Idol worshipping in Hinduism primarily was symbolic. It never mattered what the idol was made of. In places where people could not afford even a temple … people prayed to a banyan free, at times even a rock. Worshipping mountains and rivers was common in Hinduism. As everything was symbolic, all prayers were offered to God Almighty, the creator of […]
God Almighty (Brahman) was Nirguna (without attributes) as detailed in Bhagavad Gita but many people who could not conceptualize Nirakaar form of God (having no form) always prayed to, worshipped Saguna form of God (having attributes). Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita abhors such practices. Lord Krishna emphasizes that all worship, prayers must be offered directly to Brahman (God Almighty), never […]
Unable to conceive, visualize the enormity of God (Brahman) in its Nirakaar form (having no form)… in order to pray, worship God in Sakaar form (having a form) Hindus created different forms and sizes of idols of various gods and goddesses that we see in temples all over India. Idols were only a medium to communicate with god. Those […]
Unable to conceive God Almighty (Brahman) in all its glory, in its Nirakaar form (having no form)… Hindus prayed to Sakaar form of God (having a form). This form of God could be in any shape… an idol, even a tree, rock… rivers or mountains! The essence of all prayers lay in reaching God, the medium could be any. If […]
God, the creator of entire cosmos was one and only one called Brahman in Hinduism. We as human beings and also as a soul atman exist as God Almighty exists. As a soul atman, the spirit we were part of God Almighty. If an individual grain of sand is an independent soul atman, the whole mound God Almighty, Brahman. The […]
Lord Krishna was an avatar of his era (God manifest in human form) yet in sermon of Bhagavad Gita rendered to Arjuna Lord Krishna explicitly says that all worship must be directly rendered to Brahman (God) and never attributes of God Almighty… hordes of gods and goddesses including Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu or Lord Mahesh. Offering worship to Lord Krishna […]
Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says that all worship, prayers must be directly offered to Brahman (God) the one and only creator of cosmos instead of various attributes, hordes of gods and goddesses. This will save us precious time and energy in searching for right attribute. As Brahman was always Nirakaar in form (having no form) we must offer all […]
Unable to conceptualize entity of Brahman (God Almighty), the creator of entire cosmos… mankind wanted to believe, worship God in Sakaar form (having a form). Brahman always was Nirakaar (having no form) and Nirguna (without an attribute). To worship, pray to God in a temple… idols of various gods and goddesses were created by mankind. Lord Krishna in […]
Rather than worshipping gods, mankind must indulge in reaching God in their lifetime. As God Almighty existed in all human beings in miniscule form as our soul atman existing in our heart, it was our prime duty to indulge in spirituality to gain emancipation from cycle of birth and death at the earliest. We can do it in present life […]
No one worships idols… people worshipped god in the image of idols. Most idols were in the image of human beings and lesser in image of animals. The reason was apparent… human form was the highest manifest stage in cosmic life cycle. It was only in human form a soul atman finally gains emancipation from cycle of birth and death […]