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June 24 2016
June 24 2016
June 24 2016
Why does God have more than a thousand names and forms of worship?
Bhagawan lovingly explains to us today.
We may get a doubt as to why God should have
so many different names. Each of these in fact
refers to a particular quality of the Lord. We know
that in a house the son comes and addresses the
head of the family as father, while the daughterin-law calls him father-in-law, the grandson
addresses him as grandfather, and the wife as
My dear husband. Here we see that because he
has established different types of relationships, he
is addressed by different names by different
people. Similarly, a brahmin is called
a pujari(priest) if he performs puja and is called a
cook if he is cooking. He acquires a different
name depending on the nature of work that he
performs. Similarly depending on the time,
situation and the country, God has been given
different names that are appropriate to the
situation and role He plays.
- Summer Showers in Brindavan 1974, Vol 1, Ch 5.
So many different names and forms of the Lord impel you to see His omnipresence. Baba
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