Friday 14 June 2013

Is Lord Shiva the supreme God?



Is Lord Shiva the supreme God?

A lot of people write in to me, both Hindu and from other religions, asking whether I believe that Lord Shiva is superior to other Gods.

Hindus quote the examples of different myths; some of which show Lord Vishnu as the greatest God and some show Lord Shiva as the supreme God. Some of the myths show Lord Brahma as the original creator God and hence the most important one. For Muslims, their scriptures show Allah as the true God and for Christians, their God is the supreme one with Jesus Christ as the son of God. A similar reaction is but obvious for people from other religions who will naturally follow their own precepts. Atheists, who do not believe in God, but in the concept of a Universal Law, think very differently from the rest. Many such readers like the representation of Shiva in The Immortals of Meluha. And a few of them write in to me asking whether I believe that Lord Shiva is supreme or is their own God/belief system superior.

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