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GODS & BLESSED

To understand a little more our journey and to understand the concept of life in India, it is necessary to know the majority religion in this great country, Hinduism and the babble of gods. Over 75% of the population, some 800 million people) professes Hinduism is understandable because India's is the birthplace of Hinduism and their sacred land.

Hinduism has no founder, not a religion nor a philosophy but a sum of them, a set of metaphysical beliefs, religious cults, customs and rituals that make up a tradition in which there are no orders priests to establish a single dogma or central organization. Hindus call that religious tradition Sanatana dharma ('eternal religion'), because they believe it has no beginning or end. According to them has existed for over 5000 years. They believe that Hinduism is the oldest religious traditions in the world.

In Hinduism there are different beliefs, but basically Hindus believe that behind the visible universe (Maya) , who attributed successive cycles of creation and destruction, there is another eternal and unchanging existence. Leaving the cycle of reincarnations (samsara) and return to the spiritual universe is the greatest of all achievements for the Hindus.

However, the complexity of Hinduism is such that it can hardly be labeled or give a description. One characteristic is the multiplicity of gods. In Western texts came to be popular Hindu triad, called Trimurti ('three forms of God': the male gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva), but usually no one worships three gods. Many Hindus worship the goddess Durga (known by some as one of its aspects as Kali), but also a large number of other gods, including gods county.

There is a group of texts considered "revealed" (Sanskrit shruti 'heard'), and can not be interpreted, but followed to the letter:

  • The Upanishad , mystical-philosophical meditations written to the 600 to . C.
  • The four Vedas :
    • Rig Veda, the oldest writing in one of the most archaic Sanskrit, probably before 700 to . C.
    • Iáyur Veda, the book of sacrifices.
    • Sama Veda contains hymns.
    • Atharva Veda is the book of rituals.

There are plenty of female deities Devi, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Sati, Parvati, Durga, Shakti, Kali, Sita, Radha Majá, Vidi and male deities Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Rama, Krishna, Ghanesa, Kartikeia, • Hanuman, Indra, Suria.


Shiva is destroyer god in the Tri-murti. In as a destroyer, sometimes called Kala, is then identified with time, although its function destructive force is then assigned to his wife under the name of Kali. As god of reproduction, the symbol of Shiva is a monolith of stone or marble representation of a phallus, called lingam.

Shiva has three eyes, one of which is in the middle of his forehead (denoting his ability to see the three divisions of time: past, present and future), his skin is gray-blue (cover ash).

A crescent moon set on the front represents the division of time in months, a snake around his neck represents the division in years and necklace of skulls the subsequent extinction and generation of the races of mankind.

has several snakes twined around her arms, her hair is tangled in several plants on his head and pointed form a knot on his forehead. On top of this gap is the rebound and the materialization of the river Ganges.

When the gods churned the ocean of milk to produce the nectar that would make them immortal, it also generated a certain amount of poison. Shiva drank it to save the devas , so his throat took a blue color.

In one of his four hands holding a tri-Shuler or holding a trident and drum damaru with another of them. . The shivaístas believe that denotes the combination of the three attributes of Creator, Destroyer and regenerator.

Shiva is also worshiped as a great ascetic. There is a myth that on one occasion with his third eye burnt Kama ('lust'), the winged god of love who was dedicated to Shiva as a severe meditation, had shot his arrows of flowers who do end up falling in love with his second wife, Parvati. The paradise is home of Shiva on Mount Kailasa.

The writings of the shivaístas say that with the burning gaze of your third eye burns the universe, including Brahma and Vishnu and funeral ashes smeared all over his body. So Shiva worshipers are covered with ashes. They also use seed beads rudraksha ('eye of Rudra "), which say that tears came falling from the eyes of Shiva or Rudra, when going to destroy Tripura (the' three cities' of the asuras or demons).

  • The Third Eye: the third eye of Shiva on his forehead is the eye of wisdom, known as bindi . Is the eye that sees beyond the obvious.
  • The Cobra Necklace: the god Shiva is beyond the powers of death. Kalketu swallowed the poison for the welfare of the universe. To avoid being hurt by this poison, it is said that his consort Parvati tied a snake around his neck. It retained the poison in his throat and, consequently, turned blue. The cobras around his neck also represent energy and lying asleep, Kundalini.
  • Crescent: Shiva bears in front of the moon in its fifth day ) . Located near the third eye and demonstrates the power of Soma (the sacrificial offering, which represents the moon ). It means that Shiva possesses the power of procreation along with the power of destruction.
  • matted hair (jata) : the waving of hair is represented as the god of wind or Vayu, that is the subtle form of breath present in all living forms. Therefore, it is Shiva as the lifeline of all living beings.
  • The Ganges: the holiest of holy rivers flowing from the hair of Shiva. The king asked the mother Bhagiratha Ganga to descend on this planet to cleanse their sins and those of humans. The Lord Shiva offered his matted hair to stop his fall from the heavenly planets. The flow of water is one of the five elements that make up a universe and from which Earth born.
  • Drum: sound damaru in the hand of Shiva is the origin of the universal word that gives rise to all speech and expression.
  • Vibhuti: is three lines of ashes drawn on the front and represents the essence of our being, that remains even after the bad (impurities of ignorance, ego and action) and vasanas (likes and dislikes, attachment to the body, the world, fame) have been burned in the fire of knowledge. The Vibhuti is revered as the form of Shiva and symbolizes the immortality of the soul and manifested glory of the Lord.
  • Ash: Shiva covers his body with bhasma (crematorium ash) that points to the philosophy of life and death and that death is the ultimate reality of life.
  • Tiger skin: the tiger is the vehicle Shakti, the goddess of power and strength. Shiva is beyond and above any kind of force. The tiger skin symbolizes victory over every force. Sitting on it, teaches Shiva who has conquered desire.
  • The elephant and deer skin: Shiva also wears elephant skin. Elephants symbolize pride. Dress your skin symbolizes the conquest of pride. Wearing the skin of a deer symbolizes that has controlled the mind perfectly.
  • Rudraksha: Shiva wears on their wrist bands rudraksha wood ('eye of Rudra "), which is credited with medicinal powers.
  • The trident: Trishula symbolizes the three functions of the triad: the creation, maintenance and destruction. The trident in the hand of Shiva indicates that all three areas under their control. It is said that the ancient city of Kashi (modern Varanasi) is right on the trishul.

