no culture in the West; the whole atmosphere is abominable

[Guest guest]

Srila Prabhupada: In India many highly scholarly persons beg. They are

titled bhiksu-tridandi-svami. They beg to learn pridelessness and humility.

In Vedic culture it is allowed; the brahmacaris, sannyasis, and brahmanas

are allowed to beg alms.

 

Satsvarupa Gosvami: But what if the culture is entirely different, as in the

West?

 

Srila Prabhupada: Yes, your culture is different, and therefore the youth

are becoming hippies, and the mothers are killing their own children in the

womb-all in the name of "freedom." Actually, there is no culture in the

West; therefore, the whole atmosphere is abominable. You are right when you

say you have an entirely different culture. You don't know real culture. You

have a culture that kills children, so how will you understand the higher

Vedic culture? Our disciples are going out and selling books on Krsna

consciousness just to give you a chance to understand what real, spiritual

culture is -- and you are calling them "parasites."

 

>From BTG #12-06, 1977.