IMMORTAL LIGHT - TEMPLES

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OM AMRITESWARYAI NAMAH

 

IMMORTAL LIGHT - Temples

 

See God everywhere and in everyone

 

Some believe that Lord Shiva is at Kashi alone or Lord Krishna is

only in Brindavan.

 

Dear children, don't think that God is confined to the four walls of

a temple or a place. He is omnipotent and omnipresent. He can assume

any form of His choice. We should be able to behold our beloved

deity in everything.

 

Real devotion is being able to perceive our beloved form of God not

only in the temple, but also in every living being and serve them

accordingly. If our beloved deity is Krishna, we should be able to

behold Krishna everywhere, in every temple whether it is Lord

Shiva's temple or Devi's temple.

 

Children, do not think that Shiva might be angry if we don't worship

Him in a Shiva temple or that the Divine Mother will withhold Her

blessings if we don't praise Her while going to a Devi temple.

 

One and the same person is called "husband" by the wife, "father" by

the son and "brother" by the sister. The person does not change even

if other people address him differently. Each of us sees God in a

particular form and name Him according to our innate tendencies and

imagination. Don't we always use the same name for the same person?

In the same way, for God too, we must have a beloved form and name.

 

We may ask, "Will Keshava respond if we call him Madhava?" But, here

we are not calling just an ordinary individual. We are addressing

the omniscient Lord. He knows our mind. He knows that we are

addressing Him whatever name we use.

 

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>From the book of Immortal Light - Advice to Householders

(english translation of the original Malayalam "Amrita Jyoti")

Amma Sharanam