Guest guest Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Hari bol pamho The following text is the summary of religious evolution as described in the puranas and Bhaktivinoda Thakura. The first step of evolution is worshiping small gods (outside of the Vedic culture and without Vedic rituals and proper understanding about gods). The small gods for example for tribal people are the gods of the thunderbolt, ocean, rain etc.This is also known as the worship of the saktis of the virat rupa (universal form) After a life of above described worship of small gods one is born in the Vedic culture and so gets an opportunity to acquire knowledge about the Vedic names of the small gods like Indra, Varuna, Kuvera, the expansions of original Durga (or Parvati) known as Chandika, Sita, Kali, Durga etc. At this stage which is still the first step in religious evolution one still worships the small gods but now by proper Vedic rituals. After advancing in the worship of small gods in the next life one gets an opportunity to worship a higher god which according to the Brahma vaivarta purana and Bhaktivinoda Thakura - Surya the sun-god. After 3 lives of worshiping him one then gets to a higher stage of worshiping Siva and Parvati for 7 births. After this period one attins the worship of Lord Narayana for 1 birth and than ultimately becomes the devotee of Lord Sri Krishna. Hare Krishna ys-ard Everyone is raving about the all-new Mail Beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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