Q & A by Datta swamy What is the necessity of worshiping the statues in temples?

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8Q) What is the necessity of worshiping the statues in

temples?

 

A) The statue or photo is the inert object. The form

carved in a stone or painted on a paper is also an

imaginary form and not even a direct photo. The

statues and photos are only models representing the

concept, which is knowledge. The form of statues and

photos is mainly human form, which represents the

concept that the Lord always comes to this world in

human form as said in Gita (Manusheem Tanu Masritam).

Please remember that Gita did not tell that the Lord

would come in any other form. The forms of fish,

tortoise etc., were only temporarily to kill the

demons and nobody worshipped such forms during their

time. But Rama, Krishna etc were the human forms

worshipped by several devotees like Hanuman and

Gopikas. The Lord will come in every human generation;

otherwise, He becomes partial to a particular

generation. If necessary the Lord can come whenever

there is necessity as said in Gita (Yedaa yedaahi).

Once this concept is realized, there is no need of

temple and statue for you. You should go from school

to college and then to university. This does not mean

that when you leave the school, the school should be

destroyed. The school must exist for the future

batches. Therefore for you, the statue and the photo

are not necessary and this does not mean that the

statues, photos and temples should be broken. They

should be protected and must be respected as the

models of divine knowledge for the future ignorant

devotees. Some devotees cannot accept the human form,

which is before their eyes as said in Veda (Pratyaksha

dvishah). For such devotees the statues and photos are

necessary for meditation since they are at the school

level. The statues and photos are useful for the

meditation of such limited minds as said in Sastra

(Pratima svalpa buddhinam). Veda says that the Lord

does not exist in the inert objects (Natasya pratima,

Nedamtat), but says that the inert objects can stand

as models representing the Lord (Adityam brahmeti).

Therefore seeing and meditation upon the statues and

photos are correct in the case of the ignorant

devotees. But the other rituals like offering food,

burning camphor, fume sticks, oil lamps and breaking

coconuts, offering flowers etc. are not mentioned in

Vedas and there are unnecessary and are causing the

air pollution harming the humanity. All these

unnecessary rituals should be avoided. Offering food

should also be done to the human form of the Lord only

but not to the inert statues. Ijya or Yajna is cooking

and offering of the food. Gita says that such Ijya

should not be done to the inert objects. In the name

of the statues, people are stealing the food and

money. The statue and photo is not taking the food or

Gurudakshina. The people behind the statue are taking

those things and most of them are either cheating or

wasting the money with ignorance. Whatever the

Gurudakshina is given should go only to the priest and

not the managing devotees. The business of the

merchants by selling such materials in the temples

should be stopped, because such materials are not even

heard in Veda. Of course, the priest should be a

Satguru and preach the divine knowledge to the

devotees and the devotees should give Gurudakshina to

such Satguru only. Thus, the temple should become a

center of learning selfless devotion and divine

knowledge and the priest must do only 'Janna Eagan' in

the temple and not the 'dravya Eagan' as said in the

Gila (Sreyaan dravyamayat). Gita condemned such Ijya

before inert objects because such Ijya is only

cheating and business. Such a devotee will be born as

inert object (Bhutejya yanti). This business is

connected to removal of the fruits of sins and getting

the fruits of good deeds, which are not done. All this

is false, because the theory of 'karma' says that one

has to suffer for all his bad deeds and can never get

the result of any good deed without doing it

(Avasyamanubhoktavyam...kalpakotisatairapi). The

spiritual path should be preached in the temple, which

must be 'nishkama karma yoga' i.e., sacrifice of work

and sacrifice of fruit (money) of the work to the Lord

without aspiring any fruit in return. Remember, that

only the Ijya is condemned and not the temples or

statues, which are the models of the divine knowledge.

