One of my childhood classmates, Apoorva Gupta writes:
"One of the 8-year-olds in yoga class asked me who God is and if there is only one God then how come we (Hindus) pray to a different God each festival?
Er, um, well....I was stumped. This kid was having a hard time accepting the pantheon of Gods in Hindu mythology. How do I explain that Hindu mythology is like a large corporation where Brahma is the CEO and then each aspect of running an efficient world is handled by a different department (I mean God). That's why Laxmi takes care of wealth (Finance), Saraswati of knowledge (Training), Vishnu of protection (Security), etc. etc. I was also not sure if I should break it to him that this is just mythology and that they are simply symbols that Hindus worship."
Monday, September 18, 2006
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The easier way would be to say we worship the same god in different get-ups which God dons to bash different 'evil doers'... Like Deepavali is for killing Narakasura and Vijaya Dasami is for killing Mahishasura...
Pretty much like Amitabh Bachan...
Well then maybe kids these days understand organization structures in large enterprises better...
hahaaahah....good one man !!! You crack me up all the time.
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