Yesterday night I was reading a book Christianity. In the chapter about Christian prayer it is mentioned that Christian worship is from God to God. Worship comes from God in two senses:
- it focuses on who God is and what he has done
- God himself puts into people's hearts and minds the desire for prayer and praises.
During my weekend Veda class, my Veda guru was explaining to me about prana prtistapane. This is ritual which we Hindus perform before we start pooja to an God Idol. He explained this ritual is about installing prana (life), which is the life energy of the deity, into the God Idol. I believe this is more way to recognize god in oneself and in every object.
Grossly....I feel both prayer coveys the same. While praying you are basically awakening the god in your self.
yes - the concept of prayer is same across all religions - Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jews et al.
ReplyDeletehowever, the real concept of prayer can be understood from the concept of 'realisation' or introspection or atma jnana of a person.
simply put - prayer is defined as Prayer is the act of communicating with a deity or spirit in worship - this activity may be in different forms - some ritualistic (meaning doing actions) or mental (praying through heart or mind.
Again, the path of prayer each person takes is completely dependant on the persons level of realisation - for e.g. we have had great saints like Ramana Maharshi, who, propogated dharma & concept of God - through very simple means - silence (read as meditating inwards or silencing yourself internally).
at a micro level, god is present in every being - atma / parmatma concept.