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celibacy and forbearance, etc. are said to be beneficial? Because, these are contradictory to each other.
Moreover, for the purpose of doing Saguna-Bhakti, they adorn the idols of Rama-Krishna, etc., with curvature accompanied by woman, etc. Merely on seeing them, passional feelings of sex, anger, etc. arise. And they worship Mahadeva in the form of phallus. See the Mockery! By taking the name of which one feels ashamed, which the world keeps covered, they adore the same in an idol form. Did he not have other limbs? But excessive mockery is exhibited only by doing so.
Further, for the purpose of Saguna-Bhakti, they hoard different kinds of sensual objects. In the name of God (Thakur) they themselves enjoy the objects. They prepare the food, etc. for offering to God (Thakur), but they themselves eat it by imagining it to be gift of God. Here we ask-“Perhaps Thakur would be suffering from hunger and thirst, if not so, then how such imagination is possible? And when he would be suffering from hunger, etc., then he (the God) being restless would become unhappy; how will then he remove sorrow of others? And you have offered the food, etc. material to God for his use; therefore, it could be called a gift of God only when Thakur himself gives it. But taking food, etc. by one's own hand cannot be called God's gift. For example, if someone gives a present to the king and then the king gives him reward then its acceptance is commendable but if someone gives a present to the king and without king's saying anything; one himself takes back the present by his own hands saying that the king has given me the gift, then this is proved to be a mockery. Similarly, here in the case of God, all this cannot be called adoration, it is mere mockery.
Further, Thakur and you are two or one? If Thakur and you are separate then the present that you have offered should be accepted back only if Thakur gives it to you, but why do you take on your own? And if you will say that because God'(Thakur) is in idol form, therefore, I myself make the imagination; then, this means that you yourself did the work which was to be done by Thakur, then you yourself became Thakur. And if Thakur and you are one, then presenting and taking back in the form of gift is false and imaginary.
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