Thoughts on the Damage to the Christchurch temple

I found the following posting by Vara-nayaka das, temple president in Sydney, Australia very interesting:

“Once, devotees came to Srila Bhaktisidhanta Saraswati lamenting about a Vishnu temple being destroyed by British soldiers. Devotees wondered how it was possible for mere soldiers to demolish God’s abode. Srila Bhaktisiddhnata Saraswati said: ‘Your materialistic understanding of the temple was destroyed. The real temple is still there’. This is not to rationalize, or judge the grief we feel when temples are destroyed. It’s just another perspective we can look at things from.”


Views: 269 • February 25, 2011 Quotes, Reflections, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta