[DJkillos]

Dear il_guy,

We the Hindus of the present generation, shall avoid divisions amongst ourselves and must remain united, with freedom to choose and adopt any path/branch, as per one's liking and attraction.

Namaste pannvalan,

I couldn't agree with you more on this. I've heard of the fights between Vaishnavas and Shaivas that occured in the past. I agree, Vishnu and Shiva are one.

My ishta devata is Lord Ganesha, but I don't consider myself a Ganapathya because I don't view Him as supreme over all the other deities. I view the one Supreme as Brahman and all the different deities are manifestations of that Brahman.

In a way, they're all supreme? They're all manifestations of Brahman, so they are all individually Brahman. If you worship Ganesha through Ganesha murthi, you can also worship Vishnu or Durga through the same Ganesha murthi. I have read this.

I also am aware that long before the term Hinduism came around, and before all the sects, there were no sects. They are of recent origin (compared to the known history of our Dharma).

Regards,

Justin