Time management & Deity Worship

Hare Krishna !! AGTSP !!

Dandvat Pranaam. Devotees please advice me for my situation below:

I have my personal deities with me (Sri Sri Radha Shyam Sundar, Sri Panctattava, Sri Giriraj Maharaj & Sri Laddo Gopal ji). I know these are quite high in number.

I try to chant as much as I can in morning hours & after that I barely have enough time to dress Deities & do aarti as I need to get ready for office though I do offering & cleaning Their utensils. I make efforts to regularize my schedule that I can accommodate (dressing+aarti+chanting) but the fact is I can do only Dressing+Aarti or chanting during the morning hours. I offer lamp in morning-evening & do worship of Ladoo Gopal (including dress change twice a day, make him sleep & waking him up). Sometimes deep in my thought I feel very guilty that I bought deities of Panchtattava with so much love & affection & I am not able to serve them nicely.

Devotees here, please help me out how to get the schedule regularize or any practical suggestions to manage this situation ?

Ys Paritosh

Hare Krsna Prabhuji,

PAMHO.

Firstly, I think you have bitten off a lot more than what you can chew.

Having said that, now that you have got the deities (as against photos) of the lordships mentioned by you, I think you should start by simplifying your worship. No need for twice a day change of dress, you can do abhishek once in a fortnight.

So on a daily basis, you have to wake up the deities in the morning, ideally do mangalarati. Chant your rounds, offer bhoga, eat only offered food, of course, clean Their utensils, then go to office. Return in the evening and do sandhya arati. Put them to sleep in the night (take off crown, flute, put a chaddar or small woollen blanket (as per season), turn off lights).

Keep your daily routine of taking care of deities to be as simple as possible. Increase the standard as and when you are comfortable. Once you increase the standard, you have to maintain.

Another thing that you can do is get married. From your post it appears taht you are not married and are therefore struggling to do everything yourself. It would help if you are married - then the responsibility of taking care of deities can be shared. Of course getting a like minded partner will help.

Pls ask if you have any further questions.

Haribol,

Your servant,

Radha Rasamayi DD

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Radha Rasamayi DD January 11, 2017 at 10:06am

Hare Krsna Prabhuji,

PAMHO.

Firstly, I think you have bitten off a lot more than what you can chew.

Having said that, now that you have got the deities (as against photos) of the lordships mentioned by you, I think you should start by simplifying your worship. No need for twice a day change of dress, you can do abhishek once in a fortnight.

So on a daily basis, you have to wake up the deities in the morning, ideally do mangalarati. Chant your rounds, offer bhoga, eat only offered food, of course, clean Their utensils, then go to office. Return in the evening and do sandhya arati. Put them to sleep in the night (take off crown, flute, put a chaddar or small woollen blanket (as per season), turn off lights).

Keep your daily routine of taking care of deities to be as simple as possible. Increase the standard as and when you are comfortable. Once you increase the standard, you have to maintain.

Another thing that you can do is get married. From your post it appears taht you are not married and are therefore struggling to do everything yourself. It would help if you are married - then the responsibility of taking care of deities can be shared. Of course getting a like minded partner will help.

Pls ask if you have any further questions.

Haribol,

Your servant,

Radha Rasamayi DD

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