Make Ashrams
Make ashrams*. As there are islands in the sea, you should make ashrams in the ocean of the material world. Do not make small ashrams, like individual huts, but big, central ashrams, where many people can gather and learn to work together.
June 25, 1982
Organized powers are always stronger than individual ones. Let the message of this organization be spread in the whole world. The Vedas proclaim "Grow wise and learn; awaken your countrymen."
Dec. 24, 1982
* Traditionally, an ashram is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery.Today the term ashram often denotes a place of Hindu cultural activity such as yoga, music study or religious instruction.
