Prabhupāda: Yes. I should feel grateful: "Oh, God has given me this thing, so whatever utility is there, first of all I must offer to God." "God has given me this grain to eat, so I must cook and first of all offer to God, and then I shall eat." This is feeling gratitude, grateful.
Sister Mary: Would you use, say, cars if you were given one?
Prabhupāda: What is that?
Haṁsadūta: If someone gives us an automobile, would we use it?
Revatīnandana: Things like that.
Prabhupāda: Yes, why not?
Revatīnandana: Just like this tape recorder.
Prabhupāda: Because originally, everything is possession of God.
Sister Mary: If you had a big house, a rich house, you would use that?
Prabhupāda: Yes. We shall turn into temple.
Revatīnandana: Immediately.
Prabhupāda: Immediately. (laughter) We are searching after. If you can give, it will be very much . . .
Sister Mary: To put beautiful things in it?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Wherever we shall go, we cannot go without God. So if we get a palatial house, immediately make a very gorgeous, nice temple, and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and dance. That's all.
Sister Mary: . . . (indistinct)
Revatīnandana: (indistinct) . . . very beautiful . . . (indistinct)
Prabhupāda: We can utilize anything, because everything is belonging to God. So as soon as we get something, we utilize it for God. That is our philosophy.
Sister Mary: Who controls . . . if one of the members becomes grasping, wants things for himself . . .?
Prabhupāda: No, what . . . we are therefore teaching. We are therefore teaching. Members are gradually learning how to sacrifice for God. So when he is completely trained up, he knows that nothing belongs to him; everything belongs to God. Therefore whatever he possesses, it must be utilized for God's purposes. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or God consciousness.
We take it for granted, and that is a fact. Everything belongs to God. God, whatever God has given me for my use, so I must use it, first of all expressing my gratitude to God, "O God, You are so kind that You have given me this. So first of all You taste it. Then I'll eat." This is our philosophy.