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Originally Posted by epicsinner
Fantastic answer, 
here is some more -
The traditional Sanskrit explanation of the name Vishu involves the root viś, meaning "to settle, to enter", or also (in the Rigveda) "to pervade", and a suffix nu, translating to approximately "the All-Pervading One". An early commentator on the Vedas, Yaska, in his Nirukta, defines Vishnu as 'vishnu vishateh; one who enters everywhere', and 'yad vi****o bhavati tad vishnurbhavati; that which is free from fetters and bondages is Vishnu.'
So in other words that which pervades everything is Vishnu. |
It's almost a breath of fresh air to hear this rather than the Christian versions of existence.
I mean I love Jesus --- but the baggage of the
misinterpretations that we need some sort of salvation and that there was original sin is not in the Hindu mind.
Vishnu is all-pervading, how simple is that.
This is why I gravitate more to the Eastern traditions.
Sorry, let's not start talking about Christianity, I slipped.
Ah, Vishnu - and all His manifestations...
