temples

[Guest guest]

this is a question that was on a mock hinduism gcse paper and i wondered if you could help me answer it

 

"Worshipping at home is more important than worship at a temple." How far do you agree with this statement.

 

thanks

[yasodanandana 0]

i agree totally... to have a life entirely devoted to god is much more important than have a materialist mentality but to go sometimes at temple, mosquee, church only for tradition

 

of course it is better than nothing

[maadhav 0]

just as a hospital is an essential institution in a society, a temple is an essential religious institution.

 

temple is more important for bhakti yogis and karma yogis than for gyan yogis. most hindus are bhaktas.

 

pracicing dharma in group makes one advance faster.

it then becomes a cooperative effort.

when there is cooperation, then 1+1 is more than 2.

 

those who constructed and used thousands of temple in the vedic time and are using now are not fools.

temples keep dharma alive in a society.

 

just as a stage atracts dancers, a temple attracts sadhus and saints and aacharyas to cmoe there for darshan and give religious discourses.

 

the heart/strength of the temples is not the buildings, but in the bhakti in the hearts of the supporters and swamis who come there.

 

no hindu should ever think that temples are not important.

it is a place to learn and practice dharma.

 

 

[Guest guest]

We know that sun light is every where , but can you lite a match stick using that, only when the sun rays are focused using a lens on the match stick it gets lighted. The same is the case for temples. Temples are like lenses focal points for concentration.The place is so noble that when you enter the place you mind shld be filled with noble thougths.

[maadhav 0]

very good, saketram!