Education for Krishna's children must prioritize spiritual development while providing practical knowledge suited to devotional service.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Discussion about New Vrindavan Gurukula — December 24, 1969, Boston 691224D2-BOSTON [04:39 Minutes] Discussion_691224D2-BOSTON Prabhupāda: ...form a committee from education in your...
Hayagrīva: Erm, they have to be taught reading, and for this they have primers.
Prabhupāda: Because we haven't got any books such.
Hayagrīva: What about taking the primers and changing the names of the people to people like Satyabhāmā and give them spiritual names. Would that be nice?
Hayagrīva: All right. Arithmetic should be taught?
Prabhupāda: Arithmetic? Yes. That is necessary.
Hayagrīva: What about any history? World history or American history, or American literature or English literature?