 

 

 

 

S.PRAKASH KASTURI

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I did not understand about the sentances

 

@ But the other rituals like offering food,burning camphor, fume sticks, oil

lamps and breakingcoconuts, offering flowers etc. are not mentioned inVedas and

there are unnecessary and are causing theair pollution harming the humanity. All

theseunnecessary rituals should be avoided. Offering foodshould also be done to

the human form of the Lord onlybut not to the inert statues. Ijya or Yajna is

cookingand offering of the food. Gita says that such Ijyashould not be done to

the inert objects. In the nameof the statues, people are stealing the food

andmoney. The statue and photo is not taking the food orGurudakshina. The

people behind the statue are takingthose things and most of them are either

cheating orwasting the money with ignorance. @

 

In OUR Vaidikha Dharma Or the sanatana dharma there is a great significance for

offering naivedya and about offering oil lamps OH My god the LAMP itself is

worship as LAKSHMI then how can one say that we should not ? . This is absurd >

 

And Offering fume sticks in olden days they used to offer SAMBRANI which used to

purify air nowadays different kinds of perfumes are used but not in olden days

mind ?

When a Yajna is done there are several herbs that are used for the sacrifies

which destroy the bacteria in the environment.....

tThere is a whole part in YAJUR VEDA which describes the YAjna VIDHI then how

can one condem all this ?

CAN you please clear all my ignorent doubts

Sampath

prakash kasturi <sprakashkasturi > wrote:

8Q) What is the necessity of worshiping the statues intemples?A) The statue or

photo is the inert object. The formcarved in a stone or painted on a paper is

also animaginary form and not even a direct photo. Thestatues and photos are

only models representing theconcept, which is knowledge. The form of statues

andphotos is mainly human form, which represents theconcept that the Lord

always comes to this world inhuman form as said in Gita (Manusheem Tanu

Masritam).Please remember that Gita did not tell that the Lordwould come in any

other form. The forms of fish,tortoise etc., were only temporarily to kill

thedemons and nobody worshipped such forms during theirtime. But Rama, Krishna

etc were the human formsworshipped by several devotees like Hanuman andGopikas.

The Lord will come in every human

generation;otherwise, He becomes partial to a particulargeneration. If necessary

the Lord can come wheneverthere is necessity as said in Gita (Yedaa

yedaahi).Once this concept is realized, there is no need oftemple and statue

for you. You should go from schoolto college and then to university. This does

not meanthat when you leave the school, the school should bedestroyed. The

school must exist for the futurebatches. Therefore for you, the statue and the

photoare not necessary and this does not mean that thestatues, photos and

temples should be broken. Theyshould be protected and must be respected as

themodels of divine knowledge for the future ignorantdevotees. Some devotees

cannot accept the human form,which is before their eyes as said in Veda

(Pratyakshadvishah). For such devotees the statues and photos arenecessary for

meditation since they are at the schoollevel. The statues and photos are useful

for

themeditation of such limited minds as said in Sastra(Pratima svalpa buddhinam).

Veda says that the Lorddoes not exist in the inert objects (Natasya

pratima,Nedamtat), but says that the inert objects can standas models

representing the Lord (Adityam brahmeti).Therefore seeing and meditation upon

the statues andphotos are correct in the case of the ignorantdevotees. But the

other rituals like offering food,burning camphor, fume sticks, oil lamps and

breakingcoconuts, offering flowers etc. are not mentioned inVedas and there are

unnecessary and are causing theair pollution harming the humanity. All

theseunnecessary rituals should be avoided. Offering foodshould also be done to

the human form of the Lord onlybut not to the inert statues. Ijya or Yajna is

cookingand offering of the food. Gita says that such Ijyashould not be done to

the inert objects. In the nameof the statues, people are stealing the food

andmoney. The statue and photo is not taking the food orGurudakshina. The people

behind the statue are takingthose things and most of them are either cheating

orwasting the money with ignorance. Whatever theGurudakshina is given should go

only to the priest andnot the managing devotees. The business of themerchants by

selling such materials in the templesshould be stopped, because such materials

are not evenheard in Veda. Of course, the priest should be aSatguru and preach

the divine knowledge to thedevotees and the devotees should give Gurudakshina

tosuch Satguru only. Thus, the temple should become acenter of learning

selfless devotion and divineknowledge and the priest must do only 'Janna Eagan'

