The temple as a building is an external symbol of the temple of the body. When a building is designed and known as the temple and kept for worshipping, people will think and remember God when they enter it. They will quiet the worldly passions in themselves when they are there. So in fact the effect of the building as a temple should be an internal effect on the Soul. This is why when a person engages himself in many activities or allows his worldly passions to run wild and does not even go to religious activities, he is bound to fall into his lower nature and be drowned in the grip of Maya. The true temple of man is his own body. If man keeps his body, mind, and environment pure, so also will his temple (body) be pure. But those who are drowned in worldly activities should go to the temples as buildings so that they might give themselves a chance to quiet their passions for some time and feel the peace of the Lord. Now if even the temples and places of worship become areas of worldly activities, then where is there hope for man to find the peace of God? That is why Esa was giving them a lesson by his actions. Also he was referring to the temple of his body which he said he would raise after three days and nights as a sign of his legitimacy of being Christ. maitreya.org/FILES/THOTH/ST-JOHN.HTM/St-John3.html
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