reddy jI, limited things have been attributed to the limiteless, the moment we have a tmeple, mUrtI, ritual, name etc. in one of the lectures late professor joseph campbell (who has perhaps done the most to impart awareness about indian philosphy in the west (particularly usa) says about kAlI stepping on shiva as a symbol of going beyond the highest faith. our god is our highest faith, and hence is also our limit. in other religions, their only book is the limit. in sanAtan dharma, we have many enlightened seers adding to the ocean of 'human discovery' of the divine. our limit is not set!! as long as we have the shraddhA bhAva, we should be open enough to discuss anything with respect towards each other (and the divine) so, i think discussion of the physical aspects of the temple, mUrtI etc. should not be taken as an affront to our faith. after all, someone did prescribe the protocl to setup a temple, using certain material, ritual, etc. they must have had a reason beyond faith as well. so if a member wants to be enlightened in that area, we should let the discusison go on (of course the moderator(s) are the final judge of it). so, as long as the shraddhA bhAva is there, we should not feel our faith is in danger! after all, every devotee is also unique :-) regards, shashi joshi Sadagopan worked magic with the keyboard on Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 05:54:58PM -0400: > Dr. Narender Reddy : > > Thanks for your suggestion to stay > away from "attributing limited things > to limitless ". > > Archai (Consecrated images are some thing > unique . Like the Lord's AvathAra Rahsyams > (Six points ) have to be understood properly > so that we do not go astray , the power of > Consecrated Moorthys at the temple have to be > disengaged from the material in which the Lord > has descended . > > Once we think of Ph and other things , we > will be way out of track . There are however > rigorous prescriptions for selection of the granite > or metal or wood , which are known to the Sthapathis > and Aagama experts. > > V.Sadagopan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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