RE:@Freelancer
by sunil shera on Mar 01, 2008 06:03 PM Permalink
IDOL WORSHIP IN HINDUISM:
according to hinduism, the ultimate reward for a soul is to merge with the paramatma (God according to u) ... when u achieve that, sex with virgins, wealth , everthing becomes meaningless ...
That paramatma is defined in Hinduism to be the Holy Trinity - who takes the form of creator, preserver, destroyer - all the avatars : rama, krishna, hanuman - are incarnations of one or other form of that trinity -
so idol worship for that form is nothing but a means of connecting and concentrating with that divine One ... Idol worship is thus a form of associating sanctity with elememts of the world , like in algebra representing untangibles with symbols to make worship and concentration channelised ... its part of a metaphysical thought process to acknowledge the whole creation to be of, by and for God's ...
in Arya Samaj u can follow Rig Veda and worship with or without idols !
So understand the extreme Scientific ethos of Hinduism - its not plain paganism , its scientific
RE:@Freelancer
by Frelancer on Mar 01, 2008 05:56 PM Permalink
Who told you we worship that black stone which is called KABA,,,, There are some ritual formalities which we perform there. Please also keep it mind Kaaba is an Centre point for our kibla (direction for prayer) all over the world therefore we are not bowing to that Kaaba, its just our direction of prayer and also keep it mind we are bowing to only one ALLAH (God) because everything is belong to ALLAH.
RE:@Freelancer
by Sameer Bhagwat on Mar 01, 2008 06:07 PM Permalink
Why Almighty has given this msg only 1400 yrs back. And why not at the start of civilisation itself. Was he sleeping when civilisation started on this earth...
RE:@Freelancer
by great india on Mar 01, 2008 06:07 PM Permalink
actually muslim worship Shiva. neutral God who actually see Deva and Danava with same eye as their children.
can someone explain me here why muslim worship ShivLinga in macca ?
RE:RE:@Freelancer
by great india on Mar 01, 2008 06:16 PM Permalink
ya that true,i am not arriving on any conclusion.i want someone to explain what it is all about.
