Dhoti, I don't say. You have nice coat-pant. I don't say that you have to... I never said that. You have adopted it. (laughs) I never said that "You put on dhoti." But those who are sannyasis, brahmacaris, their dress is different

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"dhotī, I don't say. You have nice coat-pant. I don't say that you have to . . . I never said that. You have adopted it. (laughs) I never said that " |"You put on dhotī" |"But those who are sannyāsī, brahmacārī, their dress is different"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1977 Conversations and Morning Walks

No, dhotī, I don't say. You have nice coat-pant. I don't say that you have to... I never said that. You have adopted it. (laughs) I never said that "You put on dhotī." But those who are sannyāsīs, brahmacārīs, their dress is different. But it doesn't require that one has to become a sannyāsī.

770111 - Conversation - Allahabad

Prabhupāda: Make public to become gentlemen. Formerly they had no long hairs. They dressed like gentlemen. That we cannot do.

Rāmeśvara: So it doesn't have to be very long. But I don't think it will become popular unless they are in disguise, wearing Western clothes and a little bit of hair.

Prabhupāda: That cannot be. Somebody said, "Unless you become naked, you are not popular." But we cannot become naked.

Rāmeśvara: It's the same example for our book distribution.

Prabhupāda: No, we must be gentlemen. We cannot become low-class. Just dress like a gentleman.

Rāmeśvara: No, they will dress nicely.

Prabhupāda: Yes, that's all right. But formerly your father, grandfather, they had no long hair.

Rāmeśvara: No, they will not dress like hippie. They will dress nicely. (train stops again)

Prabhupāda: Then that is allowed. But we cannot imitate the hippies.

Rāmeśvara: No. I'm just saying that it is a little difficult if they wear their dhotī.

Prabhupāda: No, dhotī, I don't say. You have nice coat-pant. I don't say that you have to . . . I never said that. You have adopted it. (laughs) I never said that "You put on dhotī." But those who are sannyāsī, brahmacārī, their dress is different. But it doesn't require that one has to become a sannyāsī.

Hari-śauri: The wigs he's suggesting are just short ones, short-hair wigs.

Rāmeśvara: Yeah. As long as it's not hippie, it is all right.

Hari-śauri: Just medium.

Rāmeśvara: It has to be attractive. Gentlemen. I have taken this record, "Change of Heart," to the biggest record companies in America, and they are very encouraging. They think that we have got a very wonderful message.

Prabhupāda: Yes, that is a fact. That is a fact.

Rāmeśvara: They are astonished at the . . . the words to the songs.

Prabhupāda: Yes, that's a fact.