Concentrate on congregational chanting & individual chanting

Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: Srila Prabhupada explained that the teacher should teach the student to be self-controlled for the guru's benefit, not for his personal benefit. You are working and I am not paying. Why? Out of your love. My spiritual master is my best friend and I must render service to him. On this basis, it is not possible to do this service for $1,000 a month. Love, no payment. When one is fixed up to Krishna and His pure devotee, everything is then revealed. Basic principles. Brahmacaris are especially under the guru's protection.

There is no question of how much he has learned ABCs. Live in the gurukula and practice sense control. Live here for the guru's benefit, whatever he orders.

Question: Should we be strict?

Srila Prabhupada: It is all on the basis of love. Strict is not very good. They should do it automatically out of love. Superficially, some stricture is not a good idea. On the platform of love. Stricture, there are so many laws. Do or you'll be punished. They will develop the idea of love.

Jagadisa: Forcing out of love.

Srila Prabhupada: The basic principle should be love. That force is not material. The son is forced by the father, but that is for the son's benefit. That chastisement is also out of love. Children are innocent. As you teach them they will love. Force, teaching, but all on the basis of love. But it requires experience. Rules and regs, rising early, etc., will teach him automatically. Hare Krishna mantra, offering oblations, Deity, then automatically. Sit down and chant Hare Krishna get them to chant like that. Behave yourself strictly and they will follow. You be a personal example.

If you don't practice, but force them, that's not good. If you are too lenient, there will be many faults. If you discipline them, that's good. Don't be lenient. Not out of love see our disciples go to hell. That is foolishness. From five to fifteen they should be kept under strict disciplinary order; if they don't follow they should be chastised. After that time don't force them. When they are grown up, fifteen, they should be treated as friends. Especially concentrate on congregational chanting and individual chanting. Gurukula means the students are educated as good citizens, devotees, and know the value of life. In other schools they remain cats and dogs. They are not educated, but they learn to become polished dog.