Dualism or Dualistic Worship
The Vedas are the ancient Hindu Scriptures and are repositories of Wisdom. The Upanishads or the Aranyakas deals exclusively with wisdom and are known throughout the world as Vedanta. The practice of worship and the paths of self realization and realization of God are elaborately discussed in the Upanishads. Though there are many types of practices mentioned in them they can be classified into two main types as discussed earlier i.e. Dualism or Dualistic worship and Non-Dualism or Non-dualistic worship.
The dualistic worship considers soul as separate from God and describes three aspects. 1. Maya (energy) also called Prakriti (Nature) 2. Jivatma (soul), 3. Lord or Maya or God.
The objective world is but the product of Prakriti or Maya, and is ever changing and transient. On the other hand Jivatma (soul) and Parmatman (God) are eternal. The dualism arises here as Jiva and God bot are considered as different from each other. The soul is finite whereas God is infinite; The jiva is powerless whereas God is omnipotent. Jiva enjoys the Prakriti or maya and the God witnesses it. And finally speaking Jiva is the worshipper and the God is his object of worship.
The Vedas are the ancient Hindu Scriptures and are repositories of Wisdom. The Upanishads or the Aranyakas deals exclusively with wisdom and are known throughout the world as Vedanta. The practice of worship and the paths of self realization and realization of God are elaborately discussed in the Upanishads. Though there are many types of practices mentioned in them they can be classified into two main types as discussed earlier i.e. Dualism or Dualistic worship and Non-Dualism or Non-dualistic worship.
The dualistic worship considers soul as separate from God and describes three aspects. 1. Maya (energy) also called Prakriti (Nature) 2. Jivatma (soul), 3. Lord or Maya or God.
The objective world is but the product of Prakriti or Maya, and is ever changing and transient. On the other hand Jivatma (soul) and Parmatman (God) are eternal. The dualism arises here as Jiva and God bot are considered as different from each other. The soul is finite whereas God is infinite; The jiva is powerless whereas God is omnipotent. Jiva enjoys the Prakriti or maya and the God witnesses it. And finally speaking Jiva is the worshipper and the God is his object of worship.
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