You just said that those who are corrupt must be stopped from entering temples and mosques. Valmiki (author of Ramayana) was a robber who, while uttering Ma-ra, Ma-ra started uttering the name of Rama. People who are corrupt have deviated from the path. If we stop them from entering temples or mosques, are we not sending them towards something wrong?
The corrupt people go to temples or mosques, offer their prayers and think their sins are washed away, so that they can continue doing it. I am not in opposition of reforms. Every person can be transformed.
There is a couplet in Hindi, which says, ‘I went in search of a bad person, but I couldn’t find any.’
In my view, there is no bad person. There is goodness hidden in every person. It needs to be awakened. If this could happen by just visiting temples or mosques, there would have been no corruption. However, it is not happening. That is the reason I suggested corrupt people to be prevented from entering temples or mosques. So, one who really has a longing to go to temples or mosques will stop being corrupt. That was the intention with which I said this.
I would say that such people are most welcome at our ashram. I’ll polish them in a week’s time!