Srila Prabhupada resumed lecturing this morning from the first verse of one of his favorite sections of the Srimad-Bhagavatam: Fifth canto Fifth chapter Lord Rishbhadeva’s Teachings to His Sons. * * * The management appears to be as bad as ever, but Prabhupada seems to have resigned himself to the Bengali maxim: “A blind uncle is better than none.” He is not saying much about it anymore because he knows his instructions are falling on uncomprehending ears. He is not, however, remaining entirely mute. For the second time in two months, he spoke at length today to express his dissatisfaction with the number of women, children, and householders staying here on the temple grounds. He is not at all pleased with the current situation. Despite the acquisition in May of Taparia House behind the Fogel Ashram, and Prabhupada’s repeated directives that they live there, a number of women and children are still occupying rooms in the guesthouse, and this is causing a great disturbance. Prabhupada has several times complained about the noise, and at lunch time today he sent me out to knock on people’s doors with requests that they keep their children quiet. Shaking his head with concern, he asked me how would it be possible for our guesthouse to be a success when so many screaming children are there all day. “If a respectable gentleman comes he will not be able to find any peace and quiet, although this is supposed to be a guesthouse,” he told me. Prabhupada has already ordered that some of the rooms in the gurukula building be completed early so that all the women and children can be moved there. “I do not want to send anyone away,” he said, “but they may not come here and cause disturbance.” He is especially concerned about the problem of single women coming here and attracting the men. “This is a great offense,” he said. “Any sex life in Vrindavana is a great offense. If they have sex desire they should be tactfully asked to leave; otherwise those who have sex in the dhama become these monkeys, turtles, dogs, and hogs. Single woman means ‘with sex desire.’ They should not come to Vrindavana [to live]. They should not make a show of spiritual life by living in Vrindavana and then simply looking for some man. Sex life is not spiritual life. Spiritual life is tapasya?sex life is material only. One with sex desire should not come to Vrindavana; it is simply for tapasya. The married couples must live as vanaprastha. If anyone wants to come to live in Vrindavana, they should sign a certificate saying that now they are finished with sex for good.”
Reference: Transcendental Diary Volume 5 by Hari Sauri Dasa
