Why do people visit religious places / they sing hymns?
I was actually pondering over this thought since last 2 days. I got some answers but they may be wrong. Whenever you visit a temple,you try to concentrate on something (some idol or even you are not concentrating on idol, in your mind you paint the Gods picture and pray). Isn't this another form of meditation. The fundamental of meditation as far as I believe is to concentrate and keep your mind blank. And this is what temples and other religious places are made for.
Even when you sing hymns and praise for the Lord, you are single minded concentrating on God. The highest meditation form is that you have reached the absolute thoughtless state. A visit to a temple or singling bhajans is one of the ways to reach towards the ultimate stage. Even in Gita, Krishna has mentioned three ways for making yourself enlightened namely Karma Yog (throgh actions without expectation of results),Bhakti Yog (through devotion), Jyana yog (through knowledge), and Raja Yog (through meditation).
So this is a Bhakti Yog and helps in reaching towards path of enlightenment and vairagya (dis-attachment).
Now for the next post, I am thinking about - who is GOD?
(PS.-I am still in Senses :))
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment