Hindu Gods: How They Treat Humans and Demons and Do They Actually Treat Anyone Fairly? Intro:
In this essay, the question that is being asked is what relationships exist between Hindu Gods and demons, as well as Hindu Gods and people. This will bring added questions in connection with the mistreatment of demons and why they continue to be treated this way. This essay will not be able to fully answer these questions, however it will show how Gods and humans as well as gods and demons interact with one another.
Hindu Gods and Demons:
Hindu Gods have a love for numerous things, however they remain imperfect. Mistreating others seems to be the Gods' worst habit, however the demons endure more than other beings. At first glance …show more content…
When churning the ocean, making ambrosia for example, they didn't care about the amount of destruction. However, in the myths of Krishna's childhood and young-adulthood, the people that he encounters and lives with are, whether they punch him or hug him, blessed and all of their sins: erased. Growing up, Krishna knows that he is a God and is witnessed manipulating people around him whether it's to elude trouble or to young women, who were praising him, naked. The Gods seem to have this idea that they can manipulate people into thinking anything they crave and reading it is frustrating considering Hindus, including myself, continue to hold them in high regard and just ignore their destructive traits on account of their divinity. The relations between Gods and humans are presented, at the conclusion of the myths, as if the Gods have done something extravagant for the masses when in reality they've created chaos before they carry out anything beneficial. Humans in the myths express worship towards the Gods without even knowing that the Gods exist in their realm, for example, when Krishna steals the girls clothes (Doniger 1975, p. 229) they were worshiping Vishnu in order to obtain Krishna as a husband, despite them worshiping him in two different ways, he decided to play a cruel trick and yet is still
In this essay, the question that is being asked is what relationships exist between Hindu Gods and demons, as well as Hindu Gods and people. This will bring added questions in connection with the mistreatment of demons and why they continue to be treated this way. This essay will not be able to fully answer these questions, however it will show how Gods and humans as well as gods and demons interact with one another.
Hindu Gods and Demons:
Hindu Gods have a love for numerous things, however they remain imperfect. Mistreating others seems to be the Gods' worst habit, however the demons endure more than other beings. At first glance …show more content…
When churning the ocean, making ambrosia for example, they didn't care about the amount of destruction. However, in the myths of Krishna's childhood and young-adulthood, the people that he encounters and lives with are, whether they punch him or hug him, blessed and all of their sins: erased. Growing up, Krishna knows that he is a God and is witnessed manipulating people around him whether it's to elude trouble or to young women, who were praising him, naked. The Gods seem to have this idea that they can manipulate people into thinking anything they crave and reading it is frustrating considering Hindus, including myself, continue to hold them in high regard and just ignore their destructive traits on account of their divinity. The relations between Gods and humans are presented, at the conclusion of the myths, as if the Gods have done something extravagant for the masses when in reality they've created chaos before they carry out anything beneficial. Humans in the myths express worship towards the Gods without even knowing that the Gods exist in their realm, for example, when Krishna steals the girls clothes (Doniger 1975, p. 229) they were worshiping Vishnu in order to obtain Krishna as a husband, despite them worshiping him in two different ways, he decided to play a cruel trick and yet is still