Rubbish Eating Means Rubbish Consciousness

You are what you eat. If you eat rubbish, your consciousness will be rubbish also. Therefore those who are thoughtful and discrete are careful to only partake of Krishna prasadam, vegetarian foodstuffs which have been offered to Lord Krishna with love and devotion, and nothing else. In this way they purify their consciousness for attaining the supreme perfection of going back to home, back to Godhead.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Is Zakir Naik's Criticism of Deities Correct?

I heard the speech of Zakir Naik. He said that worshiping God in the form of statues and photos is an offense, and he told that it is mentioned in the scriptures. Is he is correct?

Dore

Answer: Naik's Criticism is Absolute Rubbish

Mr. Naik's criticism is absolute rubbish because it is clearly described in Srimad Bhagavatam 3.29.25 that we should worship the deity form of the Lord. Mr. Naik is not submissively studying the scriptures. Rather he has a political agenda. Here's the verse:

arcādāv arcayet tāvad
īśvaraṁ māṁ sva-karma-kṛt
yāvan na veda sva-hṛdi
sarva-bhūteṣv avasthitam

"Performing his prescribed duties, one should worship the Deity of the Supreme Personality of Godhead until one realizes My presence in his own heart and in the hearts of other living entities as well."

Worshipping a false God is certainly an offense. But to worship the Lord Himself when He appears in an authorized painting or statue is one of the recommended items of bhakti. Because the Muslims have an impersonal idea of God, thinking that He has no form, they say like this, that worshipping God with a form is an offense. But if they will carefully read their own holy book, the Quaran, they will see that God indeed does have a form.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari