[Advaita-l] Idol worship question

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Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> From: Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com>
>To: Rajaram Venkataramani <rajaramvenk at gmail.com> 
>Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 5:40 PM
>Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Idol worship question
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>Lord Krishna says that in Uttara Gita
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> From: Rajaram Venkataramani <rajaramvenk at gmail.com>
>To: Sunil Bhattacharjya <sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com>; A discussion group for Advaita Vedanta <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> 
>Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 4:02 PM
>Subject: Re: [Advaita-l] Idol worship question
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>Where does Krishna say that?
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>Also, are the forms prescribed by sastras not superior to any we choose?
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>On Wednesday, December 26, 2012, Sunil Bhattacharjya  wrote:
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>Namaste,
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>>Lord Krishna said "Pratima alpabuddhinam, sarvatra samadarshinam"
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>>Pratima worship is for the beginners. The advanced sadhakas see god everywhere. There is a story about one saint in Maharashtra. Once the saint was preparing his chapati / roti and one dog suddenly came near him and took away his chapati. The he ran after the dog like a mad man and he also carried a pot of ghee / toop with him. He was shouting  and telling the dog "O' Lord please don't take the dry chapati. Let me apply some ghee in it".
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