| The philosophy
of Hinduism has taught and trained the Hindu devotee to see and worship the Supreme Being
in all the idols that are worshipped, with a clarity of understanding and an intensity of
vision that would be a surprise to people of other Faiths. The Divine Mind governing the
Universe, be it as Mother or Father, has infinite aspects, and the devotee approaches Him
or Her, or both, in any of t many aspects as he may be led to do according to the
mot and the psychological need of the hour. The
Supreme Being in Hinduism is not subject to numeration. He is one as well as many. He is
not subject to specification of
characteristics. Each aspect is a whole. Universal Mother even as the pious
followers of the great Semitic faiths, Judaism, Christianity or Islam do. The Bhakti form
of worship has prevailed all over India now for some centuries past, relegating philosophy
to the background. Adwaita is held in great esteem but has in practice yielded to the
Dwaita approach. |
