PREACHING

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[bg. 9.31]. "My dear Arjuna, you can declare to the world, My devotee, pure

devotee, anyäbhiläñitä-çünyaà [brs. 1.1.11], who has no other desire, he'll

be protected by Me."

So people do not know that our only business is to take shelter of the lotus

feet of Kåñëa. That is the only business. We have no other business. Any

other business means we are becoming entangled in this material world. And

the aim of human life is to get out of these clutches of material world.

People do not know it. They do not know. Na te viduù svärtha-gatià hi viñëum

[sB 7.5.31]. So it is very difficult; still, Caitanya Mahäprabhu ordered to

distribute this knowledge all over the world. So let us try. Even the people

do not take our instruction, that is not our disqualification. Our

qualification is let us try our best. The mäyä is very strong. To take the

living entities out of the clutches of mäyä is not very easy thing. My Guru

Mahäräja used to say... He had so many temples all over India, and he used

to say sometimes that "If by selling all these properties, temples, if I

could turn one man to Kåñëa consciousness, then my mission will be

successful." He used to say that. So our purpose is not to construct big,

big buildings. That is required for propaganda work, for giving shelter to

people. But our main business is how to turn the face of the bewildered

conditioned souls towards Kåñëa. That is our method. That is our main

purpose. Therefore, Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura and other Vaiñëavas, they did not

advise to give much attention for constructing big, big temples and maöhas.

Because if our attention is diverted towards these material things...

Material things means, as I have repeatedly explained, forgetful of Kåñëa.

Otherwise there is no, nothing material. It is illusion. Illusion means

actually there is nothing material. How it can be material? If the Supreme

Lord is Supreme Spirit, everything is coming from Him, so what we call the

material energy, that is also coming from the Supreme.

But the difficulty is that in this inferior energy... Inferior energy means

where there is possibility of forgetting Kåñëa. Actually, that is the fact.

People are engaged in so many activities. We can see it very nicely in the

Western countries. They are inventing so many modern facilities. But the

result is they're forgetting Kåñëa. That is material. Material means

forgetfulness of Kåñëa. Otherwise, there is nothing except Kåñëa. Idaà hi

viçvaà bhagavän ivetaraù.