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Re: VISHNU and SHIVA
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Subject: Re: VISHNU and SHIVA
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From: softsols@aol.com (SoftSols)
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Date: 6 Dec 1995 14:44:11 GMT
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Approved: srh <srh@rbhatnagar>
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Article: 666 of soc.religion.hindu
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: America Online
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References: <490kg6$muc@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
Hello, All.
Dr. Reddy, thank you for a wonderful exposition of the Puranas, and
of the Trinity. I have only one comment to make with respect to your
posting.
The Trinity is just that: a Trinity. There can be no question of
who is more powerful, because in a trinity, one does not exist without the
others. If there were no Brahma, there would be no Vishnu or Mahesh.
Brahma is the creator, Vishnu the sustainer, and Mahesh the destroyer. In
this world of constant change, one needs all three to support life.
Change means the death of the old and the rebirth of the new. Mahesh
destroy, Brahma creates. And what is created needs to be sustained until
it has to be destroyed again.
Besides, if there were no creation, none of the three would ever
exist, because their existence depends on manifest reality (maya). Take
this away, and all you are left with is God, and none are superior to
anything anymore. There is only God. So, God is and always will be
supreme.
- Pawan
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