God & Goddess pictures

Dear Bhargavi,

Thank you so much ! Glad you like this topic ! :)

You are so lucky to be able to give it to somebody instead of disposing it directly.

And you are absolutely right about the pictures on "thamboolam" covers, used calendars etc...leaves me in a fix all the time. Impossible to collect them too...so ..over here..practical solution is to dispose them in separate bins..

Thanks for sharing your views here Bhargavi...

Cheers
Krithika

Originally Posted by BhargaviChakravarthy

Dear jithiks,
What a topic for discussion.You always rock jithiks....
Well,coming back,you believe it or not,myself,my mom will sometimes be confused on what to do with those bags.Sometimes we keep it somewhere and give them to maids,flower seller.Still there are are a lot of bags just as junk.In polythene covers too,we often find the pictures of deities.Not only that,thamboolam bags given as a gift in marriages,prasadham covers etc everywhere we find pictures of deities.Definitely i cannot throw them but instead give to someone.

Thanks
BC

Hi Shashi,

Thanks for your clarification. But still leaves me wondering how disposing plastic/polythene covers in lakes won't raise objections....

Sorry to bother you with too many questions..

Cheers
Krithika

Originally Posted by yenetishashi

Hi Jithiks,

Hussain Sagar Is Is Th Eonly Known Lake For Us In Hyderabad ,so Mom Puts Evrything Into A Neat Polythine Cover , My Brother Whenever He Has Got Some Work That Route, On The Way Drops It In The Lake With A One Rupee Coin And Goes.

Bye,
Shashi.

hmm.. I just throw them away after emptying the contents...

There are lot of things like that, if we want to follow "dont-throw-God-in-trash"

Newpapers, any books, Curry leaves, chillies and what not we eat gets thrown away. Everything is God, ain't?

I have seen people wearing Om t-shirts in a pub. Do you think it might be a best place for God to hangout..

So these all are trival things, me thinks..

Idol worship is to help us to gather our thoughts onto one object while we pray. Thus our thoughts dont wander [ Many might disagree as thats the place where they might sightsee and dream about other handsome people praying in front of them. Now thats a different story]

Anyhoo, thats the base for Hinduism in the first place. Nothing much.

There are some designated places in public as well as in our home. That should do it.

Having them in bags, keychains and stuff it too much - There's nothing holy in it.. just business

Nice thread, BTW !!

Hi Nandhu,

I do agree that there are lots of things that have significance of Gods/Goddesses attached to them.

Having said that, there is some needling feeling to throw them in the trash (even though they are done for business and what not).

Good that you feel this is trivial and there is no inhibition on your side.

As I mentioned in the previous posts, yes there are "Om" shirts and even pictures on shoes..humanely impossible to go and stop/condemn them.

Thanks for sharing your views here...

Cheers
Krithika

Originally Posted by Nandshyam

hmm.. I just throw them away after emptying the contents...

There are lot of things like that, if we want to follow "dont-throw-God-in-trash"

Newpapers, any books, Curry leaves, chillies and what not we eat gets thrown away. Everything is God, ain't?

I have seen people wearing Om t-shirts in a pub. Do you think it might be a best place for God to hangout..

So these all are trival things, me thinks..

Idol worship is to help us to gather our thoughts onto one object while we pray. Thus our thoughts dont wander [ Many might disagree as thats the place where they might sightsee and dream about other handsome people praying in front of them. Now thats a different story]

Anyhoo, thats the base for Hinduism in the first place. Nothing much.

There are some designated places in public as well as in our home. That should do it.

Having them in bags, keychains and stuff it too much - There's nothing holy in it.. just business

Nice thread, BTW !!

Hi Krithika,
In my younger days, I used to have such turmoils in the mind and used to preserve all these covers/packings etc. Later as I grew up and after a lot of reading spiritual books, I came to the conclusion- We are all going to become one with the soil when we are no more, so why worry about petty things. As long as our belief in God is firm, we do not have to worry much about our disposing off the packings as we would any other garbage. If we see God in everything and everywhere then where ever these packings go, they are sure to merge with that Omnipresent.
My hubby is the sentimental kind.Even the garlands that have been put on the pictures of Gods in the puja room should not be thrown into the dustbin.It has to be put in a separate cover and discarded either in a stream/pond/sea or in some place where no one would tread! All is in the mind and our belief system. As long as we are good human beings, these things don't matter.
Regards,
Malathi

Krittika,

I do feel the same way. Avoid throwing along with the other garbage. Even Iam scared throwing the invitation cards.

Once I happened to hear the discourse of Sandeep Chaitanya. Acc to him all these are imaginary figures of someone-call it Ravi varma or anything else. How can you see pictures of Lakshmi with four hands, decked in gold etc.
If we think rationally it is imagination. But my mother said once that "Most of these pictures are drawn on the basis of descriptions given by enlightened souls like Great Rishis who had the vision of Gods.

Anyway I dare not throw the cover . But Iam compelled to do so with graet reluctance. kanaka

Hi Malathy,

Sorry for the late reply !

I do agree that all is in the mind and we should see God in everything. Absolutely correct !

As of now, for me, I get this strange feeling to just discard these pictures on grocery items, covers, invitations etc. So, make it a point to collect it in a separate bag/bin and dispose separately.

Thanks for sharing your inputs here !!

Cheers
Krithika

Originally Posted by Malathijagan

Hi Krithika,
In my younger days, I used to have such turmoils in the mind and used to preserve all these covers/packings etc. Later as I grew up and after a lot of reading spiritual books, I came to the conclusion- We are all going to become one with the soil when we are no more, so why worry about petty things. As long as our belief in God is firm, we do not have to worry much about our disposing off the packings as we would any other garbage. If we see God in everything and everywhere then where ever these packings go, they are sure to merge with that Omnipresent.
My hubby is the sentimental kind.Even the garlands that have been put on the pictures of Gods in the puja room should not be thrown into the dustbin.It has to be put in a separate cover and discarded either in a stream/pond/sea or in some place where no one would tread! All is in the mind and our belief system. As long as we are good human beings, these things don't matter.
Regards,
Malathi

Hi Kanaka,

Me too, throw these covers and bags with lot of hesitation (it happens every time).

Good that you had the experience of listening to the discourse of Sandeep Chaitanya.

Thanks for joining us here and sharing your thoughts.

Cheers
Krithika

Originally Posted by kanaka

Krittika,

I do feel the same way. Avoid throwing along with the other garbage. Even Iam scared throwing the invitation cards.

Once I happened to hear the discourse of Sandeep Chaitanya. Acc to him all these are imaginary figures of someone-call it Ravi varma or anything else. How can you see pictures of Lakshmi with four hands, decked in gold etc.
If we think rationally it is imagination. But my mother said once that "Most of these pictures are drawn on the basis of descriptions given by enlightened souls like Great Rishis who had the vision of Gods.

Anyway I dare not throw the cover . But Iam compelled to do so with graet reluctance. kanaka