When we can have a temple in our home why do we need to go to a temple?

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thank you the second is that when we invite people to come to a temple they say our home is also a temple what do we need to come to a temple? See yes the home can also be a temple but the home is not only a temple the home is a place where we do many other things apart from worshipping God and that is why even if we have altar at our home, even if we are worshipping at home at home how much do we remember God we are remembering our family members, we are remembering our children, we are remembering our financial situation, we are remembering so many other complications so even if there is a small part of our house which is a temple we can’t focus on God over there we are caught in so many other things and God is if God is everywhere he is there in the temple, he is there at our home then he is there in the temple also so why not come to the temple it’s like if God is everywhere so I don’t need to go to temple that’s like saying actually when I am thirsty water vapor is everywhere can I just hang out and get water I can’t do that although the water vapor is everywhere I can’t access it everywhere, I need to go to a place where that water vapor through the clouds has come down as water has accumulated I go to a tap and there I get the water, so like that God is everywhere but he is not accessible to us everywhere, we do not feel his presence everywhere and that’s why temples are there when we go to the temple we start feeling the presence of God even materialistic people even atheistic people if they come to a temple they feel some difference over there, they may not attribute it to God but they feel atmosphere is something different over there I feel some peace I feel some special vibes over here, so actually we all can experience peace when we come to a place not just where the deities are but where the Lord is also glorified where his kirtan is performed, his katha is broadcast, so that way we can tune ourselves to the presence of God so there are three stages first we go to a temple and there we tune our heart to God, there we become more, we become conscious of God, we become we access his presence, we access his grace, then when we come to our home then we will also feel the presence of God in our home temple we don’t go to a temple even if there is a temple at our home we won’t feel the presence of God much because the home is a place where so many other things are happening the first stage is we go to a temple second stage is we make our home into a temple and the third stage is by this consistent practice of bhakti our heart becomes a temple that is a very advanced stage so we need to go progressively till we reach that stage and that progress begins by regularly going to the temple, by regularly going to a place where Krishna’s presence is readily manifest