Mazhar

I read all the posts and I am thankful t those who supported my question. My article was not long, it only hase verses and not my opinion (except some sentences), and what other people are posting is long articles which I may not fully understand. Regardless from where I took this page, I copy paste or not, where is my answer? I can say it in a rude manner but then it will not result in peace and I want peace, i do not want fight. I know that for a hindu, it s difficult to accept, he is worhsipping th idols for a long time and now somone says that is it allowed hearts him but my brothers, may peace be on you, this is the truth. May be you do not know it but it is what your scriptures say.

why do not you state it briefly and tell the world that why you worship idols even though your own scriptures condemn it? Please avoid those long articles. Thanks

If you think that way then quote from Islamic scriptures tat say that Kaaba is the idol. Kaaba is not the idol, it is a direction. I am quoting your scriptures directly, i said that my intention is not to heart some one but to present what is truth..

IS IDOL WORSHIP ALLOWED IN HINDUISM?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Note: I apologize in advance if this hearts any Hindu’s feelings. My intention is not to heart but to say the truth which is my duty to tell and your right to know. I am only quoting Hindu scriptures here.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> An analysis of the Hindu Scriptures:<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> 1. "Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures."<o:p></o:p> [bhagavad Gita 7:20]<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The Gita states that people who are materialistic worship demigods i.e. ‘gods’ besides the True God.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> 2. "Ekam evadvitiyam"<o:p></o:p> "He is One only without a second."<o:p></o:p> [Chandogya Upanishad 6:2:1] *<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> 3. "Na casya kascij janita na cadhipah."<o:p></o:p> "Of Him there are neither parents nor lord."<o:p></o:p> [svetasvatara Upanishad 6:9] **<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> 4. "Na tasya pratima ffice:smarttags" /><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">asti</st1:place></st1:city>"<o:p></o:p> "There is no likeness of Him."<o:p></o:p> [svetasvatara Upanishad 4:19] ***<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The following verses from the Upanishad allude to the inability of man to imagine God in a particular form:<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> 5. "Na samdrse tisthati rupam asya, na caksusa pasyati kas canainam."<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> "His form is not to be seen; no one sees Him with the eye."<o:p></o:p> [svetasvatara Upanishad 4:20] ****<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> THE VEDAS<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Vedas are considered the most sacred of all the Hindu scriptures. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> 6. "na tasya pratima <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">asti</st1:city></st1:place><o:p></o:p> "There is no image of Him."<o:p></o:p> [Yajurveda 32:3] ***** <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> 7. "shudhama poapvidham"<o:p></o:p> "He is bodyless and pure." <o:p></o:p> [Yajurveda 40:8] ******<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> 8. "Andhatama pravishanti ye asambhuti mupaste"<o:p></o:p> "They enter darkness, those who worship the natural elements" (Air, Water, Fire, etc.). "They sink deeper in darkness, those who worship sambhuti."<o:p></o:p> [Yajurveda 40:9] *******<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Sambhuti means created things, for example table, chair, idol, etc.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Describing Almighty God in anthropomorphic terms also goes against the following verse of Yajurveda: <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> 9. "Na tasya Pratima <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">asti</st1:place></st1:city>"<o:p></o:p> "There is no image of Him."<o:p></o:p> [Yajurveda 32:3]<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> This also goes against Svetasvatara Upanishad Chapter 4 verse 19.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> 10. "Na tasya pratima <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">asti</st1:place></st1:city>"<o:p></o:p> "There is no likeness of Him"<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> 11. [Rigveda 8:1:1]10 <o:p></o:p> The Brahma Sutra of Hinduism is:<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> "Ekam Brahm, dvitiya naste neh na naste kinchan"<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> "There is only one God, not the second; not at all, not at all, not in the least bit."<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Based on these verses, a good Hindu should not worship the idols. <o:p></o:p> ----------------------- * [The Principal Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan page 447 and 448]<o:p></o:p> [sacred Books of the East, volume 1 ‘The Upanishads part I’ page 93]<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> ** [The Principal Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan page 745]<o:p></o:p> [sacred Books of the East, volume 15, ‘The Upanishads part II’ page 263.]<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> *** [The Principal Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan page 736 & 737]<o:p></o:p> [sacred Books of the East, volume 15, ‘The Upanishads part II’ page no 253]<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> **** [The Principal Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan page 737]<o:p></o:p> [sacred Books of the East, volume 15, ‘The Upanishads part II’ page no 253]<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> ***** [Yajurveda by Devi Chand M.A. page 377]<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> ****** [Yajurveda Samhita by Ralph T. H. Giffith page 538]<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> ******* [Yajurveda Samhita by Ralph T. H. Giffith page 538]<o:p></o:p> -----------------------