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Re: ARTICLE : Just say no to "Hinduism"
Hari Krishna Susarla wrote:
[..]
> This is a contradiction. If you accept them for what they are, then
> you know the meaning and hence they require no interpretation.
> Otherwise, what is your understanding when Krishna says that worship
> of anyadevata is avidhi-puurvakam?
It means that worship of deities like Varuna and Indra as the rulers of
only a portion of the cosmos is incorrect for achieving liberation.
But worshipping Shiva as the Supreme would be correct, since such worship
is directed only to God under a different name and form.
What about worshipping Indra as the supreme controller of the universe?
That would be correct too, since again, God alone is worshipped under a
different name and form.
[..]
> Instead you are poking at hidden, indirect
> meanings and saying that they should be taken more seriously than the
> literal meanings.
>
So you then accept the literal meaning of Gita (7.18):
Udarah noble; sarve all; eva surely; ete these; jnani wise; tu but;atma self;
eva very; me my;matam opinion; asthitah is established;sah he; hi verily;
yuktatama steadfast minded;maam me;eva verily;anuttamam the supreme;
gatim goal;
" Noble indeed are all these; but the wise man, I deem to be My very Self.
For steadfast in mind,he is established in Me alone as the supreme goal."
Accepting the above verse without any interpretation, there is no way one can
escape from an advaitic understanding of the Gita.
-Kartik
