We have lost our original culture and we could not take the Western culture. So we are in the wilderness

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"we have lost our original culture and we could not take the Western culture. So we are in the wilderness"

Conversations and Morning Walks

We have lost our original culture and we could not take the Western culture. So we are in the wilderness.

Guest (1): At this time I think India also needs as much spiritual movement as anybody else in the world.

Prabhupāda: Hmm?

Guest (1): At this time I think India itself needs as much as spiritual needs.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Guest (1): We are as much backwards as anybody else in the world, probably more so.

Prabhupāda: Because we have lost our original culture and we could not take the Western culture. So we are in the wilderness.

Guest (1): Because here the average man takes more interest.

Prabhupāda: Because they are fed up.

Guest (1): Whereas in India the average man doesn't even take interest.

Prabhupāda: No, he knows, "What is this Hare Kṛṣṇa? We know it, now reject it."

Guest (2): An average Indian, I think, he will not be able to tell you how many chapters there are in the Gītā.

Prabhupāda: Yes, they have never been taught. But still they are Kṛṣṇa conscious.