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======================================================================= ======================================================================== 17/01/2020.. CHAPTER 7 : (HINDU) WORSHIP IN SANATANA DHARMAM - 6.1.B. 6.The Philosophy And Significance Of Idol-Worship -1. 1. The Idol—A Prop For The Spiritual Neophyte-B. B. #A Medium For Establishing Communion With God. ======================================================================== 1. Idols are not the idle fancies of sculptors, but shining channels through which the heart of the devotee is attracted to and flows towards God. Though the image is worshipped, the devotee feels the presence of the Lord in it and pours out his devotion unto it. It is the appalling ignorance of the modern sensual man that clouds his vision and prevents him from seeing Divinity in lovely and enchanting idols of His form. The very scientific advances of this century ought to convince you of the glory of idol-worship. How are the songster...

======================================================================= ====================================================================== OPINION : 04/01/2020 : 2012 3. The Role of Rishi-s :2. ====================================================================== 1. In the beginning came the worship and sacraments, the karmakanda. They realised, “This is not enough. Even if we worship daily, even if we perform all the sacrifices and oblations, all the yajnas and yagas and all the samskaras, we can never be free from sorrow and grief, pain and sufferings, old age and ailment, tension and anxiety, fear and fright, fights and quarrels, diseases and death. We have no lasting peace of mind. So we must find out something higher, something which is beyond this and which will really free us. We must find out the state which is dvandvatita and trigunatita, transcending the pairs of opposites and the three gunas. We must find the state beyond sorrow, the state of eternal peace....

======================================================================== ======================================================================= 06/12/2019. CHAPTER 7 : (HINDU) WORSHIP IN SANATANA DHARMAM - 6.1. 6.The Philosophy And Significance Of Idol-Worship -1. 1. The Idol—A Prop For The Spiritual Neophyte ======================================================================== Idol is a support for the neophyte. It is a prop of his spiritual childhood. A form or image is necessary for worship in the beginning. It is an external symbol of God for worship. It is a reminder of God. The material image calls up the mental idea. Steadiness of mind is obtained by image-worship. The worshipper will have to associate the ideas of infinity, omnipotence, omniscience, purity, perfection, freedom, holiness, truth and omnipresence. It is not possible for all to fix the mind on the Absolute or the Infinite. A concrete form is necessary for the vast majority for practising concentratio...

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESSENTIALS OF THE HIGHER VALUES OF LIFE : 1.3. SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA. : "To Children and Youth of Bharatham who are misguided by some evil forces, in the name of student wings sponsored by dirty political parties like Congress, Communists, etc., ... eliminate these demons and purify this Holy Nation to maintain Sanatana Dharma here." On Subjects :- 1. Sanskrit, Scriptures, and great Rishi-s, Acharyas, and great Guru-s of this Nation; 2. To bring back lost glory of this Nation, before this generation; 3. To create enthusiasm on the self-respect of this country. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPINION : 21/11/2019 : 1963. ---------------------------------------------------------------------...

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/11/2019 CHAPTER 7 : (HINDU) WORSHIP IN SANATANA DHARMAM - 5. 5. Puja And Ishta-Devata  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Puja is the common term for ritual worship, of which there are numerous synonyms such as Archana, Vandana, Bhajana, etc., though some of these stress certain aspects of it. The object of worship is the Ishta Devata or guiding Deity or the particular form of the Deity whom the devotee worships—Narayana or Vishnu as such, or His forms as Rama and Krishna in the case of Vaishnavas, Siva in His eight forms in the case of Saivas and Devi in the case of Saktas. The devotee selects sometimes his Kuladeva or Kuladevi, family Deva or Devi, for his worship. Sometimes, the Devata is ...

======================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESSENTIALS OF THE HIGHER VALUES OF LIFE : 1.2. SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA. : "To Children and Youth of Bharatham who are misguided by some evil forces, in the name of student wings sponsored by dirty political parties like Congress, Communists, etc., ... eliminate these demons and purify this Holy Nation to maintain Sanatana Dharma here." On Subjects :- 1. Sanskrit, Scriptures, and great Rishi-s, Acharyas, and great Guru-s of this Nation; 2. To bring back lost glory of this Nation, before this generation; 3. To create enthusiasm on the self-respect of this country. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPINION : 23/09/2019 : 1908. ---------------------------------------------------------------------...

========================================================================  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  17/09/2019 CHAPTER 7 : (HINDU) WORSHIP IN SANATANA DHARMAM -4 4.The Bhavas In Bhakti Yoga : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Yoga of Bhakti or Devotion is much easier than Jnana Yoga or philosophical meditations. In Bhakti Yoga, the devotee establishes a near and dear relationship with the Lord. He cultivates slowly any one of the six Bhavas according to his temperament, taste and capacity. Santa Bhava, Dasya Bhava, Sakhya Bhava, Vatsalya Bhava, Kanta Bhava and Madhurya Bhava are the six kinds of attributes of devotees or Bhavas towards God. The Bhavas differ in type and intensity of feeling. The different Bhavas are arranged in order of their intensity. Dhruva and Prahlada had the feel...