Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: He has a question to ask. He says, "Is it permitted to use shells for making jewelry, crowns, etc., for Deities? Or is it to be considered as the bone of an animal?"

Prabhupāda: No, you can do it.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: 'Cause they're very beautiful.

Prabhupāda: The bone of animal is the conchshell, and that is used in Deity room. It is... The conchshell is nothing but bone of an animal.

Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Right. He says that he has a plan. "We want to inlay the thrones for the new temple with beautiful shells if it is permitted."

Prabhupāda: Oh, yes.

(Room conversation--------Vrndavana).

Devotee: Is it so for a Kṛṣṇa conscious man that Kṛṣṇa is as much in the stone as in the Deity?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Paramahaṁsa: Just as much?

Prabhupāda: Yes. Why not?

Paramahaṁsa: But we order mūrtis all the way from India?

Prabhupāda: That is stated that, "Everything is in Me but I'm not there." This is acintya-bheda... mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā, mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ (B.G.9:4). Everything is Kṛṣṇa but you cannot worship this bench as Kṛṣṇa. That is rascaldom.

(Morning walk-------Los Angeles).

Guest (1): Do they have Deity worship in any of the other planets in the material universe?

Prabhupāda: Hm?

Gurukṛpā: Is there Deity worship on other planets?

Prabhupāda: Yes, every planet. (end)

(Lecture on Bhagavad-Gita-------Melbourne).