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It is not that if you do not come in that dress in our temple you will not understand our philosophy. That is not... We don't mean that. But it is convenient. But anyone who does not want to change this dress, that does not matter. We don't insist

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"it is not that if you do not come in that dress in our temple you will not understand our philosophy. That is not . . . we don't mean that. But it is convenient. But anyone who does not want to change this dress, that does not matter. We don't insist"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1968 Conversations and Morning Walks

This dress is not very important thing, but when one is initiated, he accepts the regulations which I give them. So it is not that if you do not come in that dress in our temple you will not understand our philosophy. That is not... We don't mean that. But it is convenient. But anyone who does not want to change this dress, that does not matter. We don't insist. These brahmacārīs, they voluntarily change.


Reporter: What is the purpose of the robes and shaving . . . having your head shaved?

Prabhupāda: Oh, that is not very difficult to understand. Just like you dress in a certain way, I dress in certain way. So we have got this dressing system in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, and this is taken from Vedic literature. A brahmacārī should dress like that. And that is very economical. Our dress is saffron dress. It does not become dirty very quickly, and we . . .

(break) This dress is not very important thing, but when one is initiated, he accepts the regulation which I give them.

So it is not that if you do not come in that dress in our temple you will not understand our philosophy. That is not . . . we don't mean that. But it is convenient. But anyone who does not want to change this dress, that does not matter. We don't insist. These brahmacārīs, they voluntarily change. Otherwise, there are many students, just like we have got two, three students, they are working. They come just like ordinary American gentlemen. So there is no objection in that way. Dress is not very important thing.

Reporter: Do you have a name that you call . . . are they called students? Like, would he be called a student or a . . .?

Devotee: Brahmacārī.

Prabhupāda: Brahmacārī. We have got four divisions. Those who are not married, they are called brahmacārīs. And those who are married, they are called gṛhasthas. And those who are retired, they are called vānaprasthas. And those who are renounced—they have no connection with anything worldly—they are called sannyāsa. Just like I am sannyāsī. Sannyāsī mean I have got my family, I have got my wife, children, grandchildren in India, but I have no connection with them. I live alone.

Page Title:It is not that if you do not come in that dress in our temple you will not understand our philosophy. That is not... We don't mean that. But it is convenient. But anyone who does not want to change this dress, that does not matter. We don't insist
Compiler:Visnu Murti
Created:2016-12-03, 12:29:37
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