JOURNALIST: Do you think modern man must mend his ways or he will... he must get better and know God or he will destroy himself?

PRABHUPADA: Yes, he is destroying already. The society is not in stable stage. Just like in America, they are also in trouble now. They are asking money from the federal government. They cannot make solution. So as soon as the monetary source will decline, this civilization will be finished.

JOURNALIST: As soon as the money declines.

PRABHUPADA: Yes. Because there is no culture. They are not standing on culture. They are standing on money.

JOURNALIST: You think we pay too much importance to money?

PRABHUPADA: Yes, everybody, yes. They do not know what is culture of life. They simply want money, that's all.

JOURNALIST: Do you think we have too much for our needs?

PRABHUPADA: You are creating your needs. You are not too much in need, but you have created so many artificial needs.

JOURNALIST: Such as what?

PRABHUPADA: Everything. Suppose this boy is sitting down. Now I am sitting in a very nice couch. So it is not absolutely necessary that couch is required. But for getting this couch, we had to spend so much energy. So similarly, unnecessarily we have created so many things and going on. That I was going to say, that we come to the human form of life by nature's way. Now what is our duty? Our duty is to make further progress. But instead of going further progressively we are again going to become monkeys and dogs. This is our position.

JOURNALIST: What about other artifacts of civilization like television and motorcars...

PRABHUPADA: Yes, it is very good, just like we also use motorcar, but not for fashion. Suppose if we go for preaching. If we can go by car quickly, we take advantage of the car. We have got many cars for preaching work. So everything is good, provided it is used for progressive goodness.