January 18, 2012 | In: God
Deity and Omnipresent God
Many times people ask, “If God is omnipresent, why worship a Deity?”
If God is omnipresent, is He not present in the Deity as well? If we are honest and realistic, we can very easily understand that to fix our mindon God who is present every where and in everything is indeed difficult. Therefore, the Lord out of His mercy and kindness reveals Himself to usthrough wonderful mediums by which we can completely absorb our consciousnessin Him.
One such medium is His name. The name is the Deity of God in sound that wecan carry with us everywhere. The Deity in the temple is another manifestation that God has so kindly given us to completely focus our mind and senses in serving Him. In His Deity form we can bathe God, we can feed God, we can meditate on His beauty, we can completely absorb our attention in Him.
Deity worship is a most wonderful sublime form of meditation that awakens ournatural serving potency and our love for God. God has given the Deity as a wonderful facility and opportunity for us to fix our mind on Him and to love Him and serve Him.
by Radhanath Swami
67 Responses to Deity and Omnipresent God
suresh
January 18th, 2012 at 2:13 am
Convincing explaination to the people in general.
Anshu jaiman
January 18th, 2012 at 5:45 am
Very nice article…
Kalpana Kulkarni
January 18th, 2012 at 6:22 am
Very nice explanation of why we should worship the deities/names of the Lord.
Siddeshwar Bhat
January 18th, 2012 at 8:08 am
Nice article!
bipin
January 18th, 2012 at 8:42 am
A very beautiful explanation and an amazing analogy.
Biswajit
January 18th, 2012 at 10:58 am
Hare,krishna
vsk
January 18th, 2012 at 11:38 am
God has given the Deity as a wonderful facility and opportunity for us to fix our mind on Him and to love Him and serve Him.- Thankyou Radhanath Swami for giving us Sri Sri Radhagopinath Mandir!
Chandrika
January 18th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
Beautiful article.
Ravi Garg
January 18th, 2012 at 4:07 pm
Thanks for your beautiful explaination swamiji,,,,,,
Tallam Sita Ramaiah
January 18th, 2012 at 6:28 pm
“God has given the Deity as a wonderful facility and opportunity for us to fix our mind on Him and to love Him and serve Him.” This is a beautiful explanation by H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj. God is so merciful.
rambaboo maheshwari
January 19th, 2012 at 12:55 am
God has given the Deity as a wonderful facility and opportunity for us to fix our mind on Him and to love Him and serve Him.
deepak bagla
January 19th, 2012 at 2:59 am
thanks for the wonderful article
Deepak
January 19th, 2012 at 3:51 am
very beautiful & informative article. thanks for sharing
Pankaj
January 19th, 2012 at 4:55 am
A VERY NICE UNDERSTANDING!
Kuldeep soni
January 19th, 2012 at 6:26 am
“Deity worship is a most wonderful sublime form of meditation that awakens ournatural serving potency and our love for God”- Nice One
Y.Raja Shekar
January 19th, 2012 at 6:27 am
Deity worship enlivens the performer and awakens that serving attitude and love towards God which is nicely explained by HH Radhanath Swami in this article.
Vidya Patham
January 19th, 2012 at 8:05 am
Thank you for sharing Radhanath Swami’s words on the deity and the Lord’s omniscience.
Biswajit
January 19th, 2012 at 10:11 am
Hare Krishna
Manasa
January 19th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Lord in his Deity form mercifully gives us an opportunity to serve him
Kumar
January 19th, 2012 at 8:38 pm
Nice article. Thanks.
skk
January 20th, 2012 at 2:07 am
wonderful article, thanks for sharing this,
Paramesvara Dasa
January 20th, 2012 at 4:31 am
It is utmost important to serve God, for which we need Deity, otherwise how it is possible? Very nice article. all glories to HH Radhanatha Swami Maharaja.
Saurabh Devgun
January 20th, 2012 at 6:20 am
Yes! What shall we see if there were no deity! This way we are increasing our meditation on lord and service attitude. Otherwise, we will search the beauty we hanker for in some other filthy place.
sri vallabhi dd
January 20th, 2012 at 6:21 am
Very nice
Arjun K Ramachandra
January 20th, 2012 at 8:06 am
I liked the point on how the holy name is the deity form of the lord in sound which can be carried everywhere.
