Vivekananda Mailing List-10/12/03

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— " The fruition of even the worship of Adityas etc. Brahman Himself

bestows, because He is the Ruler of all. " Says Shankara in his

Brahma-Sutra-Bhâsya —

 

 

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" Here in this way does Brahman become the object of worship, because

He, as Brahman, is superimposed on the Pratikas, just as Vishnu etc.

are superimposed upon images etc. "

 

The same ideas apply to the worship of the Pratimas as to that of the

Pratikas; that is to say, if the image stands for a god or a saint, the

worship is not the result of Bhakti, and does not lead lo liberation;

but if it stands for the one God, the worship thereof will bring both

Bhakti and Mukti.