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<h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<h3>1972 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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The human life is a chance to understand God in the lower animal life there is no such chance. A dog cannot be educated to understand God but a man can be. So if this human life is misused in the matter of animal propensities then it is a great loss. His propensities for understanding God should be aroused that is real education.
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So one should be trained up and at the same time will act then we will accept. That is clearly stated in the ''Bhagavad-gītā'', your question, ''māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye 'pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ'' ([[vanisource:BG 9.32 (1972)|BG 9.32]]). ''Pāpa-yonayaḥ'' born in sinful life, ''pāpa-yonayaḥ'' lower class, low born ''pāpa-yonayaḥ, striyo śūdrās tathāvaiśyās te 'pi yānti parāṁ gatim.'' Even women, ''śūdras'', ''vaiśyas'' if he takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he goes.

So there is no bar, there is no hindrance everyone can take it up it is open to everyone. So everyone should be given the chance to become a perfect ''brāhmin''—that is brahminical culture—that is Vedic culture. Because the human life is a chance to understand God in the lower animal life there is no such chance. A dog cannot be educated to understand God but a man can be. So if this human life is misused in the matter of animal propensities then it is a great loss. His propensities for understanding God should be aroused that is real education, ''āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunaṁ ca sāmānyam etat paśubhir narāṇām.''

Eating sleeping sexual life and defence this is common to the animals and the human beings. This special significance of human life that he can understand God, the animal cannot. So if a human being is not given chance to understand God then he remains animal. So there is no such chance in the University education and there is no department of knowledge to understand God. You know so.

Guest (5): Śrīla Prabhupāda can you explain how we can become more Kṛṣṇa conscious? Without wearing a ''dhoti'' and shaving our heads?

Prabhupāda: Well, ''dhotis'' these are not very important things.
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