Prabhupada: ...our guest. Because somebody is guest, paying guest, therefore
we shall admit anyone in any kind of dress?
Aksayananda: No.
Gopala Krsna: We don't admit people who look like hippies or something.
Aksayananda: That girl, I told her she had to wear a sari. And she did for
some time, but then again she stopped.
Prabhupada: That I am speaking, that sa yadi kriyate raja.
Aksayananda: Due to habit.
Prabhupada: Sakrn nasnuta pahanam (?) That is the difficulty. It will be
very bad example. People will think... They already thinking that "These are
all hippies." That will minimize the prestige of the temple. [break]
Jaipuria House they do not allow any hippies. You know that?
Gopala Krsna: Jaipuria does not allow any foreigners at all. They don't
allow any foreigners at all, even if somebody is decently dressed.
Aksayananda: One boy came a couple of weeks ago. He had long hair. But the
next day he came back and shaved up. He's a devotee now. He's doing nicely.
Prabhupada: That's nice.
Aksayananda: So they will still come. They can become devotees. It's all
right then.
Prabhupada: Hare Krsna. [break]
Aksayananda: ...doing, Srila Prabhupada. If they come and they have long
hair but if there's a chance they might become devotees, I tell them they
must tie up their hair in such a way that you cannot see it.
Prabhupada: That's all right. If many comes like that to become devotee,
then it becomes a devotee place, er, hippie place. You give them chance to
become a devotee. In the meantime, it will be known as a hippie resort.
Harikesa: That's always been a problem here.
Prabhupada: It is no problem. You can allow for three days only. If he does
not change his habit, then he must go.
Aksayananda: Yes. all right. [break]
Prabhupada: ...was in the beginning allowing, but they saw some
disadvantage. Therefore they have stopped. [break] ...our Dhananjaya?
Gopala Krsna: He's sick.
Prabhupada: Every morning he is sick.
Harikesa: He had typhoid.
Prabhupada: Typhoid?
Harikesa: Yes. (end)
Morning Walk - December 3, 1975, Vrndavana
http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/library/vedic_clothes_dhoti_sari.txt
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