WHAT TO DO TO SEE KRISHNA FACE TO FACE?

SRILA PRABHUPADA SAYS ABOUT SEEING KRISHNA FACE TO FACE:

"If you want to purchase gold, you must have at least some preliminary  knowledge of what gold is. Similarly, if you want to see God, the first  requirement is that you must know some of the basic characteristics of God.  Otherwise, if you go to some rascal and he claims to be God and you accept him as God, you will be cheated.

Another question we should ask when someone says "I want to see God" is,  "What qualification do you have to see God?" 

God is not so cheap that He can be seen by anybody and everybody.  No, the Krsna consciousness movement does not  present any nonsense or cheap thing.  If you want to see God face to face, then 

you must follow the rules and regulations. You must chant Hare Krsna and purify  yourself. Then gradually the time will come when you are purified and you will  see God.

Still, even though in your present contaminated condition you are not qualified to see God, He is so kind that He allows you to see Him in His Deity form in the temple.  In that form, He agrees to be seen by everyone, whether or not one knows He is God.  The Deity is not an idol;   it is not imagination.  The knowledge of how to construct the Deity and install Him on the altar is received from the scripture and the superior acaryas, or spiritual masters.  

Therefore the authorized Deity in the temple is Krsna Himself and can fully reciprocate your love and service.”