ISKCON provides formal education in the highest science, or what  Bhagavad-gita  calls the “King of knowledge.” According to Vedic sources, education can only be valid when there is spiritual knowledge or self-realization, and a man is said to have; no qualifications if he does not know who he is in terms of self-realization or God realization. Learning the texts requires living in accordance with the scriptural injunctions without the slightest deviation. The need for Krsna conscious preachers is very great, and it is a full-time vocation. The curriculum advances basically from student to minister; after studying and working in a temple for one year, the student may be awarded the title of  bhakti-sastri , or ordained minister, with further responsibilities and with advancement of service. He may finally take the renounced order, called  sannyasa , and receive the title  svami .
As the philosophy of Krsna consciousness is nonsectarian, any man—Hindu or Christian—will advance in his faith by chanting the holy name of God and hearing the  Bhagavad-gita . Without knowledge, realization and loving service to the one Supreme God, there can be no religion. Let the inhabitants of this planet rejoice in the  sankirtana  movement and live to see the fulfillment of the chanting of Hare Krsna carried to every town and village. Only in this way can real peace prevail in the world and mankind qualify to enter into the kingdom of God.