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Kali is one of the main gods in Hinduism. Although generally known as a violent, Kali is a goddess with a complex history.

Its early history as a creature of the annihilation still has some influence, while more complex Tantric beliefs sometimes extend her role, placing it as the "ultimate reality" and the "source of being." Finally, recent devotional movement conceives of Kali as a benevolent Mother Goddess. Kali first appears in the Rig Veda , not as a goddess, but as one of the seven tongues of Agni, the Hindu god of fire. In the literature of the Tamil Sangam period, there is a bloodthirsty goddess named Kottravai. As Kali is brutal and inspires fear in people by their cruel practices. Kali impregnably has become linked with Shiva. The form "triggered" by Kali often becomes wild and uncontrollable, and only Shiva is able to tame. This is because she is a transformed version of one of his consorts and because he is able to match his ferocity. Their methods range from challenging the wild dancing and take advantage tandava, appearing as a crying baby (thus appealing to her maternal instincts.) However, the iconography often depicts Kali dancing on Shiva's fallen body, and there are references to them dancing together in a state of savagery.

Shiva's involvement with Tantra and Kali's dark nature have led to her becoming an important Tantric figure. For followers of tantra was essential to cope with the curse, the terror of death, as willing as they accepted their blessings beautiful and consolidated maternal aspect. For them, as well as the coin has two sides, and death can not exist without life, so life can not exist without death. Kali's role sometimes grew beyond the chaos that could be addressed to bring wisdom, and Tantric texts give a deeper metaphysical meaning.

Brahma is the creator deity of the universe and member of the Tri-murti . as a myth, the three gods emerging from the cosmic egg laid by the Goddess Ammavaru. According to another modern myth of origin Vaishnava (followers of Vishnu), Brahma emerged from a lotus flower floating in the ocean from the navel of Vishnu sleeping (which generates the existence of the universe through their dreams.) Although perhaps the first myth is that which is Brahman as the first created by Brahman, even as the first embodiment of the absolute Brahman, through which the Brahman creates everything.

Brahma only occasionally interferes in the affairs of the gods, and even more rarely in mortal. He forced the Soma (the moon god ) to restore Tara to her husband, Brihaspati (the Guru of the demigods). It is considered the father of Dharma (the god of religion) and Atri. Brahma lives in Brahmapur, a city on top of the mythical Mount Meru.

Brahma is traditionally depicted with four heads of white beard (symbol of wisdom), four arms and red skin. Each mouth recites one of the four Vedas . The hands hold a water container used to create life, a bad-yapa (beads) used to keep track of time in the universe, the text of the Vedas written on paper, and a padma (lotus). Rides a swan, Hansa, to flying through the universe.

Vishn ú lives in a paradise known as Vaikuntha where everything is gold and precious stones. From there it is believed that the river Ganges emerges from her divine feet and flows Earth. usually depicted as being in human form, blue skin and four arms holding a padma (lotus flower), a Sudarshana Chakra (disc Vishnu used to slay the demons), a Shankha (conch whose sound India represented the victory after killing an enemy) and a gold hammer (to crush the skull of the demons). Frequently seen sitting, resting on a lotus flower, with his consort Lak? my sitting on one knee.

Vishnu is the chief god of vai sn Avisma. Today the Hindus (who are followers of Hinduism and not the inhabitants of India's , called Indians, and can be both Hindus and Muslims, Buddhists, etc..) Believe that Vishnu was incarnated in the India as multiple avatars. It is often worshiped in the form of these avatars.

It is not clear when or how the worship of Vishnu began. In Vedas, Vishnu is classified as a minor god, closely associated with Indra. Only later in Hindu history became a member of the Trimurti and finally the most important deities of the religion. Like all Hindu deities, Vishnu has many names, perhaps more than any other, as reflected in the Vishnu Sahasra Nama ('Vishnu, a thousand names ") displayed on the Mahabharata .

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