Nowadays, idol-worship which is
considered a valuable discipline by Hindus,
is being ridiculed. This is a big error.
For, as a cup or some other vessel
is needed to drink milk, so too to
imbibe the Grace of the Lord, a vessel
called Idol is necessary.
The idol is a means and not the end;
it is the outer form; the inner content is Divinity.
Western critics laugh at idol worship
and say that Hindus reduce God into stone;
but the truth is, Hindus elevate stone into God.
God is the seat of illumination; He scatters all darkness of Ignorance.
