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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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A teacher is appointed. When the certificate is there that he has passed M.A. examination, and he has undergone the training, B.T., Bachelor training, then he's appointed: "Yes, you can be a teacher." And any bogus man, he can be... He cannot be accepted as teacher. So that is going on. All bogus man, they're becoming teachers. Therefore the world condition is so degraded. A cheater is taking the place of teacher. Therefore the whole world is degraded.
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[[Vanisource:740117 - Lecture SB 01.16.21 - Honolulu|740117 - Lecture SB 01.16.21 - Honolulu]]
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Prabhupāda: That is not our life, to become an impostor. It must be real person. By training, ''yaḥ śāstra-vidhiṁ siddhiḥ'', by training under the teaching of a bona fide spiritual master, the ''śāstra'', and then you'll automatically, the more you become a sincere, I mean to say, servitor of the spiritual master, the more you become qualified to become a teacher in the future. Otherwise where is your qualification? You may cheat others that you are teacher, but you are not actually teacher. You have no lesson, no education. A cheating is another thing. But practically to become a teacher . . . just like in a school, teacher, a teacher is appointed. When the certificate is there that he has passed M.A. examination, and he has undergone the training, B.T., Bachelor training—then he's appointed, "Yes, you can be a teacher." And any bogus man, he can be . . . he cannot be accepted as teacher. So that is going on. All bogus man, they're becoming teachers. Therefore the world condition is so degraded. A cheater is taking the place of teacher. Therefore the whole world is degraded.

Woman devotee: If we have a desire to keep these promises, but we have a hard time to do it . . .

Prabhupāda: As soon as you fail to keep your promise, then you're fallen. You have to rectify yourself. Immediately you're fallen. ''Yaḥ śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya vartate kāma-kārataḥ, na sa siddhim'' ([[vanisource:BG 16.23 (1972)|BG 16.23]]). That means you'll never get perfection if you fall down. You can cheat others that, "I am in dress of a devotee, so I am . . ." But what is your character? What is your actual value? That has to be judged. That is called bona fide teacher. All right, chant. (''japa'') Any questions?

Devotee (1): Yes, one more.

Guest: Is the exterior clothing important?

Prabhupāda: Ah?

Guest: Is the exterior identification important?

Prabhupāda: Yes, important. Just like officially the policeman must dress, but a policeman sometimes in ordinary cloth also does his duty. But that is special case. But external, external dress is also required. By . . . in the dress of a police if he is a thief, that is very dangerous. That is very dangerous. Just like this dress of ''sannyāsī'', saffron cloth, one will respect that, "Here is a ''sannyāsī''." But if he is a thief in a dress of a ''sannyāsī'', that is dangerous. That is dangerous. One must dress . . . (break) (end)
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