guests should bring offering

So if you simply come here, take the impression of Krsna and think of Krsna while drinking water, you become a devotee. Is it very difficult job? Very easy. Anyone can do. Anyone can do. Patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati [Bg 9.26]. Then, if you develop... This is santa rasa. Then, when you develop your santa-rasa, then there is dasya-rasa. Dasya-rasa means that you want to serve Him. That is further development. "Here is God. No, why not...?" Therefore, according to the Vedic principle, whoever comes to the temple, he brings something to offer to Krsna. Not that He requires huge amount of money. No. You must offer something. What is that? Krsna says, patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati. Krsna is not in want, but if you give something to Krsna, that is for your benefit. If Krsna accepts something from you, then your life becomes successful. So... "But I have no money. What can I offer to Krsna?" Oh, that is not the fact. We have got money for going to cinema, and you have no money to bring one flower for Krsna. This is denial. This is denial. Krsna does not say that "You bring one thousand dollars." No. He says, patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati.    (More...)

So anywhere within this universe you can get all these things, however poor man you may be. Patram, a little leaf, better tulasi leaf, or any leaf. Patram puspam, a little flower. Phalam, little fruit, and little water, that's all. Yo me bhaktya prayacchati. Krsna, He is the bhoktaram yajna-tapasam sarva-loka... [Bg 5.29]. He is the proprietor of the all universes. So why He is asking this patram puspam phalam toyam? He is so poor? He is not poor. He is the most opulent. But if you begin to give something to Krsna, you become opulent. That is wanted. Therefore He is canvassing that "Give Me something." Yat karosi yaj juhosi yad asnasi yat tapasyasi, kurusva tad mad-arpanam [Bg 9.27]. Because you have forgotten to give to Krsna, therefore Krsna comes down. Yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati bharata [Bg 4.7]. He canvasses, "Please give Me something," as if He is in great need of it. He is not need of it. But if you hear Krsna and if you give something to Krsna, then it is for your benefit. You will understand gradually what is your relationship with Krsna and gradually develop your Krsna consciousness. Then your life is successful. Then your life becomes peaceful.    (More...)