worshipable, sound incarnation god

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Brahma-samhita means the prayers offered by Lord Brahma. This is accepted by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Brahma-samhita was not available by Caitanya Mahaprabhu when He was touring in South India, so He collected one Brahma-samhita, handwritten in the palm leaves, and He copied it. Formerly there was no press. These important sastras, Vedic literature, were kept in handwriting. I copy from your book; my other friend copies from my book... In this way, those who were interested... The literatures were not so cheap. Only highly qualified brahmanas, they used to keep handwritten... And it was worshiped in the temple as Deity, sastra, not that it is available everywhere. It has become... Now press has made it very cheaper. But we should always understand that granthas, or the scriptures, should be worshiped as God. That is sound incarnation of God. It should not be neglected. Don't neglect Bhagavad-gita or Bhagavata as ordinary books. You must be very careful. As you take care of the Deities, you should take care of the books also. (More...)

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