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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 13]
should be constructed for the preaching of spiritual consciousness or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, not to provide free hotels for persons who are useful for neither material nor spiritual purposes. Temples and monasteries should be strictly off limits to worthless clubs of crazy men. In the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we welcome everyone who agrees at least to follow the movement's regulative principles—no illicit sex, no intoxication, no meat-eating and no gambling. In the temples and monasteries, gatherings of unnecessary, rejected, lazy fellows should be strictly disallowed. The temples and monasteries should be used exclusively by devotees who are serious about spiritual advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Śrila Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura explains the word  ārambhān  as meaning  maṭhādi-vyāpārān , which means “attempts to construct temples and monasteries.” The first business of the  sannyāsī  is to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but if, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, facilities are available, then he may construct temples and monasteries to give shelter to the serious students of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Otherwise such temples and monasteries are not needed.
TEXT 9
न यतेराश्रमः प्रायो धर्महेतुर्महात्मनः । शान्तस्य समचित्तस्य बिभृयादुत वा त्यजेत् ॥ ९ ॥
na yater āśramaḥ prāyo dharma-hetur mahātmanaḥ śāntasya sama-cittasya bibhṛyād uta vā tyajet
na —not;  yateḥ —of the  sannyāsī ;  āśramaḥ —the symbolic dress (with  daṇḍa  and  kamaṇḍalu );  prāyaḥ —almost always;  dharma-hetuḥ —the cause of advancement in spiritual life;  mahā-ātmanaḥ —who is factually exalted and advanced;  śāntasya —who is peaceful;  sama-cittasya —who has attained the stage of being equipoised;  bibhṛyāt —one may accept (such symbolic signs);  uta —indeed;  vā —or;  tyajet —one may give up.
TRANSLATION
A peaceful, equipoised person who is factually advanced in spiritual consciousness does not need to accept the symbols of a