction and the mode of ignorance
Working under these powerful controllers are many demigods, ordevas, empowered to fulfill universal duties. As departments within a city government manage the delivery of water and electricity, thedevas oversee the material world.
We should not mistakenly worship the devas as God. We are indebted to them, but they supply life's necessities on God’s behalf using His energies, and we can pay our debt to them by worshiping Him. By satisfying Krishna, all His servants are satisfied.
--Chanting is a great service, when we chant we invite Krsna and Radha to our hearts and offer Them our service, our senses, our time, our voice and our love so They can take care of our whole life and engage us like They want to. This means we are surrended and we have complete faith the Lord will be there for us, to protect us any time in any situation we are in and we accept anything They give us. When we achieve this stage of complete faith we may understand our position as eternal servants and advance to pure chanting as our goal of life.
Chant:
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare
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yours in service of Srila Prabhupada
Chant:Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.& be Happy
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Yours Servant
Sri Krishna Hari Das
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