Guest guest Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 dear members, in the bhagavad gita we find this verse which runs like this In whatsoever form one seeks Me, I reach him in that form, for all mankind are but following the paths I laid down for them " taken from the story of the boy gopala,volume 6,complete works of swami vivekananda. i wasn't able to locate the exact verse in sanskrit. and then we also find this other verse in chapter 9 text 23. a translation by swami vireswarananda of sri ramakrishna math, " Even those devotees of other gods who worship (them) endowed with faith worship me alone O son of kunti, though in an unauthorized way. " again in text 25 of the same chapter " The worshippers of the gods go to the gods, those who worship the ancestors go to the ancestors, those who worship ghosts and spirits will go to them and those who worship me will come to me " there seems to my mind a contradiction of sorts here.if it is he that enlivens everything in this universe, if it is he alone in every form, then why this distinction? why the difference that 'those who worship the gods will go to them' and 'those who worship me will come to me'?are the 'gods' not nondifferent from him going by the first verse? Varun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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