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Prabhupāda: …Tamāla Kṛṣṇa?
Bali-mardana: He’s here, Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: Now there should be one rule that unless they are husband-wife, man and woman should not worship together.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: On the altar.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Strictly prohibited.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: On the same altar.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Different altars is all right, but not the same altar.
Prabhupāda: No, different quarters… They should not go to the…
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: They should not be brought before the Deities.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Alone.
Hari-sauri: In the kitchen or…
Prabhupāda: Man and woman together should not worship unless they are husband and wife.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Never be alone. So just because they are married to someone else, that is not… They must be married to each other.
Prabhupāda: No, no, they must be together, the man and the woman. The husband-wife can go, not others.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: In most temples that is not the system right now.
Prabhupāda: No, that system should be introduced. The husband-wife together can go to worship the Deity. If they are not related as husband, they should not go.
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: What about a situation like this, where the husband and wife are worshiping but also some other brahmacārīs are also worshiping?
Prabhupāda: Still, that is some protection. The husband is there. The woman means her husband must be there.
(Morning Walk—July 20, 1976, New York)
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