- rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu
- viṣayān indriyaiś caran
- ātma-vaśyair vidheyātmā
- prasādam adhigacchati
- (BG 2.64)
If you want self-satisfaction, then you try to do this. Don't be neglectful. Rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu. Viṣayān indriyaiś caran . . . if you let loose your senses unrestrictedly for material enjoyment, then you cannot . . . cannot have that satisfaction. But if you want satisfaction, if you want real satisfaction, as we have already described, that ahaituky apratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati (SB 1.2.6). If you want satisfaction of your self, then you must practice this devotional service. Engage your eyes, engage your ears, engage your nose . . . then the arcanā-vidhi . . . Arcanā-vidhi is to engage all the senses in the service of the Lord.
Of course, here there is no such example, but in India there are temples. There are temples in which the Lord is so nicely decorated, big, big temples. Especially in Vṛndāvana there are, where I have my headquarter, there are five thousand temples. Out of that, about seven or eight temples are very prominent, and they're very old. And one of the temples is my residence, Rādhā-Dāmodara temple. Now, in, in all these temples the Deity, They are so nicely decorated. Twenty-four hours, twenty-four hours engagement is, there is.
In the early in the morning, early, there will be maṅgala-ārātrika, at four o'clock. The Lord . . . it is understood that Lord gets, gets up from His sleeping. So the first there is offering of worship which is called maṅgala-ārātrika. Now, then there is bhoga-ārātrika. Then there is dress, dressing of the Lord, decorating the Lord. Then offering foodstuff. Then . . . and so on, so on. There are so many programs that all the devotees, they are engaged fully. They see nicely decorated. If you want artistic decoration, just apply it to the Lord. See how artistically He's decorated. So that satisfies the demands of my eyes.