Sunday, January 17, 2010

Difference between Vishwaas and Shraddha

Vishwas is the trust and confidence apparent between different elements of life while Shraddhaa is the conviction and commitment inherent in every element of life.

Vishwas is an explicit reality with which we are enabled to deal with the world around. Vishwas is the trust and confidence that are induced into the subjective experience from the objective world. Vishwas is, therefore, the reflection of the same trust and confidence in the subject toward its objects. Vishwas is the bridge between Sat (existence) and Bhaava (experience) enabling an implicit relation between an individual and the world around.

Shraddhaa is an implicit reality because of which any being is what it is. Shraddha is the inherent synergy from which a being comes out to be what it is, with which it remains to be what it is, and into which it is bound to dissolve away eventually. Shraddhaa is the absolute conviction in the very existence and the absolute commitment toward the experience thereof. In other words, Shraddhaa is the essence of Sadbhaava, the conjugation of Sat (existence) and Bhaava (experience) .

Therefore, Vishwas is the basis for co-existence of various elements in this creation while Shraddhaa is the basis for the very existence. Vishwas is the basis for communication between the elements of creation while Shraddha is the source for very communion. Shraddhaa is the basis for the life while Vishwas is the basis for the living. Hence, Shraddhaa and Viswas are as different from each other as the life and the living could be.

Inconsistent appreciation of Vishwas and Shraddhaa (i.e. notional difference between Vishwas and Shraddhaa) is the root cause for ignorance, paucity and misery in one's life ... while settling into the inherent consistency between the same is Gnyaana; merging with the convergence of the two is Yoga; and dancing in unison with the union is Bhakti.

The confluence, convergence, and fusion of Shraddhaa and Vishwas is the focus of study in all our scriptures as they beautifully describe the same as five-fold to practice …
Tasyai tapo damah karmeti pratishThaa - sharp focus, undeterred restraint and relentless pro-activity are its BASIS.

Vedaah sarvaangaani - clarity of appreciation is its PRESENCE.
Satyamaayatanam - The Truth is its ESSENCE.

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