An ideal class of moralists must be established to inspire society through the varnashrama system of spiritual training.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Conversation with Governor — April 20, 1975, Vṛndāvana 750420R1-VRNDAVAN [42:13 Minutes] Conv_750420R1-VRNDAVAN Prabhupāda: ...that everyone is doing his own duty. Never mind if you are Christian or if you are a Muslim or a Hindu, that what is your duty, what is said in your scripture, you must be doing it. Not that "Because it is secular, I can do whatever I like." Governor: Secular means I respect you, not only I am Hindu or do what I do... scripture teaches. Prabhupāda: Secular means impartial. Governor: But also not coming the way of a Muslim we... [indistinct]. Prabhupāda: No, there is no need.
Secular means government's duty is that "You call yourself a Hindu. Whether you are acting as Hindu? You call yourself as Muslim. Whether you are acting as Muslim?" This is government's duty.
Government does not say or prefer that "You are Christian. It is not good. You become Hindu." No, that is not government's... You remain your Christian, but government's duty is that whether he is acting as Christian.
This is government's duty. Not that you are acting like a something else, and you are calling yourself Christian; you are acting like a śūdra, and you are advertising yourself as a brāhmaṇa. So just like a, what is called, quack. If he writes, "Dr.
Something," that is punishable. But you are quack. That's all right. You can take a certificate that you have got some experience.
The registered medical practitioner, I think that is... But what is this, that you are proclaiming yourself as a... [chuckles] So character means a class of men there must be, maybe very few, but they are actually men of character. Just like I am teaching them no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication.
This is basic principle. Otherwise, where is his character? You are doing all nonsense, and still, you are proclaiming yourself as brāhmaṇa. This should be stopped.