Prabhupada, Montreal, June 12, 1968: The mistake of modern civilization is that we are, I mean to say, bringing up spoiled children. So when they are grown up, if they become hippies or communists, it is not their fault. It is the fault of the guardians. It is the fault of the guardians.
When the people become just something against the social convention, it is not the fault of the youngsters, but it is the fault of the education system, it is the fault of the parents, it is fault of the teachers. Because they are not teaching.
Prahlada Maharaja says that from the very childhood one should be taught. I have seen in India. The Muhammadans, they are very much particular about it. The small children, within ten years, they are… From the very beginning they are taught Koran in the mosques.
I have seen. In my Delhi headquarter, it is just behind the Jama Musjid. You have heard the name of Jama Musjid. That is the greatest mosque in the world. Many foreigners go to see it. It was constructed by Emperor Shah Jahan, say, about three hundred years or little more than that.
So the Muhammadans, they are very particular to teach the Koran from the very beginning. That’s a very nice system. Either you teach Koran or you, Koran, Bible, or you teach Bhagavad-gita, it doesn’t matter. One should have the idea of God consciousness. Then he can develop. So this opportunity should be offered to the children.
If not, they are not real guardians, real parents, or real teachers. Why? Durlabham manusam janma. This Prahlada Maharaja teaching is not this Bhagavatam. Just mark it. Prahlada Maharaja says, dharman bhagavatan, “the religion of God consciousness.”
He does not say Hindu religion or Muhammadan religion or Christian religion.
Dharman bhagavatan. As I explained already last days, Bhagavata means pertaining to God. So whatever your idea of God may be, that must be impressed from the childhood, that, “There is God.” Actually there is God. Full Lecture
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