Most people (mis) interpret the bible literally and deduce that the temple where Jesus goes in Matthew 21:12 is a building just around the corner. Taken allegorically the word "Temple" means "a place in your mind" and not a physical building.
"And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves".
I don't think the bible is referring to a physical temple. Just take a look at the following Bible verses and see for yourself that the temple is a place in your mind and not a physical building.
1 Corinthians 3:16 claims flat out that we are the temples of God. "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? " And the same goes for 1 Corinthians 3:17 "If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are." 1 Kings 6:7 says that there were no physical tools heard in building the temple. "And the house (temple), when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building."
"Jesus throwing the money changers out of the temple" is a metaphor for getting rid of your desires of money and the worries about money that will consume your mind and make you miserable out of your mind. It's a bottomless pit. You do this in meditation.
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