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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ela_eluwa120" data-source="post: 6611580" data-attributes="member: 193664">Idolatry generally means erecting images of certain gods and goddesses in some theistic religions in various forms by devotees for prayers, for seeking blessings and protection, and for bestowing upon the supplicaters health, wealth and prosperity. Some supplicaters even pleaded with the image for the fulfillment of various personal aggrandizements even to the extent of successful performance of nefarious deeds. They also sought forgiveness for sins committed by them.The worship of the Buddha statue is quite a different aspect. Even this word 'worship' is also not quite appropriate.Paying homage should be the correct term. Buddhists do not normally pray to images and idols; what they do is to pay homage to a great religious teacher who is worthy of honour.The images are erected only as a mark of respect and appreciation for the highest achievement of enlightenment and perfection by an extraordinary religious teacher. To a Buddhist the image is merely a token, a symbol, a representation which helps him to recall or to remember the Buddha.Buddhists sometimes use the image or picture of the Buddha only as an object on which they can concentrate and to control their mind.Amongst the objects of meditation, visual objects have a better effect on the mind. Amongst the five senses, the object which we grasp through eye-consciousness has a greater influence over the mind than the objects that are grasped through any of the other senses. The eye organ can influence the mind more than any other organ. Therefore the object grasped through the eye organ helps the mind to achieve better and easier concentration.</blockquote>

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