BIBLICAL GOD CREATES CONFLICT, VEDIC GOD PRECEPTS PEACE It is an admitted fact that God Almighty, the Creator of the cosmos, is one, not two. He is the benign Father of all human beings of the earth irrespective of their caste, colour, creed, community and country. If it is so, how can we describe Him as Biblical God or Vedic God ? As a matter of fact, God is neither Biblical, nor Vedic, nor Quranic. God is God only. He is above epithets. He is beyond comprehension. Yet He is described differently in different scriptures. What is required that His main characteristics must remain unchanged in all the holy books. When His main characteristics as described in different scriptures contradict each other, it is the duty of scholar to point out where truth lies. Biblical God here means God as described in Holy Bible. Similarly Vedic God signifies God as described in Holy Vedas. 1. BIBLICAL GOD CREATES CONFLICT (i) Biblical God : ‘I came not for peace, but a sword.’ In the New Testament, Biblical God declares that He came to the earth not for peace, but to wield a sword : 16. “34. Think not that I am come to send peace on earth ; I came not to send peace, but a sword.”(ii) Biblical God’s mission : to create rift in family In the New Testament, Biblical God reveals His mission categorically. He says :
2. VEDIC GOD PRECEPTS PEACE Vedic God bestows
peace and harmony on all the members of family. Vedas are harbinger
of love and light, peace and prosperity, sweetness and serenity.
The first learning centre of man is family. If there prevail peace
and love, respect and reverence, dignity and decency, affection and integrity
in each family, the citizens will build a strong nation. That is
why God precepts in Atharva Veda lesson of love, harmony, sweetness and
unity in each family :
maa Ba`ataa Ba`atarM iWXanmaa svasaarmauta svasaa |How fine ideal of family concord is set in following mantra of Atharva Veda Anauva`ta: ipatau: pau~aao maa~aa Bavatau saMmanaa: | Unlike Bible
God, who Himself declares in Bible that He has come to create rift in families,
Vedic God declares in Atharva Veda that He has bound all men with common
bond, so all should sit together, eat together, drink together and pray
together.
samaanaI pa`paa sah vaao#nnaBaaga: samaanao yaao@~ao sah vaao yaunaijma | Vedic religion ordains men to remain united having common minds, common aims and objects, and common goal. saD:gacCQvaM vadQvaM saM vaao manaaMisa jaanataama\ | Vedic God, unlike Biblical God, urges men to assemble on common platform to think together, plan together and work together with one aim, one object, one purpose, one mind, one intention, one determination, one mode, one goal and one destination. samaanaao man~a: saimaita: samaanaI samaanaM mana: sah ica<amaoYaama\ | samaanaI va AakUxtaI: samaanaa =dyaaina va: |
“The world is not prepared to listen to the philosophy, however sublime, of the weak.” - Guruji M.S. Golwalkar
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