Passage 4

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In plain words

In the same way, when his wish is not fulfilled, man turns into a rākṣasa. It is desires that make man forget his humanness and foster animality and the demonic nature.

Embodiments of Prema! You may have seen the Caitanya Jyoti; they have built it very beautifully. Not beauty alone: those who enter it are given joy as well. Some devotees laboured very hard to shape it into so lovely a building. They had the materials it needed brought from China and some other countries, worked in the styles of sculpture and craft of many countries, and gave the Caitanya Jyoti a very beautiful form. Even if we went to China we could not see a building like this. The Caitanya Jyoti has both, beauty and joy. But Caitanya is not something anyone brings; it is always there, by its own nature. How did the building of the Caitanya Jyoti begin at all? Nobody has told you that. They resolved to build something like a flight of steps for going up to Hanumān on the hill. They thought they would build small rooms here and there along the way, where old people could rest when they grew tired. It began with that resolve, and little by little it took shape as the Caitanya Jyoti. To break up that hill and level the ground, they did a great tapas! Breaking up the hill alone took a long time. With great labour they built this lovely building.

Without hardship there is no happiness

If you want to do any good work, you have to bear a great deal of toil. To make a gold bangle, you must put the gold into the fire and melt it, beat it with a hammer and draw it out, then do the cuttings and the welding. Only by doing many such tasks is a gold bangle made. In the same way, if man is to become God, if divine feelings are to arise in him, he must bear many hardships. Whatever happens, you must feel, “This is all for my good.” It is because it was built with such dedication that this Caitanya Jyoti has taken a shape that delights our eyes and gladdens our hearts.