Question: If a new disciple has been smoking for many years, what can he do to quit faster?

Sri Chinmoy: He will be given three months. In three months if that particular disciple cannot stop smoking, then this path is not for him. The Centre leaders should know what is happening and they should observe that new disciple. Three months will be given. More than three months we cannot allow.

It is the same thing with drinking and other wrong habits. But if you come to know that somebody is taking drugs, then immediately that person will have to leave the Centre.