Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 103
HINDUISM. H. INDUISM is a class in itself in the comity of religions. To find in Hindu literature evidence of revelation as understood in traditional Divine. Areligions is a difficult task. This is so, mainly because on the one hand the concept of revelation is wholly confined to the Vedic teachings, while on the other, God is mentioned to have manifested Himself in human form to instruct mankind. . Though in Christianity too, Jesus as is described in a manner somewhat similar to that of Krishnaªs, the similarity however is superficial. In the personification of Jesus. Christ, God the father remains in command of the universe, and a manifestation of His sonship somehow displays itself in the human image of Jesus. Again in the case of. Christianity, there is a third person entitled the Holy Ghost who is neither Christ, nor God the father, but is an integral part of the Trinity in its own right. . Hinduism however, is not clear concerning the manifestation of Brahmâ in the person of Krishna. Did he rule the heavens and the earth from his heavenly seat even when Krishna remained on earth, or was it Krishna who as. God personified governed the universe during his human phase? Or was Krishna merely an apparition or icon while. God remained in command in the heavens like He ever was? Questions such as these remain unanswered. . Again as far as revelation is concerned, Christianity is completely at one with the belief of traditional religions concerning the nature of revelation from on high. In. Hinduism, however, the mode of revelation is not shared by traditional religions. To fulfil the role of an exemplar, God 103