Do we need a physical Ashram

i : Do we need to build a Ashram
Prabhu :
I come from Grihastashram. The home which I live is Ashram. You may have seen people coming to study at my house. For a grahasthashrami, home itself is ashram. He should use it for study and teaching purpose. This is the way our Rishis lived. They studied Ayurveda, Jyotishya, did deep research at the same time living their life as grahasthas.
Being a knower of Reality, I consider whole world as my Ashram too. I donot have motivation for name, fame or money for teaching. I simply teach what I know if people ask me. I dont even search for students. If there is a necessity, by Gods Will students come.
Well, if there is a larger facility required for students if my house becomes small, that also God will take care.
The difficulty with Ashram business is it involves lot of money and administration effort.
The moment Ashram is there there is marketing effort, donation collection and what not.
You must have seen my approach. No money. Everybody puts volunteer effort ( including food) shares with everybody and goes. The moment money comes into spirituality there is corruption.
My role is to light the fire of wisdom in people. Due to time and space limitation, I can handle a max of 20-30 students per year. But I focus on quality and not on quantity. These 20 of my students will become light for others. Thus this is a system of Gurukul. My students belong to my family - Gurukul. If they follow what I do, have a facility in their home for study and teaching a few aspiring students, I think that itself a big achievement.
If you remember Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, he had altogether only 100 students in his life time. - 50 committed Grahasthas, 40 non committed Grahasthas, about 10 monks.
The website is definitely giving an outlet where I can put my thoughts and help people through email/web technology.
All said and done, I donot discourage building Ashram if it helps people. As I said, I teach students to become Gurus. You are one such Guru.It is your wish to do what you think is right. My job is only light the fire.
i : Thanks for explaining what is Ashram, I will follow your path