Inauguration of this new Krishna Balaram temple on our Vrindaranyam campus
Published On: 2022-10-25
A temple is the house of God and is completely spiritual and transcendental, a place where the Supreme Personality of Godhead is worshiped with love and devotion. Sometimes people avoid the temple by reasoning that, as God is all-pervading there is no need to go to the temple. But if God is all-pervading, then He is certainly in the temple too.
Actually, God’s presence in the temple is specially beneficial to us. Despite His omnipresence, He is not readily perceivable except to one with spiritual vision. In a temple we can associate with people trained in spiritual vision, and get to enhance our own realization of the all- pervading nature of the Lord by hearing the transcendental philosophy of Krishna consciousness. Furthermore, we learn to perceive the Lord’s personal presence in the Deity (arca-vigraha). Thus, by taking advantage of spiritual association, by hearing the transcendental philosophy, and by worshiping the Deity in the temple, an ordinary person is more likely to remember the Lord’s all-pervasiveness in day-to-day life. Moreover, the temple offers us an opportunity to associate with people also interested in broadening their spiritual perception. Only a temple can afford all these advantages.
The common reason among devotees in going to temple is to just see Him. However, in reality, the Supreme Lord is the one seeing us in the temple and He cleanses our hearts. A Temple is similar to the hospital. People may go to the hospital to “see the doctor.” However, in reality, the doctor is the one actually seeing the patient. He identifies the illness and cures the patient. Similarly, we see Krsna in a sense to get cured from the material disease.
The founder Acharya of ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada has built a house where the whole world can live in. He has given a very open, honest, and practical way of life that is (song, dance and music, tasty and nourishing vegetarian food, healthy moral habits, enriched family relationships, and indispensable knowledge). To transform so many lives throughout the world in such a powerful and beneficial way is a bit of the real magic of a real guru. You can see this magic at Lord Krishna’s temple today.
The construction work of a very beautiful temple in our Gurukul is also at the end, very soon its inauguration ceremony is being held.This temple will help a lot in the spiritual cultivation of students , faculty and many more.
We are giving a heartfelt invitation to all the people to join this inauguration with their friends and families, and encourage everyone to be a part of this big event.
