Talk:Introduction - Can we describe Bhagavān completely

By Sri Vishal Agarwal

Scope: The purpose of this document is to describe the nature of the Divine from a viewpoint, and compare this viewpoint to that of other religions. The document also explains how the conceptions of Bhagavān lead to different ways in which people worship Bhagavān.

The Bhagavad Gītā is often regarded as a summary and a synthesis of all the major philosophies. Therefore, this scripture will form the major basis of our discussion. To avoid verbosity, we will refrain from stuffing our discussion with an excessive number of quotations from other Śāstras. Only a few individual scriptures will be referred to for illustrative purposes.

There is also no dearth of secondary literature on how people interpret and worship Bhagavān. By and large, etic literature presenting outsider, alien perspectives will be ignored except for short citations. The emphasis is on emic (insider viewpoint) literature including the sacred texts, beliefs and practices,using its own vocabulary and concepts.