Collection
Civilization and society
126 lectures
Conversations and walks in which Śrīla Prabhupāda diagnoses the ills of modern civilization — politics, economics, democracy, false equality — showing what society becomes when it forgets God, and what Vedic culture makes of it.
Symptoms of Kali-yuga Already Begun
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · San Francisco · 1968
Vedic Socialism and Communist Ideals
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Moscow · 1971
Body Decoration Is Not Civilization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Delhi · 1971
Economic Exploitation and Krishna Consciousness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Delhi · 1971
The Vision of Bangladesh
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Hong Kong · 1972
Kashmir Dispute and Partition Politics
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1972
Problems From Abandoning Real Religion
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1972
Modern Society and God Consciousness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Vedic Civilization and Modern Progress
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Poverty Destroys All Good Qualities
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Government and God Consciousness in Berkeley
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Berkeley · 1972
Synthetic Advancement and Real Value
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Vedic Civilization and the Defects of Democracy
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Nonviolence Directed by Krishna
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Civilization's Defect and Economic Cheating
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Human Civilization and the Illusion of Progress
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Paris · 1973
Gypsies and Wanderers in England
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Spiritual Starvation in Western Civilization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Religious Principles in Secular Government
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Delhi · 1973
Women and Politicians Cannot Be Trusted
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Delhi · 1973
Communism and the Need for God Consciousness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Violence and Political Change in Vedic Literature
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Inflation and the Gold Standard
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Defects of Modern Civilization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1974
Politics and God Consciousness in America
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1974
Modern Development and the Need for Sacrifice
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
Restrictions on Eating Meat and Modern Contradictions
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
Religious Devotion and Government Opposition
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
The Plans of Demoniac Leaders
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
Local Living and Human Civilization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Rome · 1974
Freedom and Control in Geneva
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Geneva · 1974
Democracy in Kali-yuga
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Paris · 1974
Cooking, Class Struggle, and Material Nature
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1974
Conversation in Tehran on Indian Independence
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Tehran · 1975
Democracy and Dictatorship in Tehran
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Tehran · 1975
Serving the Poor in India
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1975
Political Leaders Ignore the Solution
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1975
Geopolitics and Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in Mayapur
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1975
War Will Come Very Soon
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1975
Modern Civilization and Sense Gratification
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1975
Money is Nothing but Paper
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1975
The United Nations Organization is Bogus
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1975
Nature Restricts Supply for Rogues and Demons
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1975
Civilization in Darkness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Perth · 1975
Evolution of Civilization and Natural Conservation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Perth · 1975
Pravṛtti and Nivṛtti in Modern Civilization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Perth · 1975
Civilization Will Collapse Without Character
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Perth · 1975
Conversation in Perth on Social Work and Chanting
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Perth · 1975
Social Structure and the Western Defect
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Melbourne · 1975
Civilization Less Than a Child's
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1975
Kali-yuga as an Ocean of Faults
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1975
Money Cannot Purchase Justice
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1975
Religion and Genuine Civilization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1975
Coca-Cola Consumption in India and America
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Denver · 1975
Fear Among Great Leaders
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Denver · 1975
Crime and the Purpose of Human Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Chicago · 1975
Spiritual Solutions to Crime
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Chicago · 1975
America's Land and Population Problem
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Philadelphia · 1975
Freedom Within Natural Laws
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Laguna Beach · 1975
Rural Life and City Artificiality
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Dallas · 1975
Beauty Standards in Human Society
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Dallas · 1975
Government Corruption and CIA Misconduct
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Dallas · 1975
The Economics of Poverty in America
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Toronto · 1975
The Fallacy of False Equality
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1975
Restriction and Civilization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Ahmedabad · 1975
Western Civilization and Material Attachment
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Ahmedabad · 1975
Western Civilization and Material Attachment
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Ahmedabad · 1975
Modern Civilization's Greatest Defect
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Ahmedabad · 1975
British Administration and Colonial Exploitation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Durban · 1975
Civilization is Misdirected
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Johannesburg · 1975
India's Lost Culture and Western Exploitation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Johannesburg · 1975
Laws Are for Being Broken
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Johannesburg · 1975
Democracy and Animal Slaughter
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Nairobi · 1975
Life in Modern Nairobi
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Nairobi · 1975
Politics and Diplomacy Are Nonsense
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
Modern Civilization and the Influence of Maya
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
Poverty and the Reluctance to Retire
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
Knowledge Versus Rascaldom in Modern Society
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Delhi · 1975
Morality and Social Conditions in India
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
Walking Without Faith in Modern Times
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
Cash Crops and Economic Degradation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Sanand · 1975
Long Hair and Kali-yuga Standards
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Kolkata · 1976
Plundering and Corruption in India
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1976
Government and the Duty to Protect
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1976
Material Progress Without Spiritual Solution
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1976
Modern Leaders Are All Rascals
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1976
Leaving Everything in Chaotic Condition
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1976
India's Independence and the Role of Subhas Chandra Bose
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1976
Museum Displays and Modern Problems
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1976
Urban Decay and the Renaissance Project
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Detroit · 1976
Gold and Silver as Medium of Exchange
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Toronto · 1976
Human Civilization vs Hog Civilization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Toronto · 1976
Modern Civilization and Spiritual Liberation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New Vrindaban · 1976
Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Orissa's Political Decline
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1976
British Rule and Indian Military Service
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1976
Real United Nations
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1976
Understanding Kali-yuga and Nature's Control
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1976
Modern Civilization and Animal Slaughter
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1976
Modern Civilization and Ideal Character
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1976
Nature's Punishment for the Godless
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1976
Overcriminality and the Laws of Nature
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Hyderabad · 1976
Religious Freedom and Brainwashing Accusations
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1976
Civil Disobedience and Parental Duty
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Marx, Engel, and Material Philosophy
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
India and Monarchy Versus Democracy
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Defending Krishna Consciousness Against Government Persecution
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Indian Independence and British Economic Exploitation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Allahabad · 1977
Deprogramming and Legal Persecution in America
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
Nationalism and One World Government
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
Religion and Secular Indifference
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
Unemployment and Economic Collapse
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
Subhas Bose and the Japanese Strategy
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
Religion as a Business Proposition
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1977
Deprogramming and the Loss of Religious Freedom
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1977
Human Life and the Anthill Civilization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Janata Party and Indian Culture
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Ambedkar and the Harijans
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
The Failure of Modern Civilization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Nationalism and Cheating
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Democracy and Division in South Asia
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Defects in the System of Civilization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
The Expert Ants and Human Struggle
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Nationalism and the Blindness of Followers
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Dealing with Politicians and Cheaters
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Mixing with Politicians is Dangerous
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Communist Disruption at Māyāpur Temple
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977