ye ’pyanya-devatā-bhaktā yajante śhraddhayānvitāḥ
Chapter 9, Verse 23
te ’pi mām eva kaunteya yajantyavidhi-pūrvakam
Translation:
Whatever a man may sacrifice to other gods, O son of Kunti, is really meant for Me alone, but it is offered without true understanding.
“People who are engaged in the worship of demigods are not very intelligent, although such worship is done to Me indirectly,” Krishn says.
We tried telling you that your path to find God and attain peace was mucked up. You didn’t listen!
This is a verse from “The Bhagwad Gita”. And as it should be apparent, I didn’t write it in there. And I am not making it up either.
The Message
The demigods are, so to speak, different officers and directors in the government of the Supreme Lord.
One has to follow the laws made by the government, not by the officers or directors.
Similarly, everyone is to offer his worship to the Supreme Lord only.
That will automatically satisfy the different officers and directors of the Lord.
The officers and directors are engaged as representatives of the government, and to offer some bribe to the officers and directors is illegal.
This is stated here as avidhi-purvakam. In other words, Krishn does not approve the unnecessary worship of the demigods.
Only other problem I have with this is; ‘Who is Krishn to approve or disapprove the unnecessary worship of the demigods”?
He is a demigod too.
And according to Hindu Mythology, there is not one but 3 Supreme Gods. Sadly, Krishn is not one of them.
Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. The Creator; The Preserver; and The Destroyer.
The problem is: Should Krishn be worshiped? If yes, why? I mean, he was the one who said that one doesn’t need to worship demigods.
And then he also said that people should only worship the “One Supreme God”. But then Hindu Mythology has 3.
So, which one to worship? And why?
Should Brahma be worshiped because he has created everything and we should be thankful?
Or should we worship Vishnu because he preserves everything we depend upon?
Or should we worship Mahesh? He is the “Destroyer of Worlds” after all!
P.S. I’ll leave you all with those questions today. This seems to be an interesting avenue. We’ll surely explore it further.
Until then, continue doing whatever the hell you were doing.
Categories: religion
For now, Jai Shree Krishna! Tomorrow is Gokulashtami 😊
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In the Gaudiya Vaishnavism tradition, Krsña is described as The Supreme Personality of Godhead and “the source of all sources.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudiya_Vaishnavism
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Then that is wrong.
You can’t just describe anyone as anything just because you feel like it.
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That’s true, but their answer is strict disciplic succession.
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Well, then might as well keep passing the baton along.
Why stop at krishn?
Just because that makes one feel better?
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I’m just telling you what I’ve read from that particular tradition. None of it makes me feel better.
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I am not saying it makes you feel better.
I am saying, the people cooked up those stories because that made them feel better.
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It is interesting, though, that humans throughout the world from time immemorial seem intent on creating just such very similar stories, don’t you think? I’m reading Carla Jung right now to explore why that might happen.
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Humans are afraid. They have some irrational fears.
And you know, the thing is, ‘why people create similar stories’ or ‘why people do good’ aren’t substantial arguments to prove that God exists.
Moreover, if Krishn is Supreme God, don’t you think all the temples of every other demigods, including Ram, should either never be built or should all be torn down?
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Well, the vaishnavas certainly have no monopoly on that claim. But no, to answer your question; different maps to the same destination it seems to me, anyway.
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Krishn himself said in Chapter 9 Verse 23 that people don’t need to worship demigods.
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Are you suggesting that what Krishn said was absurd and baseless?
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A demi-god for every step we take, a demi-god for each thing we see on the way, but only one god exists, my friend, to welcome us home at the end of the day.
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Have you seen him? Met him ever? Has he ever welcomed you at the end of the day?
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🙂
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Hence the saying, half/little knowledge is dangeurous.
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I though Gita had all the knowledge.
Are you saying it is all just a piece of crap?
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I am saying what you wrote is peice of crap.
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A verse from gita?
So indirectly, gita is crap.
I wasn’t planning to go so far, but… Okay.
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I hope you reached the 9th chapter after reading first 8.
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No. I reached the 9th after reading 13th.
Math is weird that way.
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Possible. Because if you would have read it thouroughly you would have understood it. Then there was no scope for the crap you put.
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Ah! You mean if I had understood it with half mind like you!
That won’t be possible.
All of us, especially the Doctor and I, we can’t really learn things half mindedly.
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Well, thanks for confirming you and doctor aren’t same person. I have been reading few of his post and liked his scientific approach and arguments he/she puts.
Leave in peace.👍🏻
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I am quite interested in knowing what did you mean by “we tried to tell you” ?
If you be kind enough to bestow me this information too.
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That’s the confidential knowledge. Not everyone can know it.
One needs to have that half knowledge multiplied by 4 times to understand that.
You mostly have half divided by 2.
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