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Temple Construction Over Government Harassment, Materialism Blocks Spiritual Progress

📅 January 6, 1977 📍 Bombay ⏱ 50 min
Materialism blinds consciousness to Krishna; temples awaken what sense gratification forever obscures.
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Girirāja: It didn't seem [indistinct] after two months. So today... Actually I was thinking of phoning his wife, because she was not well. Or one of our ladies could phone her.

And then if she's still not well they could go and visit her. And if she is well, they could invite her, and then if she wants to come, then she'll bring him.

Prabhupāda: Don't bother. But as an etiquette, call her. That is all right.

Girirāja: Mr. Mohatta telephoned to say that that other man who was here...

Girirāja: No, the Kapoor, the Punjabi man.

Girirāja: Yes. So Mohatta says that he's a very rich man, and that man who came, we should approach his older brother, and he says they can give a very big donation. And they can introduce us to other Punjabis. Prabhupāda: Mmm. So whatever you sanction, it will not be... Girirāja: Well, we had a confrontation that they want to make a condition that we have to hand over these ten feet.

So I said that this is a separate issue, and one thing had nothing to do with the other. So actually they have accepted all of our arguments. What is boils down is that Mhatre is pressing them, and they must, you know, why they are letting this slide by. So they say they want something to reply to him, so we have to write a letter explaining our case.

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