In 1972, Śrīla Prabhupāda made a down payment on the land in Juhu beach, Bombay, intending to build Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, a beautiful temple there. Even though Śrīla Prabhupāda had made a down payment on the land, the owner, who had a past history of shady dealings, had not yet handed over the land deed to ISKCON as he had promised he would do.

Śrīla Prabhupāda saw indications that the owner might change his mind and decide not to sell the land, or worse, he may try to cheat the devotees and keep the down payment. In India, when one installs deities on a piece of land legally, it secures one's hold on the land, as the deities become the proprietors, and no one else will dare to move them. Therefore, to secure the Juhu land, Śrīla Prabhupāda moved the Deities Śrī Śrī Rādhā Rāsa-Bihārī there as quickly as possible after giving the down payment.

Just after doing this, he also performed a ceremony to lay the cornerstone for the temple he intended to build there, another act that legally solidifies one's right to keep and stay on the piece of land. At first, due to a lack of facility, the devotees had to worship Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa in a tent. After some years of intense struggle, Śrīla Prabhupāda and his followers developed the land, relocating the previous renters, and established a beautiful temple there that today hosts millions of people every year. As humans, we have the chance to build such a temple in our hearts. Our bodies are like that Juhu land. Just as Śrīla Prabhupāda quickly installed the deities on the Juhu land, we should also install Kṛṣṇa in our hearts as soon as possible, before death comes and cheats us, taking away our opportunity.

By making a firm vow to chant the holy names a fixed number of times each day, we lay the cornerstone for a temple in our hearts where we can properly worship Kṛṣṇa. As Śrīla Prabhupāda pushed forward to secure the Juhu land, we must also push forward against all odds to ready our hearts for Kṛṣṇa's worship.

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