When you talk about Lord Siva and you shouldn't imitate him and people do imitate him and then they say "Oh, we smoke marijuana because Siva does it." Is it all right to say, "Oh? You want to imitate him. Then you must also drink an ocean of poison"?

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"Is it all right to say" |"Oh? You want to imitate him. Then you must also drink an ocean of poison"

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Yes, they will die because they're imitating. The result will be death. That's all. Yes.

Lecture on BG 3.18-30 -- Los Angeles, December 30, 1968:

Devotee: When you talk about Lord Śiva and you shouldn't imitate him and people do imitate him and then they say "Oh, we smoke marijuana because Śiva does it." Is it all right to say, "Oh? You want to imitate him. Then you must also drink an ocean of poison."? If they want to imitate him, then let 'em imitate him.

Prabhupāda: Yes, they will die because they're imitating. The result will be death. That's all. Yes.