One who became a brahmacari because householder life is too troublesome is not a brahmacari. Yet one who became a brachmacari because he likes to study sastra, to chant and hear in the association of devotees, to preach Krsna consciousness, to rise early in the morning and to engage in sadhana in the association of devotees, this is brahmacari life. One who likes to live simply and doesn’t like to accumulate things.
September 19, 2004, Almaty