Does God Need A Temple ?

[SarabjeetS]

Kaaba ....... Harmandar Sahib .....

[OhTwadi]

God does not, but we do.

[Singh559]

God does not, but we do.

[Banda Singh]

God does not, but we do.

Great Answer.

Gurdwara's serve a place where Sadh Sangat can meet(Holy Associations).

"I sing His Praises during the day and night. I sing them with each and every breath. In holy association, Faith in Him is established, that the Lord is with us in life and death. (3)

I sing His Praises in my sufferings and also when I am at peace."

(Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Aasa, p401, Sri Guru Granth Sahib)

"O man, by the Guru's Grace, take it that your body is the Temple of God. Through the Guru's Word, make a search within you and enter this Temple cherishing His Name. (1)

O my mind, if you are imbued with the Guru's Word, then you will be dyed in God's color. True is the devotion to God. True is the Temple of God and true is the glory one attains. (1) Pause.

The body is the Lord's Temple, wherein is revealed the Jewel of Divine Comprehension. The egocentrics do not know at all and they deny His presence in the body. (2)

The Temple of God, is the body, which God created and He keeps it embellished in His Will. It is the Eternal Writ of God, which no one can erase. (3)

When one realizes the Word, he is blessed with Bliss, and through it he loves the True Name of God. The Lord's Temple is embellished only with Word, and becomes an invaluable Fortress of Gold (Highest Purity). (4)

This world too is a Temple of God, but without the Guru, one is enveloped in utter darkness. The blind and unwise egocentrics worship the other [material things] with devotion. (5)

Where one has to render an account of his deeds, there no consideration is given to either the body or the caste. Those, who are imbued with Truth, are saved, and those who bear love to another, remain miserable ones. (6)

Within the Temple of God is the Treasure of His Name, but unwise wretch does not realize it. It is, when the Guru's Grace is upon him that he sees and establishes the Lord's Name in his heart. (7)

The Guru's Word is known from the Guru's Grace, if one is imbued with the love of the Word. Even a sinner becomes sanctified, and merges himself in the Lord's Name. (8)

The Temple of God is also His Shop, which He keeps embellished with the Word. The merchandise in that Shop is His Name only, which God Men (Gurmukhs) buy and embellish themselves with it. (9)

In the Temple of God, the mind is like iron, which is lured by Duality. When it meets with the Guru (God's Light in Man), the Philosopher's Stone, it is transformed into Gold, and its worth cannot be told. (10)

In the Temple of God, abides God, Who is present in all equally. Nanak says: if one deals with God, through the Guru, he purchases the True Merchandise." (11)

(Sri Guru Amar Das Ji, Rag Parbhati Bibhas, p1346, Sri Guru Granth Sahib)

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Pauree:

hir mMdru soeI AwKIAY ijQhu hir jwqw ]

har ma(n)dhar soee aakheeai jithhahu har jaathaa ||

That alone is said to be the Lord's temple, where the Lord is known.

mwns dyh gur bcnI pwieAw sBu Awqm rwmu pCwqw ]

maanas dhaeh gur bachanee paaeiaa sabh aatham raam pashhaathaa||

In the human body, the Guru's Word is found, when one understands that the Lord, the Supreme Soul, is in all.

bwhir mUil n KojIAY Gr mwih ibDwqw ]

baahar mool n khojeeai ghar maahi bidhhaathaa ||

Don't look for Him outside your self. The Creator, the Architect of Destiny, is within the home of your own heart.

mnmuK hir mMdr kI swr n jwxnI iqnI jnmu gvwqw ]

manamukh har ma(n)dhar kee saar n jaananee thinee janam gavaathaa||

The self-willed manmukh does not appreciate the value of the Lord's temple; they waste away and lose their lives.

sB mih ieku vrqdw gur sbdI pwieAw jweI ]12]

sabh mehi eik varathadhaa gur sabadhee paaeiaa jaaee ||12||

The One Lord is pervading in all; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He can be found. ||12||