Spiritual advancement requires following scriptural standards strictly; without them, one merely wastes life in sense gratification like hogs.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Room Conversation — September 13, 1972, Dallas 720913R2-DALLAS [27:47 Minutes] Conv_720913R2-DALLAS Satsvarūpa: Some of the children are 10 years old but we have been being very strict because they are loose in their behaviour. They cannot be initiated until they are chanting 16 rounds, trying to be very strict with that but they see that others are being initiated quickly. They saw the initiation today some of the 10-year-old boys. We want the parents to initiate, “why, why can I can I be initiated?” Prabhupāda: Then they can be initiated.
Prabhupāda: 10 years, 10 years they can be initiated… Why not 10 years?
Satsvarūpa: As long as. Unless they be chanting 16 rounds?
Satsvarūpa: Then they can be and in the morning.
Prabhupāda: Then how they are being initiated? If they cannot.
Satsvarūpa: I mean, our children are at gurukula.
Prabhupāda: 10 years old boy cannot chant 16 rounds?