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This article is classic example of someone who has no understanding of multi faceted eastern mysticism where multiple methods of spirituality were accepted as valid methods.
Lets do a thought experiment: lets say such temples never existed 1500 years and before. So what the mythology, the idea of worshiping idols existed and temples was just a more grand way to do same. Similar to all other religions lets say this was started fresh!
If vatican and mecca can come in existance 1000 years back then why not temples?
Do you ever dare to question is Mecca a necessary place for muslims or jeruslem for all threee sects? Then why target hinduism?
If you want to say religion are man made. I am ok with that as long as you accept and state all religions as man made.
The idea that something is better than the other or the concept of Good and Evil is so much ingrained in western philosophy, logic, Abrahamic beliefs etc that they fail to understand that in a Hindu way of thinking a temple and cemetery are equally pious, holy, sacred and revered. Only how we behave in a temple ( that again depends on which deity and localized traditions) and a cemetery is different. Western and Abrahamic thought processes are fundamentally different.
is this a surprise to anyone? It’s well known by any cursory examination of the Epics or Classical lit that no one is going to temples. You can see for yourself when the agnistoma and atiratra are done in Kerala, it is done on a ritual ground not in a temple.
It’s a virulent and adulterate/contaminate/bastardise (ed) view held by the leftist (media and intelligentsia), both Indian and international, well they can hold onto their views, the ground realities are always different. Something somewhere is hurting these people very deeply. Good luck, keep on trying.
This article is classic example of someone who has no understanding of multi faceted eastern mysticism where multiple methods of spirituality were accepted as valid methods.
Lets do a thought experiment: lets say such temples never existed 1500 years and before. So what the mythology, the idea of worshiping idols existed and temples was just a more grand way to do same. Similar to all other religions lets say this was started fresh!
If vatican and mecca can come in existance 1000 years back then why not temples?
Do you ever dare to question is Mecca a necessary place for muslims or jeruslem for all threee sects? Then why target hinduism?
If you want to say religion are man made. I am ok with that as long as you accept and state all religions as man made.
The idea that something is better than the other or the concept of Good and Evil is so much ingrained in western philosophy, logic, Abrahamic beliefs etc that they fail to understand that in a Hindu way of thinking a temple and cemetery are equally pious, holy, sacred and revered. Only how we behave in a temple ( that again depends on which deity and localized traditions) and a cemetery is different. Western and Abrahamic thought processes are fundamentally different.
is this a surprise to anyone? It’s well known by any cursory examination of the Epics or Classical lit that no one is going to temples. You can see for yourself when the agnistoma and atiratra are done in Kerala, it is done on a ritual ground not in a temple.
It’s a virulent and adulterate/contaminate/bastardise (ed) view held by the leftist (media and intelligentsia), both Indian and international, well they can hold onto their views, the ground realities are always different. Something somewhere is hurting these people very deeply. Good luck, keep on trying.
Very mischievous article at this juncture. Somehow trying to delink temples from Hinduism. Such things can be argued for every religion