tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post3678137728783962887..comments2024-01-05T08:23:27.097+05:30Comments on Musings: Stone Idolsanilkurup59http://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-35208888883826435862010-11-26T22:48:07.868+05:302010-11-26T22:48:07.868+05:30Anil,
There is an easy route through Trivandrum, i...Anil,<br />There is an easy route through Trivandrum, if you can by pass Balachandran!dr.antonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191095888228061156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-91818605399780975872010-11-26T21:57:51.162+05:302010-11-26T21:57:51.162+05:30@ dr antony, Could you give me an idea of this &qu...@ dr antony, Could you give me an idea of this " little faith , and great faith"?<br /> I want the quickest way to heaven .anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-42169148203602824582010-11-26T21:56:10.165+05:302010-11-26T21:56:10.165+05:30@ Deeps,
The closest meaning of faith is belief , ...@ Deeps,<br />The closest meaning of faith is belief , and also trust.<br />To mock at another persons faith and laud about ones own is the reason for the wanton destruction of the Buddhist relics in Afghanistan by the Taliban, and also the plunder and conversion by the sword done during the Muslim inroads into ancient India,The similar frenzy is now aped by the indigenous faithfulls of Hindustananilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-29214818162288501002010-11-26T21:26:16.030+05:302010-11-26T21:26:16.030+05:30Faith in religion is personal. A believer just be...Faith in religion is personal. A believer just believes,there is no place for logic there.But,there is no compulsion or place for criticism,unless it leads to fanaticism.<br />A little faith will bring your soul to heaven; A great faith will bring heaven to your soul.dr.antonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191095888228061156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-64848871561872601052010-11-26T19:37:46.075+05:302010-11-26T19:37:46.075+05:30In the matter faith, I guess we never can make com...In the matter faith, I guess we never can make comparisons ..<br />Descartes …ohhh… the name almost stands synonyms to “I think; therefore I am.”deepshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15296902414799985603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-89901687904855768472010-11-26T17:09:49.371+05:302010-11-26T17:09:49.371+05:30@ Insignia,
There is a marked tendency amongst th...@ Insignia,<br /><br />There is a marked tendency amongst the so called youthful faiths( I m sure you can guess) to deride native believes and pagan worships as nonsense and term such people as heretics running after false gods . <br />Incidentally I am on to a book by V.S.Naipul, 'the masque of africa', therein he tells very clearly how Western culture systematically decimated the local Gods. <br />That yes was the part of colonial invasion. But to destroy icons and statues that are held dear to other oriental faiths and are symbols of ancient culture , decry their practises as heretical and labelling people of such deep rooted and ancient cultures as apostates is beyond reasons that even Western philosophy cannot accept.anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-92066109605683776992010-11-26T09:43:32.737+05:302010-11-26T09:43:32.737+05:30I liked the comparison to charging of the car batt...I liked the comparison to charging of the car battery. <br /><br />Those who said idol worship is pagan were manipulating and feeding misleading information for their own selfish reasons. Isnt it? <br /><br />Stone or the nature or just a speck of dirt, its the positivity and belief that matters.Insigniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819054091062923489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-15301153858576801552010-11-26T08:03:52.565+05:302010-11-26T08:03:52.565+05:30@ Balan,
"the world is what you see it to b...@ Balan, <br /><br />"the world is what you see it to be" absolute!<br />And also " the world is what you want it to be".<br />However the crux of the matter I got fascinated was the culture of idol worship, ( call it lacking in reason, archaic, hearsay etc), , but look at the irrational , ( measuring by the same yard stick and bench mark)that has been practised and beliefs held as sacrosanct else where!<br />And they call idol worship and pagan beliefs blasphemous and heretical.Funny guys , fools too.anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-18746336103793009082010-11-25T23:41:00.275+05:302010-11-25T23:41:00.275+05:30A few years ago, I went to Tunganath, the Shiva te...A few years ago, I went to Tunganath, the Shiva temple in the Himalayas. It is the temple at the highest altitude. In the miserable cold, I sat there in front of the stone idol and did a puja at the directions of the pundit. As I washed the cold stone with water and then with something else and then with something and adorned it with flowers and what else to the accompaniment of mantras incomprehensible to myself,- I thought - I am touching a stone, I am caressing a stone that thousands before me have, and thousands will, after me. In that moment, which is still precious to me, I thought I could connect with all of that humanity, before and after me. Because of that thought, and perhaps the exhaustion of having climbed such heights, I cried. It was an emotional moment for me. I am no devotee; maybe a seeker of spirituality, one who tries to connect - with all life. <br /><br />A stone is a stone. If you attribute energy to it, so it will be. If you think it is just a piece of dead granite, so it will be. The world is, what you see it to be.Balachandran Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174364716507089780noreply@blogger.com