Anonymous: प्रणाम गुरुजी
मेरे कुछ प्रश्न है जो निम्न है
१. क्या मूर्ति पूजा करना सही है या ग़लत..?? है तो क्यों और नहीं तो क्यों…?
Swami Ram Swarup: Is sandarbh mein main neeche apni book se article paste kar raha hun, abhi samay ki kami ke karan hindi mein uttar nahi de pa raha hun.
Reason for idol worshiping
The God’s worship is in Vedas which emanate direct from God, wherein idol worship is not mentioned. I have previously quoted several examples that idol worship is not required. For-example you know me and I also know you, we both reside in bodies, being souls and souls are also shapeless. So we know each other, but how? Only on the basis of qualities and not on the basis of statue/photos etc. If you or I will try hard then we can also meet together. This is worldly example even.
So on the basis of the qualities of the God, as mentioned in Vedas, God is known and when an aspirant follows/obeys the path of Vedas i.e., worship, Ashtang yoga practice, listening of Vedas, Yajyen etc., under guidance of an acharya, then he attains samadhi i.e., realizes God too. So, as per Vedas, no need of idol worship.
If someone believes that God is everywhere then why does he avoid wine, smoking, theft, etc., etc. inside the temple and does outside? Actually realization is subject of deep study of Vedas and to observe thereon. Sagunn means with eternal qualities mentioned in Ved mantras because the meaning of Sa+Gunn means ‘with qualities’. So God has unlimited qualities like formless, omnipresent, etc., etc. and nirakar means shapeless. One can not break the rules and regulations of God mentioned in Vedas. Vedas are self-proof and cannot be denied.
If Vedas prohibit idol worship then why is it still practised?
To believe in Vedas is a different matter but to know Vedas by listening from an Acharya and by hard study thereof is a different matter, please. Problem is this that nowadays a number of path exists. So number of saints are either against the Vedas or they give little reference of Vedas in their preach to create fear amongst the people not to listen or study Vedas. Why do they do so? Because, the matters or by laws mentioned in there paths do not tally with Vedas. So such saints directly state that Vedas are true but indirectly they warn people not to study or listen Vedas and not to adopt the path of Vedas like performance of holy Yajyen, reciting ved mantras etc.
They tell people that Vedas are difficult and not to follow them. Such saints try to tell the people that their self-made path is quite easy to follow. As a result people though would know that Vedas are true but will be scared to adopt it under the impression they are difficult. Please refer to one of my article on Vedic philosophy for your information please.
Your views are hundred percent correct that Vedas prohibit idol worship but unless one is able to listen, study and know the fact of Vedas, how he will be able to act on Vedas? That is why we mostly worship God in different ways because we don’t know the truth mentioned in Vedas.
I appreciate your views to know more about Vedas which is even a motto of human life as per Vedas. God has given us the earth and the articles to use therein, along with human body but how to use and how to live a long, happy life etc., etc., is mentioned in Vedas. To enter the Vedas, I will advise you to please first study some of my books which tell about Vedas.
Idol worship being done by forefathers
Your views are somehow correct that the effect of worship, away from Vedas, since childhood is not easy to be deferred. But nowadays we see that our forefathers used to go out of the residence to take water from well or rivers and for nature’s call too. But at present toilets are attached with the room and water supply from Government is available in homes which is comfortable too. So the knowledge of the Vedas always gives merriment and kill the sins. Then why not to follow the same?
Vedas are eternal knowledge direct from God whereas within two thousand years, we have accepted mostly the worship which is not in the Vedas. Knowledge is always given by a learned person who knows Vedas and ashtang yoga philosophy. It is the bad luck of our country that mostly the preach is not being delivered by such learned Acharyas and mostly the present saints/Gurus directly or indirectly tell the public not to do Yajyen, havan and not to listen Vedas. As a result the public listens more and more Ramayan, Bhagwad Geeta and other Granths except Vedas. In the absence of Vedas, mostly the truth is hidden.
Yadi koi daku ke ladke se puchhe ki tu daka kyun dalta hai yeh to paap hai, badle mein yadi weh ladka kahe ki yeh to hamara khandani kaam hai to kya yeh baat achhi lagegi. Hamein jhooth aur burai se dur rahne ke agya ved deta hai.
