Is Deity worship needed only for neophyte devotees who can’t see Krishna in the heart?

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thank you question what is the significance of the ditty worship ditty worship when often we say that the advanced devotees see Krishna in the heart does that mean that they don’t need ditty worship Prabhupada also says that neophyte devotees see Krishna in the temple advanced devotees see Krishna in the heart answer not at all that they don’t need rather it is that they don’t depend on that in the advanced stage because we are so Krishna conscious we can see Krishna within our heart and by seeing him within our heart we are inspired to always be Krishna conscious and naturally therefore not only are we always Krishna conscious but wherever there is opportunity to tune in to zero down and to intensify Krishna consciousness grab that opportunity also therefore the advanced devotees who see Krishna everywhere they don’t have to depend on the ditty for gaining perception of Krishna they are perceiving him within but that doesn’t mean that they don’t care for the ditty because they do know that Krishna has it is the same Krishna who is in their heart has manifested externally as the ditty and it is by serving the ditty that they will be able to move forward in their spiritual life and be able to learn to love Krishna so now that they have got advanced enough devotion by which they can perceive Krishna within it’s not that they reject or don’t value the ditty anymore but rather they recognize that the same Krishna who is inside is outside also and they offer respects to the ditty externally and also cherish his presence internally so it’s never the significance of the ditty worship is that that lord who is transcendent situated also becomes manifested through our material perception of the ditty and then gradually our transcendent perception becomes activated at that time we can perceive the lord in his transcendental original position but we can also perceive and we gratefully perceive him in the manifestation that led us along the way also because ultimately we understand it’s one and the same person the same beloved lord who is manifesting in different ways to help us move along in our faith journey