Śrīla Prabhupāda Says - [Regarding the proper standard/mentality for a brahmacārī/sannyāsī]

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Śrīla Prabhupāda Says - [Regarding the proper standard/mentality for a brahmacārī/sannyāsī]

My open advice is that if any one can remain a Brahmacārī, it is very nice, but there is no need of artificial Brahmacārīs. In Bhagavad-gītā it is stated that one who exhibits outwardly as self restrained, but inwardly he thinks of sense gratification he is condemned as mithyacara which means false pretender.

We do not want any false pretenders in numbers, but we want a single sincere soul. There is no harm in accepting a wife and living without any disturbance of the mind and thus sincerely advancing in Krishna Consciousness.

[Letter to Lalitā Kūrma: LA 2 Feb 1970]

My open advice is that if any one can remain a Brahmacārī, it is very nice, but there is no need of artificial Brahmacārīs. In Bhagavad-gītā it is stated that one who exhibits outwardly as self restrained, but inwardly he thinks of sense gratification he is condemned as mithyacara which means false pretender. We do not want any false pretenders in numbers, but we want a single sincere soul. There is no harm in accepting a wife and living without any disturbance of the mind and thus sincerely advancing in Krishna Consciousness. [Letter to Lalitā Kūrma: LA 2 Feb 1970]" height="378" width="791" />