Category:Going to Temples
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the temple of Lord Kṛṣṇa is a transcendental sanctuary designed to spiritualize the human senses and purify the consciousness of the conditioned soul. In the material world, every living entity is moving toward the "temple of death," but by visiting the temple of Viṣṇu, one can escape the cycle of birth and death. While many people approach the temple with a mercantile mentality, seeking only economic development or the solution to material problems, Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies that the true purpose of going to the temple is to offer respectful obeisances and develop genuine love for God. By engaging the legs in walking to the temple and the eyes in beholding the beautiful form of the Deity, one's work and senses become spiritualized. The temple also serves as a center for truth and moral integrity, where devotees can hear about the Lord and learn to see everyone in relation to Him, eventually rising above the kanistha-adhikari stage to become a first-class servant of humanity.
- Spiritualizing the Senses: Engaging the legs to go to the temple and the eyes to see the Deity transforms mundane physical activity into perfect, spiritualized work.
- Escaping the Planet of Death: While all living entities are moving toward inevitable death, visiting the temple with devotional consciousness provides a factual escape from material bondage.
- Beyond Mercantile Religion: Approaching the temple for "daily bread" or economic gain is a beginning, but pure love of God requires visiting simply to offer respect and service.
- The Danger of Atheistic Propaganda: Secular claims that temple worship is "bogus" or unnecessary are dangerous to society, as the temple is essential for purifying human character.
- Avoiding Materialistic Devotion: A devotee must not only worship the Deity in the temple but also learn to respect other devotees and show sympathy to people in general.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Engage Your Legs in Going to the Temple of Kṛṣṇa.
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Pages in category "Going to Temples"
The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
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- A person who goes to the temple of the Lord and worships with great devotion, but who does not show sympathy to people in general or show respect to other devotees, is considered to be a third-class devotee
- Although they (the atheists) preach that everything is God, when they go to the temple and see the form of the Lord, they deny that He is God
- Ambarisa engaged his sense of smell by relishing the fragrance of flowers offered to Krsna, his tongue in tasting the tulasi leaves offered to the lotus feet of Krsna, his legs in going to the temple of Krsna, & his head in offering obeisances to Krsna
- Any religious sect, either Hindu or Muslim or Christian or anyone, they go to temple or church to pray to God for some solution of problems. People generally think that, - If I become religious person, then my economic condition must be very nice
- Arya-samajis are strictly forbidden to go to the temple
- At that time (during war, pestilence, famine and so on) even atheistic political leaders go to a church, mosque or temple for protection by God or gods and submissively say - God willing
B
- Because Krsna is in everybody's heart, how can everyone be Krsna? Then dog is also Krsna. So why one should go to the temple? He can worship his dog at home
- Because their (men with a mercantile mentality) desires are not purified, they are still mercantile men, even though they go to temples to make a show of being devotees
E
- Every minute and every second we experience that living entities are going to the temple of death. Men, insects, animals, birds - everyone is going. This world, therefore, is called mrtyuloka - the planet of death
- Everyone thinks that there is no use in going to the temple just to worship God. But worship for economic benefit is not recommended in the scriptural injunction. BG 1972 purports
G
- Generally karmis, they want something from God. They go to temple, they go to church, for begging something: "I am hungry, give me my daily bread." "Give me," something. So long we are on the platform of "give me," you will never be happy
- Generally, people go to a church or temple to pray to God for material prosperity - O God, give us our daily bread
H
- Haridasa Thakura did not want to go near the temple, although he was called there by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself
- He hasn't got to go to church, to temple, or to go to hell or heaven. In whatever condition he is, he can chant holy name of God. But they're so unfortunate, they won't accept this theory
I
- I go on committing all kinds of sinful activities, and sometimes I go in the temple and chant Hare Krsna and dance, - no, don't take this policy. You must stop your sinful activities
- In Indian villages, whenever there is a quarrel between two parties, they go to a temple to settle the quarrel. Whatever is spoken in front of the Deity is taken to be true, for no one would dare lie before the Deity
- In order to make an escape from this material condition, one is advised to visit a temple of Visnu with devotional consciousness. Then one can very easily get out of the miserable condition of material birth
- In the material calculation this is very good work, the opening of hospital or this or that, very good work. And Deity worship and going to the temple is bogus. - You may think like that. But that, your opening of hospital, is sinful
- In Vrndavana there are five thousand temples, Krsna. Five thousand, ten thousand people are going. You know in India there are so many pilgrimages. So do you think all these temples established by our predecessor, they are all fools?
- Instead of working uselessly, if we use our legs for going to the temple then it is spiritualized work. And instead of going to the cinema, if we go and see Deity then it is spiritual eyes
T
- The atheistic propaganda that one should not go to a church, temple, or mosque is very dangerous to human society
- The Bhagavad-gita's process of purifying consciousness is the process of fixing one's mind on Krsna by talking of His transcendental activities, cleansing His temple, going to His temple - CC Preface
- The karmis, they . . . karmis, real karmis, they do not forget. The upstarts, the rascals, they forget. Karmis also . . . just like they go to church or to go to temple, they ask some favor from God
- The Lord Siva found in the temple of Ramesvara is a great devotee of Lord Ramacandra. It is said, devi-pattanam arabhya gaccheyuh setu-bandhanam - After visiting the temple of the goddess Durga, one should go to the temple of Ramesvara
- They go to the church for some material benefit: "O God, give us our daily bread," asking some material benefit. Similarly, Hindus also, they go to the temple, pray to the Lord, - My Lord, I am very much distressed. I have no money. Kindly give some
- This is daily affair, taking bath & go early in the morning to evacuate, then wash your hand. Not required, soap. You can take the dirt from the earth & wash your hand nicely, then take your bath & change your cloth, washed cloth, then go to some temple
- Those who go to the temples of the Lord and offer worshipful respect to the Deity without sufficient knowledge in the theological science & therefore without any respect for the devotees of the Lord are called materialistic devotees, or kanistha-adhikari
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- We see practically in many temples, because there is no discussion about Krsna, simply a Deity is there, people go for some time, then gradually, especially those who are so-called educated, they do not feel very much interested
- We shall go to the Krsna's temple, or we shall go for selling Krsna's books or meeting some Krsna devotee. That is nice. But you cannot stop working. That is not possible. Then your idle brain will be devil's workshop. Yes. Then you will fall down
- When we are, I mean to say, taught to love God, we are instructed that "You go to temple, go to church, and pray to God for your necessities, for your grievances." That is the beginning. But that is not pure love
- Why I appointed the GBC men? I advised them to go, temple to temple, if they are acting nicely, according to us. That is the duty of the GBC. But if he does not act himself nicely, what he will do
- Without chanting, without going to the temple, if you can remember only Krsna, that will do. But these things (chanting Hare Krsna & read books) will help you to remember Krsna