Guest (4): Besides the chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and arousing this Kṛṣṇa consciousness in the people, what else are you doing to establish the way . . .?
Prabhupāda: That you have seen in this morning. We are teaching every day the śāstra. They are not simply chanting. Their chanting is based on understanding. Therefore they are sticking.
Guest (4): Mahārāja, the educational system of this country has so much deteriorated. I have been studying. I see young people of different colleges, boys and girls taking to LSD even in this city and doing to all sorts of nonsense. What is the best . . .?
Prabhupāda: That I was explaining. As soon as there is indulgence illicit sex life, all bad qualification will come. That I was explaining.
Guest (4): And Mahārāja, what are your impressions of the youth of this country?
Prabhupāda: I have no estimation of "this country" or "that country." I know everywhere, because spiritual education is lacking, everywhere the boys and girls are fallen.
Guest (4): Is secularism coming in way of this spreading spiritual education?
Prabhupāda: Secularism is a bogus thing. You see? That is an indulgence: "Whatever you like, you can do. Whatever religion you follow, that's all . . ." No. That is not good. The state should be responsible for the spiritual progress of the citizens. Now, especially in our country, we say it is Hindustan, Bhārata-varṣa. So we are not giving the bhāratīya, or Hindu, spiritual cultural education. So that's a great loss of the secular state.
Guest (4): Do you think that the present democratic system will be able to impart a spiritual education?
Prabhupāda: No.
Guest (4): Then what system do you advocate?
Prabhupāda: Of course, so far Vedic culture is concerned, they advocated monarchy, because the one man's training, a good king guided by the brahminical culture, although it was autocratic sometimes, but because the king was very cultured there was no possibility of doing any harm to the citizens. But democracy means simply they are given the post by votes, and they may be all rascals. Then what they can think of good to the citizens?