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10 questions linked to/from Do Yajurveda 40.9, Yajurveda 32.3 and Bhagavadgita 7.20 reject idol worship?
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What is the significance of Murthi pooja (idol worship)?
Hindus believe in Murthi pooja or idol worship. What is the reason behind this?
Since my childhood, I believed that God does exist in an idol but I don't have the exact clarification or history ...
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Do the Vedas prohibit idol worship?
It is a very controversial thing about this verse along the religious websites, especially non-Hindu websites, they claim that idol worship is prohibited in Hinduism.
They are arguing with this verse.
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What is the significance of pouring milk on the Shivling?
I have seen people pouring milk on the Shivling.
What is the significance of this?
Image taken from shivmandirsarthali.com
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I want scripture-based explanation for "God is Everywhere"
Most dominant philosophy in Hinduism is that God is everywhere and in everything. I want to understand this in more detail. As per science we know that around us there are two distinct things: Space-...
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Procedures used for preserving the integrity of the Vedas
It is said that the metering of the sanskrit verses in Vedas and process of recitation imbue certain qualities to the scripture that make it inimitable(if I may use the word) or easy to identify ...
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Looking to learn about Hinduism?
I'm an American and a Christian, and I don't know a lot about it but I think Hinduism just seems really beautiful and intriguing. I've heard of Hindu Atheists and one person told me it's more a way of ...
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Why does Krishna consider/believe the devotee who worship him as saguna superior than who worship as nirguna?
At the starting of 12th chapter of Bhagavad Geeta, Arjuna asked:
एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते ।
ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमाः ॥
English translation (from vedabase):
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How can the Vedas be constant when they come from the 4 heads of Brahma?
How can the Vedas be constant when they come from the 4 heads of Brahma and Brahma changes every time? Vedas need to change? Isn't it?
Only Puranas may be constant.
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What Mleccha languages are used in the Vedas according to Purva Mimamsa?
As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school, which bases its tenets on the doctrines laid out in the Brahma Sutras, a work by the sage Vyasa ...
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What does it mean by Not accepting Murti puja? And how to do it
From last few days I am reading Shri Sai Satcharitra. and in Chapter 41 there is something
"Baba Abdul Rahiman is against murti puja or image-worship".
Refrence Shri Sai Satcharitra Chapter 41
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