We are being educated in that way, foolish education

761116SB.VRN                 Lectures  
Prabhupada:So we are being educated in that way, foolish education. And we shall select. When we come to the election we select a person like me (ourselves). That has been described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, that sva-vid-varahostra-kharaih samstutah purusah pasuh. This election, we are selecting another person. He is also like me. I am a pasu (animal). How can I select a person who is not pasu? Therefore if you want good government, then--this is democratic age--then you must be good. You must know who is good. Then you can elect: "Here is good man." Otherwise, sva-vid-varahostra-kharaih samstutah purusah pasuh. Srila Jiva Gosvami has said that these so-called leaders, they are big pasu. I am pasu, and he's a big pasu. What can I select? I cannot find out Bharata Maharaja (great leader), parama-bhagavatam, bhagavaj-jana-priya. Hm? Bhagavaj-jana-parayanam. Nobody likes bhagavaj-jana (God conscious men). "These people are always speaking of God. It is brainwash." This is the modern "It is brainwash." In Europe and America they are now combining to oppose this Hare Krsna movement, that we are brainwashing him, controlling the mind by hypnotism. That is the charge against us. We are placed in the court also in many cases. So this is "What is this nonsense, bhagavaj-jana-parayanam, Bhagavan, Krsna? This is simply a sophistry," they say. Even a big scholar say. When Krsna says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja (surrender unto the Supreme Lord), a big scholar, he has remarked, "This is sophistry."