Prabhupāda: Just like for technical knowledge, if there is a good medical college any part of the world, people go there without any consideration of nationality or anything. Similarly let there be an ideal institution in India so that the whole world will come and learn.
Mr. Rajda: We had those universities, Taksa, Silandar, and Narandhara . . .
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Mr. Rajda: . . . in ancient days.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Mr. Rajda: And people from all over the world were coming.
Prabhupāda: So why don't you invite now?
Mr. Rajda: Correct.
Prabhupāda: We go there for imitating their technology. But who comes here to learn something?
Mr. Rajda: Something. Quite right.
Prabhupāda: But we have got. The example is already set up. These boys, they have not come here for learning your cycle manufacturing. They have enough of it.
Mr. Rajda: That matter of cycle he is doing.
Prabhupāda: And we are proud of manufacturing cycle and sewing machine. (Mr. Rajda explains in Hindi to other guests) So that is my request, that I have started it. Make it an organized institution that the people from all parts of the world . . .
Mr. Rajda: Would come over here.
Prabhupāda: . . . would come here and learn this knowledge. This is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission. Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission is . . .
Mr. Rajda: Gauḍīya mission.
Prabhupāda: Not Gauḍīya mission. Caitanya's mission, Lord Caitanya. You know Lord Caitanya.
Mr. Rajda: Yes, yes, yes, Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Prabhupāda: So He declares that bhārata-bhūmite manuṣya-janma haila yāra (CC Adi 9.41): "Anyone who has taken birth as human being, not cats and dogs . . ." Cats and dogs, they simply jump whole night, "Gow! Gow! Gow! Gow! Gow!" That is another thing. We find so many dogs, whole night busy, watching. Whose property he is watching? But he . . . He has got this business—very busy. As soon as some motorcycle or some . . . "Gow! Gow! Gow! Gow! Gow! Gow!" watching, watching, watching. So therefore this is business of cats and dogs. But human being's business is different. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya-janma yāra (CC Adi 9.41): "Anyone who has taken birth as a human being in India, bhārata-bhūmi . . ." janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra, "first of all make your life perfect"—you have got the opportunity, Vedic culture—"and then distribute the knowledge all over the world for doing good to the whole human society." That will glorify the prestige of India. So why not continue this? Let there be an institution fully following the principles of Bhagavad-gītā, Bhagavad-gītā as it is. Then people will be benefited. If you say, "It is secular," Bhagavad-gītā is for every man. There is no question of Hindu, Muslim, Christian or this or that. No. When Kṛṣṇa says:
- dehino 'smin yathā dehe
- kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā
- tathā dehāntara-prāptir
- dhīras tatra na muhyati
- (BG 2.13)
So this growing . . . a child is growing to become a boy. A boy is growing to become a young man. A young man is growing to become an old man. So what is the secular? Everyone grows. Does it mean, when it is spoken in the Bhagavad-gītā, it is only meant for the Hindus?
Mr. Rajda: It is universal activities.
Prabhupāda: It is universal; science. It is science. So why this science is kept locked up and distorted by the leaders? If you understand one line of Bhagavad-gītā, your life becomes successful. Now, our leaders are supposed to read Bhagavad-gītā, but who understands this one line, tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati (BG 2.13)? Nobody understands. And they are scholars of Bhagavad-gītā. They cannot understand this one line in the beginning. This is going on. So I would request you to take this matter seriously and . . . and it is being responded. I am writing these books on Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and we are selling daily five to six lakhs' worth of books. In a foreign country, where their religious system is different, and during Christmas festival we are selling our books, large quantity.
Mr. Rajda: That's a novel thing, no, novel thing.