On 11/4/2014 9:31 AM, Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
in contrast to puja, which may include image worship and devotional
practices non-Vedic in origin.
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/There are many aspects of Hindu culture that are non-Vedic in origin,
for example yogic sadhana. Most of the Buddhist notions about the
ascetic life are non-Vedic.//The practice of puja is probably started by
the Buddhists after the historical Buddha's passing./
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Puja is non-vedic in origin????
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/The idea of "puja" goes back a long way, back to primitive times. //The
first use of ritual acts centered around the hearth was probably
connected with the controlled use of fire, which apparently was not used
at first to cook food or for warmth, but as a fetish to impress the
neighbors. //
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//Fire is essential to puja and was an Aryan tradition probably imported
into South Asia along with the Vedas and the Avesta. //At night a fire
served as a light source and a way to deter predators. To the ancients
fire was magic; an innovation that changed our brain's way of regulating
time. The first camp fire or hearth was probably the first puja./
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Yagyas and Indulgences
Yajña: (Sanskrit: 'sacrifice, offering'), in Hinduism, worship based
on rites prescribed in the earliest scriptures of ancient India, the
Vedas, in contrast to puja, which may include image worship and
devotional practices non-Vedic in origin.
