This is in continuation of my earlier blog post on Models of God, where I had mentioned that we use models to know the unknown. In that post, I had mentioned that Modeling is a very common thing and in the modern world, Scientists are the most common users of models. However models have been used for long by people of all races and societies for knowing, for positive purposes, and for negative purposes.
In this post, I would like to dwell about the positive use of Models - especially in the puranas - so as to show how ancient the art is. There are many other instances, but these two stand out significantly.
In Ramayan, Ram, after defeating Ravan, and sending his wife (Sita) to forest, decided to do a ritual (yagna) for the betterment of his citizens and the world and that ritual requires his wife to participate. Left with no option, a model of Sita is created and he does the ritual successfully.
In Mahabharata, Eklavya uses a model of Dronacharya, (though some texts says that he watches the lessons of Dronacharya to Arjun at a distance) and masters the skill of archery.
Now to conclude - that what we refer as God for worship - is a model of the divine energy and is an outstanding example of the positive use of models.
Now to conclude - that what we refer as God for worship - is a model of the divine energy and is an outstanding example of the positive use of models.
