Re: Idol worship and Vedas???
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• November 24, 2002
/OM namO nArAyaNAya |
/namastE to all. Adding a remark to Swami Sadanandaji's posting.
When one considers a book as sacred, it is idol worship. Consider an example: If I burn my prayer book, a Muslim or a Christian will not be upset. If I burn the /kurAn or the Bible, it will be another story. This is just an example to make the idea of sacredness understandable.
Idol worship imbues an idol with the content of the prayer book. May be a particular part for me on a given day, another part on another day and for another person etc. The person reading the /kurAn or the Bible does the same --- a portion at a time.
If one is against idol worship, he or she cannot have a prayer book or anything that memorializes the prayer.
/nalan/tarum collai nAn kaNtu/koNtEn; nArAyaNA ennum nAmam.
/vantanam.
Visu
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