On worship of demi-gods

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Thiruvengada Jeeyar thiruvadigale Saranam.

 

Dear Bhagavatas,

 

my namaskarams to u all.

 

It seems a few members of the list are of the opinion that worship of

demigods is OK as Lord srimannarayana alone is the in-dweller of all. i

would like to share my thoughts on this topic.

 

There is no doubt about the omnipresence of the Almighty. But how

accessible is He as antaryAmI? Why worship Him as antaryAmI of Siva or

Saibaba alone? Why not as antaryAmI of VSM Vishnu or Bill Clinton?

 

We have Vedas, which do recognise him as the SarIrI of everything or the

Lord having rudra, indra et al. as His body, and they do praise Him so in

several hymns as pointed out by Sri krishna kalale (who is clearly not in

favour of demigod worship) and we do take note of it as we recite vEdas.

 

Apart from being antaryAmI, Lord has taken several avatAras and has also

manifested Himself in archA form in bonafide temples i.e. those following

Vaikhanasa or pAncharAtra or those having purANic sanction like guruvAyUr,

badarI etc. Our AchAryas have very clearly advised us to worship the most

accessible archA form of the Lord. when we have so many temples and also

know about His taking birth as rAma, Krishna et al., what is the fun in

worshipping demigods or babas or ammas?

 

If we really come to know that Lord nArAyaNa alone is the antaryAmI of all,

we will never worship others but worship Him alone in whatever form He has

shown Himself out of His mercy (let us remember yAmunAchArya's "namO namO

vAgmanasAtibhUmayE namO namO vAgmanasaika bhUmayE"..)

 

 

dasan

vishnu

 

 

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