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Idol worship or Ideal worship?. Contents. Deity Worship & educated vision God’s form – Christianity & Islam God’s form – Vedic Insights Can God manifest through matter? Symbolism – Descending vs Ascending From Idol Worship to Ideal Worship . Book as an object of - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Idol worship or Ideal worship?
Contents
• Deity Worship & educated vision • God’s form – Christianity & Islam• God’s form – Vedic Insights• Can God manifest through matter? • Symbolism – Descending vs
Ascending• From Idol Worship to Ideal Worship
Book as an object of material dimensions
Educated Vision: Book as an a source of wisdom
Cumulative Learning vs Complementary Learning
Educated Vision of Deity Worship
2. Form of God in all religions
Is idol worship anthropomorphism?
2. Form of God in all religions
“under His feet” (Exodus 24:10)
“inscribed with the finger of God” (Exodus 31:18)
“the hand of Lord” (Exodus 9:3)
“the ears of the Lord”(Numbers11:1)
2. Form of God in all religions
“the eyes of the Lord” (Genesis 38:7)
Ezekiel (1:26) - God as having “the semblance of a human form” and ‘’Man is made in the image of God” (Ezekiel 1:27)
2. Form of God in all religions
Face of Allah: 55.27, SB (9.93.503), Eyes of Allah: 20.39, 96.14, 52.48, 20.39, 54.14Foot of Allah: SB (6.60.373), (9.93.481),Hands of Allah: 38.75, 39.67, 48.10, SB (9.93.509), (9.93.515) Finger of Allah: SB (9.93.510-511)Throne of Allah: 69.17, 57.4, Laughter of Allah: SB (1.12.770), (9.93.532), “…he will keep on invoking Allah till Allah will laugh because of his sayings, and when Allah will laugh because of him, He will say to him, ‘Enter Paradise,’ and when he will enter it, Allah will say to him, ‘Wish for anything.’ So he will ask his Lord, and he will wish for a great number of things, for Allah Himself will remind him to wish for certain things by saying…”
2. Form of God in all religions
Image of Allah: 72.22-25, SB (9.93.532), (6.60.105), (8.76.577), SB (9.93.529),
We were sitting with the Prophet and he looked at the moon on the night of the full-moon and said, “You people will see your Lord as you see this full moon, and you will have no trouble in seeing Him…
SB (8.74.246):
The Prophet said, “Allah created Adam in His complete shape and form (directly), sixty cubits (about 30 meters) in height. When He created him, He said (to him), “Go and greet that group of angels
2. Form of God in all religions
SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM (cantos 2, 7, 4, and 10)
Is God nirguna or saguna?
Solution by Arthapatti (Postulation)?
Vedic Insights
Is 60% score good or bad?
For one capable of scoring 40%, it is excellent
For one capable of scoring 80%, it is undesirable
Vedic Insights
Is the idea that God has no form good?
For those who can’t see beyond material forms,
it is recommended
For those who can understand spiritual forms,
it is undesirable
“ After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare”. (Bhagavad Gita 7.19)
Two extremes- Impersonalism and pantheism
Lord comes as Deity
Sanction V/S Speculation
Sanction V/S Speculation
Symbolism – Two types
Ascending – Flag: Abstract represented by concrete, no innate connection
Symbolism – Two types
Descending – Photo: Concrete represented by concrete, inseparaby connceted
Who looks more attractive: God or Man?
na tasya pratima asti
Pratima nahi tumi sakshad vrajendra nandana
Thank You
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