Hare Krishna!,Can I setup a Lord Shiva Deity beside Radha Krishna Deity in my home?Does it harm our Krishna consciousness if we place a Lord Shiva Deity beside RadhaKrishna deity?Please someone clarifyThanks in advance,
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All Glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev,
With whatever little understanding I have about Krishna conciouseness following is my opinion.
If you consider Lord Shiva or Lord Ganesha or Lord Bramha or other demigods to be pure vaishnavas, then that's good. Similarly Srila Prabhupada is also a pure vaishanav.
So if Lord Shiva or Lord Ganesha or Lord Bramha or any other demigod for that matter is your spiritual master and saviour, and if you are their disciple, and that if anyone of them has brought your goodself to Krishna Conciousness, then you MUST worship them with full heart and soul.
Similarly, if Srila Prabhupada has been your spiritual master and saviour, and that if he has raised your goodself to the platform of Krishna Conciousness, then you should worship Srila Prabhupada with full heart and soul.
Chastity is virtue that brings auspiciousness. Just as a women may respect many a men, but she only worships her duly wedded husband, similarly one should respect all the vaishnavas but worship only his spiritual master in complete chastity.
So far as Mayapur or any other temple of ISKCON is considered, almost everyone who comes there, feels his chastity towards Srila Prabhupada, and thus everyone worships HIM and ONLY HIM. That does not mean, the devotees disrespect any of the demigods.
Hare Krishna dear Devotees, please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! We can do that only after if our Gurudev permits us to do so.
So Guru knows who we are so he gives us instruction to serve to a particular Deity.
Also we have to think of quality. What is the use of quantity when there is no quality?
We may try to worship Radha Krishna, Gaura Nitay, Lord Narasimha Dev, Pancha Tattva ...plus some Demigods Deities in one altar then how nice will be our service?
Because Deity worship is not just image worship. When there are installed Deities then one should feed Them, offer clothes, jewelries, flowers, garlands, lamps if possible...attention, message feet, ...so let's think of quality rather than quantity.
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Hare Krishna Prabhuji,
Please accept my humble obeisance,
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev,
With whatever little understanding I have about Krishna conciouseness following is my opinion.
If you consider Lord Shiva or Lord Ganesha or Lord Bramha or other demigods to be pure vaishnavas, then that's good. Similarly Srila Prabhupada is also a pure vaishanav.
So if Lord Shiva or Lord Ganesha or Lord Bramha or any other demigod for that matter is your spiritual master and saviour, and if you are their disciple, and that if anyone of them has brought your goodself to Krishna Conciousness, then you MUST worship them with full heart and soul.
Similarly, if Srila Prabhupada has been your spiritual master and saviour, and that if he has raised your goodself to the platform of Krishna Conciousness, then you should worship Srila Prabhupada with full heart and soul.
Chastity is virtue that brings auspiciousness. Just as a women may respect many a men, but she only worships her duly wedded husband, similarly one should respect all the vaishnavas but worship only his spiritual master in complete chastity.
So far as Mayapur or any other temple of ISKCON is considered, almost everyone who comes there, feels his chastity towards Srila Prabhupada, and thus everyone worships HIM and ONLY HIM. That does not mean, the devotees disrespect any of the demigods.
Hope this explaination satisfies your pure heart.
Please forgive my offences.
just a servant,
shrutadev das
Hare Krishna dear Devotees, please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
We can do that only after if our Gurudev permits us to do so.
So Guru knows who we are so he gives us instruction to serve to a particular Deity.
Also we have to think of quality. What is the use of quantity when there is no quality?
We may try to worship Radha Krishna, Gaura Nitay, Lord Narasimha Dev, Pancha Tattva ...plus some Demigods Deities in one altar then how nice will be our service?
Because Deity worship is not just image worship. When there are installed Deities then one should feed Them, offer clothes, jewelries, flowers, garlands, lamps if possible...attention, message feet, ...so let's think of quality rather than quantity.
Your servant,
Just answered in your another forum:
http://www.iskcondesiretree.net/forum/topics/why-no-lord-shiva-temp...