... feelings of closeness to God, and therefore promote the achievement of God-realization. Aside from Trinity aspects, Ishvara has endless powers and personality traits. One or more of these aspects can be personified as a deity in Hinduism. For example, Ishvara as the giver of knowledge and learning is personified in the deity Sarasvati. Ishvara as the giver of wealth and prosperity is personified as Lakshmi ... . I want to remind you here, that the deities are not very many different Gods, but simply many different aspects of ... the One and Same Ishvara. There is a common misconception ...

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... as an example of glorious existence, and the fourth hand holds mace for power and punishing capacity of the Lord if discipline in life is ignored. His vehicle if a bird called Garuda. Shiva the destroyer of the trinity is pictured meditating with a happy posture. He holds a trident and is called the "giver." His vehicle is a bull names Nandi. The oldest scripture considered to be a direct ... revelation of god are the Vedas. Professor Raimon Pannilar writes the best-known English ... translation of this. The Vedas are divided into seven parts such as ... ...

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