OM TAT SAT
Many people believe that Vedanta which preaches the reality of Brhaman, or the Impersonal Absolute, is intolerant of worship. This belief is not true. No doubt the goal of Vedanta is to realise that there is no duality, but a man who is under the spell of ignorance can not deny the actuality of the relative world. As long as a man remains ignorant, the world is real to him and so are the pairs of good and evil. Only a highly qualified aspirant can conceive of the impersonal absolute and meditate on it.
For the rest of us the approach to impersonal reality lies through the Personal God. Therefore, worship of a personal god or isvara is recommended at the beginning of spiritual life. As long as a man regards himself as a separate entity made up of body, mind and ego he can not meditate on the impersonal reality.
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