Posted: May 20, 2019 10:47 am
lpetrich wrote:I think that a problem with understanding Hindu monotheism is that many of us are most familiar with the Abrahamic kind -- all deities are fictional beings or devils except the One True God -- exclusive monotheism.
Hindu monotheists believe in a different sort: inclusive monotheism, where all gods are aspects of a single big god.
This is right, except where it's wrong!
It's just not possible to put Hinduism into a single satisfactory box.
Some Hindus have the vehicle god formulation, avatars or expressions of the over-god... others see those gods as distinct entities under the over-god.