Let us try to understand what is meant by worship.There are three popular terms.
--- Reverence(Pooja), Sadhana and Worship(Upasana)
When we visit temples we see Pujari .He chants mantras ,offers flowers,sweets and fruits to the diety and then gives "prasad ".So this reverence to diety is called as POOJA
This is first step of invoking the diety in your life.Here please note that pooja is just doing reverence to god.This is like a daily routine
SADHANA is completely different from this puja
I have a desire which I want to fulfill in life.So he does sadhana which is aimed at achieving that goal
So here there is the Sadhak and then there is the concerned diety.He chants mantras and follow certain procedures to achieve this desired aim.So this is the path of Sadhana
Next and final level is Worship or UPASANA .Here the worshipper and God becomes one.This is the highest level,where there is no difference between the two.There is no presence of the second personality in the case of worship.Upasana is possible through the process of Dhyaan
--- Reverence(Pooja), Sadhana and Worship(Upasana)
When we visit temples we see Pujari .He chants mantras ,offers flowers,sweets and fruits to the diety and then gives "prasad ".So this reverence to diety is called as POOJA
This is first step of invoking the diety in your life.Here please note that pooja is just doing reverence to god.This is like a daily routine
SADHANA is completely different from this puja
I have a desire which I want to fulfill in life.So he does sadhana which is aimed at achieving that goal
So here there is the Sadhak and then there is the concerned diety.He chants mantras and follow certain procedures to achieve this desired aim.So this is the path of Sadhana
Next and final level is Worship or UPASANA .Here the worshipper and God becomes one.This is the highest level,where there is no difference between the two.There is no presence of the second personality in the case of worship.Upasana is possible through the process of Dhyaan
