use it for Krishna

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So this is Vaisnava principle. Vaisnava principle means everything accepted as Krsna's. The Mayavadis, they say-at least they say-that brahma satyam jagan mithya. Mithya: "This is false." But Vaisnava says, "No, it is not false. It is the by-product of Krsna's energy. If Krsna is true, how it can be false?" So they do not take this world, material world, as false. It is temporary. But they know how to utilize this material world for devotional service. Bhavanam brahmanaḥ sthanam. You can utilize the same energy of constructing something out of bricks and stones and wood into a nice temple. That was the Vedic culture. Still in old cities you will find in lanes and streets, there are so many temples. I have seen, especially in Kanpur, even within the lane there are so many temples, Radha-Krsna temple, Visnu temples, Siva temple. So all over India you will find the temples. People were so spiritually advanced. Even Muslim, they are also. They have constructed so many mosques. So that should be utilized. If we have got the tendency for making a house or construction of some building with stones and bricks, let it be utilized for constructing temple of the Supreme Brahman. (More...)

Nirbandhaḥ krsna-sambandhe yuktam vairagyam ucyate [Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu ]. We do not give up anything; everything Krsna's. Prapancikataya buddhya hari-sambandhi-vastunaḥ [Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu ]. Hari-sambandhi-vastunaḥ. Hari means God, the Supreme Lord. So He has got sambandha, relationship, because everything is His energy. Therefore it has got some relationship. Earth, water, air, fire, sky-these are all different energies of Krsna: bhinna prakrtir me astadha [Bg 7.4]. (More...)

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