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Is preaching recommended or mandatory to a temple priest?

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Every temple in India has at least one priest. The act of preaching scriptures a recommended act or mandatory act for him?

scripture temple priests

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  Preaching where? in temples?
  
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  temples are not for that purpose....nor temples are for prayers.!!!
  
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  @AkshayS i understand its not the exclusive place of prayers as are church or mosque etc.Do you mean it in that sense?
  
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Every temple in India has at least one priest. The act of preaching scriptures a recommended act or mandatory act for him?

scripture temple priests

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hanugmhanugm

4,39021345

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  Preaching where? in temples?
  
  – Akshay S
  Mar 23 at 11:44
  

  
  
  
  


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  Yeah........ @AkshayS
  
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  temples are not for that purpose....nor temples are for prayers.!!!
  
  – Akshay S
  Mar 23 at 13:08
  

  
  
  
  


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  @AkshayS i understand its not the exclusive place of prayers as are church or mosque etc.Do you mean it in that sense?
  
  – Pratimaputra
  Mar 23 at 14:59
  

  
  
  
  


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  @AkshayS thats really great.
  
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Every temple in India has at least one priest. The act of preaching scriptures a recommended act or mandatory act for him?

scripture temple priests

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In the Smritis, the temple priests are in fact considered fallen/degraded. Probably because they earn through the act of worshipping.

Manu Smriti 3.152. Physicians, temple-priests, sellers of meat, and
those who subsist by shop-keeping must be avoided at sacrifices
offered to the gods and to the manes.

3.180 (Food) given to a seller of Soma becomes ordure, (that given) to a physician pus and blood, but (that presented) to a temple-priest is
lost, and (that given) to a usurer finds no place (in the world of the
gods).

Alternate translation from Wisdomlib.org:

सोमविक्रयिणे विष्ठा भिषजे पूयशोणितम् ।
नष्टं देवलके
दत्तमप्रतिष्ठं तु वार्धुषौ ॥ १८० ॥

somavikrayiṇe viṣṭhā bhiṣaje pūyaśoṇitam |
naṣṭaṃ devalake
dattamapratiṣṭhaṃ tu vārdhuṣau || 180 ||

What is given to the Soma-seller becomes ordure; to the physician, pus
and blood; that to the temple-attendant becomes lost; and that to the
usurer has no place.—(180)

The link also gives a similar verse from Mahabharata which is as follows:

Mahābhārata (13.90, 13, 14).—‘What is given to the Soma-seller and to
the physician becomes pus and blood; what is given to the
temple-servant perishes; it is neither here nor there.’

So, it is certainly not their responsibility to teach scriptures.

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  For 3.180 you can read the Sanskrit verse from here: wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/… @Pratimaputra the word used is Devala
  
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  @Pratimaputra Actually the translation I have used has food in it .. this wisdomlib translation has what is ..
  
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  Yes that's why they have added it in brackets .. if I now change it to what is .. then it will be a mixture of two translations .. @Pratimaputra
  
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  I have now added both the translations .. @Pratimaputra
  
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In the Smritis, the temple priests are in fact considered fallen/degraded. Probably because they earn through the act of worshipping.

Manu Smriti 3.152. Physicians, temple-priests, sellers of meat, and
those who subsist by shop-keeping must be avoided at sacrifices
offered to the gods and to the manes.

3.180 (Food) given to a seller of Soma becomes ordure, (that given) to a physician pus and blood, but (that presented) to a temple-priest is
lost, and (that given) to a usurer finds no place (in the world of the
gods).

Alternate translation from Wisdomlib.org:

सोमविक्रयिणे विष्ठा भिषजे पूयशोणितम् ।
नष्टं देवलके
दत्तमप्रतिष्ठं तु वार्धुषौ ॥ १८० ॥

somavikrayiṇe viṣṭhā bhiṣaje pūyaśoṇitam |
naṣṭaṃ devalake
dattamapratiṣṭhaṃ tu vārdhuṣau || 180 ||

What is given to the Soma-seller becomes ordure; to the physician, pus
and blood; that to the temple-attendant becomes lost; and that to the
usurer has no place.—(180)

The link also gives a similar verse from Mahabharata which is as follows:

Mahābhārata (13.90, 13, 14).—‘What is given to the Soma-seller and to
the physician becomes pus and blood; what is given to the
temple-servant perishes; it is neither here nor there.’

So, it is certainly not their responsibility to teach scriptures.

