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I was with you right up until the word "emotion." Although "Hinduism" is vast and covers quite a few disparate beliefs and philosophies, none of them (to my knowledge) even approximately equate God with an emotion. Even bliss (ananda) is only one aspect.

I don't claim to know the particular religion of his village and/or lineage, but I understand his God to be something closer to the Consciousness that (supposedly) gives rise to all of reality.

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>Although "Hinduism" is vast and covers quite a few disparate beliefs and philosophies, none of them (to my knowledge) even approximately equate God with an emotion.

Bhakti does.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhakti

>covers quite a few

Tons.

>Hinduism

There is no such thing.

The term is a Western invention, by complacent sneering so-called scholars about India.

You are confusing using emotion to reach God with emotion being God.

And of course there is "such a thing." You even described what it refers to, a definition which is sufficient for the purposes of this thread.

There you go with your weasel words again.

Hey academic philosopher, God is everything, and there is nothing else, so God can be emotion and emotion can be God :) :) :)

Don't you know about Brahman?

There is nothing else ;)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman

QED.

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