This characterization of Sanatana Dharma is wrong. The Vedic tenets believe in a Brahman which cannot be known, visualized, concretized into one or "Mono". It is Para Brahman. There is a temple in Indonesia called Prambanan wherein the mid-center intersection, with nothing in it was a point at which puja was done. This temple is perhaps 1200-1500 yrs old. Since it is unknown nor visualized, the Dharma provided certain concrete visualizable murthis or statue like Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, which are the underlying forces of nature. In fact, Sanatana Dharma allowed any worshippable statue that underwent prana prathista and becomes a vigraha. Prana is one of the entities (force or energy) created from the chaya of Para Brahman, the other is Rayi. Prana is in all beings.the real battle is between "Monotheism" vs. "Non-monotheism (or Poly-theism)"Because deep down they all despise the Hindu way of life.
The other thing that is logically flawed is the statement that "God created the world". Such creation of modifying world requires God to be in the same time and space as the world. If time and space are involved, it has prior non-existence, Abrahmic God included.
The Vedic concepts is world is part of Brahman and it manifest/unmanifest as an "illusion" or chaya from the Para Brahman. The term chaya is shadow and one should not equate to normal light and shadow but as something that appears and disappears and is a continuous cycle. World is apparently real but can disappear (unmanifest) since it undergoes modification. Anything that modifies will have prior non-existence. The Para Brahman remains unmodified, it is the super consciousness that prevades this entire world.
Statistics: Posted by bala — 05 Jun 2024 06:08