Married means that one should be satisfied with one woman and one man. That's all. And there is no question of divorce. Divorce is introduced by the modern rascals, but it is not sanctioned by any religious person

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"Married means that one should be satisfied with one woman and one man. That's all. And there is no question of divorce. Divorce is introduced by the modern rascals, but it is not sanctioned by any religious person"

Initiation Lectures

One should not have more than one woman or one man. That is nice. And therefore in the human society there is marriage. Not in the animal society. Married means that one should be satisfied with one woman and one man. That's all. And there is no question of divorce. Divorce is introduced by the modern rascals, but it is not sanctioned by any religious person.

Initiation Lecture -- London, August 22, 1971:

Prabhupāda: No meat-eating, no eggs, no fish, no chicken, nothing of the sort. Simply vegetarian. Kṛṣṇa . . . not even vegetarian; kṛṣṇa-prasādam. We don't accept even vegetarian diet. We simply accept kṛṣṇa-prasādam. So kṛṣṇa-prasādam which is vegetable. Kṛṣṇa does not eat meat, because He says in the Bhagavad-gītā, patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati (BG 9.26).

Kṛṣṇa says that "Foodstuff prepared from vegetable kingdom, anyone offering Me with devotion and faith, I eat." He says: "I eat." So when Kṛṣṇa says He eats, so you should offer Him such nice prasādam so that He can eat and you take kṛṣṇa-prasādam. Prasāde sarva-duḥkhānāṁ hānir asyopajāyate. So you take kṛṣṇa-prasādam. And what is the other?

Devotee: No illicit sex.

Prabhupāda: No illicit sex. You cannot have illicit sex life. Here I have gotten married all these boys and girls. I don't allow to live as boyfriend, girlfriend. No. (laughter) That is not allowed in our Society. All these married girls and boys, they have been married by me. Perhaps that is the first instance that a sannyāsī is creating householders. (laughter) Sannyāsī creates sannyāsī. People are afraid of mixing with sannyāsī because they think that "A sannyāsī will make me a sannyāsī." But actually, that fear is not here. Here is a sannyāsī who is creating gṛhasthas.

Indian guest: Swāmījī, (Hindi).

Prabhupāda: (Hindi) brahmacārī. (Hindi) illicit sex. Illicit sex, (Hindi) . . . one should not have more than one woman or one man. That is nice. And therefore in the human society there is marriage. Not in the animal society. Married means that one should be satisfied with one woman and one man. That's all. And there is no question of divorce. Divorce is introduced by the modern rascals, but it is not sanctioned by any religious person. You see?

So we are observing these rules: no illicit sex life, no meat-eating, no intoxication, no gambling. So all my students, they strictly follow these rules, and therefore they're advancing so quickly. Yes. You see the advancement so quickly because they follow my instruction. They follow very obedient, and they have therefore, by grace of Kṛṣṇa . . . yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau (ŚU 6.23).

It is the statement of the Upaniṣad. "Anyone who has got unflinching faith in God and spiritual master . . ." Yasya deve parā bhaktir. Deve means God. Parā bhaktir, unflinching faith. Tathā gurau: and similarly, in guru. Tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ (ŚU 6.23). To him all this Vedic knowledge becomes revealed automatically.

So my students, all . . . not only here in England, in London; in all places, if you go, if you travel, if you go to Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York, and many other places—I've got twenty branches—in Japan and Honolulu, so they are strictly following, and they are making wonderful stride. Now here, I came here for the first time.

Before me I sent my six students, married students. They were only with me utmost for one year. I sent them, "You go to London and try." And they tried their best. So they have created some impression amongst the Londoners, which . . . one of my Godbrother came forty years ago. He could not do. He was a sannyāsī. But how these boys and girls have done? Because they are so sincere. Yes.

The sincerity . . . in spiritual life, sincerity is the first qualification. Ārjavam. Ārjavaṁ saralaksa. Ārjavam. Satyaṁ śaucam ārjavam. These are the brahminical qualifications. One should be very sincere. Duplicity may be very good qualification for this material world, but duplicity in spiritual life is no qualification. So these boys, although they are very young—they're not even thirty; within twenty-five, twenty-six years, all the boys and girls—but they have made some impressions. Many Indians, they have openly admitted, "Swāmījī, you have made wonderful. These boys and girls are very nice."

So that is my pride, that these boys and girls following my instruction, and . . . I am not giving you . . . them any money or any bribe. No. (laughter) They are simply sincerely following my instruction. I am a mendicant. I have no money, I'm a beggar. But Kṛṣṇa is helping them. So you follow these principles. Then, surely, success will be there.

Rūpa Gosvāmī has said that how one can make success in devotional life. So:

utsāhān dhairyāt niścayād

tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt

sato vṛtteḥ sādhu-saṅge

ṣaḍbhir bhaktiḥ prasidhyati

(Upadeśāmṛta 3)

These six principles. One must be very much enthusiastic: "Yes, in this life I shall complete my Kṛṣṇa consciousness business. I'll not wait for the next life. This life I shall finish." This is called utsāhān. And dhairya. Dhairya means patience. Not that "Sometimes I do not find that I'm making much improvement." But still, you should have patience. And niścayāt, with confidence: "Because we are following the standard rules and regulation, success is sure." That confidence must be there. Just like two plus two equal to four. That is a fact. Similarly, if you follow the principles as laid down in the śāstras, then success is sure. But if you don't follow, Kṛṣṇa says, yaḥ śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya vartate kāma-kārataḥ, na siddhiṁ savāpnoti (BG 16.23): anyone who does not follow rigid principle, then he cannot have success.