Suppose if one sees
God. How is he to know that He is God? His mere saying is not enough. He
must have proof; he must show that what he has sees is God because every religion has its own idea of God. a Hindu will see only Hindu gods and Non Hindus will see their own God propagated their belief system . Thus there is no universality in belief system.
People are making unlimited sacrifices and enduring unlimited suffering in the name of protecting their religion and god. They are therefore ignorant about the truth and incapable of understanding the ultimate truth, which is universal God. All organized religions have unequivocally claimed man for the life in the truth; thus it is sheer folly to fight in the name of religion and god.
It is time that humanity had a fresh vision of truth. it is time for every human being to realize the fact that that the mind, which is in the form of universe, is myth and consciousness is the only thing that is real and that matters. On the base of consciousness as self, the physical life is a vain and empty pursuit of illusory values.
The religion, caste and creed are creations of man to live in certain way of life within the society in certain order as prescribed in scriptural doctrine. Religions pertain only to the individual within the practical world, and not to the Self which is formless soul or consciousness. Consciousness pervades all the three states as their formless substance and witness. Thus how can one judge what is truth and pass judgment or opinion when the self, is not an individual but self is formless soul. if the self is formless then whatever seen,known,believed and experienced has no value. thus it is necessary to realize the fact that the body ,ego and the world are one in essence. and that essence is consciousness the innermost self.
People are ignorant of the fact that, their religion is founded on the base of the false self and false experience. The false self is bound by the experience of the birth,life,death and the world .
Each sect concocts a God to suit its own purposes. Such concocted Gods have no value in pursuit of truth. Man himself suggests that there must be a God. It is an auto-suggestion. Belief is not God. God of belief cannot exist without the believer. Each religion has its own idea of God.
Prayers and sacrifices belong to belief system. Belief in conceptual God kills man’s ability to think beyond his physical existence. Thus religion makes one remain in the prison of physicality. When no answers come to prayers and rituals, struggle for existence presses man, and doubt arises again. Faith in religion weakens as man pays more attention to facts of life and this world. Religion is not the means to acquire self-knowledge.
Hinduism is mixer of many ideologies one gets confused which is true philosophy, because the dual, non-dual and qualified non-dual philosophies are based on Vedas. And many believe their inherited beliefs of their forefathers are pure and sacred without verifying the facts. All rituals and individualized gods are added time to time. Only when one tries to go deeper in alls of history one will be able to find that all the present days’ beliefs and rituals are not part of the Santana Dharma or Vedic religion.
People are making unlimited sacrifices and enduring unlimited suffering in the name of protecting their religion and god. They are therefore ignorant about the truth and incapable of understanding the ultimate truth, which is universal God. All organized religions have unequivocally claimed man for the life in the truth; thus it is sheer folly to fight in the name of religion and god.
It is time that humanity had a fresh vision of truth. it is time for every human being to realize the fact that that the mind, which is in the form of universe, is myth and consciousness is the only thing that is real and that matters. On the base of consciousness as self, the physical life is a vain and empty pursuit of illusory values.
The religion, caste and creed are creations of man to live in certain way of life within the society in certain order as prescribed in scriptural doctrine. Religions pertain only to the individual within the practical world, and not to the Self which is formless soul or consciousness. Consciousness pervades all the three states as their formless substance and witness. Thus how can one judge what is truth and pass judgment or opinion when the self, is not an individual but self is formless soul. if the self is formless then whatever seen,known,believed and experienced has no value. thus it is necessary to realize the fact that the body ,ego and the world are one in essence. and that essence is consciousness the innermost self.
People are ignorant of the fact that, their religion is founded on the base of the false self and false experience. The false self is bound by the experience of the birth,life,death and the world .
Each sect concocts a God to suit its own purposes. Such concocted Gods have no value in pursuit of truth. Man himself suggests that there must be a God. It is an auto-suggestion. Belief is not God. God of belief cannot exist without the believer. Each religion has its own idea of God.
Prayers and sacrifices belong to belief system. Belief in conceptual God kills man’s ability to think beyond his physical existence. Thus religion makes one remain in the prison of physicality. When no answers come to prayers and rituals, struggle for existence presses man, and doubt arises again. Faith in religion weakens as man pays more attention to facts of life and this world. Religion is not the means to acquire self-knowledge.
Hinduism is mixer of many ideologies one gets confused which is true philosophy, because the dual, non-dual and qualified non-dual philosophies are based on Vedas. And many believe their inherited beliefs of their forefathers are pure and sacred without verifying the facts. All rituals and individualized gods are added time to time. Only when one tries to go deeper in alls of history one will be able to find that all the present days’ beliefs and rituals are not part of the Santana Dharma or Vedic religion.
