Posted in Deity Worship, General on Jul 12th, 2010 Comments Off
Q. Can not initiated devotees have salagram sila at home? Is it favorable? What are the consequences? A. The worship of salagram sila at home is possible for brahman initiated devotees but the standard is very high. Srila Prabhupada generally recommended that we worship Gaura Nitai as they are most merciful and thus suitable for [...]
Posted in Avataras, Deity Worship, General, Krishna, Practices In ISKCON on Jul 2nd, 2010 Comments Off
Q. Why do you worship idols? A. We don’t worship idols. Idolatry is the worship of an imagined form of God. Deity worship is not idol worship, but is worship of the Lord according to His instructions.It is an incarnation of the Lord just like many other incarnations like Lord Nrisimhadev,Lord Vamana & Lord Ramchandra. [...]
Posted in Deity Worship on Mar 13th, 2010 Comments Off
Q. It is already mentioned in the scriptures that if a person demolishes a Deity ,he will have to suffer a lot in the hell.So I want to ask that if a Deity is demolished by a devotee by mistake,then what…? I mean after a lot of care.- Rukmini Devi dasi A. Krishna is a [...]
Posted in Deity Worship, Practices In ISKCON on Aug 29th, 2009 Comments Off
Q. I worship Radha-Krishna deities at my place.The other day I found ISKCON site which laid rules for deity worship.i would like to know the importance of the mula mantra as it is stated in the site that those who have been initaited should only chant the mantra.I would be obliged if u can throw [...]
Posted in Deity Worship, Devotee on May 16th, 2008 Comments Off
Q. Kindly educate me why dieties of the Lord had been demolished sometimes by the atheists or by others from different religion inspite of the fact that the Lord is present in the form of His Dieties. Why He allows the atheist to do so if He is present there? – Sree Lakshmi d.d A. [...]
Posted in Bhakti, Deity Worship, General on Sep 14th, 2007 Comments Off
Q. It is mentioned in a book by ISKCON that red hibiscus flower is not offered to Krishna. When He has created this beautiful flower then why not offer it to Him? – Ambika A. Krishna is Bhava Grahi Janardhana. He has even accepted a banana peel from Vidura’s wife. Without the basic principle of bhakti [...]