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 23 at 16:11

answered Mar 23 at 11:29

RickrossRickross

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  For 3.180 you can read the Sanskrit verse from here: wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/… @Pratimaputra the word used is Devala
  
  – Rickross
  Mar 23 at 15:50
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Pratimaputra Actually the translation I have used has food in it .. this wisdomlib translation has what is ..
  
  – Rickross
  Mar 23 at 16:04
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Yes that's why they have added it in brackets .. if I now change it to what is .. then it will be a mixture of two translations .. @Pratimaputra
  
  – Rickross
  Mar 23 at 16:07
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I have now added both the translations .. @Pratimaputra
  
  – Rickross
  Mar 23 at 16:11
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

3

In the Smritis, the temple priests are in fact considered fallen/degraded. Probably because they earn through the act of worshipping.

Manu Smriti 3.152. Physicians, temple-priests, sellers of meat, and
those who subsist by shop-keeping must be avoided at sacrifices
offered to the gods and to the manes.

3.180 (Food) given to a seller of Soma becomes ordure, (that given) to a physician pus and blood, but (that presented) to a temple-priest is
lost, and (that given) to a usurer finds no place (in the world of the
gods).

Alternate translation from Wisdomlib.org:

सोमविक्रयिणे विष्ठा भिषजे पूयशोणितम् ।
नष्टं देवलके
दत्तमप्रतिष्ठं तु वार्धुषौ ॥ १८० ॥

somavikrayiṇe viṣṭhā bhiṣaje pūyaśoṇitam |
naṣṭaṃ devalake
dattamapratiṣṭhaṃ tu vārdhuṣau || 180 ||

What is given to the Soma-seller becomes ordure; to the physician, pus
and blood; that to the temple-attendant becomes lost; and that to the
usurer has no place.—(180)

The link also gives a similar verse from Mahabharata which is as follows:

Mahābhārata (13.90, 13, 14).—‘What is given to the Soma-seller and to
the physician becomes pus and blood; what is given to the
temple-servant perishes; it is neither here nor there.’

So, it is certainly not their responsibility to teach scriptures.

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 23 at 16:11

answered Mar 23 at 11:29

RickrossRickross

54.8k380192

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  For 3.180 you can read the Sanskrit verse from here: wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/… @Pratimaputra the word used is Devala
  
  – Rickross
  Mar 23 at 15:50
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Pratimaputra Actually the translation I have used has food in it .. this wisdomlib translation has what is ..
  
  – Rickross
  Mar 23 at 16:04
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Yes that's why they have added it in brackets .. if I now change it to what is .. then it will be a mixture of two translations .. @Pratimaputra
  
  – Rickross
  Mar 23 at 16:07
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I have now added both the translations .. @Pratimaputra
  
  – Rickross
  Mar 23 at 16:11
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

In the Smritis, the temple priests are in fact considered fallen/degraded. Probably because they earn through the act of worshipping.

Manu Smriti 3.152. Physicians, temple-priests, sellers of meat, and
those who subsist by shop-keeping must be avoided at sacrifices
offered to the gods and to the manes.

3.180 (Food) given to a seller of Soma becomes ordure, (that given) to a physician pus and blood, but (that presented) to a temple-priest is
lost, and (that given) to a usurer finds no place (in the world of the
gods).

Alternate translation from Wisdomlib.org:

सोमविक्रयिणे विष्ठा भिषजे पूयशोणितम् ।
नष्टं देवलके
दत्तमप्रतिष्ठं तु वार्धुषौ ॥ १८० ॥

somavikrayiṇe viṣṭhā bhiṣaje pūyaśoṇitam |
naṣṭaṃ devalake
dattamapratiṣṭhaṃ tu vārdhuṣau || 180 ||

What is given to the Soma-seller becomes ordure; to the physician, pus
and blood; that to the temple-attendant becomes lost; and that to the
usurer has no place.—(180)

The link also gives a similar verse from Mahabharata which is as follows:

Mahābhārata (13.90, 13, 14).—‘What is given to the Soma-seller and to
the physician becomes pus and blood; what is given to the
temple-servant perishes; it is neither here nor there.’

So, it is certainly not their responsibility to teach scriptures.

share|improve this answer

edited Mar 23 at 16:11

answered Mar 23 at 11:29

RickrossRickross

54.8k380192

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answered Mar 23 at 11:29

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answered Mar 23 at 11:29

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