Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 21:28:00 +0800
From: Joel Ng <jngkj-AT-mbox2.singnet.com.sg>
Subject: Re: 


Unka Bart wrote:

> In the Hindu literature, the many gods exist merely to aid the reader in
> focusing on one or more of the many facets of the energy that underlies and
> motivates the universe.  Educated Hindus understand this, and do not
> mistake the mythic "gods" for "real" gods; whereas the uneducated do tend
> to make that mistake and similarly, treat the hindu literature as
> "religion."
>
> The same thing happens in Buddhism, for the same reason.

Does the Hindu literature say so, or is this a modern interpretation?

(surely you're kidding here...?)