## Brāhmaṇa Guidance for Kṣatriyas Hyderabad, August 22, 1976 Room Conversation With Endowments Commissioner Of Andhra Pradesh Temple means educational center... *Brāhmaṇas'* duty: to give guidance to the *kṣatriyas. * **Hari-śauri**: I've got it listed. (Reading:) 182. 1-8-2. All their temples should be reorganized on the... People should come there for being educated. Temple means it is an educational center. **Commissioner**: Educational center. **Prabhupāda**: Oh, yes. *Brāhmaṇas* means they are teachers. *Paṭhana-pāṭhana-yajana-yājana-dāna-pratigrahaḥ.* So every temple should be educational center, and the brāhmaṇas should be engaged. They should be properly educated and they should teach others also. In this way, temple means education in spiritual life. And actually spiritual life is life. This material life, the bodily conception of life, is dead life.* Aprāṇasyeva dehasya maṇḍanaṁ loka-rañjanam...* **Commissioner**: That's what I find, Swamiji. My work is also very difficult. Work is very difficult. We have about 30,000 temples in this state, properties that have temples, the (indistinct) of temples, interest in temples... **Prabhupāda**: No, it can be... If government takes our advice, we can give them advice how to organize, how to utilize. **Commissioner**: Definitely. We want a scheme. Definitely. Fortunately, it is the land of this Kṛṣṇā and **Godāvarī**. It is a sacred land. Tuṅgabhadrā, Kṛṣṇā, Godāvarī. We are finding everywhere there has been some kind of ups and downs. It has been studied. **Prabhupāda**: It is the government's duty to settle up. But they must know how to settle up. If they do not know then they cannot do anything. **Commissioner**: No, we want guidance. **Prabhupāda**: That guidance we can give you. That guidance we can give. Because we have taken the *brāhmaṇa's* position. The *brāhmaṇa's* duty is to give guidance to the *kṣatriya*. Government means *kṣatriya*. So if the *kṣatriyas* take guidance from the *brāhmaṇa* and they try to execute, then everything will be all right. So we can give you sufficient guidance provided you accept it. (laughter) Varṇāśrama is Not the Caste System, Chandigarh, October 16, 1976: Press Interview