inthe temple and not the 'dravya Eagan' as said in theGila (Sreyaan

dravyamayat). Gita condemned such Ijyabefore inert objects because such Ijya is

onlycheating and business. Such a devotee will be born asinert

object (Bhutejya yanti). This business isconnected to removal of the fruits of

sins and gettingthe fruits of good deeds, which are not done. All thisis false,

because the theory of 'karma' says that onehas to suffer for all his bad deeds

and can never getthe result of any good deed without doing

it(Avasyamanubhoktavyam...kalpakotisatairapi). Thespiritual path should be

preached in the temple, whichmust be 'nishkama karma yoga' i.e., sacrifice of

workand sacrifice of fruit (money) of the work to the Lordwithout aspiring any

fruit in return. Remember, thatonly the Ijya is condemned and not the temples

orstatues, which are the models of the divine knowledge.S.PRAKASH

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Some doubts can be clarified by me.

 

A Vigraha or statue gets power when it is pranaprathishtith. This process is

done by the yantra of the deity kept at the root and then asthabandhanam being

made after 41 days of preparation in the right way. Now this yantra which is

kept beneath the vigraha has a tremedous power. Hence it is not an inert object.

As the mantra is being chanted on a daily basis, the power keeps increasing s

far as the pandits are honest and do it with utmost sincerity. this vigraha has

got the power of providing confidence and strength to the worshipper to face the

dificulties in life. Not that his difficulties will pass by.

If we findon an average study, we get a good feeling once we go to a place of

worship. Even without our knowing we tend to take part in the silent aura in a

temple and even frayed tempers are automatically cooled down. This is because of

the power of the yantra which carries the moola mantra and which is passed on

to the vigraha of lord seated on it.

Yantras are to be worshipped on a daily basis as per the sastras and if not have

a negative effect. This is because , when a yantra is prana prathishtith,it is

understood that the deity shal come nd reside in that yantra.So there are

certain norms to be followed in worship of an yantra and hence the vigraha which

is seated on it. the shodashopachar puja is to be performed and is mandatory.

And all achamaneeya dhoop deep vastra nivedya,etc all are to be followed. But in

some temples this has become a business That does not mean that our dislike to

the unethical priest should be turned to god. We should do what we are supposed

to do as per the sastras. The rest is left to God.

Please do not say that there is pollution by doing any of these. I can

understand that unnecessary use of high pitched loudpseakers shall cause a

nuisance and should be kept to tolerance level. but not the daily rituals which

shall continue. Food offered to god is again given to people as prasadam. It can

also go to poor people. The offerings dropped in hundi can be taken and used for

the educational aspects of poor families and their welfare. But the problem is

some people who indulge in these activites try to get a CUT from the amount and

the entire lot gets a bad name. these days instead of theives breaking open

hundis, we can allocate the amount in the hundis to needy people on a weekly

basis, so that God is satiated the best.

Hope I am clear and have clarified your question.

God is above all.

He will take care.

OM NAMO NAMAHA

NAMAH SHIVAYA.

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Let me politely scribble some ideas which I have once read,

Nama Sivayah! Siva (The constant - Truth is always constant, it never changes)

Vamshi - Human being (Human mind is never constant) Shivam is the antonym of Vamshi

When Vamshi make a turn around in HImself, become Siva....

 

Om Nama Sivayah!

 

 

Devan

 

sampath koundinya <sampath_koundinya > wrote:

Hi

 

I did not understand about the sentances

 

@ But the other rituals like offering food,burning camphor, fume sticks, oil

lamps and breakingcoconuts, offering flowers etc. are not mentioned inVedas and

there are unnecessary and are causing theair pollution harming the humanity. All

theseunnecessary rituals should be avoided. Offering foodshould also be done to

the human form of the Lord onlybut not to the inert statues. Ijya or Yajna is

cookingand offering of the food. Gita says that such Ijyashould not be done to

the inert objects. In the nameof the statues, people are stealing the food

andmoney. The statue and photo is not taking the food orGurudakshina. The

people behind the statue are takingthose things and most of them are either

cheating orwasting the money with ignorance. @

 

In OUR Vaidikha Dharma Or the sanatana dharma there is a great significance for

offering naivedya and about offering oil lamps OH My god the LAMP itself is

worship as LAKSHMI then how can one say that we should not ? . This is absurd >

 

And Offering fume sticks in olden days they used to offer SAMBRANI which used to

purify air nowadays different kinds of perfumes are used but not in olden days

mind ?

