In English
There are many (spiritual aspirants) and devotees who go to (monasteries), cultivate the company of elders and listen to their teachings and who imagine that they have renounced everything. However, if there is no change in their mental attitude and way of life, of what use is this renunciation? If you cannot shed your envy or likes and dislikes, what is the point in staying in an Ashram? Many are in the habit of moving from house to house and indulging in gossip. Is this the kind of life that should be led in an Ashram? Instead of devoting their time to spiritual and Godly matters, indulging in idle gossip is a gross abuse of one's life in an Ashram. It is more important to put into practice even one or two good things that one learns from a preceptor than listen endlessly to discourses.