A conversation with His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Disciple: Srila Prabhupada, the universities nowadays don’t teach any courses in the nature of the soul. Srila Prabhupada: Therefore, the young person says, “What is the wrong if I become a dog?” Because there is no education. He does not know the difference between the dog and the human being. Therefore, he says, “What is the wrong if I become a dog? I will get more facility for sex without any criminal charges.” This is the advancement of education. Dr. Mize: How does the mind, then, come to know that there is a soul? Srila Prabhupada: You have to be educated.  How are these people, my students, convinced about the soul? They have been educated by knowledge and by practice. Everything has to be learned by being properly educated. And therefore, the Vedic injunction is tad- vijnanartham—”In order to know that science”—sa gurum evabhigacchet—”you must go to a guru, a teacher.” So the answer is that you must go to the teacher who can teach you how the soul is there.