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STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
the first method, is by giving the game. The mention of the name is sufficient to bring to knowledge the idea of the object. The mention of names has a great deal to do with the rise and improvement of the consciousness; the mention of names is a great factor in those concrete activities which have to do with the progress of man.
Sthapana, the second method by which we cognize things, pay respect to things, look down upon things, etc., is the picture, photograph, diagram, symbol, image, model, statue &c. It is also called akriti, which means literally a drawing, image, or photograph. Absent persons .can be worshipped by this means. The fact of the false use , of images by the common people must not be taken as a reason for ignoring the philosophical truth that the image is an important factor when its use is rightly understood. Photographs &c., of absent friends can be used as a means of respecting them. Photographs &c., can be used as a means of insulting an absent person [Guy Fawkes, for example); and so also they can be used for respecting and worshipping absent persons.
Dravya, the third method, is when you wish to respect or cognize or worship a thing or person who has not yet come into existence; you worship the previous state of that thing or person. By faying respect to the present person or thiog you can pay
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