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Theme Analysis
The quotes in this category provide a beautiful window into Śrīla Prabhupāda's profound sense of duty to protect the purity of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and the spiritual lives of his disciples. Rather than presenting arbitrary rules, his restrictions were expressions of immense love and strict adherence to the paramparā. Whether he was establishing the sanctity of marriage, protecting the philosophy from mental concoction, or fiercely refusing to let a disciple fall away, his boundaries were drawn to keep his followers safe within the fortress of devotional service.
- Protecting Vaiṣṇava Standards: Śrīla Prabhupāda strictly enforced temple etiquette, disallowing mundane songs, frivolous behavior, or laziness, ensuring the atmosphere remained pure and conducive to spiritual growth.
- The Sanctity of Gṛhastha Life: He drew a hard line against illicit sex and divorce, emphasizing that marriage in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a serious, lifelong commitment where irresponsibility toward one's family is never permitted.
- Preserving Philosophical Purity: To protect the ultimate truth, he refused to allow any mental concoction, speculative commentary on the Bhagavad-gītā, or unauthorized worship of demigods within his society.
- Fierce Compassion for Disciples: In a deeply moving display of spiritual fatherhood, he declared that he could not allow his disciples to leave the society or fall down, promising to forcibly drag them back to the shelter of Kṛṣṇa.
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Pages in category "I Do Not Allow (Prabhupada)"
The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
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- First of all, you decide whether you are female or male, then be one or the other. Then, you may enter our temple any time you like. But sometimes man and sometimes woman, that is not proper. Such awkward thing cannot be allowed
- For our disciples, we don't give anything cheap. Our first condition is character, moral character. Unless one is accepting moral character, we don't initiate, don't allow him in this institution
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- Gravity should be maintained. And laughing means taking things trifling. That is not allowed. This is the etiquette. That is what we are teaching. You are simple, but this is the etiquette. Understand me right or not?
- Grhasthas live outside the temple, for in the temple we do not allow even husband and wife to live together. The results of this are wonderful
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- He is my spiritual son and I shall never allow him to fall down. When I return I shall drag him forcibly and make all right again. Anyone who has once come to me has become my beloved son
- How can we approve of this (worship of demigods) when it is condemned by Lord Caitanya and Lord Krsna? How can we allow people to become foolish and hrta-jnana (BG 7.20), bereft of intelligence?
I
- I cannot allow you to do all these things which are completely detrimental to our line of disciplic succession
- I do not know if you are again acting upon your old principles on the guise of becoming a Sannyasi from our disciplic succession. This cannot be allowed
- If you want sex life, you are at liberty to get yourself married. But don't have illicit sex with some Maya's representative. That won't help you in your spiritual advancement. We don't forbid sex life, but we cannot allow illicit sex
- In our Krsna consciousness movement we do not allow any song that has not been approved or sung by bona fide devotees. We cannot allow cinema songs to be sung in the temple
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- There is no question of leaving our society. One may think like that but I cannot allow you to leave. That is my inspiration. Those who have left the society I am always thinking of them
- There was some misunderstanding and things were not going too well between you both big leaders, that is why I was little concerned because such things should never be allowed to fructify within our Society, that will spoil everything
- They are not smoking. They are not taking marijuana or are taking . . . no. This nonsense we don't allow. Simple food and chanting. That makes them happy. Simple thing
- They promised before me to follow the principles. If they are not, then they are not allowed to initiate, but if they are actually following, then they are allowed. These things should be raised in our next meeting in Mayapur and decided
- Those who are sudras, they should not be allowed to take sannyasa. Only those who are qualified brahmanas, they'll be allowed to take sannyasa
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- Unless absolutely necessary, one should keep head shaven and not allow the hair to grow long
- Unless one agrees to follow all of our principles, he may not be allowed to live at the temple. This must be our policy
- Unmarried man, because he has got no responsibility, he commits all kinds of sinful activity. That's a fact. Therefore in our Krsna consciousness movement we do not allow such illicit sex life, no. You must get yourself married
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- We are not like ordinary press, that anything and anything will come and we shall publish. No. That is not our business. It must be approved, as we are presenting Bhagavad-gita as it is, no mental concoction. We don't allow any mental concoction
- We are presenting Bhagavad-gita as it is, no mental concoction. We don't allow any mental concoction. It must be approved by the acarya, disciplic succession
- We do not allow any lazy man. He must be engaged. That is Krsna consciousness movement. That is Krsna's order
- We do not allow devotees to perform sacrifices until they are properly initiated in the sacred thread ceremony
- We do not allow divorce, but in your country it is a common thing. Although we do not like it, according to the country, what can be done?
- We don't allow anybody to pass on as God because we are presenting real God. We must make process. The real process is to kill him. But that much power we haven't got. We cannot do that. Otherwise, we would have done so
- We don't allow them to take anything which is not offered to the Deity. So we offer to the Deity foodstuff - in grains, fruits, flowers, milk products, in that way - no meat, no egg, nothing of this sort. Simple food. They are nutritious
- We present Bhagavad-gita as it is, as Krsna says. We don't allow any rascal to comment upon Bhagavad-gita in a different way. That is our Krsna consciousness movement. This is very natural
- We shall not allow us to fall down, but even if we fall down, there is no loss. But that does not mean I shall be slack and allow me to fall down. Yes. We must be very serious. That should be our motto
- We should not allow anyone to hold any function in our temple other than on Vaisnava principle
- When one becomes fixed-up in devotional service he never allows anyone else or any condition at all to hamper his service to Krishna or discourage him in any way
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- You cannot be irresponsible to your wife and child. That is not allowed. If you can go with your wife to Munich to open a center there certainly I have no objection. That is a different thing. But you cannot leave your wife to go to Munich
- You should keep your wife always covered. (laughter) Don't allow this miniskirt or minishirt. (laughter) According to Vedic civilization, respectable woman cannot be seen even by the sun