Dear Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan:
I was restraining myself from expressing my adverse criticism of the false
"scientific claim" on this subject. I am glad that you came out strong with
your views to fuel my response. It is laughable that some people fabricated
weird experiments to reach these conclusions that do not even merit scientific
scrutiny. Words thrown away loose as
alkaline pH, ions, oxygen fixation in hemoglobin and evoking laws of Physics
and acoustics as support are hollow and meaningless that do not belong to the
Class of SriRangaSri.
Further, I would echo the sentiments of eminent scholars like Sriman Ramanuja
Varadha Srinivasa Thatta, Narander Reddy, Sadagopan and others who have
explained this subject elegantly in this journal. I would also reiterate that
usage of English term
Idolatry is profanity that should be dismissed in our usage to denote Hindu
methods of worship. The principle behind Archa moorthy and Vigraha aradhana in
our religion has no English equivalent, but I can tolerate the term iconic to
denote our form of worship.
All religions are full of symbolism in their practice whether it is Judaism,
Islam, Christianity, Buddhism etc. We are no different in our approach to
envision God whose form is limitless and nondescript in images of Avataram
revealed to us by Him.
Adiyen
Srinivasa Raghavan
narsimhan csl <cslnarsimhan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Sudarshan swamy,
Following is the text of my response to the originator & also to Srirangasri. I
hope it is posted soon.
Best regards
Lakshmi Narasimha dasan
Dear swamies,
This article is nothing but a 'super scientific facntasy'. These are dangerous
extrapolations of science & will stand no scientific test.
E.g., extrapolating this one would be lead to the suggestion that strong acids,
such as sulfuric or other, being extremely ionic if they are poured on the
granite material the effect would be even pronounced than the weakly acidic
substances that are talked about. The effect on haemoglobin will be even better
& so on... No one, sane & scientific will ever agree to these kind of arguments.
I would request the bhagavatha community to not to indulge in trying to give a
scientific reasoning to religious aspects. Let us leave it to lord. U know, he
has the powers to create new laws of science. E.g. floating of stone in water
in Ramayana. So, the existing laws of science just end in him.
To answer the querry, traditionally the vigrahams were carved from special
stone which does not contain materials with 'rajasa' and 'thamasa' characters.
Only black salagrama stone, which is personification of the Lord himself is to
be used for this. It is not granite please.!!. Only the Salagrama stone is
religiously acceptable for creating Lord's images. Later, accepting peoples
desire of portability for utsavams, Lord has accepted Panchaloha vigrahams to
be his abode.
I will stop here & leave u to reflect.
sajjana padapadma parama renuhu
Lakshmi Narasimha dasan
Sudarshan K Madabushi wrote: Dear Bhagavatas:
As mentioned in aan earlier posting, it would be helpful if some PramaaNams
from our scriptures could be cited in support of the scientific explanations.
Moderator
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--- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Maya Iyengar
wrote:
> I wish to hear from fellow devotees their opinion about this and
the reasons for use of lime stone and wood in some temples. What do
aagamaas say about the choice of granite and other substances?
> Regards,
> Maya.
Dear member,
The forwarded article is very interesting. If the experiments
described are true, we now have at hand a sound (pun un-intended)
scientific justification for idolatry.
But it also makes one wonder about another thing.
If the granite inside the sanctum is so very important -- in terms
of 'pH factor', 'acoustic' and 'ionic' conductivity etc. etc. -- then
perhaps the time has come for us to leave the 'moolavar-vigraham-s'
in our temples alone? Perhaps, we should no more
overburden 'moolavars' with all manner of "aabharaNam-s" (jewellery
of gold, diamond, precious gemstones, what not)? Surely, all the
heavy jewellery covering the idol (head-to-foot as in some of our
temples) must be negatively interfering with, why even diminishing,
all the positive energy the granite is said to generate?
Can scientific-minded members please throw some light?
Thanks and regards,
dAsan,
Sudarshan
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