The Lord prescribes everyone to follow the Dharmic path as per Sanaatana Dharma or Eternal Righteouness. If one follows this Dharmic path as prescribed by God then one is considered to be tolerant. This is described further and explained by Lord Krishna in this shloka of Vishnu Sahsranaama as follows:
Na krodho na cha matsaryam
Na lobho na shubha matihihi|
Bhavanti kruta punyaanaam
Bhaktaanaam purushotame ||
MEANING: In this Lord Krishna declares that those who are meditating on God or worshipping God without the negative feelings of anger, jealousy, greed and inauspiciousness for others will be blessed with His divine grace. One should get rid of the evils in one’s mind and worship the Lord with a pure mind to get His divine grace. Such a person is a true devotee and is dear to the Lord and is eligible to be one with the Lord.
EXISTENCE OF GOD: Regarding this truth, there is an interesting incident in the life of Sant Kanakadas. His Guru gave a banana to each of his disciples and asked them to eat it in a place where nobody is watching. While every body else could find a place to eat it, Kanakadas returned the banana saying, “Sir, I find Lord Krishna’s peacock feathers everywhere. So I could not eat it.” Some intellectuals question the existence of God and the necessity to go to the temples if he can be seen everywhere. Seeing God everywhere is the fruit of devotion, faith and sacred activities.
This does not mean one need not visit temples to worship God.
Temples are places of divinity where trikaala poojas, abhishekas are done and Vedic Mantras are recited daily with devotion and faith by Vedic pandits. Visiting temples regularly brings serenity, calmness, stress relief and soothing effect to our nerves which are essential in this modern day life.
While it is important that one visits temples to worship the Lord it is equally important to realize that God exists everywhere and is omnipresent.
