Vaishnavism - Lakshmi Narayan Mandir, Lenasia
... manifestations of the Supreme Being or as powerful entities who are
permeated by Him.
The distinctive religious belief of Vaishnavism is its emphasis on God as a
personal being; i.e., someone you can know and have a relationship with.
Vaishnavas often identify six qualities of God: all knowledge, al ...
Hinduism Sanatana Dharma “The Everlasting Way”
... Infinite, the Infinite can be represented in different ways. The Infinite
also manifests in billions of ways.
Hinduism believes not only in One God, but also in His Supreme
Personality. This personality is manifested in different forms around
us and within us perpetually. Therefore, the Infinite m ...
Svayam Bhagavan
This article is about a Hindu theological concept: the original or absolute manifestation of God. For other meanings, see Krishna (disambiguation) and Bhagavan (disambiguation).Svayam Bhagavan (Sanskrit: स्वयं भगवान) (IAST svayam bhagavān, ""The Lord"" or ""The Lord Himself"") is a Sanskrit theological term for the concept of absolute representation of God as Bhagavan within Hinduism. He is the One eternal Supreme Being called Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Trimurti.According to the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna is termed Svayam Bhagavan which means God himself. As stated in Bhagavata Purana, Hindu Vedic Supreme God Para Brahman appeared before Vasudeva and Devaki in his divine original four-headed form before taking birth as Krishna. Both Vasudev and Devaki after praising God requested him to hide his divine form agreeing to which God transformed himself into a small baby Krishna. According to this account, Krishna never took birth from the womb of his mother like a common baby.It is most often used in Gaudiya Vaishnava Krishna-centered theology as referring to Krishna. The title Svayam Bhagavan is here used exclusively to designate Krishna, while there are conflicting semantics or other usages in the Bhagavata Purana. Traditions of Gaudiya Vaishnavas, the Nimbarka Sampradaya and followers of Vallabha consider him to be the source of all avatars, and the source of Vishnu and Narayana himself. As such, he is therefore regarded as Svayam Bhagavan.Though Krishna is recognized as Svayam Bhagavan by many, he is also perceived and understood from an eclectic assortment of perspectives and viewpoints. When Krishna is recognized to be Svayam Bhagavan, it can be understood that this is the belief of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, the Vallabha Sampradaya, and the Nimbarka Sampradaya, where Krishna is accepted to be the source of all other avatars, and the source of Vishnu himself. This belief is drawn primarily ""from the famous statement of the Bhagavatam""(1.3.28).A different viewpoint differing from this theological concept is the concept of Krishna as an avatar of Narayana or Vishnu. It should be however noted that although it is usual to speak of Vishnu as the source of the avataras, this is only one of the names of the God of Vaishnavism, who is also known as Narayana, Vasudeva and Krishna and behind each of those names there is a divine figure with attributed supremacy in Vaishnavism.
