Perfect knowledge comes from authority, not imperfect senses; Kṛṣṇa consciousness is civilization's only remedy.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — January 3, 1974, Los Angeles 740103MW-LOS ANGELES [35:00 Minutes] Walk_740103MW-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: ...is that nṛpa-liṅga-dharaṁ śūdram. The śūdras, fourth-class men, they are on the government execute. This is one defect. And another defect is, ghnantaṁ go-mithunaṁ padā [SB 1.16.4], maintaining large-scale slaughterhouse.
These are the two defects of modern civilization. They..., on the top of government there are śūdras, not kṣatriyas. Neither they are guided by intelligent class, brāhmaṇas. Parīkṣit Mahārāja's first beginning is dvija-varya-śikṣayā [SB 1.16.1].
The guidance was first-class brāhmaṇas, and he was a kṣatriya, first class. And there was no animal slaughterhouse. They are also suffering. They are bringing every day some problem: "What is the solution of this problem, what is this solution...?" But why the problems are coming?
Because the defect is there that the..., on the head of the government there are śūdras and they are busy in cow-killing, maintaining slaughterhouse. This is the defect. And they are not guided by the first-class, intelligent class of men. [break] Prajāpati: ...getting worse over these five thousand years, Prabhupāda: Huh? Prajāpati: ...but by a reintroduction, reintroducing Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the tide can be turned in age of Kali? Prabhupāda: Oh, yes.
That is the only remedy. That is the only remedy. Anyone who takes to this chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, he'll be cleansed of all sinful activities, and then everything will come out nice. And it is practical.
It is not story. Just see, all our disciples in Europe, America, they were habituated to so many bad habits, and because they are chanting, they are now cleansed. So it is small-scale. If you propagate it large-scale, everyone will be cleansed.
How they are giving up all intoxication? [break] Is there any arrangement for... Where is Karandhara? Karandhara: Jaya, Prabhupāda.