(Post 06)
(http://literature.awgp.org/akhandjyoti/2004/Sept_Oct/ShikhaSutra/)
The blind attachment to the gross symbol, with a desire of gaining favor from this inert God, in return for the offerings of worship, make a mockery of the deep philosophy and psychological intensity underlying idol-worship.
It is this superficial devotion and emotional excitement of affinity with the symbols of deities, that correspond to blind faith and superstition, which are criticized by the savants.
These misconceptions and associated insane customs were at their peak in the medieval times. The real meaning and importance of the emblems of Indian Culture, founded by the Rishis (the seer-sages of the Vedic Age), were also lost in the mist of this dark phase of ignorance and religious anarchy.
(http://literature.awgp.org/akhandjyoti/2004/Sept_Oct/ShikhaSutra/)
The blind attachment to the gross symbol, with a desire of gaining favor from this inert God, in return for the offerings of worship, make a mockery of the deep philosophy and psychological intensity underlying idol-worship.
It is this superficial devotion and emotional excitement of affinity with the symbols of deities, that correspond to blind faith and superstition, which are criticized by the savants.
These misconceptions and associated insane customs were at their peak in the medieval times. The real meaning and importance of the emblems of Indian Culture, founded by the Rishis (the seer-sages of the Vedic Age), were also lost in the mist of this dark phase of ignorance and religious anarchy.
