True education trains self-control and God consciousness through simple living, not wasteful book learning in luxurious excess.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagatjī: First the gurukula is there. Gurukula children are there first. We have to see the comforts of the gurukula children.
Prabhupāda: Their comforts first. They have done very nice. [Transl. As I have instructed, all of you do like that. Manage it nicely and make it unique.] Dr. Sharma: [Transl. The gurukula should be like an ideal ancient gurukula. According to the ancient way there will be no discrimination of chairs, the students will sit on the bench.]
Prabhupāda: [Transl. It is written that they should be nicavat or humble. As simple ordinary people live, nica and not luxuriously. That is stated in the sāstra. nicavat.] Dr.
Sharma: [Transl. There should be no chairs for the teachers?]
Bhagatjī: [Transl. Some chairs can be kept.] Dr. Sharma: [Transl. I have suggested for students a raised platform to sit and desks to study.]
Prabhupāda: [Transl. Yes. Nothing should be gorgeous.] Dr. Sharma & Bhagatjī: [Transl. Not at all. Simple.]
Bhagatjī: [Transl. We had some chairs made, but with Prabhupāda's sanction.] Prabhupāda: Brahmacārī gurukule vasan dāntaḥ guror hitan [SB 7.12.1]. [Transl. They should be taught how to achieve self control. That is the real education. You see nowadays there are so many big, big] university, but producing hippies. [Transl. Yesterday someone came] Library in your...