Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Why not follow our own book?

  1. "Ekam evadvitiyam"
    "He is One only without a second."
    [Chandogya Upanishad 6:2:1]
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  2. "Na casya kascij janita na cadhipah."
    "Of Him there are neither parents nor lord."
    [Svetasvatara Upanishad 6:9]
    2

  3. "Na tasya pratima asti"
    "There is no likeness of Him."
    [Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:19]
    3

  4. The following verses from the Upanishad allude to the inability of man to imagine God in a particular form:

    "Na samdrse tisthati rupam asya, na caksusa pasyati kas canainam."

    "His form is not to be seen; no one sees Him with the eye."
    [Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:20]
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Yajurveda

The following verses from the Yajurveda echo a similar concept of God:


"na tasya pratima asti
  1. "There is no image of Him."
    [Yajurveda 32:3]5

  2. "shudhama poapvidham"
    "He is bodyless and pure."
    [Yajurveda 40:8]6

  3. "Andhatama pravishanti ye asambhuti mupaste"
    "They enter darkness, those who worship the natural elements" (Air, Water, Fire, etc.). "They sink deeper in darkness, those who worship sambhuti."
    [Yajurveda 40:9]7

    Sambhuti means created things, for example table, chair, idol, etc.

  4. The Yajurveda contains the following prayer:
    "Lead us to the good path and remove the sin that makes us stray and wander."
    [Yajurveda 40:16]8

So where did we go wrong? why aren't people following our religion as its supposed to be?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey i just happened to see your post. Hmmm, very interesting. Just to share a small chapter of the Quran with you:

Surah 112, Al Ikhlas:

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

1. Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;

2. Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;

3. He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;

4. And there is none like unto Him.


Allah means One God in Arabic.