Why do Temples have Doors?

Why do Temples have Doors?.. Why do temples have doors, when the powerful deities who present inside can’t be able to effectively safeguard themselves?

Most of the temples have doors, since gods and goddesses didn’t want to prove the powers before the ordinary humans like us! Even if theft occurs inside the temple, and even if the deities idols were damaged by the miscreants, or kidnapped by smugglers, in no way, god is going to get affected by that! God dwells everywhere and anywhere and he could be able to create thousands and thousands of temples within a fraction of second! We should never raise such silly questions, since god clearly knows how to act, react and to move according to the Yuga Dharma.

But, however, in case of Shani Shingnapur village, where the most powerful Planet God, Shaneeswara dwells even in the homes of his devotees, safeguards them and their belongings, and hence most of the Shingnapur village people don’t have doors, and the houses would be kept open, even during their absence!

Some atheist used to raise controversial questions like if god is unable to protect him then how come he would be able to protect his devotees. The answer is, god is like our own mother, even if a mother feels hungry, first she used to provide food only to her children, then only she would try to relieve her hunger and thirst. Likewise, even if god doesn’t safeguard himself, but, however, he would surely safeguards his devotees from dangers and troubles, it is not fair to examine the powers of the god, since only because of his presence, still now, we are able to breath, sleep and eat.

At this 21st century, actually, where we are, still we are in doubt about the existence of the god, and this is the question which would frequently arise in the mind of the so-called “TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED MODERN PEOPLE”! Crimes like Robbery, rapes and murders occurs as a regular activity, and though the governments tries to control it to their level best, yet, still, it happens, happens and happens, and for that, we cannot blame over the god, since these types of things would commonly occur as per the Kali Yuga Dharma!

Recently I have heard from an Auto Driver, that, some time back, a north Indian young woman was raped by four drunken people, during the midnight, when the woman tried to catch an auto to reach her desired place at Chennai. The crime committed by these people, are highly condemnable. Women also must take the help of their friends/relatives, during the times of their travels, especially during night times! In this case, we could come to a conclusion, that the victim might have committed these types of mistakes in her previous birth, and hence we cannot question the god for our own and known mistakes!

Corruptions are common all over the world, but, it must be controlled legally! Most of the Legal Acts which were formed during the British Rule are not yet changed, and still it is being followed. Some people are getting punished for the bad acts, only during their old age, for the crimes committed by them during their young age! Similar to the wonderful countries like Singapore, Malaysia and Arab Countries, severe punishments must be given to the criminals in order to reduce the crime rate, and for that, proper legal acts must be introduced very urgently! Even divine royal personalities like Rama, Krishna, Prahalada and Dhruva were given rigorous punishments to the criminals in order to put an end to the crime!

Though some elders show their friendliness over youngsters, yet, still, some elders shows their hatred behaviour over youngsters even for small, small things! Here I refer to the elders those who are not relatives or friends to the youngsters. Some of them even unnecessarily interfere in the personal matters of the youngsters, with the reason, “I KNOW BETTER THAN YOU”, “ARE YOU A BIG PERSON”, “MAKE USE OF YOUR BRAIN PROPERLY”, like that! Youngsters must give respect to the elders, but, still some elders tries to find some fault with the youngsters, by the way of questioning their intelligence level. But still we can find the calling of the elders by some mischievous youngsters in the buses, as, “HEY PERISU”, hey, old man! Elders must maintain higher level of patience with the younger generation people, since they might require their help at any time!

Love disease is the worst incurable disease which would occur between the younger generation people, but nowadays, even the middle aged people also suffers from this type of disease. When a male sees a female, immediately, due to body attraction, both of them falls in love with each other, also called as body chemistry, but this kind of love would occur only rarely. The term ‘Love’ cannot be totally erased from the minds of the people, since it is permanently stored in the blood vessels, heart, nerves and in the bones of everyone!

Divine love is entirely different from ordinary love. Ordinary love, that is the love affair between the lovers would mostly consists of lust, selfishness and jealousy, whereas Divine love contains purity, and this love comes directly only from our soul and not from our sensual feelings. Lord Shiva and Ma Parvati are considered as our divine parents. They are also called as Ammai, means mother, Appan, means father. They are the universal parents, and protect their children during the times of their difficulties, and consoling us during the times of our distress. Parents must motivate their children during their younger age onwards, to love these Divine Parents, ‘AMMAIAPPAN’, in order to cure their “LOVE RELATED DISEASES”.

At the present stage of life, most of the teenagers are spoiling and also they are losing their precious lives due to love affair! Teenage is a most difficult age, and it is also an important stage in our life cycle. Those who spoil their precious lives in their teenage would never come up in their life, and their life would end up with a total failure!

