The Concept Of Divinity

Divinity has one ultimate secret, which it will also whisper in your ear if your mind becomes quieter than the fog at sunset: the God of this world is found within, and you know it is found within: in those hushed silent times when the mind becomes still, the body relaxes into infinity, the senses expand to become one with the world- in those glistening times, a subtle luminosity, a serene radiance, a brilliantly transparent clarity shimmers as the true nature of all manifestation, erupting every now and then in a compassionate Radiance before whom all idols retreat, a love so fierce it adoringly embraces both light and dark, both good and evil, both pleasure and pain equally.

Hindu Concept Of Divinity

Hindus believe in one, all-pervasive supreme God, though He or She may be worshipped in different forms and by different names. As such, Hinduism can be described as both monotheistic and henotheistic; monotheistic in its belief in one God and henotheistic in that any one God can be worshipped without denying the existence of other forms or manifestations of God. This Hindu concept of divinity is best represented by the ancient Sanskrit hymn, Rg Veda I.64.46:

“Ekam sat vipraha bahudha vadanti”

Truth is one, the wise call it by many names.

And just as Hindus believe that Truth is one, called by many names, so too is God called by many names.

Hindu views on divinity, with special reference to their grammatical and analytic implications, derive in particular from debate about the genesis and nature of the canonical Sanskrit scriptures, the Vedas. In time, these views developed through intra- and inter-religious controversy among the traditional Indian religions (including Jainism and Buddhism).

THE SUMERIAN CONCEPT OF DIVINITY

Throughout time, divinity has always been a core part of any society. In some cultures gods ...