Guest guest Posted February 8, 2001 Report Share Posted February 8, 2001 philist, " Gokulmuthu N. " <gokulmuthu> wrote: Cross posting from SriArunachala Sun, 4 Feb 2001 12:47:46 +0200 venkata ramana sarma podury <rpodury@g...> Idol worship Here is another conversation with Sri Bhagavan on idol worship ( Visitor belongs to a faith which does not provide for idol worship) Visitor: Has God form? Sri B Who says so? V: Well, if God has no form is it proper to worship idols? Sri. B: Leave God alone because he is unknown. What about you? have you a form? V: Yes. I am this and so and so Sri B: So then, you are a man with limbs , about three and half cubits high, with beard etc. Is it so ? V: Certainly. Sri B: Then do you find yourself so in deep sleep? V: After waking I perceive that I was asleep. Therefore by inference I remained thus in deep sleep also Sri B: If you are the body why do they bury the corpse after death? The body must refuse to be buried V: No, I am the subtle Jiva within the gross body Sr. B: So you see that you are really formless; but you are at present identifying yourself with the body. So long as you are formful why should you not worship the formless God as being formful The questioner was baffled and perplexed ( From Talks with Sri Maharshi - 25th December 1935) Devotee: People scoff at me and call me a superstitious idolator. Bhgavan : Why don't you retort by calling them worse idolators? For do they not wash, dress, feed and worship their body so many times every day. Is not the body the biggest idol ? Than is he not an idol worshipper? ____________________ __ ____________________ __ --- End forwarded message --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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