A Reply to Gopakumar and same like Friends.. Doubts about God

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Namasthe

Some of our friends send mail to me that about God ..so i am sending this to that people need answer.. ,

 

What is god ?The omnipotent omnipresent power controlling / guiding an atom and also the universe and also the power which is existing in each and every living being is the god.

Does the god has shape and size ?Absolutely not. It is for the sake of common man we make the pictures. Like we make a globe for teaching the earth.

Does the god have the names ?No. the god does not have the name. For quick memory and recollection we call different names to different natural phenomenon. After the nature is the direct manifestation of god.

Why do we give so many names to god?Each name has a meaning. The names convey a great meaning so we give the names. Lakshmi means glory and prosperity. Saraswati means the one which is flowing. Parvathy means the torrential force or energy. Ganesha means the one which is controlling everything in group. Krishna means which is black and attracting. Rama means which gives you happiness. And so on

Can we see with our naked eyes ?Unless you reach that level it is impossible to see even seeing through inner eyes. Many things which we cannot see are existing like atoms, electrons, air, billions and billions of galaxies.

Why to worship god ?It is not necessary if you feel it is not worth. To know that human beings have limitations and what all taking place in the world are almost beyond the control of human brain, we have to know that divine power. For knowing that divine power we should remember frequently. For this purpose we are using the method worship.

Will the god get angry if we are not worshiping ?The god is not bothered about anything like you worship or criticize. God is not bothered about your flower, nivedyam, lamp, mantra, pooja or temple. They are all for ourselves. So the worship of the god, prayer, mantra, pooja, etc., are all for ourselves.

What is the relation between the god and human beings ?Since we got birth in this earth from our parents, our relation with our parents is divine. Like that we are here because of the god. So our relation with god is divine. It is just like human relation we have relation with god or divine power.

Why should we worship at all ?We have three debt according to Indian thoughts. The debt towards god is known as Deva riuna, that towards parents is known as pitru runa and the last one is Rushi runa towards our Rushies who are responsible for our sanathana dharma.

How to get rid of these runas ?These three are permanent and we cannot get mukti from this runa. Hence we always remember god by continuously by way of worship. We remember our parents even after their death by performing the pitru srardha and before chanting any mantra we remember the name of the Rushi who composed them. Thus we repeatedly offer our homage to all these three. Thus arose the worship of god, according to Indian customs.

Does it mean that we worship god for offering our thanks ?Yes definitely it is for the same.

Is the concept of god in all religion same?No in Semitic religion it differs significantly from that of the Indian religion or sanathana dharma. Even though people say that it is the same, it varies significantly. And in no way it can be compared too.

Can we point out one major difference?One of the most crucial difference is that in Semitic religion people are god fearing people. In our case we are god loving. This fundamental difference is very serious. One who fears god means, fundamentally some thing abnormal in the mind and psychology. The feeling of fear is negative where as the feeling of love and bhakti is positive.

How do Indians vary in their approach to god?We are never god fearing people, we are god loving (bhaktas) people . We never consider human beings as sinners. Our approach to god is devotion and not the fear psychosis. We always accommodated any new branch of worship and religion. We gave permission to accept and reject any method or every method of worship. Even we gave the permission to reject god. Surprisingly you might have read in our earlier lines that the best bhakti bhava is known as satru bhava bhakti or dwesha bhava bhakti, that is I am against/ enemy to god .

How do Indians evaluated atheism and an atheist ?We (sanathana dharma followers), in our thought have clearly mentioned that no objection on somebody becoming an atheist. We considered atheists also Rushies. Science and spirituality went hand in hand here. Atheists in India were known as Rishies, Charvaka school of thoughts is full of atheism only. In all the branch of our literature automatically atheism has been included. This can be seen in Mahabharta, Ramayana, Darsana commentaries, puranas and even in dharma sastra

How does our prayer vary ?We never go for group prayer and all sorts of worship are considered as personal. At the same time chanting mantra, bhajans, story telling, listening to Purana, harikatha etc group presence or involvement are permitted. We gave the freedom even to refuse and reject any branch of existing practice /methods /concept / thoughts and create your own method. We prayed for the well being of one and all including those who are following other pathways We always requested others to follow any method after critical analysis in the light of saastram.

Can we say we have only one level of god realization ?We have different levels of understanding the nature and divine power because the concept of god is different at different levels. We consider the divine power is within all human beings and living beings. Till you realize that concept you have to have lower level of worship, once you realized that you are the embodiment of divinity, then even lower can be rejected.

How do we estimate our temples of worship ?The Indian temples are not merely prayer halls but quantum healing centers We elevated the status of even a stone to divinity and we could see divinity in it. The plants and animals were given the divine status. Earth, Sun, air, water and all those are considered with divine respect . One should elevate himself for understanding that these are all the manifestation and manipulation of the divine power. We can say the devolution of the divinity. The manifestation of divinity is clearly mentioned in Sanskrit as the Brahma vaivartham.

