grand temple, not grand house

So nirbandhaḥ krsna-sambandhe [Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.255]. For Krsna's... Therefore you'll find in India, there are many very big, big, costly temples, not personal house. You'll never find, all over India. You go and see. They have spent lots of money for temple. That was the Oriental civilization. Even the Muhammadans, they would construct very costly mosque, but they would live in huts. That was the intention. One... When... Whenever one is a little bit rich, he'll find out how to spend it for Krsna, not for his sense gratification. Just like this Madana-mohana temple was constructed by a big merchant. He approached Sanatana Gosvami: "Sir, what can I do for you? I want to serve you." So Sanatana Gosvami said, "My Madana-mohana... I am living underneath the tree, and my Madana-mohana is hanging. So if you can, you can construct a temple for Madana-mohana." Similarly, Maharaja Mansingh approached Rūpa Gosvami. They never constructed big, big temple for their own living purpose, but Krsna's purpose. That is the way. For Krsna we must have everything very gorgeous and first class, but not for me. That is akincana. Personally we should not possess anything; simply for Krsna.    (More...)

So yogis, the jnanis, they have got their function, to realize the Absolute Truth. Similarly, bhakta. Bhakta, they want to worship the Personality of Godhead in a temple just like we are trying to do, to have a temple here nice. We have got already. Our function is going on. But we want to make a very gorgeous place for the Lord. That is the utility of this land: to construct temple for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We have got a tendency to construct house. Ato grha-ksetra-sutapta-vittaiḥ. This material world means first of all we have got desire of sex, mixing together, man and woman. Pumsam striya mithuni-bhavam etam [SB 5.5.8]. Mithuni-bhava. Mithuni-bhava means sex desires; impelled by sex. That is the central point of this material life. Yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham [SB 7.9.45]. The central point of material happiness is maithunadi, sex impulse-everyone.    (More...)

This morning was... Some devotee was discussing that the daily passengers, sometimes they go from home three to four hours, come to Bombay, and they work there eight hours. Then again three to four hours. So somebody was asking, "Why they should go? They can remain in the city." No. Their central point is there. Central point is sex. Nidraya hriyate naktam vyavayena ca va vayaḥ [SB 2.1.3]. The materialistic person's life is being spoiled in this way. That is described by Sukadeva Gosvami, nidraya hriyate naktam: "At night they spoil the valuable time by sleeping." Nidraya hriyate naktam vyavayena ca va vayaḥ. Vyavaya. Vyavaya means sex. "Either by sex or by sleeping." Diva carthehaya rajan kutumba-bharanena va [SB 2.1.3]: and during daytime they are after money, "Where is money? Where is money?" And if they get money, "How to spend it for kutumba, for family members?" This is material life. And as soon as we are united, mithuni-bhava, then grha-ksetra-sutapta-vittaiḥ [SB 5.5.8]: then we want apartment or house, big, big house, grha, and ksetra. Ksetra means earning fee. Formerly there were agriculture. Now there are so many industries and other places.    (More...)