OT: Ivory Idols ( Using Silk is also inauspicious ).

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Dear Mr. Ole,

 

Thank you very much for opening an interesting topic on 'Ivory idols'.

Personally I feel that one should not use 'Silk' for any religious rituals and

should use only pure cotton for this purpose. The Silk, we use is made after

killing thousands of silk cocoons by boiling in water. The cocoons are boiled

when there is a pupae inside it. If pupae inside the cocoon, is allowed to

metamorphise in a adult moth, it break opens the cocoon, affecting the staple

quality and length of silk fiber. Why we should use silk for religious and puja

purpose which is a product after killing small beautiful creatures who have not

even seen this world ? Does not this comes under a 'Tamas vritti (nature) ?

 

Few people may debate on this by saying that 'Silk kills all germs'. This not

correct. Scientifically, silk has static electricity, and in fact, it attracts

dust particles with millions of micro-organisms onto it. When killing is not

allowed for performing any rituals, why should we kill silk worm pupae in its

premature state of metamorphosis ?

 

Thanking you and with best wishes.

 

Chandrashekhar Phadke

 

alstrup <alstrup wrote:

 

Dear Gary,

 

Good question.

 

Yes, with all certainty, I would assume that if an elephant has been

killed to obtain the ivory, it is highly inauspicious and very bad

karma to use this for a murti or what to speak of a deity.

 

The elephant is a very sacred animal.

 

If the ivory has been obtained from a wild elephant that expired

naturally or a tame elphant was treated well, then it is different.

There may be some details about this in the Manu Samhita, the most

famous of the Vedic Law Books.

 

Ole

 

, "Shapeshifter12"

<dna12@v...> wrote:

> This question is offtopic, but I feel that the wonderful souls here

> will give good feedback on this. Are Ivory Idols inauspicious? I've

> found an old one of Lakshmi here in the US that I am very drawn to

> purchase , but I'm wondering if this might be an affront/insult to

Ganesh?

>

>

> With all humility and sincerity-

> Gary Chambers

 

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