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| | |  Brhadaranyaka Upanishad: Encyclopedia II - Vedas - OrganizationThe Mantras are collected into anthologies called Samhitas. There are four Samhitas, the Rk (= Poetry), Sāman (=Song), Yajus(=Prayer) and Atharvan (=A kind of priest) commonly referred to as the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda. Each Samhita is preserved in a number of versions or recensions (shakhas), the differences among them being minor, except in the case of the Yajur Veda, where two "White" (shukla) recensions contain the Mantras only, while four "Black" (krishna) recensions interspersed ...
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| | | | Brhadaranyaka Upanishad: Encyclopedia II - Negative theology - In the Jewish tradition In Jewish belief, God is defined as the Creator of the universe: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1); similarly, "I am God, I make all things" (Isaiah 44:24). God, as Creator, is by definition separate from the physical universe and thus exists outside of space and time. God is therefore absolutely different from anything else, and, as above, is in consequence held to be totally unknowable. It is for th ...
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| | | | Brhadaranyaka Upanishad: Encyclopedia II - Vedas - Religious views: Monism, Monotheism, Henotheism and Polytheism The religion of the Vedic period, particularly at its earliest, was distinct in a number of respects, including reference to females in positions of religious authority (female rishis, or sages), an apparent lack of belief in reincarnation, and a markedly different pantheon, with Indra generally the chief god, and little mention of the later primary gods Vishnu and Shiva, although Brahma does appear quite frequently.
While Hinduism is generally monistic or monotheistic admitting emanating deities, the early Rig Veda (undeveloped early ...
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| | | | Brhadaranyaka Upanishad: Encyclopedia II - Vedas - Study In the dharmashastras the study of the Vedas was regarded as a religious duty of the three upper varnas (Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas). Women and Shudras were neither required nor allowed to study the Veda (this came to happen only in the very Later Vedic or the Sutra Age, because numerous evidences suggest that all humans were equally allowed to study the Vedas, and many Vedic "authors" were women). Elaborate methods for preserving the text (by learning them by heart and not by writing), subsidiary disciplines (Vedanga), exegetical literature, etc., were developed in the Vedic schools. In the fourteenth century Sayana wrote famous c ...
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| | | | Brhadaranyaka Upanishad: Encyclopedia II - Vedas - Religious views: Monism Monotheism Henotheism and Polytheism The religion of the Vedic period, particularly at its earliest, was distinct in a number of respects, including reference to females in positions of religious authority (female rishis, or sages), an apparent lack of belief in reincarnation, and a markedly different pantheon, with Indra generally the chief god, and little mention of the later primary gods Vishnu and Shiva, although Brahma does appear quite frequently.
While Hinduism is generally monistic or monotheistic admitting emanating deities, the early Rig Veda (undeveloped early ...
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| | | | Brhadaranyaka Upanishad: Encyclopedia II - Negative theology - Apophatic description of God In Negative theology, it is not necessary to know the essence of God - God's essence cannot be spoken of, and may only be described as ineffable - knowledge of God is true knowledge, only when it is limited to what is revealed, and does not presume to venture beyond this. Thus, in the apophatic view, any description of the nature of God which makes "positive" statements about what God is runs the risk of being false, idolatrous, and even blasphemous. Thus, rather than producing straightforward, positive assertions about the nature of God, Ne ...
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| | | | Brhadaranyaka Upanishad: Encyclopedia II - Negative theology - In Hinduism Negative theology is widespread in the Upanishads of Hinduism, where Vedantic theologians speak of the nature of Brahman - this Supreme Cosmic Spirit is regarded to be eternal, genderless, omnipotent, omniscient and yet indescribable.
It is also to be found in the chant, neti neti, meaning "not this, not this", or "neither this, nor that" . In Brhadaranyaka Upanishad, Yajnavalkya is questioned by his students on the nature of God. He states, "It is not this and it is not that" (neti, neti). Thus, God is not real as we are real, ...
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| | | | Brhadaranyaka Upanishad: Encyclopedia II - Negative theology - In the Christian tradition One of the first to articulate the theology was Pseudo Dionysius. Exemplars of the via negativa, the Cappadocian Fathers of the 4th century said that they believed in God, but they did not believe that God exists. In contrast, making positive statements about the nature of God, which occurs in most other forms of Christian theology, is sometimes called 'cataphatic theology'.
Adherents of the apophatic tradition hold that God is beyond the limits of what humans can understand, and that one should not seek God by means of intelle ...
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