Yajurved says:-
Translation 1.
They enter darkness, those who worship natural things (for example air, water, sun, moon, animals, fire, stone, etc).
They sink deeper in darkness those who worship sambhuti. (Sambhuti means created things, for example table, chair, idol etc.)
[Yajurved 40:9]
Translation 2.
"Deep into shade of blinding gloom fall asambhuti's worshippers. They sink to darkness deeper yet who on sambhuti are intent."
[Yajurveda Samhita by Ralph T. H. Giffith pg 538]
Translation 3.
"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time."
[Yajur Veda 40:9.]
They enter darkness, those who worship natural things (for example air, water, sun, moon, animals, fire, stone, etc).
They sink deeper in darkness those who worship sambhuti. (Sambhuti means created things, for example table, chair, idol etc.)
[Yajurved 40:9]
Translation 2.
"Deep into shade of blinding gloom fall asambhuti's worshippers. They sink to darkness deeper yet who on sambhuti are intent."
[Yajurveda Samhita by Ralph T. H. Giffith pg 538]
Translation 3.
"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time."
[Yajur Veda 40:9.]
So, Yajur Veda indicates that:-
They sink deeper in darkness those who worship sambhuti. (Sambhuti means
created things, for example table, chair, idol etc [Yajurved 40:9]
Those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth,
trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still
greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an
awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time." [Yajur Veda 40:9.]
The religion of the Veda knows no
idols
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."
Therefore, there was no individual god or temples and worships in Vedic religion, which exited prior to Buddhism. Thus the individualized gods and temples must have been built later on, when the worships of idol were introduced. Thus the Vedic religion which existed in the past was free from idol and nature worship and idol worshiping rituals.
Therefore, there was no individual god or temples and worships in Vedic religion, which exited prior to Buddhism. Thus the individualized gods and temples must have been built later on, when the worships of idol were introduced. Thus the Vedic religion which existed in the past was free from idol and nature worship and idol worshiping rituals.
That is why in Ish Upanishads declares
Vidya and Avidya both are hindrances to Self-knowledge, but Vidya is even worse than Avidya. The word Vidya is used here in a special sense;
here it means worshipping gods and goddesses. By worshipping gods and goddesses
you will go after death to the world of gods and goddesses. But will that help
you? The time you spend there is wasted, because if you were not there you
could have spent that time moving forward towards Self-knowledge, which is your goal. In the world of gods and
goddesses you cannot do that, and thus you go deeper and deeper into darkness.
Avidya is Karma and
therefore a hindrance. You perform Avidya - i.e., you
perform Agnihotra and other sacrifices. This is a roundabout way of purifying
the mind, and it is also groping in the dark. But it may not have as heavy a
toll on your time and energy as the other.
Therefore, self-realization is necessary in order to realize the ultimate truth or god. Self-realization is real God realization.
Therefore, self-realization is necessary in order to realize the ultimate truth or god. Self-realization is real God realization.
People are ignorant and they are unaware of the reality of their true
existence. Man and his experience of universe is simply a mirage created out
of the consciousness, Consciousness is
the real Self, the real Atman, is the reality.
That is why in Mundaka
Upanishad indicates: - The rituals and the sacrifices
described in the Vedas deal with lower knowledge. The sages ignored these
rituals and went in search of higher knowledge. ... Such rituals are unsafe
rafts for crossing The sea of samsara, of birth and death. Doomed to shipwreck
are those who try to cross The sea of samsara on these poor rafts. Ignorant of their
own ignorance, yet wise In their own esteem, these deluded men Proud of their
vain learning go round and round Like the blind led by the blind.
Thus, the present day worship of individual gods, created things, nature
and human are against Vedic teachings, and it looks like it has been fabricated
and introduced by priest craft. Since it, has passed on from one generation to
the next it is hard for the people to believe the truth of their own religion, because
they have sentimentally and emotionally involved in it and they refuse to accept anything else other
then their inherited beliefs.
Looking at the increasing number of fake god men and gurus and their
scandals, it is high time for the truth seekers, who are capable of thinking
must do deeper research and know the fact that, their inherited religious
belief is mixed and messed up in the past and people are made to believe that
it is their duty to protect their religion and their belief and tradition, which
is the hotchpotch ideology and not the real non- dual philosophy. The ultimate
truth lies beyond all religion, scriptures beliefs and philosophies.
It is impossible to find and realize the truth via religion and scriptural study. Even Upanishads conform this.
It is impossible to find and realize the truth via religion and scriptural study. Even Upanishads conform this.
