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<h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<h3>1975 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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Just like Dronācārya. He was brāhmaṇa, but he became a kṣatriya for certain reason, and acting like kṣatriya, although he was respected as brāhmaṇa, but he was acting as a kṣatriya. So it is advised that brāhmaṇa may take the profession of a kṣatriya and up to the vaiśya. But if he takes the profession of a śūdra, then he is fallen. Then he is fallen. So this cultural institution should now be introduced.
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Brahmānanda: I think the governor was asking about the ''varṇāśrama ''college.

Prabhupāda: Ah. ''Varnāśrama ''college, that training factual ''brāhmaṇa''. And the government should be, as I explained to you, that if one is proclaiming himself as a ''brāhmaṇa'', he must act as a ''brāhmaṇa''. If one is proclaiming as a ''kṣatriya'', he must act as a ''kṣatriya''. Otherwise, there will be no restriction, and a ''śūdra ''will claim to be ''brāhmaṇa''. That will create a disturbing situation. In Pṛthu Mahārāja's time it was strictly prohibited that . . . That is stated in ''Bhagavad-gītā'', ''sva-dharme nidhanaṁ śreyaḥ para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ'' ([[vanisource:BG 3.35 (1972)|BG 3.35]]). So if one is claiming to be ''brāhmaṇa'', he must be ''brāhmaṇa'', he must become ''brāhmaṇa''. There is another way of reforming the society. And nowadays everyone is a ''śūdra'', and somebody is claiming, "I am ''brāhmaṇa''," "I am ''kṣatriya''," "I am this," "I am that." Formerly the ''brāhmaṇas ''strictly following. They would not accept . . . In the ''śāstras ''it is said that the ''brāhmaṇa ''in bad time may become a ''kṣatriya''. Just like Dronācārya. He was ''brāhmaṇa'', but he became a ''kṣatriya ''for certain reason, and acting like ''kṣatriya'', although he was respected as ''brāhmaṇa'', but he was acting as a ''kṣatriya''. So it is advised that ''brāhmaṇa ''may take the profession of a ''kṣatriya ''and up to the ''vaiśya''. But if he takes the profession of a ''śūdra'', then he is fallen. Then he is fallen. So this cultural institution should now be introduced. And the other countries, they are still respectful to the Indian culture. That's a fact. I have studied. So if we keep ourself in our, what he has mentioned, ''saṁsṛti''?

Brahmānanda: ''Bhāratīya saṁsṛti''.

Prabhupāda: ''Bhāratīya saṁsṛti''. It will be very respectfully accepted. Why should we imitate them? That is . . . Western civilization is not brahminical culture. There is no brahminical culture. And brahminical culture is needed. That is the head. That is the brain. And a little bit of this brahminical culture, because I am distributing and they are accepting it so nicely . . . So in our India, in a place like Vṛndāvana, Naimiṣāraṇya, like that, many people will come, if ''varṇāśrama ''college is established. Of course we, in India, so far I know, nobody will come to be trained up as a ''brāhmaṇa''. (chuckles) They will prefer to be trained up as an electrician and not as a ''brāhmaṇa''. Our Bon Mahārāja, he also tried for a Vaiṣṇava University. He was unsuccessful.
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