Guest guest Posted February 9, 2001 Report Share Posted February 9, 2001 Dear Mr.Sunil, Nice to hear that u r a devotee of Bhagvan Ramana Maharshi as well. That is infact a very effective conversation which everbody should realise about ourself.That is everbody should enquire about ourself. What is the purpose of life etc. I am an ardent devotee of Bhagvan. Thank you once again. With cheers, Karthik Past is burden;future is uncertain;present is reality. - Bhagvan Ramana Maharshi >Sunil_Sudhakar >Ramakrishna >Ramakrishna >[ramakrishna] Fwd: Idolation >Thu, 08 Feb 2001 13:09:01 -0000 > >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 --- > > > _______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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