The religion of the Veda knows no idols. All the idols worshiped as God are non-Vedic Gods. If idols are of the non-Vedic God s then why so many Gods and Goddesses with different form and name are being propagated as Vedic Gods.
Why these conceptual Gods are introduced when the Vedic concept of God is free from form and attributes.
God and Goddesses worshiped in India today are non-Vedic Gods. Such Gods and Goddesses cease to exist without the dualistic illusion. Whatever belongs to the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion.
Rig Veda clearly declares the God is Atman and never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman. Then why to worship any other God in place of the Atman,which is God in truth.
Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.
Do not accept any other God other than the Soul. The Soul is God in truth, Nothing is real but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Nothing matters but realizing God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.
God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is real and eternal and all else is an illusion.
Brahman is merely a word to indicate the ultimate truth or God in truth. The ultimate truth itself is God in truth.
Prohibition of idol worship in Yajurveda: ~
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 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.
Remember:~
Nirguna Brahman (God in truth) of Sage Sankara is impersonal.
Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes),
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 is non-dual, one without a second.
It has no other beside it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal.
Brahman cannot be described because the description implies the distinction.
Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than It. In Brahman, there is not a distinction between substance and attribute.
Sat-Chit-Ananda constitutes the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman and not just Its attributes.
The religion of the Veda knows no idols. All the idols worshiped as God s are non-Vedic God s. If idols are of the non-Vedic God s then why so many God s and Goddesses with different form and name are being propagated as Vedic God s. Why these conceptual God s are introduced when the Vedic concept of God is free from form and attributes.
God and Goddesses worshiped in India today are non-Vedic God s. Such Gods and Goddesses cease to exist without the dualistic illusion. Whatever belongs to the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion.
Rig Veda clearly declares the God is Atman and never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman. Then why to worship any other God in place of the Atman, the real God.
Bhagavad Gita: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God in truth ) is considered the all-pervading consciousness (Spirit), 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 (Spirit) which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.
Lord Krishna says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the Self in truth.". The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.
The dualistic worship of "God” is only for the ignorant populace. The God in truth is only Atman, the Self. In reality, there is no duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.
Remember:~
Sage Sankara said:~Neither by the practice of yoga nor philosophy, nor by good works nor by learning, does liberation come, but only through the realization that Atman and Brahman are one in no other way.(1) Vivekachoodamani v 56, pg 25
Sage Sankara himself says ~ VC- 61- For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?
62. A disease does not leave off if one simply utters the name of the medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct realization one cannot be liberated by the mere utterance of the word Brahman.
63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the ‘Self’ how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.
Consciousness is qualityless because it is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. I humbly request you to read my posts and blogs you will find answers to all your questions.
All happening is within the waking experience. The waking experience is merely an illusion from the standpoint of the Soul, the ‘Self’.
Thus, the experience of birth, life, death, and the world within the illusory waking experience is bound to be an illusion. The Soul is nothing to do with the experience of birth, life, death, and the world, because the Soul, the ‘Self’ is unborn and eternal. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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