Q185. Why men should not keep a beard?

Anyone with some basic human biology knowledge will know that, hair is essentially a byproduct of the body, just like stool. A Bhagavad-Gita follower will not keep a beard, because he will think of it as stool on the face. The stool on the face (a beard) affects the human consciousness in a negative way. A clean-shaven face makes the person feel clean physically and mentally. Swami Srila Prabhupada, a top most follower and preacher of the Bhagavad-Gita, instructed his followers not to keep beards. if one cannot afford a razor or is traveling in the jungles and thus does not have time or access to water or lives in a cave. Then it is understandable to have a beard. Otherwise one should not keep stool on the face (a beard). It’s due to degradation of human consciousness, which includes laziness and gross ignorance, that men are keeping beards thinking they look good or wise.