True Religion & Worship
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K VIVEKANANDAN
TRUE RELIGION AND WORSHIP
Purpose of Life
God has not made the creation for a sport but with a great purpose. We were not created merely for a short term life but for eternity. All of us humans, angels, Jinns are destined to live eternally. No one will be spared from eternal life. We humans are here on the earth only for a passing life which is only a trial period to qualify ourselves either for eternal bliss or eternal doom. God, the merciful and benevolent did not impose this trial on us but we, humans only did choose the trial. Though we chose the trial in the beginning of creation, out of his infinite mercy, God promised us to give his guidance to emerge victorious from the trial as we need God’s guidance and protection at all times since the evil force(Satan/Mara/Angra Mainyu) who is one of the creatures of God and who revolted against God the Almighty, is always trying with his hosts to make humans go astray and deviate from the right path. After all, the evil force and his hosts could be able to revolt against God with the free will given by God to his creatures.
Guidance from God
As promised in the beginning, God sent his guidance by choosing some of the righteous men as his prophets(Rishi/Nabi) from among the peoples that lived in various parts of the world in all ages right from the period of the first man Adam to the last prophet Muhammad(Muhammad is the last one in the line of prophets), and giving them books by revelation(Sruthi/Sroasha/Wahi). Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Zoroaster, Laotzu, Manu, Krishna, Mahavir, Gautama Buddha, Socrates, Jesus, Muhammad who are well known personalities are only prophets of God, but not gods, semi-gods, God’s incarnations or partners to God. There are many more prophets, most of them are unknown to us today because of loss of the books revealed to them or any records or even a hint about them in the written human history.
What is religion
Books revealed to prophets are of two types, ie 1. Books containing laws and ordinances regarding rituals, criminal as well civil procedures inter alia, prophecies, and other teachings and 2. Books containing only prophecies and other teachings. The first type of books institute a new religion ie a religion to a people/nation like Vedas(Hinduism), Gathas(Zoroastrianism) Torah(Judaism), ), Tao Tehking(Taoism), Qur’an(Islam) and the second type of books do not institute a new religion but append to the existing religion like Gospel and old testament books(Judaism), Upanishads, books given to Mahavir, Buddha, etc(Hinduism). Only God revealed books containing laws and ordinances only institute a religion or in other words, God’s religion is based only on the authority of the books revealed by God and any religion based on other than God’s books is not accepted by God.
Worship God Alone
God is one, only one, not two or three…. No one but God is God or can become God in any sense. God is self existing and unborn. He never takes birth either as humans or any other creatures. God taking birth ie incarnation is inappropriate to his nature, might and attributes. The notion of incarnation of God is only a human invention and there is nothing true in that. All the prophets were ordained by God to preach worship of God alone. God has very clearly and strictly ordained all humans in his books to worship him alone and has warned us against worshiping other than him or associating partner to him. God has made it very clear that worshiping other than God or ascribing partner to him is the greatest of all sins.
What is Worship
All acts like praying, praising, bowing, kneeling, saluting, prostrating, calling to help and other acts done in reverence is tantamount to worship. There is a difference between worship and merely showing respect to living humans. The afore-mentioned acts done just as a gesture of respect to living humans do not amount to worship but if the same acts are done before a statue, idol, any picture or any other articles and calling or praying to the dead persons, the acts become worship other than God.
Two Forms of Worship
1.Worship by praises, songs, bowing down, kneeling, prostrating, meditation or any other acts like saying “ In the name of God, If God will, invoking God’s blessings” etc, before starting any work.
2. Worship by rituals ordained by God. There are many rituals ordained by God in his law making books, to be performed by all humans. Among these rituals is a compulsory worship to be performed daily by every human being. This compulsory ritual worship has was ordained by God in all religions instituted by him. All prophets, their immediate followers and some generations after them performed this compulsory ritual worship. But, miserably this compulsory ritual worship has vanished from the practice of existing religions except in Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. This compulsory ritual worship is none other than Yajna(Yagna/Yaga) in Hinduism and Yasna in Zoroastrianism. But peoples have distorted the pure form of performing Yajna/Yasna. It has to be purged of human distortions and restored to its originality and should become a part of day to day household and public practice. We all who believe in God should strive for this cause and serve God.
