So the first training, how to create a brahmacari... This is human civilization. Unless one comes to the platform of varnasrama-dharma... This Hindu dharma, this is not the proper word. Hindu, this word, is not found in the Vedic literature. It is a foreign word, from Sindu to Hindu. It is the word given by the Muslims. The other side of the Sindu, the Muslim countries begin. So the Muslim used to call this part, the other side of the river Sindu, "Hindu." So our real, this Bharatavarsa, real dharma, is varnasrama-dharma. Here it is not said, "Hindu dharma." Brahmacari. Four asramas-brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa. So the beginning of life is brahmacari, how to remain a celibate. It is very scientific. People have neglected this culture and they are suffering. It is so essen... Because they do not know what is the aim of life, so in the Bhagavad-gita all these people have been described as mudha, rascals. They do not know what is the aim of life.

The aim of life is how to become free from these clutches of maya, repetition of birth and death. That is the aim of life.

So our civilization is like that, that in the gradual process of evolution we have come to the platform of human being. This human being is meant for understanding God, but they are forgetting God. Therefore the next stage is punar musiko bhava, "Again become monkey." That is waiting us. The nature's law is like that, that from monkey we have become human being, and in the human being we are dancing like monkey. So nature will say, "All right, again you become monkey." You cannot check that. That is not possible. Daivi hy esa guna-mayi mama maya duratyaya [Bg. 7.14]. This nature's process is going on, but we are so advanced scientist that we do not know how nature is working. Automatically working. Nature's way of working is automatic. Just like you have got so many automatic machine, similarly, this is, this machine is made by the Supreme Lord. It is perfect machine, one after another, one after another. So just like if you infect some disease, nature's way, you will develop that disease. That is the way. Karanam guna sango 'sya sad-asad janma-yonisu [Bg. 13.22]. This is stated. Now we have got this nice human form of body, but if we associate with the low-grade qualities of this material worldmeans tamo-gunathen again we are going to become animal automatically. They do not know it. They are thinking, "I am enjoying life by eating meat and drinking wine and having illicit sex and gambling. It is very joyful life." But he does not know that he is associating with tamo-guna, and he is going to be an animal, cats and dogs and monkey. This is a fact.

Therefore we should be very, very careful. This Krsna consciousness movement is simply a very scientific movement that will help the human society not to be degraded again, to be elevated.

So if there is varna-sankara population, that means the human civilization is lost. Therefore here is the civilization, how... In this Srimad-Bhagavatam, Narada Muni is describing how civilization should be advanced. The first proposal is brahmacari, how to create brahmacari. Brahmacari guru-grhe vasan danto guror hitam. What is that? So what is the duty of the brahmacari, it is now said. The first duty is that sayam pratar upasita: "They should be taught how to worship the Supreme Lord at least twice in a day," sayam pratah, "in the morning and in the evening." Tri-sandhya. The prescription is for tri-sandhya. One should take bath three times. In India there is no difficulty. Even in Western countries you have got very good arrangement, hot water and cold water. You can arrange and can take bath. This is essential. Not that sleeping up to ten o'clock. This kind of civilization will not help you. This asuric civilization will degrade the human society. He got the opportunity of elevating himself, even going back to home, back to Godhead. But for want of real civilization they are going again back to monkey and cats and dogs. This is a fact. So the Krsna consciousness movement is trying to save them from going back to become cats and dogs. Instead of going back there, they are trying to send him back to God. That is Krsna consciousness movement.

So the first teaching is brahmacari should rise early in the morning. Brahmacari... That is the general education. It doesn't require that you have to learn some book immediately. No. First of all build your character. Otherwise what is the use of taking degrees if you have no character? Yasyasti bhaktir bhagavaty akincana sarvair gunair tatra samasate surah [SB 5.18.12]. If you become a devotee of Krsna... Just like in our institution they are being trained up as devotee, so to rise early in the morning is automatically there. There is no separate training. Because he is devotee, he has to rise early in the morning for offering mangala-aratika, and you have got our order that everyone must attend the mangala-arati. That is automatically brahmacari. Eh? Sayam pratar upasita. And what is the upasana? The first guru. Guru, agni, arkameans sunand then God. Therefore you see in our Deity room there is picture of guru first of all. First of all your guru, then his guru, then his guruat least four, five generation, because the spiritual knowledge is received through the parampara. I have received from my guru; you are receiving from your guru; and my guru received from his guru; he received his guru. Evam parampara-praptam imam rajarsayo viduh [Bg. 4.2]. Adau gurvasrayam. You cannot learn to become a perfect human being without accepting guru. Then you remain a rascal. Tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. That is the Vedic injunction. If you want to learn that transcendental science, you must approach a guru. Guru principle is the same, not that your guru and my guru will be different. If he is actually guru, then there is no difference between my guru and your guru. Just like a medical man. You consult one medical man; I consult another. That does not mean the medical man is different. They are depending on the same medical science. So guru means the following the same principles. Evam parampara-praptam [Bg. 4.2]. The first guru is Krsna, the supreme guru. He is the guru of Brahma even. Brahma is the first creature of this universe. Tene brahma hrda adi-kavaye muhyanti yatra surayah. So Krsna is the original guru. Then Krsna spoke to the sun-god. Imam vivasvate yogam proktavan aham. So anyone, if we follow Krsna, then we are actually guru. And if you do not follow Krsna and want to become Krsna, then you are rascal. This is the test. If you want to have a perfect guru, then you have to see whether he is speaking on behalf of Krsna or on his own behalf. One who speaks on his own behalf, manufactures, he is not guru. He's a rascal. One who speaks on behalf of Krsna, he is guru. Therefore guru is so worshiped.

Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita,

So these rules and regulation, as it is prescribed, guru, arka, agni, and then Bhagavan... You cannot jump over directly to Bhagavan. Then you will never be able to be successful. You have to go through guru, agni, sastra. Sadhu-sastra-guru-vakya, tinete kariya aikya. This is the way. Then ubhe sandhye ca yata-vak. You should not talk nonsense. Mahaprabhu has very strictly forbidden, gramya katha na karibe. We talk. That has become our training. As soon as we assemble, a few persons, immediately we talk all nonsense-politics, this politician, that politician, this is that, this is thatand waste our time. You talk something substantial. You talk about the sastra. Talk about the aim of life, the problem of life. But they are described in the sastra as the croaking of the toads, "Kakaka kakaka kakaka." Don't talk nonsense. Simply be engaged in talking about Krsna. Sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayor vacamsi vaikuntha-gunanuvarnane [SB 9.4.18]. Our talking should be engaged about vaikuntha-gunanuvarnana. Vaikuntha means the Supreme Lord Krsna, about Him. We can talk so many things about Krsna. Therefore we require to read books. Bhagavatam means it is full of topics of Krsna and His devotee. That is Bhagavatam. And Bhagavad-gita is full of instruction given by Krsna. Why don't you talk about that? Caitanya-caritamrta... We have got so many books. This should be our principle; we should not talk any nonsense. That is called yata-vak. Yata-vak means gontrolling the talking power. Yata-vak. Samahitah, very sober. Try to become sober, don't talk nonsense, and abide by the orders of guru and sastra. In this way training begins. It does not mean that you have to learn very big grammatical rules and... No. That you shall see later on. First of all build up character. Then it will be helpful to make further progress in spiritual life.

Thank you very much. (end)