Çréla Prabhupäda used our attempts to build a big temple here in Mäyäpur as a practical example to illustrate his point, giving us deeper realizations of the nature of our work. “Everything belongs to Kåñëa. Just like we are constructing this temple. We are feeling that ‘I am constructing. We are constructing.’ But actually it is Kåñëa’s. “The bricks, the iron, or the cement, or anything that we are col- lecting, that is Kåñëa’s property. The brick is not your property. The earth is not your property. You are taking Kåñëa’s earth, and you are making it a brick. Still, it is Kåñëa’s property. But the endeavor, the energy, which you are giving to Kåñëa, that is taken into account. ‘Oh, he is working for Me. He wants to give Me something.’ That Kåñëa consciousness is important. “Otherwise by His will He can construct 16,000 palaces for His queens. What this tiny temple will satisfy Him? But still, He’s satisfied. ‘Oh, you have done so much? Very good.’ Recognized. Kåñëa has created the whole universe. He doesn’t require any endeavor. Simply by His breathing, many millions of Brahmäs are coming out. And each Brahmä is creating a universe. “So to create a temple, He doesn’t require our help. He can create millions of temples by His will. There are already. So we should always remember this, that Kåñëa does not require our service. But if we give some service to Kåñëa, that is our benefit. This is the formula.”
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