Parabrahma refers to the supreme being in Hinduism, represented by the sacred sound "Aum". It is all-pervasive and omnipotent. Hindus believe that all beings and things in the universe are part of a single family, and their highest prayer is for the well-being and happiness of all. Hinduism accepts the oneness of Parabrahma but also the diversity of beliefs and visions among people. It provides freedom of thought and respects all religions. Life is seen as a spiritual journey towards self-actualization through reincarnation and evolution of knowledge and experience over multiple lifetimes.

1. PARABRAHMA : Brahma means big. Parabrahma
means biggest of all ,which indicates the
Omnipotent ,the Omnipresent, the Almighty. It is
represented by the word “ AUM”. When we say that
the entire universe is its own expression the
universal brotherhood of all living, nonliving, visible
and invisible things are proclaimed Hence a Hindu
says” Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”-the entire universe
is a family.
One who believes this, cannot see himself alienated
from the universe - he is part of it. Therefore he
wishes “ loka samastha sukhino bhavanthu”- let the
entire universe be happy. His prayer is “ Aum
Bhadram Karnebhi…..Aum Bhadram
pasyemakshabhir…….” – let all that is heard be good,
let all that is seen be good. This is the greatest and
noblest prayer one can make to the God because all
that is heard and seen can be good only when the
entire universe is good. This is one among the many
noble, selfless prayers found in Upanishads for
universal well being. All prayers in Hinduism are
concluded with the words “ shanty shanty shanty”. It
seeks materialistic, spiritual and godly peace.
When Hinduism says “ekam sat vipra bahudha
vadanti” it accepts supreme oneness of parabrahma
and at the same time it proclaims the possible
plurality of vision and diversity of belief. As far as a
Hindu is concerned Islam , Christianity , Saivaism,

2. Budhism , Vaishnavaism , Jainism Zorastrianism
Marxism etc are only the parts of this plurality and
these do not in any way hurt or interfere with his
belief. Hinduism provides maximum freedom of
thoughts and belief to individuals. A Hindu respects
the religion, belief, rituals etc of others because of
the greatness of his own belief . It is the only
religion which advocates the critical analysis of the
principles and their acceptance only if found
correct. The word 'correct’ means compatible in
respect of self. It also proclaims that the distance
traveled by each individual towards the ultimate
destination, and also the level of knowledge and
understanding of Paramaatma( ie the quantum of
Samskaara)may differ from person to person and
hence the rituals belief and mode of worship are
bound to vary.
These variations are tolerated in Hinduism as long as
it does not intrude into the belief of another person.
It does not divide people on the basis of belief. A
Hindu can visit and offer prayer in a Sikh Gurudwara,
Jewish Synagogue, Muslim Mosque, Christian Church
and temples of any kind of worship without
compromising with his own belief as a Hindu. When
one fails to accept the existence of the plurality of
vision and diversity of belief it amounts to negation
of Hinduism. In Hinduism spirituality is purely
personal. Therefore the word Hinduism can be used
as a better synonym for secularism. The actual
meaning of secularism is a matter of debate. The

3. secularism as is being practiced in India appears to
be a policy of negation and appeasement . But
Hinduism denotes tolerance and convergence of
various philosophies of the world.
For a Hindu life is a journey which commences from
the Divine and ends in the Divine. In between we
spend time here in this mortal world in search of
purushartha, undergoing evolutions, through the
process of reincarnations, in most of the times,
without knowing or rather forgetting our real goal or
destination. In each life the Jeevaatma is acquiring
more experiences and knowledge and gradually it
becomes aware of its real destination. This
knowledge leads to spirituality and to Ultimate
Reality or Self-Actualization. This is the process of
evolution which takes one from a primitive form of
life to perfect manhood. The Theory of evolution
enunciated by Charles Darwin is only an exploration
of the tips of an iceberg. Actual evolution takes
place through the process of reincarnations.
Hindus believe that all are bound to reach the
Ultimate Reality. Life is a trial and error method of
self seeking practiced by jeevaatma the ultimate
goal being self-actualization. The materialistic
development, including the inventions and
discoveries of modern science is the bye-product of
this trial and error method of self seeking. If all the
Jeevaatmas could understand their destination and
path to the destination, the world would have been

4. different from its present state. Lack of knowledge
of the real destination and path leading to the same,
is the secret behind the game. Life will be a
pleasant experience to all those who practice
Dharma without attachment. All sorts of maladies
and sorrows associated with worldly life is the result
of one’s failure to understand his/her real
destination and path to it. The Jeevaatma overcome
these ignorance by evolution / refinement over a
period of time passing through the process of several
re-incarnations. Experience of life is the price we
are paying to acquire this knowledge . The Rishi or
Guru is a person who experienced the truth .The
Jeevaatma has the option to learn the truth from
these Rishis or to gain knowledge from their own
experience. One who learns from his own experience
is definitely wise , but those who learn from others’
experience is wiser. The sum total of the
advancement made by one towards the Ultimate
Reality through the process of refinement/evolution
is called Samskaara. In other words the Samskaara
indicates the progress made by one in his / her
evolutionary process.
can understand and assimilate truth
commensurate with his / her level of samskaara
only. This is the reason for restricting exposure of
eternal truth to certain categories of people. This
categorization was attributed to the caste system
and used to deny knowledge to vast majority of the
mankind. Actually knowledge is open to all. Let us

5. broadcast the seeds of vedic knowledge through out
, the seeds that fall in fertile soil will germinate
grow and yield fruits. Let us not sit on judgement on
other peoples’ eligibility to understand Vedas. Let
the seeds of vedic wisdom be sown far and wide.
Eligible people who acquired the required level of “
samskaara “ will understand and assimilate. It is just
like giving a lamp into the hand of a person
struggling to find out his way in darkness . The
option to use or through it away is left to the
person. Another argument is that the wisdom will
lead to inaction and development of indifferent
attitude towards worldly affairs. It is also totally
incorrect. Life has its own rules to safeguard worldly
interest and sustenance of the universe. A seed will
have to germinate , grow , flourish , contribute to
natural beauty , provide shade , food , shelter etc
before it return and contribute to the soil of its
origin to complete the life cycle. If it prefers a
shortcut method and refuse to germinate at all or
refuse to grow and prefers to disintegrate into the
soil immediately after germination , there would not
be a world of this kind. Similar is the case of human
being. Wisdom should lead to identification of one’s
own Dharma.