There is no need to give any introduction of a called a 'Temple Run' because practically everyone has played it. In Temple Run, the player controls Guy Dangerous, an archaeologist who embarks on an adventure to seek an ancient and valuable golden idol from a temple in the Gardens of Bomarzo in Italy. Unfortunately, he does not realize that the temple is inhabited by a family of "demonic monkeys" who want to eat him. As the game is an endless running game, there is no end to the temple; the player plays until the character falls off the temple to his demise or is eaten by the crazed monkeys. Character can turn left or right, jump or slide under an object, while running he collects gold, red and blue coins, and thus tries to complete his adventure. I have practically seen in the midst of the crowd in local train, during lectures in colleges, during serious meetings, people play this game, so much craze!!
But after all game is game and have nothing to do with reality in fact it hampers your real life by distracting you from your work and relations. It only provides some entertainment and no real values. Good values only inculcated in the association of those who have these values, which gives strength to fight with the realities of life, game is just an imaginary journey with some problems but life has more real serious hurdles than games. Just like we practice the game again and again and we can become master of it but we can't play with life again and again to master over it because human life is very rare, we don't know in next life which birth we will get. So the aim of game of life is to become successful in one attempt, that is to develop love for the God in this lifetime, without taking next chance.
So how to attain this goal of our real game, real aim is not attaining valuable golden idol but much more precious than that, attaining the Prema of God. One of the method as earlier described is to take association of those who have developed love for God, go to them, serve them, learn from them and they will teach you how to win this game. Temple is the best place where we can find such realised souls who have mastered over their game of life. Temple is like a hospital and we are all diseased due to our conditioning and vices of hearts. Doctors gives us medicines and prescriptions of how to take it, similarly the realised devotees will help us by giving their guidance and instructions to get cured of material disease. Temple also means there is deity of God in whose service we can be engaged to purify our senses.
Still in India we find many people visit temple everyday because they know, 'world will give me all information but temple will give me transformation of heart'. In Jaipur in early morning I actually saw many thousands of people running towards the temple to attend the Mangla Aarti of Lord 'Givind Devji'. It was so amazing experience which we can't get by playing temple run but we can get it by actually running to temple to greet the Lord. So let's not only play the temple run but let's run to the temple!!!
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
Sent by www.iskcondesiretree.com
But after all game is game and have nothing to do with reality in fact it hampers your real life by distracting you from your work and relations. It only provides some entertainment and no real values. Good values only inculcated in the association of those who have these values, which gives strength to fight with the realities of life, game is just an imaginary journey with some problems but life has more real serious hurdles than games. Just like we practice the game again and again and we can become master of it but we can't play with life again and again to master over it because human life is very rare, we don't know in next life which birth we will get. So the aim of game of life is to become successful in one attempt, that is to develop love for the God in this lifetime, without taking next chance.
So how to attain this goal of our real game, real aim is not attaining valuable golden idol but much more precious than that, attaining the Prema of God. One of the method as earlier described is to take association of those who have developed love for God, go to them, serve them, learn from them and they will teach you how to win this game. Temple is the best place where we can find such realised souls who have mastered over their game of life. Temple is like a hospital and we are all diseased due to our conditioning and vices of hearts. Doctors gives us medicines and prescriptions of how to take it, similarly the realised devotees will help us by giving their guidance and instructions to get cured of material disease. Temple also means there is deity of God in whose service we can be engaged to purify our senses.
Still in India we find many people visit temple everyday because they know, 'world will give me all information but temple will give me transformation of heart'. In Jaipur in early morning I actually saw many thousands of people running towards the temple to attend the Mangla Aarti of Lord 'Givind Devji'. It was so amazing experience which we can't get by playing temple run but we can get it by actually running to temple to greet the Lord. So let's not only play the temple run but let's run to the temple!!!
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
Sent by www.iskcondesiretree.com
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