Image worship in Veda

[sunil bhattacharjya]

Dear friends,

There is another reference to Pratima  in a Upanishad.  The relevant verse is as follows:

शिवमात्मनि पश्यन्ति प्रतिमासु न योगिनः /
अज्ञानां भावनार्थाय प्रतिमाः परिकल्पिताः // दर्शनोपनिषत् : ४.५९ //

This meassage is somewhat similar to what Lord Krishna told us in the Uttara Gita.

Regards,

Sunil KB

[Dipak Bhattacharya]

The दर्शनोपनिषत् is a medieval Upanishad. It is unscientific to assign to it the same authority as to the major Upanishads commented upon by Shankara. Even Shankara who made a commentary on the Maanduukya did not regard it as sruti but just mentioned it as a prakarana. The Vishishtaadvaitas too seem to regard the Maanduukya just as a smriti not a sruti. It is necessary not to get swayed by the name Upanishad popularly tagged to a late text and then cite that as a Vedic authority without applying the necessary discretion. That creates a wrong idea about the Vedas.
Best
DB  

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From: sunil bhattacharjya <skbhatt...@gmail.com>
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