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Temple Management Requires Expert Administration, Sannyasis Focus On Spiritual Preaching

📅 July 1, 1977 📍 Vrindavan ⏱ 30 min
Spiritual leaders must preach; expert managers must administer—separate roles, unified mission.
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Devotee: I am very well thank you. [pause]

Prabhupāda: [Bengali] [indistinct] So? What is the report? Hmm? Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Want to give your report?

You can... Mr. Myer: Yes, I'll just move in. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: You want to hear any report, Śrīla Prabhupāda?

Prabhupāda: Just talk. Mr. Myer: We have a beautiful temple, and I think...

Prabhupāda: Hmm? Mr. Myer: It's a beautiful temple. I've also been attending the various classes, reading some of the books, and I think it's something we need in this country very badly.

Prabhupāda: Hmm? Mr. Myer: In fact, we need in this country very much, in every city, in every town. In fact or twenty years I was searching for something like this, and I think something exactly what I have dreamt of.

And I think there are some very few problems that might come up, because most of the people are sannyāsīs. They are doing lot of preaching work. They are necessarily bothered with lot of administrative work. And if their administrative work is done by some other people, then they can concentrate more on preaching, which is very necessary. Prabhupāda: Yes, sannyāsī, brahmacārī, means preaching.

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