gnostic
The Lost One
There is no doubt when it comes to Hinduism, I am every bit of novice.
I do find Hindu religion to be confusing, especially of their gods or pantheon. So I would hope someone would explain to me.
As I understand it, or as I can I understand it, certain figure can be incarnation or avatar of a god. For example, Rama and Krishna are avatars of Vishnu. This seemed to be straightforward.
My problem is this:
From what I can gathered in this threads in this forum, is that there is only one god - Brahma, and that Vishnu and Shiva (and all the other gods, but let's just focus on these 3 names for now) are just different aspects of the one god. Is this right?
Or are they - Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva - 3 different gods?
Or is this depends on beliefs of the different sects?
I hoped that someone will clarify to me what's really going on, in the hope that I would understand Hinduism better.
I do find Hindu religion to be confusing, especially of their gods or pantheon. So I would hope someone would explain to me.
As I understand it, or as I can I understand it, certain figure can be incarnation or avatar of a god. For example, Rama and Krishna are avatars of Vishnu. This seemed to be straightforward.
My problem is this:
From what I can gathered in this threads in this forum, is that there is only one god - Brahma, and that Vishnu and Shiva (and all the other gods, but let's just focus on these 3 names for now) are just different aspects of the one god. Is this right?
Or are they - Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva - 3 different gods?
Or is this depends on beliefs of the different sects?
I hoped that someone will clarify to me what's really going on, in the hope that I would understand Hinduism better.