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188 THE SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION
philosophy? Roguism. ‘‘I will take the land by force, and then I won’t
allow others to come here.”” |
BTG: One American motto is ‘‘One nation under God.”’
Srila Prabhupada: Yes, that is Krsna consciousness. There should be
one nation under God, and one world government under God as well.
Everything belongs to God, and we are all His sons. That philosophy is
wanted.
BTG: But in America people are very much afraid of a central govern-
ment because they think that whenever there’s a strong government
there will always be tyranny.
Srila Prabhupada: If the leaders are properly trained, there cannot be ;
tyranny.
BTG: But one of the premises of the American system of government is
that if a leader has too much power, he will inevitably become corrupt.
; Srila Prabhupada: You have to train him in such a way that he cannot
become corrupt! =
BTG: What is that training process?
Srila Prabhupada: That training is the varndsrama-dharma.* Divide the
society according to quality, and train people in the principle that every-
thing belongs to God and should be used in the service of God. Then
there really can be ‘‘one nation under God.”’
BTG: But if society is divided into different groups, won’t there be envy?
Srila Prabhupada: No, no. Just as in my body there are different parts
that work together, so the society can have different parts working for the
same goal. My hand is different from my leg. But when I tell the hand,
‘‘Bring a glass of water,”’ the leg will help. The leg is required, and the
hand is required.
BTG: But in the Western world we have a working class and a capitalist
class, and there is always warfare going on between the two.
Srila Prabhupada: Yes. The capitalist class is required, and the working
class is also required.
BTG: But they are fighting.
Srila Prabhupada: Because they are not trained up; they have no com-
mon cause. The hand and the leg work differently, but the common
cause is to maintain the body. So if you find out the common cause for
both the capitalists and the workers, then there will be no fighting. But if
you do not know the common cause, then there will always be fighting.
* The system of dividing society into four social and four spiritual orders according to peo-
ple’s natural qualities.