Still some people find it difficult to enter into the marriage life, due to their personal problems like bad financial position, lack of maturity etc., and hence, some men and women prefer to live together, even without getting married! Previously this “COMPANION” type of relationship was prevalent in most of the western countries, but, nowadays, this kind of modern style is commonly found in India also. The “TRUE LOVE” or “DIVINE LOVE” concept is applicable only between few couples, since once the “COMPANIONS” get some sort of difference in opinion with each other, then they prefer to stay alone! In one Tamil Film, a comedy actor used to go to park, beaches and bus stands with a Mangal Sutra in order to find a suitable match for him! Though we can take it lightly as a comedy scene, but nowadays really it is a difficult task to find a suitable match for a boy, than that of a girl, since most of the girls are well-qualified and well-employed than that of the boys!

Due to love diseases, even some wealthy young men fall in love with their servants, and prefer to marry with them. Though their act cannot be condemned by us, but, this type of relationship would not usually last long, as per the famous Tamil Quote, “BODY ATTRACTION” would last for 60 days, while “LUST” would last only for 90 days”, but some exceptional couples are also there, who used to live their wholesome life by loving each other, irrespective of their status, beauty, caste, creed and religion!

Love cannot be termed as a criminal act, since the very purpose of the creation itself is to love each other, but love cannot be arisen only due to body attraction, since love should arise between the souls of the two different genders! Younger generation should first concentrate their attention only on studies, and then only they should think about “LOVE”. Nowadays even in some small petty shops, Condoms are being sold. Some time back, I have noticed in a small petty shop, that a school student arrived fast, and in a lighter voice, he asked, “SIR, ONE PLEASE”. The shop owner immediately understands it, quickly gives that important thing to him with a mischievous smile, and for giving that, he has charged him double rate. The student also eagerly paid the amount, and with a “VICTORIOUS FACE”, he came out from the shop, as if he has passed in the “CA” exams in the first attempt itself!

Hence, let the younger generation people first complete their studies, and after they have settled in a suitable job, then, they can find their “FUTURE LIFE PARTNERS”, either by making love or through arranged marriages.

Let’s always keep doing only good activities and avoid bad activities in our life. Karma is the cause and effect of the actions of the people, and in general, if we do good activities we would get good karma and good births. Whereas if we do bad activities, it would cause bad karma and we have to take several rebirths. In order to do good karmas in our life, we have to carefully read the Bhagavat Gita teachings given by Lord Krishna.

In that, he tells, “In the Kali Yuga, people would definitely commit lot of sins in their life, and for that, they would be facing lot of troubles in their present life as well as in their subsequent births also. In order to get rid from their sins, people must have to live as per the path of Dharma, and they must allocate sufficient time in praying me, and must keep their mind only on me. So that, in course of time, they would be deeply involved only with my thoughts, and due to that, I would force them to do only good things in their life”.

But without keeping all these things on their mind, some people are still doing lot of wrongful things wilfully, without thinking about the consequences of their bad acts, and it is believed that still some people in film Industry consider females in Film Industry just as pretty dolls.

Film actresses must be highly respected and they must be treated as our own sisters. Recently a middle aged film actress, had posted a video on her YouTube channel, and shared the mental pain which she has severally faced, after some men sent her some stupid messages on her social media. In the video, she spoke about those messages and worried a lot for that. After reading her statements from the Internet, in order to console her, I am writing this article. I have seen her films also, and in those films, she has acted sincerely, decently and excellently. Let our sister actress come out from the trauma quickly, and I am also requesting her to concentrate her attention more and more on spiritual matters, since “SPIRITUALITY ONLY WOULD GIVE LOT OF VITALITY”. Actually I am a spiritual writer only, but, occasionally I used to write articles about social issues also, since my aim is to bring to the notice of the readers, about the problems of the people also, since I used to consider the problems of others as my own problems.

In Film Industry, it is also believed that sometimes, some actresses are being asked to make some sort of “ADJUSTMENTS’, in order to shine well on their film career. Some actresses would boldly share about the problems faced by them in the film industry on the social Medias whereas some of them would hide about it from the eyes of others.

As per the sayings of Swami Vivekananda, we have to adopt strict self-control, and we should treat others as our own brothers and sisters. We should know about the Do’s and Don’ts to be followed in our life, and, must move cleverly in our life. But sometimes, if we try to cross the prescribed boundary and acts badly, then we only have to face the consequences for our own acts.

We can control our worst enemy, ‘LUST’, by worshipping Ma Shakti Devi. Being the Divine mother, if we sincerely pray to her, in order to control our senses, she would turn our badness into goodness, and would prosper our life. At this point of time, we must have to think about the nice behaviour of the famous Maratha Ruler, Sri Chatrapati Shivaji. Once, when his soldiers conquered a Muslim King, they carried his Queen in a palanquin and presented her to their king Shivaji.

He first opened the screen of the Palanquin, and to his surprise, the queen looked very beautiful, but she appeared in a worried state. Immediately Shivaji saluted her by saying, “Oh My Dear Madam, you look so beautiful, and if I had been born as your son, then I would have been appeared much more beautiful than now”, and then he ordered to his soldiers to safely take her to her Kingdom. He is such a kind of noble person, since he worshipped Ma Shakti Devi, in the form of Ma Bhavani, and he has also loved his mother so much. Hence let us consider that all the women as the avatars of Ma Parashakti and let us treat them in a highly respectable manner.

“OM”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR