Today I googled for picture of God where I found some printing. So, what dose it mean? simply its means God is an imaginery conecpt, He is only within in our mind. What would you say?
CA Sanjay Bag (CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT) (3340 Points)
03 October 2012Today I googled for picture of God where I found some printing. So, what dose it mean? simply its means God is an imaginery conecpt, He is only within in our mind. What would you say?
Dear Sanjay,
I am totally flabbergasted that you have more faith in Google than God ! How can you come to a conclusion that God is just a figment of one’s imagination just from the search results of Google Search engine ?
I assume that you were born as a Hindu. For any person calling himself a Hindu, the first prerequisite is that he should have blind faith in Vedas and all the scripttures written by the compiler of Vedas i.e Ved Vyasa.
Vyasji has written eighteen Puranas of which, Skanda Purana is one of the finest. In that Skanda Purana, there is a Section called as ‘Vasudeva Mahatmya’. The sixteenth chapter of Vasudeva Mahatmya is dedicated completely to “Descripttion of Goloka”. If you want to know, what is God like, what is his abode like, then you should definitely read this scriptture.
By reading this chapter, you will come to conclusion that God has his own abode, which can not be destroyed even in atyantik pralay (i.e final destruction) and he has a beautiful form complete with two hands, legs…
I have attached the pdf version of this scriptture. The 16th Chapter is on page 161. Kindly go through it.
But before reading it, please bear one thing in mind :
When the intellect raises too many questions, it is only the starting point of atheism. So, if you want to remain a Hindu, please accept the scripttures blindly. If any question of interpretation arises, it is better to clarify it from a Satpurusha. The 30 qualities of a Satpurusha are mentioned in the 11th Canto of Shrimad Bhagwatam.
Warm Regards,
Veeral Gandhi
Dear Sanjay,
In Taittirya Upanishad, there is a famous shloka, “Whence all speech turn back with the mind, without reaching…”
From this, we can infer that our speech and mind (including eyes), are material and thus, unfit to see God, who cannot even be described by the Vedas (neti neti). So, we cannot expect to see God unless we attain the Ekantik sthiti (Brahmic sthiti). Only after attaining this state, God will bestow His mercy upon us and we will be able to see Parmatma's beautiful form that resides within our atma.
Warm Regards,
Veeral Gandhi
CA Sanjay Bag
(CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT)
(3340 Points)
Replied 04 October 2012
Thank you Sir, I really sorry if I hurt your emotion. I will definitely go through the attachment. Thank you for your concern. However I would like to share my view on hinduism, once I read a qoute of a person ( now I can not remember ) that to be Hindu even we do require to have faith on God. Because hinduism is something else even apart from God.
Sanjay, you need not apologize me as I have not been hurt. I just wanted to make a point that search results of Google Search engine and quotes by ordinary human beings can not command authority like Vedas and those who claim themselves as Hindus, should consider Vedas as the Supreme authority. Those who do not regard Vedas as such are free to establish their own school of philosophy but their philosophy will be regarded as ‘Kalpit’ (i.e mentally concocted philosophy).
As regards quote by a person (that you heard) regarding acceptance of the atheistic heterodox schools like Charvaka, Jainism and Buddhism, in the Hindu fold, I would just say that, the perception of this person is not correct as these schools of philosophy do not regard themselves as ‘Hindu’, nor do the Hindus regard them as ‘Hindu’, as their well-structured logic is atheistic, whereas, Vedas are theistic. Throughout, Vedas, you will find prayers made to God for well-being of one and all and the philosophical part too delves into relationship between man and God, creation of this material universe by a divine force...etc. Thus, to consider atheistic schools of philosophy as Vedic Sanatan dharma is nothing but a ‘gross ignorance’.
Anybody who desires happiness in this world and beyond should have strong faith in God and scrupulously follow strictures laid down by Shrutis and Smritis.
Regards,
Veeral Gandhi
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