Meeting with GBC – March 31, 1975, Māyāpur

Don't whimsically open a temple and close next day

Prabhupada: ...otherwise, we recommend everyone become sannyasa. What is the use of not becoming? [laughter] We are giving up this world. We are preparing ourself for entering into the family of Krsna. So why should we be very much anxious to maintain this family? So actually... Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore says, "I'm not a sannyasi. I'm not a sannyasi. I'm not a grhastha. I'm not a brahmacari." These four..., eight varnasrama-dharma is unnecessary for spiritually. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu, when He was speaking with Ramananda Raya-you'll find in the Teachings of Lord...-as soon as he suggested varnasrama-dharma, Ramananda Raya, immediately Caitanya...: "It is not very important. If you know better than this, you go on." He did not give any, much stress on this varnasrama-dharma. But for regulated life, that is required. And... Ultimately, it is not required. So it is not recommended for ordinary person. But this is also unnecessary. Caitanya Mahaprabhu's teaching is so sublime that such things, which is the beginning of human life, that is also unnecessary. Iha bahya age kaha ara. Bahya age, this is superfluous. "You speak something higher than [indistinct]." So that is not very easy thing. First of all, we have to live very regulated life. Sannyasa life is that regulated life. And then we can enter into the real life. That is idea. So anything more?

Satsvarūpa: Any more on those five points? [break]

Devotee: [indistinct] [break]

Prabhupada: ...Shut temple. Moving temples.

Satsvarūpa: He's questioning about the selling... There's one resolution that all the paintings...

Brahmananda: Let Prabhupada explain his point.

Prabhupada: What is that?

Brahmananda: You want to expand this point of moving temples, rather than permanent temples?

Prabhupada: Yes. Moving temple means through bus, going from one place to another. That is better. From one temple, they go from village to village, town to town. That will be nice. Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally did not establish any temple. He was moving. Is it not? So that's all right. We should be very much cautious to establish a new center. And if one establishes, he cannot close it. This should be the principle. That's all. Don't whimsically open a temple and close next day. No. Don't do that. If once established, it must be maintained, at any cost. Hmm. Is that alr...

Satsvarūpa: So the question that Mahendra asked was... [break]

Prabhupada: ...He was converting all his sons to be sannyasi. So he cursed him that: "You cannot stay anywhere more than three minutes." That's it.

Brahmanana: Prabhupada, you also show that example.

Prabhupada: Eh?

Brahmananda: You're also showing that example.

Prabhupada: Yes. Although there is no restriction, still I do not stay more than three weeks even.

Tamala Krsna: It's very hard to keep you in one place.

Prabhupada: [chuckles] Hmm.

Satsvarūpa: I'll read on. The next ... [end]