‘Avoid films, for though they may be advertised as very educative and inspiring, the producers, in their greed for profits, smuggle in low, vulgar debasing scenes in order to please raw, untrained minds. Don’t allow the virus of vice to infect your brains. If that happens, you descend to levels worse than the beasts.’ (SV90, p. 120)

‘The minds of children and of the youth are apt to grow crooked under the influence of sensuous films, the hollow hypocritical atmosphere created by the elders, the lure of glitter and glamour and of a false sense of adventure and fame.’ (SSS Vol. 10, p. 14)

It is highly important for women to study sacred books and avoid seeing sensuous films and TV shows, especially during pregnancy. The child in the womb is likely to be influenced, by the mind of things they read or see. (Swami gave the examples of Subhadra and Lilavati to point out how Abhimanyu learnt about Padmavyuham in embryo, while Prahlada learnt the Narayana Mantra from Narada from the womb of his mother). Mothers should be filled with pure thoughts and maintain a pure environment. Mothers should see that their children grow up as ideal persons in society. For this purpose, they should acquaint themselves with the cultural heritage of the country as enshrined in our Upanishads, Puranas and epics. (SSS Vol.24, p. 93)