Dharmic Vs Mono-theistic religion : A logical comparison # 6
6) Concept of God
Mono-theistic religion has a concept of a partial God who takes care of only those who believe in him and expects everyone to surrender to him. I say him because God in mono-theistic religions has a gender and is male. He has a plan and is constantly engaged in conflict with the bad guy (satan or shaitan).
1) But looks like he is not powerful enough to eliminate Satan or Shaitan completely!
2) nor powerful enough to have prevented his own creation to be born into other religions. If that God is the cause of creation and all knowing and all powerful, why would he allow other religions and all the ugly karma that happens everywhere?
3) By ensuring only one religion he could have saved the suffering of his own followers trying to convert others!
Dharmic religions are governed by the "LAW" or Dharma. The law is logical and does not discriminate any religion, sex or belief etc. It has the concept of karma points either positive or negative that determines the state of a particular soul or consciousness. And free will of that individual soul or consciousness determines its own state. Also Dharma or law does not have conflict with any bad guy. It is the soul or consciousness that constantly fights with the 6 enemy elements that have been discussed earlier.
Buddhism has no concept of God and does not place importance in trying to find out if there is a God or not. It gives importance only to end the suffering of an individual consciousness. Hinduism and other dharmic religions have concept of Brahman or a God but the God described there has the characteristics of the "LAW" and not that of a person. More of a neutral God, not partial and does not expect all beings to surrender to IT.
The other aspect you could see in Dharmic religions is the divine or Brahman manifesting itself in different forms (avatars) in different ages when the society forgets Dharma. It is like the enlightened beings (bodhisattvas) coming back again to help others reach enlightenment. Some of the gods in Hinduism are the ones that have been integrated from old religions and tribal religions that have been around. Even in Hinduism where you see many gods, you can rarely see clinging to God.
One more interesting thing you see in Hinduism is the inclusion of new Gods. For example the great sufi/hindu saint Sai Baba of Shirdi is worshipped as a God and his teachings have inspired many Hindus. So most of the Gods might have come this way!
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