Ishvara
ईश्वर īśvaraGod as personal Lord. Krishna discloses himself as Ishvara in the course of the dialogue, speaking not as a wise charioteer but as the divine.
Where this term appears
- What Are the Six Darshanas? Philosophy
Yoga hands the seeker the practical discipline to walk that map to its end, and adds to Samkhya's austere scheme a place for Ishvara , the Lord, as the focus of devotion.
- What is Advaita Vedanta? Philosophy
Saguna Brahman is Brahman "with qualities," the same reality approached as a personal God, Ishvara , who creates and governs the world.
- What is Kashmir Shaivism? Philosophy
Kashmir Shaivism is a non-dual Shaiva philosophy that arose in Kashmir around the ninth and tenth centuries CE. Its central claim is that there is only one reality,…
- Hinduism and Buddhism: the difference Essentials
Most Hindu schools affirm an ultimate ground, Brahman , and most also worship a personal God, Ishvara , in one form or another.
- How many gods does Hinduism have? Deities
… of one ultimate reality, called Brahman in its formless fullness and Ishvara when approached as a personal Lord.
- Is Hinduism monotheistic or polytheistic? Essentials
When that one reality is approached as a personal God who creates, sustains, and receives worship, it is called Ishvara , the Lord.
- Is yoga Hindu? Is it a religion? Yoga
Patanjali also gives a real place to the divine, through ishvara-pranidhana , devotion to the Lord, as one means to the goal, though his Ishvara is a philosophical principle rather than a sectarian deity.
- Ishta-Devata: Choosing a Personal Deity Deities
Worship of Ishvara , the Lord with form, purifies and steadies the mind and carries the devotee a very long way, but Ishvara himself belongs to the level of appearance, and in the last liberating knowledge even…