The introduction of idols into India was the result of Buddha's constantly inveighing against a Personal God.
The Vedas knew them not, but the reaction against the loss of God as Creator and Friend led to making idols of the great teachers, and Buddha himself became an idol and is worshiped as such by millions of people.
Violent attempts at reform always end in retarding true reform.
- Swami Vivekananda,
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The Vedas knew them not, but the reaction against the loss of God as Creator and Friend led to making idols of the great teachers, and Buddha himself became an idol and is worshiped as such by millions of people.
Violent attempts at reform always end in retarding true reform.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Discourses on Jnana-Yoga, US
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