| About twelve hundred years ago Hinduism was | | | | adwaita and since then Hinduism has no place for the |
| confused between two theories about God. Is god | | | | theory of dwaita. This can also be explained as duality |
| different than all of us? Or are all of us God. These | | | | and non-duality. |
| two theories were called dwaita and adwaita. | | | | According to Hinduism God creates the whole cosmos |
| According to Dwaita philosophy God is something | | | | inside him and destroys it when he wills. He does |
| different and he creates the world separate from him. | | | | everything by his own set rules. These rules are never |
| He is the master and controls all destinies. He is the | | | | changed. |
| CEO of the organization that we may call as cosmos. | | | | What does Guru do? |
| According to adwaita philosophy this whole cosmos is | | | | The place of Guru becomes very essential here. Guru |
| nothing but God. We are all created by God inside him | | | | shows us our true nature, our godhood. Guru is no |
| her and die within him to get born again. It is all God's | | | | human being in ordinary sense. According to Swami |
| play, this whole cosmos. God is no different than any | | | | Muktananda, Guru is God who comes to give us his |
| of us. We are all Gods. But as our pure self or soul is | | | | grace. We accumulate lot many thought patterns and |
| covered by the maya of god, we acquire emotions | | | | other impurities in our different births. Guru removes all |
| and desires. That makes us forget our true nature. | | | | that and shows as that God resides within us as our |
| There was a famous discussion that took place in the | | | | own soul. If someone can do that he/she is a true |
| holy city of Varanasi between Adi Shankara and | | | | Guru. Swami Muktananda is one such true Guru and |
| Mandan Mishra. Shankara won with his theory of | | | | God. |