First, let us express our admiration for Rajiv Rajan. We can learn a positive outlook from him. 1) I bet RR does not waste his time abusing anyone on forums. Goddess Saraswathy does not confer learning when one is angry or one's mind is full of hatred. Let us exchange views and comments but NOT insults. What do we achieve by exchanging insults? Nothing much. The discussion comes to a halt, see. People are only thinking of the rudeness shown but have forgotten the topic under discussion.
2) "Testing Life" - U are a "Net Missionary" for, may be, Islam. I have replied to some of your points already. In INDIAN tradition we have every idea, concept, explanation we need to be good human beings. We do not need an Arabian import. Oil from there is enough. I wish to say, further: a) So-called "idol worship" and objections to it are MISTAKEN. Human mind works through SYMBOLS (every company has its own 'logo'), names and forms. You cannot avoid it. No religion is an exception. Idols cannot be confined only to some human figure. Even the shape of a church, mosque and temple, create strong impressions in the mind, same as "idol worship". Christians and Muslims, at times, worship "money", women and their cars much more than they worship GOD. Whether one is a GODLY person or NOT depends upon the person's MIND, not whether he or she worships an idol. Hindus, worship the whole of RAM, the whole of Krishna NOT just the idol in front. Watch what goes on in their MINDS.
RE:Rajiv Rajan - A Great Indian
by Rationalist on Aug 15, 2008 08:21 PM Permalink
Lingam is also formless representaion of the divine. It is a symbol for Shaivites who practice Shivadvaita.So instead of worshipping formless Shiva they worship in form of Linga which is closest representative of formlesness. Also for the same reason one cannot find the temple for Brahma becasue Brahma means emodiment of Universe and it is not acceptable in Hinduism to confine Brahma into an enclosure. On the other hand Vishnu is worshipped in various forms according to incarnations and attributes. Though for basically all are same in Hinduism Supreme is considered as both formless & inform(aakara & niraakara). Salvation is acheived by both ways Bhakti & Jnana.
