WHY WORSHIP?

Many people wonder why worship, what purpose, and who to worship? The question on worship of variety of prophets, gurus, avatars, angels, demigods, etc., has been dealt with clearly in question-answer conversation (Arjun-Krishna discussion) in Srimad Bhagvad Gita. Cosmic revealation of ONE GOD, Vasudheva Virat Brahman/Supreme Godhead declared : 1. Form worship is easier than worship of Formless God. 2. Devotee reaches the level/stature of the form of god/goddess worshiped in the heaven(s) and comes back to earth through rebirth after devotee’s good deeds are exhausted. (“Jo hai jisko bhavta, so tahi ke pass” understood St Kabir). 3. Demigod worship is meant mainly for worldly wishfulfiment (Ganesha for removing hurdles, Hanumanji and Ma Durga for giving protection against evil, enemy, etc; Maha-Ishwar Shiva fulfills all the wordly wishes and takes the Bhakta to DOOR of Moksha/Mukti-dwar and imparts His bhakta with a Raam or Hari mantra to achieve Moksha if the devotee seeks bliss. For example Lord Shiva gave ‘Hari/Vishnu’ name to His consort Ma Parvati saying “Uma kahun mai anubhav apna, satya HARI bhajan jagat ik sapna - Ramayan”.) All vedic mantras of demigods are empowered by God Almighty’s abstract name i.e., OM (OM Ganeshai namah, OM namah Shivai, OM durga durgarti ..etc). All Hindu/vedic worships first define OM as HARI-hi-OM. This is fully endorsed in Gita, wherein Lord Vishnu’s manifestation declares that ‘I alone materialize all boons given by all gods/goddess as 'I' am OM). Gita asserts that TOTAL SURRENDER of ego only to Perfection/Param-Satya or faultless/nirvikar FORM of Parmeshwar Vishnu ALONE can liberate the bhakta/devotee from un-ending cycles of birth-suffer-death (“Vande Vishnu bhav-bhaya-haram”) because that alone avoids trips to heaven-earth-hell through an infininte leap of the bhakta to the greatest destination (state of eternal bliss) in Vaikuntha-Param Dhaam by achieving Param Sidha state of existence.