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<blockquote data-quote="Harry Haller" data-source="post: 210109" data-attributes="member: 14641"><p>No, I am quite certain that the god the Hindus worship ultimately is Brahman, although it is given different names, Brahma is an Indian god with three heads, that is not the supreme. you may find the below interesting again from wikki. </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Brahma[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God_in_Hinduism&action=edit&section=1" target="_blank">edit</a>]</strong></span></p><p>Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman" target="_blank">Brahman</a></p><p>Not to be confused with Brahma – the Hindu god, Brahmin – the caste or varna, or Brahmana – a layer of text in the Vedas.</p><p>In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism" target="_blank">Hinduism</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma" target="_blank">Brahma</a> (ब्रह्म <em>Brahma</em>) is the one supreme, universal Spirit that is the origin and support of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomenon" target="_blank">phenomenal</a> universe.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Hinduism#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> Brahma is sometimes referred to as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_(philosophy)" target="_blank">Absolute</a> or Godhead.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Hinduism#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> Brahma is conceived as<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_god" target="_blank">personal</a> ("<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saguna_Brahma" target="_blank">with qualities</a>"), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_(philosophy)" target="_blank">impersonal</a> ("<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nirguna_Brahma&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">without qualities</a>") and/or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Para_Brahma&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">supreme</a> depending on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Philosophy" target="_blank">philosophical school</a>.[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a></em>]</p><p></p><p>The sages of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanishads" target="_blank">Upanishads</a> teach that Brahman is the ultimate essence of material phenomena (including the original identity of the human self) that cannot be seen or heard but whose nature can be known through the development of self-knowledge (<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism)" target="_blank">atma jnana</a></em>).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Hinduism#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita" target="_blank">Advaita</a>, a liberated human being (<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jivanmukta" target="_blank">jivanmukta</a></em>) has realised Brahman as his or her own true self (see <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism)" target="_blank">atman</a></em>).</p><p></p><p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isha_Upanishad" target="_blank">Isha Upanishad</a> says:</p><p></p><p>Auṃ – That supreme <em>Brahman</em> is infinite, and this conditioned <em>Brahman</em> is infinite. The infinite proceeds from infinite. If you subtract the infinite from the infinite, the infinite remains alone.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Nirguna Brahman[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God_in_Hinduism&action=edit&section=2" target="_blank">edit</a>]</strong></span></p><p>Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirguna_Brahman" target="_blank">Nirguna Brahman</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirguna_Brahman" target="_blank">Nirguna Brahman</a>, the supreme reality without form, quality, attribute) signifies in Hindu philosophy the Brahma that pervades the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe" target="_blank">Universe</a>, considered without form (<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guna" target="_blank">guna</a></em>), as in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita" target="_blank">Advaita</a> school or else as without <em>material</em>form, as in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvaita" target="_blank">Dvaita</a> schools of philosophy.[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a></em>]</p><p></p><p>According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_Shankara" target="_blank">Adi Shankara</a> the nirguna brahman is non-different from the supreme personality, God, whatever qualities we attribute to the divine. By the power of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(illusion)" target="_blank">Maya (illusion)</a> the supreme lord (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishwara" target="_blank">Ishwara</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila_(Hinduism)" target="_blank">playfully creates</a>multiple worlds and deludes all beings, who are in essence non-different from him. This world is only relatively real and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_self" target="_blank">real self</a> is not affected by it. The lord appears time and again in this world to show the path of liberation: He seems to take birth but that is an illusion because he is birthless. His body is transcendental, unlike our bodies which are created and destroyed. One can worship him as one's own self or as (fully or partially) distinct from oneself. If one worships any deity one will reach the world of that deity (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiranyagarbha" target="_blank">Hiranyagarbha</a>) but, perhaps after millions of years, deity and devotee will reach <em>para vasudeva</em> or "beyond the divinity". The desireless soul can reach this state here and now: this is called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jivanmukta" target="_blank">Jivanmukta</a> or "free while alive". This school essentially advocates God as being immortal and formless.