Primitive Religion belief in

Monotheism
The belief of gods in the Vedic period shows origin of a primitive religion. The
Vedic teaching of gods shows as following;
1. In a primitive religion there is no systematic way that confirms the direct
influence of the ruling power (god) and the man.
2. In the Vedic period ryans believed that they can get the blessing of super
natural power. The beliefs of !ystical "ower are very popular in a primitive
religion.
#. $ometimes it might be the belief of dead people.
%. There is no accepted way of &eeping the relationship in between the man and
super natural power.
The idea of the creation the nature and the power of the creator' the way of
emancipation' the path for emancipation are the !a(or aspects of a systematically
developed religion. )one of these features appear in the *g Vedic period. In a
primitive religion everyone is afraid of the super powers that influence them. They
were of the view that they could not ma&e their secular life happy without the
blessings of these spiritual powers.
+ven &illing of animals to satisfy gods is considered as a good act. In most of
primitive religions the attention is given to the e,isting life. $ometimes they believed
that the life after one-s death his spirit would also become powerful than he was alive
in the world.
It is reasonable for a man to live in the heaven for an +nders period as a result of
what he has done in this world. The suggestion was that people or relatives of the
dead man can send merits to him e,tending his life in the heaven.
The transference of merits became popular in the society as a way of promoting
the lives of their dead relatives during this period. This paved way for a systematic
practice of earning and transferring merits for the dead. That was the .arma marga
good actions. The sacrifice (/0ga) became popular in a short period of time. /0ga
became very popular way of earning merits among ryans. #%%