Biswajit
January 20th, 2012 at 11:36 am
hare krishna
Shyam Mahtani
January 21st, 2012 at 2:47 pm
Diety worship gives us a personal relationship with God and brings us closer to Him, so that we can love and worship Him. Thank you Swamiji.
surekha
January 21st, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Thank you Rhadhanath swami for the wonderful article about deity worship.
sajeev
January 21st, 2012 at 10:34 pm
nice explanation….thank u for sharing.
sarika
January 21st, 2012 at 11:21 pm
very nice article thanks for sharing
Kathiresan
January 21st, 2012 at 11:23 pm
Very nice and clear explanation by Maharaj.
anand
January 21st, 2012 at 11:52 pm
great answer…thanks for sharing
nandkishordas
January 22nd, 2012 at 3:33 am
thats what we get to see in RadhaGopianth Mandir, Isn’t it?
Kadamba kanana
January 22nd, 2012 at 9:14 pm
Very beautiful answer with clear logic.
chandraprakash
January 22nd, 2012 at 10:01 pm
he is really omnipotent and omniscient
Aishwarya
January 23rd, 2012 at 1:48 am
Truly, deity worship is a powerful medium of engaging one self body,mind and soul in the service of the Lord.
Deepak
January 23rd, 2012 at 5:08 am
Hariiii bol. Nice article
sri vallabhi dd
January 23rd, 2012 at 6:29 am
Thank you for sharing
Pankaj
January 23rd, 2012 at 8:04 am
Amzing argumnets!
Vidya
January 23rd, 2012 at 10:48 am
Wonderful answer!!!
anjan
January 23rd, 2012 at 3:22 pm
Wonderfully explained by Swami Radhanath
surekha
January 23rd, 2012 at 3:46 pm
Very beautifully explained by Swami Radhanath
rekha
January 26th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Many thanks to swamiji for sharing this wonderful article.
vrushali
January 27th, 2012 at 12:13 am
Great post! Thank you!
Kuldeep Soni
January 27th, 2012 at 5:35 am
Nice explanation.
Anil Timbe
January 27th, 2012 at 6:58 am
Deity worship is a most wonderful sublime form of meditation that awakens ournatural serving potency and our love for God.
sri vallabhi dd
January 27th, 2012 at 9:23 am
nice article
surek
January 27th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Many thanks to Swamiji for the wonderful blog
anjan
January 27th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Many thanks to swami Radhanath for sharing this with us.
anand
January 27th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
logical and practical.
Vrushali
January 27th, 2012 at 11:19 pm
Great explanation for those who question idol worship. Thank you!
anjan
January 28th, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Many thanks to Radhanath swami for sharing this beautiful article
Tallam Sita Ramaiah
January 30th, 2012 at 8:54 am
God is so merciful. All glories to H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj for these explanations and facilities provided.
Achyuta Govinda
January 30th, 2012 at 6:08 pm
Thank you Radhanath swami for revealing the mercy of the God by appearing in the form of deity to accept our services.
Ankit patel
January 31st, 2012 at 1:53 am
HAre krsna………
chandraprakash
January 31st, 2012 at 7:40 am
Wonderfully presented
Atul Srivastava
February 1st, 2012 at 10:06 pm
Great explanation. Wonderfully done.
Balaram
February 1st, 2012 at 10:13 pm
Very impressive. very logical.
umesh
February 2nd, 2012 at 6:38 am
Great explanation of Deity worship!
Tallam Sita Ramaiah
February 2nd, 2012 at 8:42 am
God is so merciful. He is providing all the facilities to go back to Him.
Phani
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:53 pm
Very wonderfully explained by His Holiness.
chandraprakash
February 3rd, 2012 at 1:33 am
very nice quote
Shalmalee
February 3rd, 2012 at 2:03 am
Without deity we cannot offer love to God. It’s give us medium to sever God & Love him
anjan
February 4th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Many thanks to Radhanath swami for this wonderfu article
Sumit Sharma
February 5th, 2012 at 10:16 am
Thanks for sharing it.
vijay
February 11th, 2012 at 11:25 am
very nice explanation
Ankit Patel
February 14th, 2012 at 3:25 am
Hare Krishna………