[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a></em>]</p><p></p><p>It would appear we both worship the same god, there is just more interesting facets and visualisation in HInduism.</p><p></p><p>I would wager Sikhism just tried to cut out the middle men!, although it would appear impossible, it is human nature to personalise things, even god.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harry Haller, post: 210109, member: 14641"] No, I am quite certain that the god the Hindus worship ultimately is Brahman, although it is given different names, Brahma is an Indian god with three heads, that is not the supreme. you may find the below interesting again from wikki. [SIZE=5][B]Brahma[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God_in_Hinduism&action=edit§ion=1']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE] Main article: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman']Brahman[/URL] Not to be confused with Brahma – the Hindu god, Brahmin – the caste or varna, or Brahmana – a layer of text in the Vedas. In [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism']Hinduism[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma']Brahma[/URL] (ब्रह्म [I]Brahma[/I]) is the one supreme, universal Spirit that is the origin and support of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomenon']phenomenal[/URL] universe.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Hinduism#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] Brahma is sometimes referred to as the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_(philosophy)']Absolute[/URL] or Godhead.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Hinduism#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] Brahma is conceived as[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_god']personal[/URL] ("[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saguna_Brahma']with qualities[/URL]"), [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_(philosophy)']impersonal[/URL] ("[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nirguna_Brahma&action=edit&redlink=1']without qualities[/URL]") and/or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Para_Brahma&action=edit&redlink=1']supreme[/URL] depending on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Philosophy']philosophical school[/URL].[[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed']citation needed[/URL][/I]] The sages of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanishads']Upanishads[/URL] teach that Brahman is the ultimate essence of material phenomena (including the original identity of the human self) that cannot be seen or heard but whose nature can be known through the development of self-knowledge ([I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism)']atma jnana[/URL][/I]).[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Hinduism#cite_note-7'][7][/URL] According to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita']Advaita[/URL], a liberated human being ([I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jivanmukta']jivanmukta[/URL][/I]) has realised Brahman as his or her own true self (see [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism)']atman[/URL][/I]). The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isha_Upanishad']Isha Upanishad[/URL] says: Auṃ – That supreme [I]Brahman[/I] is infinite, and this conditioned [I]Brahman[/I] is infinite. The infinite proceeds from infinite. If you subtract the infinite from the infinite, the infinite remains alone. [SIZE=4][B]Nirguna Brahman[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=God_in_Hinduism&action=edit§ion=2']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE] Main article: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirguna_Brahman']Nirguna Brahman Nirguna Brahman[/URL], the supreme reality without form, quality, attribute) signifies in Hindu philosophy the Brahma that pervades the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe']Universe[/URL], considered without form ([I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guna']guna[/URL][/I]), as in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita']Advaita[/URL] school or else as without [I]material[/I]form, as in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvaita']Dvaita[/URL] schools of philosophy.[[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed']citation needed[/URL][/I]] According to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_Shankara']Adi Shankara[/URL] the nirguna brahman is non-different from the supreme personality, God, whatever qualities we attribute to the divine. By the power of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(illusion)']Maya (illusion)[/URL] the supreme lord ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishwara']Ishwara[/URL]) [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila_(Hinduism)']playfully creates[/URL]multiple worlds and deludes all beings, who are in essence non-different from him. This world is only relatively real and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_self']real self[/URL] is not affected by it. The lord appears time and again in this world to show the path of liberation: He seems to take birth but that is an illusion because he is birthless. His body is transcendental, unlike our bodies which are created and destroyed. One can worship him as one's own self or as (fully or partially) distinct from oneself. If one worships any deity one will reach the world of that deity ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiranyagarbha']Hiranyagarbha[/URL]) but, perhaps after millions of years, deity and devotee will reach [I]para vasudeva[/I] or "beyond the divinity". The desireless soul can reach this state here and now: this is called [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jivanmukta']Jivanmukta[/URL] or "free while alive". This school essentially advocates God as being immortal and formless.[[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed']citation needed[/URL][/I]] It would appear we both worship the same god, there is just more interesting facets and visualisation in HInduism. I would wager Sikhism just tried to cut out the middle men!, although it would appear impossible, it is human nature to personalise things, even god. [/QUOTE]
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