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Sannyasis Travel Preaching, Simplified Deity Worship Standards

📅 February 19, 1977 📍 Mayapur ⏱ 15 min
Sannyasis must travel and preach; Deity worship belongs to householders following the Gosvamis' example.
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Prabhupāda: Now nobody can. After, no darśana.

Hari-śauri: I told him darśana's finished.

Prabhupāda: Yes. That's all. Where is Tamāla Kṛṣṇa? Ādi-keśava: I don't know.

Prabhupāda: No, no. Ādi-keśava: I was wondering. I've been... While in New York I've been worshiping the Deities, Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, but now, because of this case, I'm forced to travel more between some of the temples, because of the legal work. So I was thinking to take some Deities with me to worship wherever I go.

Prabhupāda: No, no. Sannyāsī is not required. Ādi-keśava: All right. Bhakti-cāru[?]: Are there any mūrti, having?

Prabhupāda: No. A sannyāsī is not required. Caitanya Mahāprabhu, when He was traveling, He was not carrying any Deity. Deity worship is specially recommended for the gṛhasthas.

That is compulsory. Ādi-keśava: In the temples we should always recommend the gṛhasthas to worship the Deity. Prabhupāda: Hmm. Just like our Rādhā-Dāmodara temple, it was established... This temple was established by Jīva Gosvāmī. He was brahmacārī.

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