Philosophy and Significance of Idol Worship

by Swami Sivananda

Table of Contents:

• Worship of the Image
  • Benefits of Upasana
  • Saguna Upasana and Nirguna Upasana
  • The Bhavas in Bhakti Yoga
  • Puja and Ishta Devata
  • The Idol - A Prop for the Spiritual Neophyte
  • Everyone an Idol-Worshipper
  • A Medium for Establishing
  • Communion with God
  • A Symbol of God
  • An Intergral Part of Virat
  • Idol Worship Develops Devotion
  • Regular Worship Unveils
  • The Divinity in the Idol
  • The image, A Mass of Chaitanya
  • When Idols Became Alive
  • Vedanta and Idol Worship
  • The Glory of Hindu Philosophy
  • To Sum Up
• The Temple
• Glory of Prasad
• Philosophy
• Hindu Symbols
• Faith adn Idol Worship.

About the Author:

Sri Swami Sivananda, born on the 8th September, 1887, in the illustrious family of Sage Appayya Dikshita and several other renowned saints and savants, Sri Swami Sivananda had a natural flair for a life devoted to the study and practice of Vedanta.

He was an inborn eagerness to serve all and an innate feeling of unity with all mankind. He is the author of over 300 volumes and has disciples all over the world, belonging to all nationalities, religions and creeds. To read his works is to drink at the Fountain of Wisdom Supreme.