Inquiries Into the Absolute: Digest 158, Installing Radha Krsna

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Digest 158, March 3rd, 2006. Answers by His Holiness Romapada Swami Maharaja

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Installing Radha Krsna Deities and Caring for Them

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I had a question about installing deities in one's home. If one installs

deities of Radha and Krishna in the home what measures must be taken in order

to care for the deity? For example, how many times should we offer prasadam,

how many time should the outfit be changed, how many times should one worship

the deity daily?

 

Answer: In the following PDF file (also attached to this email),

http://www.caitanya.net/Procedures_for_Deity_Worship_at_Home.pdf you will find

a set of general instruction for deity worship at home which I provide for

those who are seeking general instructions in home deity worship for Gaura

Nitai. This is taken almost entirely from Pancaratra pradipa, published by the

GBC Ministry of Deity Worship. The mantras for Gaura Nitai would need to be

altered for Radha Krishna.

 

Simplification of these procedures is certainly permissible. For starters you

can choose just a minimum standard that you can maintain, but as time passes

you may want to learn some of the mantras because they are really nice and will

increase your standards.

 

If you have further questions, please go to the website

<http://www.deityworship.com> and inquire from the Minister of Deity Worship

directly.

 

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