Don't establish Deity to make a farce

From: Bhakti Vikasa Swami

Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2010

For chanting Hare Krsna mantra, there are ten kinds of offenses. But Deity worship, there are so many offenses. These are described. "You cannot sit down before the Deity like this, you cannot yawn before the Deity, you cannot talk nonsense before the Deity." So many things are there. So therefore it is said that "strictly following the direction and regulation
of arcana-vidhi." So you are being trained up. In India they are trained up since centuries. Their culture is different. They automatically can adopt, immediately. They're trained up. You are not trained up as yet. You are being trained. So unless you are fully trained, don't establish Deity to make a farce. Better learn it perfectly in the temple, and when you think
that the members of the household are also now as good as the devotees in the temple, then you must establish the Deity. That is required.

Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.3.22 Lecture-- Los Angeles, June 19, 1972


                 "Chant Hare Krishna and be happy"
हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे || हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे||