Max Müller says: ~ “The religion of the Veda knows no idols; the worship of idols in India is a secondary formation, a degradation of the more primitive worship of ideal Gods.”
People are being conditioned by the religious myth which has made you a non-thinker. People need to come out of the religious myth by realizing God in truth.
Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma': - Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.
God in truth is the Atman, the Self. Atman is present in the form of consciousness.
Do not accept any other God other than Atman not worship other than Atman, which is ever nondual.
Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.
Nothing is real but God. Nothing matters but love for God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything.
God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is and all else is an illusion.
Hindus are idol worshipers of the large numbers of Gods and Goddesses, whereas Vedas declares God is ‘ONE’ and that God is Atman.
The orthodox people think that Vedas as a final authority, and they strictly follow the Vedas, but they themselves are indulging in worshiping the non-Vedic Gods, non-Vedic rituals, and activities, Vedas bars such activities.
Prohibition of idol worship in Yajurveda: ~
Orthodox claims that idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible. Idolatry in no way helps undeveloped minds to grasp the spiritual truth.
It is the ignorant people who indulge in idolatry and rituals even though they are highly qualified with university degrees.
Yajur Veda – chapter- 32:~ God is Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. He cannot be seen directly by anyone. He pervades all beings and all directions.
Yajurveda: ~ There is no image of God in truth. God in truth is unborn and eternal. (Chapter 32, Verse 3)
Yajurveda: ~ God in truth is nondual and pure.(Chapter 40, Verse)
Yajurveda: ~ "They are entering darkness, those who worship the natural things (like air, water, fire, etc.), they are sinking more in darkness who worship created things." (Chapter 40, Verse 9)
Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.
Yajurveda: ~ "They are entering darkness, those who worship the natural things (like air, water, fire, etc.), they are sinking more in darkness who worship created things." (Chapter 40, Verse 9)
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God in truth) is the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself.
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:~ "He who worships the deities as entities entirely separate from him does not know the truth. For the Gods, he is like a pasu (beast). (1. 4. 10)
Even Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).
When Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.
That is why Swami Vivekananda: ~ The masses in India cry to sixty million Gods, and still die like dogs. Where are these Gods?
Be aware of what you are searching for. Be aware of what you are seeking for. The truth will reveal itself to you if you move in the right direction. You are making it complicated by accepting the untruth propagated by religion as ultimate truth.
There is nothing but water in the Holy Rivers. Even if you dip a million times and by indulging in performing pranayama, your ignorance will not vanish.
Remember:~
Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman (God in truth) is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object, as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman (God in truth) is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other besides it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman (God in truth) cannot be described because description implies a distinction. Brahman (God) cannot be distinguished from any other than it. In Brahman (God), there is not a distinction between substance and attribute. Awareness constitutes the very essence of the true nature of Brahman (God in truth) and not just its attributes. The attributeless Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.
When Sage Sankara says Atman is Brahman or God in truth, then why believe and accept anything as God other than the Atman. Vedas say May ye never turn away from the Atman, the self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman, nor worship other than the Atman?
~ Then, why worship non-Vedic Gods in place of Atman, the real God. Self-realization is truth- realization. Truth- realization is God-realization, and God-realization is real worship.:~ Santthosh Kumaar
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