I hope you really amused by those explicit explanation from the great devotee of lord Krishna as Goracanda speaks about real truth and spiritual qualification, he continuously start this time with the word here ‘tradition”…
The Vaisnavas sampradayas (tradition) give this provision for people on these three levels of eligibility to worship the Deity. There is no fault in this, for it is only arrangement by which the jivas (living beings) can gradually attain auspiciousness. This is confirmed in Srimad Bhagavatam (11.14.26):
“O Uddhava, as the eyes that are treated with therapeutic ointment can see very minute objects, similarly, when the heart is cleansed of material contamination by hearing and reciting the narration of my supremely pure activities, it can see subtle transcendental form, which is beyond the purview of matter”.
The jivatma is covered by material mind, and in this state he cannot know himself or render service or to paramatma (who is living in our heart). However, by performing sadhana-bhakti-which consist of hearing, chanting and other devotional practices- the atma (soul) gradually develops spiritual power. As power increases, material bondage slackens, and the more material bondage is relaxed, the more the soul’s own natural function comes into ascendancy. Thus, one gradually develops direct perception of the self and Isvara- God and engages directly in spiritual activities.
Some people think one should endeavor to realize the Absolute Truth by rejecting all that is not truth. This is known as the cultivation of dry knowledge. What power does a conditional soul have to renounce objects that are not inherently real? Can a prisoner who is confined to a cell liberate himself simply by desiring to do so? His objectives should be eradicate the offense that has placed him in bondage. The jivatmas (living beings) principal defects is that he has forgotten that he is an eternal servant of Bhagavan and that is why he bound by Maya(illusion) and forced to suffer material happiness, distress and repeated birth and death in this world.
Although a person may initially be busy in sense gratification, if for some reason or another his mind becomes a little inclined towards Bhagavan, and he regularly takes worship of Deity and hears the lila-katha, his original nature of being the eternal servant of Krishna will be strengthened. The more strength this inherent nature develops, the more competent he becomes to perceive spirit directly. The only hope of spiritual progress for those who are the least spiritually qualified is to serve the Deity and to hear and chant about the Lord. That is why the mahajanas (great saints) have established serve to the Deity.
As a great devotee of lord Krishna Goracanda finishes for the query asked by Muslim scholar Mullah about the Deity worship and spiritual qualification. Now Mullah raising another question in the following way. Isn’t meditating on a form of the Lord within One’s mind superior to imaging a form with the help of the material elements?
Answer will be given in the title name from -Is it Satan really exist?
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