When a Yajna is done there are several herbs that are used for the sacrifies

which destroy the bacteria in the environment.....

tThere is a whole part in YAJUR VEDA which describes the YAjna VIDHI then how

can one condem all this ?

CAN you please clear all my ignorent doubts

Sampath

prakash kasturi <sprakashkasturi > wrote:

8Q) What is the necessity of worshiping the statues intemples?A) The statue or

photo is the inert object. The formcarved in a stone or painted on a paper is

also animaginary form and not even a direct photo. Thestatues and photos are

only models representing theconcept, which is knowledge. The form of statues

andphotos is mainly human form, which represents theconcept that the Lord

always comes to this world inhuman form as said in Gita (Manusheem Tanu

Masritam).Please remember that Gita did not tell that the Lordwould come in any

other form. The forms of fish,tortoise etc., were only temporarily to kill

thedemons and nobody worshipped such forms during theirtime. But Rama, Krishna

etc were the human formsworshipped by several devotees like Hanuman andGopikas.

The Lord will come in every human

generation;otherwise, He becomes partial to a particulargeneration. If necessary

the Lord can come wheneverthere is necessity as said in Gita (Yedaa

yedaahi).Once this concept is realized, there is no need oftemple and statue

for you. You should go from schoolto college and then to university. This does

not meanthat when you leave the school, the school should bedestroyed. The

school must exist for the futurebatches. Therefore for you, the statue and the

photoare not necessary and this does not mean that thestatues, photos and

temples should be broken. Theyshould be protected and must be respected as

themodels of divine knowledge for the future ignorantdevotees. Some devotees

cannot accept the human form,which is before their eyes as said in Veda

(Pratyakshadvishah). For such devotees the statues and photos arenecessary for

meditation since they are at the schoollevel. The statues and photos are useful

for

themeditation of such limited minds as said in Sastra(Pratima svalpa buddhinam).

Veda says that the Lorddoes not exist in the inert objects (Natasya

pratima,Nedamtat), but says that the inert objects can standas models

representing the Lord (Adityam brahmeti).Therefore seeing and meditation upon

the statues andphotos are correct in the case of the ignorantdevotees. But the

other rituals like offering food,burning camphor, fume sticks, oil lamps and

breakingcoconuts, offering flowers etc. are not mentioned inVedas and there are

unnecessary and are causing theair pollution harming the humanity. All

theseunnecessary rituals should be avoided. Offering foodshould also be done to

the human form of the Lord onlybut not to the inert statues. Ijya or Yajna is

cookingand offering of the food. Gita says that such Ijyashould not be done to

the inert objects. In the nameof the statues, people are stealing the food

andmoney. The statue and photo is not taking the food orGurudakshina. The people

behind the statue are takingthose things and most of them are either cheating

orwasting the money with ignorance. Whatever theGurudakshina is given should go

only to the priest andnot the managing devotees. The business of themerchants by

selling such materials in the templesshould be stopped, because such materials

are not evenheard in Veda. Of course, the priest should be aSatguru and preach

the divine knowledge to thedevotees and the devotees should give Gurudakshina

tosuch Satguru only. Thus, the temple should become acenter of learning

selfless devotion and divineknowledge and the priest must do only 'Janna Eagan'

inthe temple and not the 'dravya Eagan' as said in theGila (Sreyaan

dravyamayat). Gita condemned such Ijyabefore inert objects because such Ijya is

onlycheating and business. Such a devotee will be born asinert

object (Bhutejya yanti). This business isconnected to removal of the fruits of

sins and gettingthe fruits of good deeds, which are not done. All thisis false,

because the theory of 'karma' says that onehas to suffer for all his bad deeds

and can never getthe result of any good deed without doing

it(Avasyamanubhoktavyam...kalpakotisatairapi). Thespiritual path should be

preached in the temple, whichmust be 'nishkama karma yoga' i.e., sacrifice of

workand sacrifice of fruit (money) of the work to the Lordwithout aspiring any

fruit in return. Remember, thatonly the Ijya is condemned and not the temples

orstatues, which are the models of the divine knowledge.S.PRAKASH

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