vastu sastra

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> Dear Harikesa Maharaja,

>

> Please accept my most respectful obeisances.

> All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

>

> Here in Brisbane Australia we are finalising the master plan for the

> new temple project.

>

> We took advice from an expert in Vastu sastra who recommended

> certain changes in our plans which could prove to be quite costly.

> He says if we don't change our plans then the result could be

> disastrous according to Vastu sastra.

>

> Some devotees are questioning whether we should take the extra

> trouble and impracticality of the changes, especially as Prabhupada

> never went into vastu in that much depth, but seemed to more stress

> chanting of the holy names as overcoming all inauspiciousness.

>

> could you please give us some advice about how much we should take

> the vastu sastra considerations into account over practical

> planning?

>

> thank you,

> yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada and the Vaisnavas,

> Deva Gaurahari Das

 

Jambavati dd, who also knows quite something about Vastu and also

about the Chinese vastu, Feng-shui, said she would look over your

plans and see if it is indeed a dangerous situation or whether

something can be done about it.

 

If you can do things which are also very harmonious with nature, then

things go easier. For example, we eat foods which are good for us,

for foods which are not tend to ruin the body. Vastu is Ayurveda for

buildings. There is nothing wrong with it. It is a tool to make

things better. It is part of our culture.

 

Prabhupada did not get involved in many of these things because he

knew that we would not be able to handle it all, and further, it would

have distracted us from our real duty. But if you can be fixed in

your real duty of devotional service and still take help from the more

material side of the sastras, then you can do things better, or

rather, easier.

 

And if you can do everything you have to by simply hearing and

chanting, then please do so.