{"key":"Soft_Power","title":"Soft Power","type":"article","description":"Introduction In Hinduism, Whoever reaches the space of Enlightenment, they are God.","lastModified":"2019-04-02T20:47:23.000Z","url":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Soft_Power","markdownUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Soft_Power.md","apiUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/api/pages/Soft_Power","displayTitle":"Soft Power","namespace":0,"language":"en","created":"2026-05-25T17:36:47.459Z","categories":[{"key":"Definitions","title":"Definitions","url":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Category:Definitions","markdownUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/wiki/Category:Definitions.md","apiUrl":"https://nithyanandapedia.org/api/categories/Definitions"}],"sections":[{"line":"Introduction","level":2,"anchor":"Introduction"},{"line":"Resources","level":2,"anchor":"Resources"}],"infobox":null,"fields":null,"event":null,"leadImage":null,"format":"blocks","content":{"version":1,"converter":2,"toc":false,"blocks":[{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Introduction","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Introduction"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"In Hinduism, Whoever reaches the space of "},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Enlightenment","children":[{"type":"text","text":"Enlightenment"}]},{"type":"text","text":", they are God. We revere every being who has transcended to the space of Enlightenment as God."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"In Hinduism, God is not one. God is Oneness. If you see, God is not one autocratic leader, as depicted in other religions. He is not "},{"type":"link","pageKey":"Hard_Power","children":[{"type":"text","text":"Hard power"}]},{"type":"text","text":". He is soft power."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"God is not Indra, or some autocrat who is one person ruling over everyone, and insecure if someone else is trying to become powerful like him. He is not a Judge and there is no Judgement Day where he is going to say you are doing something right or wrong."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"That is why if you see Mahadeva - Shiva - He is just sitting in the remote Himalayas and meditating. He does not constantly control all the universes, worlds, planets. He just sits in Meditation/ Samadhi. Once in awhile he opens his eyes and teaches or blesses people. And he is Happy, and waiting for more people reach his space, and become Him!"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"That is why - in the Hindu scriptures - If you read a scripture on Ganesha - it will say that Ganesha is the ultimate God. And if you read a scripture on Devi, it will say she is the ultimate, and all other Gods are insignificant, and under her."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Just seeing all these, we can understand how we have infinite Gods, all are the ultimate - and all are infinitely powerful. We can never compare one with the other."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"In reality, monotheism and polytheism, are both too small of words to define Hinduism. The context is totally different for Hinduism. As Swamiji - my Guru says “Some believe that there is one God. We believe that there is ONLY God.”"}]},{"type":"heading","level":2,"anchor":"Resources","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Resources"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"link","href":"http://www.nithyananda.org/video/life-runs-inspiration#gsc.tab=0","children":[{"type":"text","text":"http://www.nithyananda.org/video/life-runs-inspiration#gsc.tab=0"}]},{"type":"text","text":" "},{"type":"link","href":"http://www.dhyanapeetam.org/video/you-are-god#gsc.tab=0","children":[{"type":"text","text":"http://www.dhyanapeetam.org/video/you-are-god#gsc.tab=0"}]}]}]},"images":{}}