Re: Aniconism and Sanatana Dharma
Originally Posted by
ShivaFan
The Lingam aniconstic? Then I guess Rama was such a practitioner by worshipping it.
Lingam is abstract but designed for worship only ~ that's why such icons are so brilliant a discovery. Unfortunately now we find people using the lingam as decorative pieces and worshiping to human like icons mostly in temples, which is mainly a vaishnava take. Worship of stones and trees is what Hinduism was outside vaishnavism.
We must all thank shaiva siddhanta for popularizing lingam as the highest icon for worship although roots goes much more back in history than shaiva siddhanta. Worship of columns and pillars and phallic symbols was a common aspect in many ancient civilizations.
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