Philosophical Writings

Author(s): Hemant Shah
Publisher: Academy of Philosophy

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equivalent to Dharma or Brahman. Prof. A. L. Basham in his "The Wonder that was India' notes that "Varuna was the guardian of Rta, the cosmic order a concept which was perhaps the highest flight of Rig Vedic thought. The world takes its regular course, day follows night and season succeeds season, because of Rta; man must live according to Rta."39
Philosophical Writings
'Logos' in Hinduism, has been used however, with one more meaning as well. 'Logos' also means a creative sound, which in the Vedas is called 'Shabda Brahma' (i.e. creative word), The Primordial manifestation of the supreme spirit was creative sound or the First Word (Adi Nad). This first word or creative sound, the 'Logos' is 'OM' which is the very creative energy and the very base of the universe.
Logos' is also used as Brahman (God), the concept which is similar to the concept of "total field energy". This energy ('Logos') is not blind or mechanistic" but "profoundly intelligent"; it has a great wisdom and is spiritual. According to Hinduism, Logos can be experienced by becoming more and more spiritual and capable of feeling the inner hearing attuned to the music - a unique rhythm of Being.
This' Logos' or the creative sound, in Hinduism, has been symbolized with the great god Shiva having a drum in one hand and a flame in other.40 It is the divine-expression that attracts, fascinates and unites different things, even the conflicting forces and opposites. It assumes gravitational force in Dik' and Kala (i. e. in Space and Time). In short in Hinduism, God (as meant by Logos) is the balanced unity of opposites. This is very near to Heraclitus' concept and theory of Logos.
One of the schools of Hinduism or Indian Philosophy is Yoga. It talks about the three most important centers of human consciousness and how the Logos-the immeasurable and boundless (ananta) can be experienced and understood within these centers. The three centers are heart, eyebrow -center and the top of the skull.