Hinduism: What Really Happenned in India (PDF) - Oration

Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan
men), because they do not realize the truth. (Chanda:Upanishad:8/8/4)
Those who worship many goddesses without worshipping the God who
is a Spirit, do not know the truth. And they are like animals among those
who know the truth. (Satpatha Brahmana)
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"The Formless Supreme Spirit that pervades the universe can have no
material representation, likeness or image.” -- Yajur Veda 32:3.
Hence
"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in
ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the
uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of
the All-pervading God, but those who worship visible things born of
prakriti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of
God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are
extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer
terribly for a long time." -- Yajur Veda 40:9.
However idol worship and worship of many lower gods are a part of
Hinduism today. This must have developed out of the need for popular
modes of communications. We all use symbols to express the
inexpressible concepts. The symbols, models and artistic presentations
improve impact and produces long-term memory of what is taught.
Power Point presentations are the norm of today. Icons were produced
for the same purpose.
Iconography is defined as (a) Pictorial illustration of a subject. (b) The
collected representations illustrating a subject. (c) A set of specified or
traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a
stylized work of art.
“The appearance of icons is justified in the essence of the following
sentence: "In the Old Testament God was heard, in the New Testament
he was seen." In other words, in the Old Testament the pre-image, the