TRUE RELIGION AND WORSHIP
Purpose of Life
God has not made the creation for a sport but with a great purpose. We were not created merely for a short term life but for eternity. All of us humans, angels, Jinns are destined to live eternally. No one will be spared from eternal life. We humans are here on the earth only for a passing life which is only a trial period to qualify ourselves either for eternal bliss or eternal doom. God, the merciful and benevolent did not impose this trial on us but we, humans only did choose the trial. Though we chose the trial in the beginning of creation, out of his infinite mercy, God promised us to give his guidance to emerge victorious from the trial as we need God’s guidance and protection at all times since the evil force(Satan/Mara/Angra Mainyu) who is one of the creatures of God and who revolted against God the Almighty, is always trying with his hosts to make humans go astray and deviate from the right path. After all, the evil force and his hosts could be able to revolt against God with the free will given by God to his creatures.
Guidance from God
As promised in the beginning, God sent his guidance by choosing some of the righteous men as his prophets(Rishi/Nabi) from among the peoples that lived in various parts of the world in all ages right from the period of the first man Adam to the last prophet Muhammad(Muhammad is the last one in the line of prophets), and giving them books by revelation(Sruthi/Sroasha/Wahi). Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Zoroaster, Laotzu, Manu, Krishna, Mahavir, Gautama Buddha, Socrates, Jesus, Muhammad who are well known personalities are only prophets of God, but not gods, semi-gods, God’s incarnations or partners to God. There are many more prophets, most of them are unknown to us today because of loss of the books revealed to them or any records or even a hint about them in the written human history.
What is religion
Books revealed to prophets are of two types, ie 1. Books containing laws and ordinances regarding rituals, criminal as well civil procedures inter alia, prophecies, and other teachings and 2. Books containing only prophecies and other teachings. The first type of books institute a new religion ie a religion to a people/nation like Vedas(Hinduism), Gathas(Zoroastrianism) Torah(Judaism), ), Tao Tehking(Taoism), Qur’an(Islam) and the second type of books do not institute a new religion but append to the existing religion like Gospel and old testament books(Judaism), Upanishads, books given to Mahavir, Buddha, etc(Hinduism). Only God revealed books containing laws and ordinances only institute a religion or in other words, God’s religion is based only on the authority of the books revealed by God and any religion based on other than God’s books is not accepted by God.
Worship God Alone
God is one, only one, not two or three…. No one but God is God or can become God in any sense. God is self existing and unborn. He never takes birth either as humans or any other creatures. God taking birth ie incarnation is inappropriate to his nature, might and attributes. The notion of incarnation of God is only a human invention and there is nothing true in that. All the prophets were ordained by God to preach worship of God alone. God has very clearly and strictly ordained all humans in his books to worship him alone and has warned us against worshiping other than him or associating partner to him. God has made it very clear that worshiping other than God or ascribing partner to him is the greatest of all sins.
What is Worship
All acts like praying, praising, bowing, kneeling, saluting, prostrating, calling to help and other acts done in reverence is tantamount to worship. There is a difference between worship and merely showing respect to living humans. The afore-mentioned acts done just as a gesture of respect to living humans do not amount to worship but if the same acts are done before a statue, idol, any picture or any other articles and calling or praying to the dead persons, the acts become worship other than God.
Two Forms of Worship
1.Worship by praises, songs, bowing down, kneeling, prostrating, meditation or any other acts like saying “ In the name of God, If God will, invoking God’s blessings” etc, before starting any work.
2. Worship by rituals ordained by God. There are many rituals ordained by God in his law making books, to be performed by all humans. Among these rituals is a compulsory worship to be performed daily by every human being. This compulsory ritual worship has was ordained by God in all religions instituted by him. All prophets, their immediate followers and some generations after them performed this compulsory ritual worship. But, miserably this compulsory ritual worship has vanished from the practice of existing religions except in Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. This compulsory ritual worship is none other than Yajna(Yagna/Yaga) in Hinduism and Yasna in Zoroastrianism. But peoples have distorted the pure form of performing Yajna/Yasna. It has to be purged of human distortions and restored to its originality and should become a part of day to day household and public practice. We all who believe in God should strive for this cause and serve God.
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