Prabhupāda: …form a committee from education in your… ¶
Hayagrīva: They have to be taught reading, and for this they have primers. ¶
Prabhupāda: Primary readings. ¶
Hayagrīva: And this is all right to use? ¶
Prabhupāda: Because we haven’t got any books yet. ¶
Hayagrīva: What about taking the primers and changing the names of the people to people like Satyabhāmā and give them spiritual names. Would that be nice? ¶
Prabhupāda: Yes. ¶
Pradyumna: Hari-nāmāmṛtam. ¶
Prabhupāda: Yes. ¶
Hayagrīva: All right. Arithmetic should be taught? ¶
Prabhupāda: Arithmetic? Yes. That is necessary. ¶
Hayagrīva: What about any history? World history or American history or American literature or English literature? ¶
Prabhupāda: American history. That’s all. They are Americans. They should learn American history. Don’t bother much. ¶
Hayagrīva: Any Indian history? ¶
Prabhupāda: Indian history, that… Bhāgavata is all right. ¶
Hayagrīva: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam? ¶
Prabhupāda: That Kurukṣetra battle. That’s all. And there are many other stories in the Bhāgavatam. They are all historical. ¶
Hayagrīva: What about literatures? When they get older, of course. This would be for when they are older. ¶
Prabhupāda: Literature, we have got so many. Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavata. ¶
Hayagrīva: Any English literature, American literature, English literature? ¶
Prabhupāda: Yes. Any… Some of the English literature, recognized. ¶
Hayagrīva: Any of the sciences at all? ¶
Prabhupāda: I don’t think we require any science. What do you think? ¶
Hayagrīva: Biology? ¶
Kīrtanānanda: No. ¶
Hayagrīva: Geology, zoology, astronomy. ¶
Prabhupāda: Biology, you can teach them the evolution of the species from Padma-Purāṇa, 8,400,000’s, one after another. Yes. ¶
Hayagrīva: What about astronomy? Anything like that? No. Okay. Any animal husbandry they can learn out there. Animal husbandry they will learn… ¶
Prabhupāda: That they will learn practically, cow keeping. ¶
Hayagrīva: At what age should they be taught to cook prasādam? ¶
Prabhupāda: Yes. ¶
Hayagrīva: At what age should they be taught to cook? ¶
Prabhupāda: After twelve years. ¶
Hayagrīva: After twelve. And you think they can be taught typing, for instance? A skill like typing and how to use typewriter? ¶
Prabhupāda: Does it require all? Well, just this knowledge is required. ¶
Kīrtanānanda: Whatever is practical. ¶
Hayagrīva: And the only other… Oh, how old should they be before Deity worship, they do Deity worship? ¶
Prabhupāda: Just after ten years. ¶
Hayagrīva: After ten years? Then they can do Deity worship? ¶
Prabhupāda: Yes. ¶
Hayagrīva: That’s Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Deity worship. ¶
Prabhupāda: Any Deity. Or worship Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. ¶
Hayagrīva: Well, the boys are keeping Deities now, aren’t they? ¶
Kīrtanānanda: Yes. ¶
Hayagrīva: He said after ten. ¶
Prabhupāda: No, they are keeping as plaything now, not they are regularly worshiping. ¶
Kīrtanānanda: He means in the temple they can officiate, do ārati and things… ¶
Prabhupāda: Yes. ¶
Hayagrīva: Oh, I see. So from just very small they can keep Deities. ¶
Kīrtanānanda: Yes. As small as they want to. ¶
Hayagrīva: And you suggested… I have it written down somewhere. You suggested a certain number of hours for their school, about five hours or four hours a day. ¶
Prabhupāda: Three hours in the morning, two hours in the evening. That’s all. Not at a stretch. Morning, evening. And in the noon they should take their prasādam, take little rest. ¶
Hayagrīva: Because our literatures are a little difficult to read… ¶
Prabhupāda: Yes. You have to make some suitable literature. ¶
Hayagrīva: Something… When they can do that, then they can read Bhagavad-gītā. They try a little, but it’s very difficult to begin. ¶
Prabhupāda: No. ¶
Hayagrīva: They cannot begin. ¶
Prabhupāda: Yes. [end] ¶