Serving the Deity
How Can I Serve the Deity?
Before discussing how we can help serve the Deity, we should
understand why we should want to. The process of Arcana or Deity worship is
very important for anyone who wants to learn to love Lord Krishna. Love only
has meaning with a personal relationship with the Lord. Due to our contact
with the material world for a very very long time, we have forgotten our eternal
relationship with the Lord. We cannot even see the Lord in his original
spiritual form, so how can we develop any kind of personal relationship? The
answer is simple. We need to engage in Deity worship.
There are many levels of Deity worship allowing anyone to
benefit from this relationship. Simply to come and see the Deity in the temple
is service, but it is proper that whenever you come to visit a special
personality, especially the Lord or his pure devotee, you should bring some
gift or render some practical service, even if it is just a leaf, the Lord is happy with it.
Before discussing how we can help serve the Deity, we should
understand why we should want to. The process of Arcana or Deity worship is
very important for anyone who wants to learn to love Lord Krishna. Love only
has meaning with a personal relationship with the Lord. Due to our contact
with the material world for a very very long time, we have forgotten our eternal
relationship with the Lord. We cannot even see the Lord in his original
spiritual form, so how can we develop any kind of personal relationship? The
answer is simple. We need to engage in Deity worship.
There are many levels of Deity worship allowing anyone to
benefit from this relationship. Simply to come and see the Deity in the temple
is service, but it is proper that whenever you come to visit a special
personality, especially the Lord or his pure devotee, you should bring some
gift or render some practical service, even if it is just a leaf, the Lord is happy with it.