Sringeri Jagadguru explains Why we should go to Temples if God is Omnipresent (Sarvavyaapi)

Sringeri Jagadguru explains Why we should go to Temples if God is Omnipresent (Sarvavyaapi):

Why Do We Construct Temples?

We construct temples to express our Bhakti. The Jagadguru recounted a question that was posed by a devotee the previous day: “God is said to be Sarvavyaapi – All-pervading or omnipresent. How can we limit His Being to the confines of four walls. Is this not outright wrong?”

The Jagadguru said He had replied as follows: “If you are like Prahlada, who could see the Supreme Being in every atom, there is no reason for you to come to a temple. For you would then feel the Divine presence all the time. In fact, the Avatara of Narasimha happened for two reasons – to make true the words of Prahlada who had said, ‘God resides in this pillar too’, and to establish the all-pervasiveness of God.

Hence there is no question about the all-pervasiveness of God. However, how many of you have such a realization? Hence a temple exists for the majority who have not realized the omnipresence of God, so that they can come here and focus their minds on a deity.

Until you get the realization that Prahlada had, it is essential to come to such temples that have been consecrated in accordance with the Shastras. The consecration must be done in accordance to the Shastras for the divine energy to flow through.

Thus, the construction of a temple does not imply that we are limiting the all-pervasive God inside four walls.”

Copyright: Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

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