Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.27.50
Mukti· LiberationBuild Lasting Places for Deity Worship
“The devotee should more fully establish My Deity by solidly constructing a temple, along with beautiful gardens. These gardens should be set aside to provide flowers for the regular daily worship, special Deity processions and holiday observances.”
What the purport teaches
- The Deity should be properly established in a strongly constructed temple. The purport calls for the most solid means of construction.
- Beautiful gardens should provide flowers for daily worship, special Deity processions and holiday observances.
- Wealthy, pious persons should be engaged in constructing temples and gardens for the pleasure of the Deity.
Try this today
Offer a small contribution or a little time toward maintaining a temple or its flower garden.
Ask yourself
How could I help care for a temple or garden meant for the Deity’s pleasure?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.