"Did you make it for Mangala-artika this morning, my dear Prabhu???"

[krsna 3]

 

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[krsna 3]

"Sri-vigraha is the arca, or suitable worshipable form of the Lord, and the disciple should be engaged in worshiping the Deity regularly by srngara, by proper decoration and dressing, as also by mandira-marjana, the matter of cleansing the temple. The spiritual master teaches the neophyte devotee all these kindly and personally to help him gradually in the realization of the transcendental name, quality, form, etc., of the Lord."

 

 

 

(Srimad-Bhagavatam, 2.3.22, Purport)

 

[krsna 3]

"Only attention engaged in the service of the Lord, especially in dressing and decorating the temple, accompanied by musical kirtana and spiritual instructions from scriptures, can save the common man from the hellish cinema attractions and rubbish sex-songs broadcast everywhere by radio. If one is unable to maintain a temple at home, he should go to another's temple where all of the above performances are regularly executed. Visiting the temple of a devotee and looking at the profusely decorated forms of the Lord well dressed in a well-decorated, sanctified temple naturally infuse the mundane mind with spiritual inspiration."

 

 

 

(Srimad-Bhagavatam, 2.3.22, Purport)