Prabhupāda: Ramakrishna philosophy is nonsense.
Brahmānanda: I know. (laughter) They say it doesn't matter what kind of dress you wear.
Prabhupāda: But "They say..." They are rascals. They can say anything. Chagale ki na khaya pagāle ki na bale: "A madman, what does he not say, and a goat, what does he not eat?" (laughter)
Brahmānanda: That's their philosophy.
Prabhupāda: Yes. We have to take philosophy from the ācāryas. Ācāryopāsanam. They are not ācāryas, neither they follow the ācāryas. They do not follow any ācāryas, either Śaṅkarācārya or Madhvācārya or Rāmānujācārya. They have their own philosophy. Ācārya, the Ramakrishna, he used to worship Goddess Kali, but even they do not do that. Eh?
Brahmānanda: No. They don't even have deity worship even to Goddess Kali. They are so advanced...
Prabhupāda: Yes. So where they stand? They have no platform.
Guṇārṇava: What do they do, Śrīla Prabhupāda?
Prabhupāda: I do not know.
Brahmānanda: They have one candle.
Guṇārṇava: Oh, yes. I went to that, one candle, once. They were just playing...
Prabhupāda: Then why they have established Ramakrishna's mūrti? If they worship candle, then why they install Ramakrishna? That is the flaw. They have no standard of knowledge.
Guṇārṇava: Ānanda Prabhu was mentioning that he was speaking to one of the sannyāsīs of the Ramakrishna mission, and they were very concerned because a lot of their disciples were leaving the mission and joining our society. They were very concerned. Their society is not at all expanding.
Prabhupāda: Yes. That was begun long ago. For their hospital, formerly... (bell ringing)
Viśāla (in distance): All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Retired medical practitioners, they used to join. (aside:) Hare Kṛṣṇa. But nobody is joining now. What is this?
Viśāla: Tad viddhi praṇipātena... (BG 4.34). (etc.) (end)