Monday, October 12, 2009

5. Archanam is one of the nine stages of devotion. How can you object the Archanam of statue?

Archanam means worship. But in all the nine stages of devotion the word Archanam is mentioned. It does not mean the Archanam of Pratima (worship of statue). It can be the worship of a human form of Lord. Infact examples given in the nine stages of devotion relate only to the human form of the Lord. For ex: Arjuna was told as an example from friendship (Sakhyam). But Arjuna was a friend to Lord Krishna and not a friend of any statue.

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