True spiritual culture declines when material desires replace transcendental principles, fragmenting humanity's original unified Vedic foundation.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Car Conversation — March 1, 1973, Jakarta 730301CR-JAKARTA [17:22 Minutes] Conv_730301CR-JAKARTA [in car]
Prabhupāda: ... have the right to become a brāhmaṇa. Amogha: Yes.
Prabhupāda: But generally, unless they are very highly elevated, why they should be called... [break] ...wanted to elevate them, harijanas. Amogha: Harijanas.
Prabhupāda: But he did not know how to make them harijana. He was politically trying. These are old garments? Amogha: No.
Prabhupāda: They are selling new. Amogha: Yes. This is a very well attended market, this area.
Prabhupāda: Yes. I can see. When the market opens? Amogha: About 9 o'clock or 9:30.
Then they open until 12:30 and close all afternoon. All over Jakarta they close all afternoon, and at five o'clock then they open.