The beautiful Lord should be seen first (“Drashtavyah”) as said in Veda. So the statue of God in the temple must be carved most beautifully. The priest should decorate the statue in the most beautiful way, so that our eyes will be fixed on the statue. The next step is “Srotavyah” as said in the Veda. It means that after seeing the form of God, we must listen to His other divine qualities. It is the duty of the priest to explain the other divine qualities of God. The third step is “Nididhyasitavyah” that is your minds should be filled with inspiration given by the all-round personality of God. With this inspiration you must go back home.
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...Our temples have become impure business centers due to the desires of people. The temples should give devotion and knowledge for all people and food to helpless or disabled beggars. However today, even rich people are eating that food as Prasadam (food blessed by God after offering it to the idol in the temple). In-fact God has not eaten anything from it. If you distribute it to beggars, then God is really eating through them. The statue requires only the washing of its dust (Abhisheka) and decoration. Nothing else is needed. Veda contains only two types of worship.
1) Washing by bath (Abhisheka)
2) Cooking the food with help of the fire (Ijya or Yajna)
Except these two kinds of worship, other methods of worship are only foolish acts and are not mentioned in the Veda.
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