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As part of the ISKCON Deity Worship Ministry\u2019s expanding regional training
\nstrategy, a nine-day temple worship course will be taught in conjunction with
\nRadhadesh College at ISKCON Radhadesh in Belgium Europe.
\nBetween twenty and thirty devotees are expected to take the course, which
\nwill run from 16th to 24th September this year.
\nThe training is an intensive version of the three-week Temple Worship 1 unit
\noffered annually at Mayapur Academy as part of its 16-week international
\ndiploma course. This training will include written and practical assessments.<\/p>\n
Facilitating the course will be Global ISKCON Deity Worship Minister Nrsimha
\nKavacha Das; Murli Manohara Das, Ministry Representative for UK, and
\nVamsivat Das head pujari for Sri Sri Radha Londonisvara. Other
\nrepresentatives from the Deity Worship Ministry may also attend.
\nThe course will begin with an introduction discussing the benefits of deity
\nworship and the reasons why we do it; and establishing that deity worship is
\nintegral to devotional service and ISKCON\u2019s mission.
\nDuring the program, students will learn the importance of cleanliness and
\npurity in Krishna consciousness and deity worship; how to prepare for
\nworship; how to do the acamana and samanya arghya procedures; what the
\ndifferent materials that paraphernalia should be made from and how to clean
\nworship paraphernalia; and the significance of the maha-mantra and other
\nmantras in deity worship.
\nIn \u2018The Form of the Lord\u2019 students will learn what is a deity, which deities we
\nworship and why, what is the mood of temple worship, and the role of guru in
\ndeity worship.<\/p>\n
In \u2018Authenticity\u2019 students will learn how it is that deity worship is an authorised
\nprocess capable of giving us the highest spiritual success.
\nIn \u2018Bhoga offering\u2019 students will study why and how to offer bhoga (food), and
\nhow we know if the Lord accepts our offerings.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile \u2018Sambandha\u2019 will look at our relationship with Krishna and how we
\ncan cultivate it; \u201cArati and Skills\u201d will teach what arati is, why we offer it, what
\nthe items mean and what skills we need to perform it; and \u2018Sodasopacara
\nPuja\u2019 will delve into how to offer puja to the Lord.
\nThe course will utilise a range of teaching approaches including interactive
\nand experiential learning.
\n\u201cWe find that if the students actually get to do the various worship procedures
\nthemselves, rather than learning from demonstrations, the educational
\noutcome is much greater,\u201d says Nrsimha Kavacha Das.
\nComponents towards students\u2019 final grade will include homework
\nassignments, written exams, acamana assessment, bhoga offering
\nassessment, attendance, and classroom etiquette and participation.
\nFinally there will be a practical assessment of performing sodasopacara puja
\n(sixteen-item worship) of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, with students working in teams
\nand being both supported and peer-assessed by one another.
\nThis sixteen-item worship and includes bathing and dressing the deities,
\nputting on ornaments and garlands, offering flowers to their lotus feet, and
\noffering them bhoga.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter doing the training for twelve years in Mayapur, I\u2019ve seen the effects it
\nhas had,\u201d Nrsimha Kavacha says. \u201cOne of our regional representatives was
\ntelling us how he has seen substantial improvements in the worship in
\nLithuania, just due to the fact that people are coming for training in Mayapur.
\nSo if devotees can help us offer that training everywhere, it\u2019s going to
\nnaturally improve the standards of worship in ISKCON temples around the
\nworld.\u201d
\n\u201cThe whole point of training in deity worship is to learn how to please
\nKrishna,\u201d Nrsimha Kavacha says. \u201cBecause the prime purpose of deity
\nworship is to cultivate a loving relationship with Krishna. So if we can learn
\nthe process of deity worship as given by the authorities, then it\u2019ll help us
\nimmensely to worship the deity in a way that satisfies the Lord, and helps to
\ndevelop our love for Him.\u201d
\nFor any further information regards the above please contact Murli Manohara
\ndas via e-mail
\nmanoharadasmurli@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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