72-02 “You have described how you once fell down because you saw discrepancies in our philosophy. Actually our philosophy is perfect, but because there were discrepancies in your mind at that time you may have thought something wrongly about our philosophy—that is one of maya's favorite tricks for convincing us to stop our spiritual life and enjoy her. So if ever you have questions or serious doubts about philosophy you may ask the GBC or myself. And so far your telling me that some other devotee discouraged you in the past, I also had trouble with some of my Godbrothers, but I never let it affect my service, because when one becomes fixed-up in devotional service he never allows anyone else or any condition at all to hamper his service to Krsna or discourage him in any way. So you must become convinced like this too, by preaching constantly and having sankirtana, and you will very quickly attain the supreme perfection of life. As for your question about celibacy, if you want to remain celibate for life, I have no objection.”
(SPL to Rudra dasa and Radhika devi dasi, February 20th, 1972)