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Give freedom to everyone

Cooperation, not competition, defines our spiritual work. In small towns, have one center; in large cities, place them in separate districts to avoid jealousy. If a student needs a class you don't offer, refer them to another center within our system. Commercial interest is not inherently wrong—money is a tool, and its use determines its value. The true goal is mutual support: teachers should freely refer students to each other to share the load and spread the light. Do not count students, but ensure quality. Maintain the philosophy and your own condition to be a worthy conduit. The system's strength is in unity, not in individual accumulation.

"Money is not wrong; what is wrong is how we utilize it."

"Do not try to catch people only for yourself; give people freedom."

Filming location: Vép, Hungary

Support each other. Do not think that all students should come only to your center and wonder why they might go to another. To avoid such jealousy, we advise that in small towns there should be only one center. In a large city like Zagreb, centers should be in different districts, not too close together. Now, if someone asks for information—for example, "When can I come as a beginner? I only have time on Wednesday"—but you have no beginner class on Wednesday, it becomes your duty to tell this person: "We do not have a beginner course here on Wednesday, but the same class, under the same system of Yoga in Daily Life, is offered at our other center there, and you can go to that place." In their language: "Mi ovde nemamo sredom početni kurs, ali u našem drugom centru tamo i tamo imaju. Ugyanaz tanítjáma kurs." In some countries, a sense of competition has already begun, along with commercial interests. But that is no problem; you should earn money, you can earn money. I want to see you next time as a billionaire so we can have more āshrams. Money is not wrong; what is wrong is how we utilize it. What is important is that I should be able to suggest my people go to Śrīdharan, and Śrīdharan should be able to suggest people go to Kṛṣṇānanda. And Kṛṣṇānanda should be able to suggest people go to Bhaktānanda. Or, if you have one class with too many people, you should tell them to go to the other center, and you, as a teacher, can go there to assist. Give people the motivation to go to the other temple. Do not try to catch people only for yourself; give people freedom. This is in the interest of Yoga in Daily Life. Maintain the quality. Maintain the philosophy. Maintain the spirituality, and maintain your psychic, physical, spiritual, and intellectual condition so that you can give the light of Mahāprabhujī, or so that you can be worthy enough to give that light. The system of Yoga in Daily Life and our spiritual line is something very special. Therefore, do not count the people, but count the quality. All around the world, people are coming and beginning again to practice more and more yoga in their life.

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