HINDUS NEITHER WORSHIP ‘IDOLS’ NOR THE ‘ONE –GOD’BUT BECOME ONE IN GOD (CONSCIOUSNESS).

§       HINDUS NEITHER WORSHIP ‘IDOLS’ NOR THE ‘ONE –GOD’BUT BECOME ONE IN GOD (CONSCIOUSNESS).

§       WORSHIP OF IDOLS AND OF ‘ONE GOD’ IS ONLY THE STEPPING STONES TO SELF REALIZATION.

§       IDOL IS ONLY A PATH, NOT A DESTINATION.

§       THE HINDUS TRANSCEND ‘THE IDOLS’ AND THE ‘ONE GOD’

§       HINDUS ARE IDOL WORSHIPPERS AS WELL AS ‘ONE GOD’ WORSHIPPERS!

§       VEDICALLY HINDUS ARE NOT ‘WORSHIPPERS’ OF GOD; THEY ARE EXPERIENCERS OF GOD-CONSCIOUSNESS.

§       HINDUS  DUMP THE IDOLS AND THE ‘ONE-GOD’ IN SEARCH OF THE  ETERNAL(SUPREME) REALITY

§         GOD IS NOT A  BELIEF SYSTEM  FOR A HINDU,BUT AN INWARD  EXPERIENCE

Are the Hindus idol worshippers?

To be frank, yes, Hindus are, indeed, idol worshippers.

Are the Hindus ‘ONE-GOD’ worshippers?

Undeniably, yes; the same idol worshipping Hindus certainly do progress as the worshipper of the ONE and ONLY GOD. But, wait! The Hindu hasn’t converted to Islam, Judaism or Christianity for his worship of ONE God, he further needs to transcend to Tatvamasi, an awakening of his inner self (divinity) to perfect his spiritual aspiration.

For a Hindu, ONE GOD worship is just half the way of his spiritual pioneering, a step ahead of idol worship. From there he is supposed to evolve as a God realizer, transcending the idols, the ‘ONE GOD’ and all multiplicities in leaps. The ‘worshipper of God’ is transformed to a ‘God-realizer’; this is the beginning of the Hindu’s spiritual journey.

Well, how does a Hindu realize God? The Abrahamics might wonder because they are taught to frame any thing other than worship (of One God) under the scanner of pure blasphemy. On contrary a Hindu is taught that God is not ONE Phenomenal existence, to be gaped at, but ONE undivided- consciousness to be felt in his spirit, blood and vein; I, you, he, she, it, the amoeba and the God are but ONE inter-connected entity in temporary material appearance. Hence a Hindu does not believe that God is a separate single entity, he rather experiences that God Consciousness is ONE in the creator and creations. God is not a belief system for a Hindu, but an absolute inward experience of the self. For a common man who is not familiar with Vedic spiritual-technology might find these statements quite paradoxical and theoretically disparate.

The Spiritual Evolution of the Hindu; From Idol to Tatvamasi

The following verse explicitly states the spiritual evolution of a Hindu.

            Prathma Prathima Pooja(Begins  with worshipping of idols)

            Japam sthotrhdhi Madyamam[Chanting and prayers are better than idols]

            Uthmama dhyana sadhana{Meditation is better than the three)

Soham Poojothamothamam{And the best is realization of God that I am the God (consciousness)}

Judo-Christian and Islamic Perception of Idolatry

Islam, Christianity and Judaism contempt ido-lworship to the core and projects it as an unforgivable heathen sin. Let’s cast a cursory glance at some of the verses against idolatry.

Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry (Bible: 1 Corinthians 10:14).

Little children, keep yourselves from idols (Bible: 1 John 5:21).

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God. (Bible: Exodus Chapter 20)

They even worship female gods besides Him; as a matter of fact, they only worship a rebellious devil. [Quran 4:117]Idols are the work of Satan. [Quran5:90]

Idolatry is worse than carnage. [Quran 2;217]

Idolaters are unclean. [Quran 22:30]

The Abrahamic Idols and the Hindu Idols

The Abrahamics hate the idols because scripturally the idols are said to be the work of Satan, the prime enemy of God. The mighty God also fears that the idols will take his creations (humans!) away from Him and pave way to the Kingdom of Satan on earth. The Satan, a creation of the very same God, had openly challenged the Creator that he would mislead His children. I often wonder why God couldn’t finish off Satan, the horrible rebellion and fill every human in the heaven and close down the hell for ever!

Since the idols are considered as the work of Satan, the prime villain of God, the scriptures strictly warn the Abrahamics against idolatory.For them, idolatry is synonymous with Heavenly defiance. We read that Mohammed destroyed the idols in Kaba and some years ago the Taliban regime destroyed the huge statue of Buddha in Afghanistan.

To be precise, an idol is a link that separates the Abrahamics from their Creator.

A Hindu transcend the idol as he transcends the womb and tomb

Hinduism has not despised idolatry as a filth and an unpardonable sin as Islam and Christianity depict; it rather considers idolatry as one of the feeble attempts for self-realization which may or may not be necessary in the long ‘neti, neti’ process of SELF discovery. For a beginner in self realization, an idol is a mere path to the destination and not the destination itself. It is like a ladder; it takes you up and you go further leaving the ladder behind. If you cling to the ladder (idol) it will be a burden to you in your spiritual journey.

As regards idolatry an analogy from the field of cricket may be relevant to quote here. Any novice can hit the cricket ball as he pleases standing in front of the wicket and there is no ‘sin’ in resulting poor shots. The batsman will not be sent to gallows or will fetch eternal suffering in the HELL on account of his poor stroke play. His poor strokes are the result of his non-scientific approach in his batting. On the other hand there is a scientific way of doing this business with a right stance, right glance, right grip, and right stroke selection and above all, a right spirit and involvement where the bats man hits the ball masterly with ease. In Hindu-Vedic spirituality there is no particular way to “hit” the God, though there is a scientific way of approaching the supreme reality-that is  Sanathanadharma. Idol worship is non-scientific and Sanathatna dharma is more scientific and there is no question of sin (error) between a scientific and non-scientific spiritual attempt

Sanathana dharma is the result of the spiritual experimentation of the seers over a long period in the laboratory of India and not the result of any spiritual fixation at a certain age.