Kern: Internally to what?
Prabhupāda: Remain God conscious.
Scheuerman: Remain God conscious.
Prabhupāda: Simply washing externally will not help us. Therefore our mantra of purity is bāhyābhyantara-śuciḥ.
- apavitraḥ pavitro vā
- sarvāvasthāṁ gato 'pi vā
- yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ
- sa bāhyābhyantara-śuciḥ
- (Garuḍa Purāṇa)
Śuciḥ means purified.
Scheuerman: Means?
Prabhupāda: Purified.
Scheuerman: Purified, yes.
Prabhupāda: So purification, simply externally rubbing soap and cleansing the coat and shirt, that is not purification. Internally he must be pure. Peaceful. Then, purity?
Dhṛṣṭadyumna: Tolerance.
Prabhupāda: Tolerance. This is also one of the good qualifications for the first-class man. Then?
Dhṛṣṭadyumna: Honesty.
Prabhupāda: Honesty. So there are so many things. If we want to make the whole human society very peaceful and happy, then we have to divide the society into four classes. Not that everyone will be peaceful. That is not possible. But if we have an ideal class of men who is following austerity, peacefulness, purity, knowledge, people will learn, "Oh, here is the ideal class."
Kern: Mr. Gandhi had a great effect.
Prabhupāda: Yes. That training is lacking now.