Can we say the prayer is a dialog between devotee and god ?In India the prayer is a dialog between the god and devotee. We never kept agents /brokers for making more followers for our gods . We prayed directly to god and never through brokers or saints. One person cannot declare another person as saint. These saint ship etc are all recognition for converting people to their religion. Not for god realization.

How our customs and rituals connect with god ?Our customs and rituals are not for pleasing gods but for fetching psychological, physiological, family based , social and national benefits. The spirituality is added to the customs to make it smooth and whole hearted . to get more faith factor in it.("God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple." CHanakya )

with regards

dilip --- On Sat, 7/12/08, Gopa Kumar <mgopa wrote:

Gopa Kumar <mgopaRE: Lord Saneeswar rarest Picture and details... Soorya temple Location"DILIP KUMAR RAVINDRAN" <prdiliSaturday, July 12, 2008, 10:49 PM

 

 

Dear Dilip

 

How one can be sure this is the shape of the Lord Saneeswar? Had anyone seen God?

 

 

 

 

 

DILIP KUMAR RAVINDRAN [prdili] Wednesday, July 09, 2008 2:13 PMLord Saneeswar rarest Picture and details... Soorya temple Location

 

 

 

 

 

 

Namasthe

 

Herewith attached very rarest picture taken from Saneeswar just before Balalaya prathishta .

Download the picture and keep in your poojaroom with all respect and pray to saneeswar for happy and to reduce sani dosham.

Saneeswara Stotram

 

Neelanjana Samabhasam

Raviputram yamagrajam

Chaya marthanda Sambhutham

Tham namami Saneeswaram

 

For Sanee dhosham.. there is only one Saneeswara temple in kerala.. it is very old may be more than 7500 years ( believe that Prathishta done by sage Naradamuni and by the instruction of narada muni to reduce sanidosham Udhistira, Arjuna,Bheema and even Dhuryodhana pray at this temple…. Near by around six kilometers away keralas only Dhuryodhana temple(pooruvazhy Mala nada mutthappan) also for the evidence. After long period the temple was

Protected and prayed by Ponal kalarigurukkal family( believe that one of the warrior from lord Sri Dharmashastha (Swamy) ). .

There after like our old temples nobody care and almost damage everything except Saneeswar Idol.

Now with the help of some devotees Blalaya Prathishta was done after that Saneeswar is happy and with very power full,(KSHIPRA PRASDHI)

Now the temple work is under progress. People from all religion are visiting Saneeswar and pray.

Your visit to temple and prayers and your contributions directly also expected.

Let us join together and Full fill the Construction of Saneeswar…( sorry I am only a devote same like you ,so please don’t ask my bank address or any thing . I feel visit temple directly and do as you can . please try to spread this information to all your relatives and friends

 

The temple is situated at Kannanmam.in kollam district. nearest places are sastham kotta.. Charumoodu or Bharanikkavu. . and major nearest towns are Kayamkulam , Karunagappilly, Pandalam, Adoor and Kottarakkara.

Way to reach there

1.when you come via Trivandrum or Via Ernakulam please get down at KAYAMKULAM ( a main railway station also KSRTC BUS STAND) from Kayamkulam

travel on the way KAYAMKULAM TO ADOOR ROAD AND GET DOWN AT CHARUMOODU( Around 13 kms away from kayamkulam) from charumoodu to Tamarakulam

( around 5 kms) and from Tamarakulam to Kannamam market (via Anayadi )around 4km and from kannamam market to Saneeswara temple 1.5km (one and a half kilometer)

2. If you are coming from Kottarkkara or Karunagappilli .... you should reach Bharanikkavu( near to Sasthamkotta. . ) then from bharanikkavu to kannamam chantha..via chakkuvally. then kannnamam chantha to saneeswara temple 1km.

 

 

worship and opening times...

Morning 5.30 am to 9 am and evening 5.pm to 7.30 pm

Saturday is the important day...

presently there is no facility to stay near by... If need to stay you should stay at pandalam , mavelikkara , karunagappilly , kayamkulam or adoor...

 

When you are going to temple take with you some Coconut... 3 or 4 ( Pacha thenga For Neeranjanam .. and when doing neeranjanam breake the cocunut and put ellukizhi on broken two parts of coconut and the

eyed portion of Coconut should be keep on right part and eye less part on left side ) , 101 nos. cherunaranga make like a haram. by using white tread. and some vettila.( 101 nos.) , Ellu payasam (not by us it will be done as vazhipadu).. for archanana.. and pray . surly sanidhosham will reduce.

 

Another information

There is one temple for SOORYA DEVA in Kerala . It is situated in Adithyapuram at Kottayam district . On the way from vaikom to ettumanoor just after Kaduthuruthy One kilometer away turn to right and 3 kilometre away Soorya bhaghavan temple. At AADITHYA PURAM

with prayers and pranamam

 

 

with regards

 

dilip