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Ancient KC Culture Versus Modern Degradation, British Empire Built On Exploitation

📅 June 23, 1977 📍 Vrindavan ⏱ 49 min
Sound civilization rests on Krishna consciousness and righteous principles, not artificial exploitation or modern democracy.
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Prabhupāda: ...and prostitutes. So... Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Yeah, it's even mentioned in the Kṛṣṇa book. Prostitutes came out of Dvārakā.

Prabhupāda: Yes. In Calcutta in our childhood I have seen many big, big prostitutes, Vaiṣṇavī. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Really?

Prabhupāda: All, their behavior, their living... Simply they were not married. They were kept by some big men. Otherwise everything was so nice.

Bhakti-cāru: [Transl. Should I prepare some pineapple juice, Śrīla Prabhupāda?]

Prabhupāda: Hmm. There was a big temple of a prostitute in Calcutta, Kach-Kāminī. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Kach...?

Prabhupāda: Kāch-Kāminī. Kāch-Kāminī means the gentleman who kept her, he was a big glass merchant. So the temple was decorated with mirrors and glass, and her name was Kāminī, so Kāch-Kāminī temple. Still there are.

Everyone was Kṛṣṇa conscious, either poor man, retired man or prostitute or gentleman or rich man—everyone. The society itself was Kṛṣṇa conscious. Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: There wasn't any influence of that Ramakrishna Mission yet?

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