Worship of idols

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shriadishakti , " seekertiger

<seekertiger> " <seekertiger> wrote:

 

> however the SYs at the program forbade me from going to temples

> saying that there was no point in going there.also they told me to

> keep all idols of god aside and keep only shri mataji's photo

> while meditating.

 

 

" So there's a very big difference between a statue (idol) and a

photograph because My attention is there. Of course, even the

statues which are created by Mother Earth (Swayambus) also have

vibrations and they also show they have vibrations, but they cannot

give you the awakening of the Kundalini because My photograph has My

Desire also in it. They cannot. If they could (idols and swayambus),

Stonehenge would have. "

 

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

 

 

" According to a video shown by Catholic seminaries through out

the world, the first sculpture of Christ was in the form of a small

boy holding on to a sheep. Now, everywhere in the world, people have

pictures of Christ according their culture. A loving young white man

in USA, a tough man looking like a judge in Russia, a nice black man

in Africa and a man looking like a typical man from China with a

sheepish beard in China. I RESPECT ALL THOSE PICTURES. Believe it or

not, ALL OF THEM ARE IDOL WORSHIPS.

 

To begin with Hindu scriptures do not recommend the worship of the

idol as God. As the German philosopher, author Max Muller

wrote, " The religion of Vedas knows no idols. "

 

Hindu scriptures very clearly state THE IDOL IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR

GOD, BUT ONLY A MEANS OF MAKING THE MIND CONCENTRATE ON GOD. An idol

in a church is exactly like a cross in the church. Both help men to

focus their devotion to God. " Posting - 8/16/00 6:44:45 AM

 

 

Tiger,

 

The above is a post copied from the internet. i can assure you

contrary to what is posted Hindu Scriptures never mention about

idols. In all the Puranas and Vedas you will not even find a single

sentence about idols, less their worship. There is absolutely

nothing to support the worship of idols. i will give you all the

time you need to check with all the pandits and scholars regarding

idol worship. Just ask them to point the verse, out of hundreds of

thousands that make up the Vedas and Puranas. They will not be able

to produce even one. It is all a falsehood which empowers brahmins

to act as middlemen between the masses and the gods, and idols were

used for this purpose.

 

i used to meditate of a beautiful idol of Shri Ganesha in the early

years of SY. One day the realization came, something to the effect

that " If you know Me, why do you have to worship My image? " That was

the last time ever i bowed to an idol. If i know how Shri Ganesha

looks like why do i have to make an idol? If you know how Shri Shiva

is why bow to an idol?

 

Nowadays i cannot even enter temples where idols of Shri Krishna or

Radha, or any deity for the matter are worshipped. If no Hindu

scripture cite idol worship, why is it so difficult for them to

admit this Truth? It is an indoctrination that is difficult to

discard. So Tiger, you are far better off worshipping the deities

within than the idols without.

 

 

regards,

 

 

 

jagbir